If you’ve already unchecked “Allow topics to have tags” and the tags field is still appearing, it’s usually caused by one of the following:
First, clear all caching (plugin cache, server cache, and browser cache) and then refresh the page. Sometimes the old form layout is being cached.
If that doesn’t fix it, temporarily switch to a default WordPress theme. Some themes override bbPress templates and manually include the tag field, which makes it appear even when disabled in settings.
Also try disabling other plugins briefly—especially SEO, forum add-ons, or customization plugins—to check for a conflict.
If the setting still doesn’t apply, go back to Settings → Forums, enable the option, save, then disable it again and save once more. Occasionally the option doesn’t update properly until it’s re-saved.
If none of that works, it’s most likely a theme template override forcing the tag field to display.
I suspect you are using a block theme,
Install
Enable bbPress for Block Themes
Hello bbPress Support Team,
https://oudmajlis.net/forum/
I am having an issue with my bbPress forum on my WordPress site. When I try to open the forum, it displays a blank white page.
I also received a warning about a potential slug conflict:
“Potential bbPress conflict: Forum slug”
Here is what I have tried so far without success:
Changing the forum slug
Deactivating and reactivating bbPress
Checking for conflicting pages or posts
Flushing permalinks
Clearing browser and server cache
The forum contains important data (topics, replies, users) that I cannot afford to lose.
Could you please advise how to resolve the blank page issue and the slug conflict safely while keeping all forum data intact?
Thank you very much for your help.
https://oudmajlis.net/forum/
I’ve noticed some strange behavior and I’m not sure if it’s intended. When a topic is approved after being sent to moderation, and the user subsequently edits that topic, the revision log displays two revisions instead of one. Ideally, the log should only display the specific edit the user marked for logging, rather than all revisions.
I found this line of code which appears to accept any revision, including those not typically found in the bbPress log. Ideally, it should skip any IDs that are not explicitly present in the bbPress log.
ok so I now have 2 different things
1. clicking profile goes to the users own profile
2. clicking profile says sorry you are not logged in
Without a consistent problem definition it is hard to help, but as stated above, clicking someone’s name should take the user the that person’s profile.
it could be a theme or plugin issue
Themes
As a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwenty, and see if this fixes.
Plugins
If that doesn’t work, also deactivate all plugins apart from bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.
If you cannot do this to your site (say because it is live) then use the ‘troubleshooting’ features of this plugin to let you test without affecting other users
Health Check & Troubleshooting
Then come back
Ok, I am just a volunteer who helps out here, I am not a bbpress author, but I have written a number of bbpress related plugins.
I also took over a defunct plugin called
Post Comments as bbPress Topics
I did not write this, I just did enough coding to get it working again.
if you are code savvy, then function build_topic on line 485 of index.php should give you some code that you could maybe use in a plugin or use the code snippets plugin.
otherwise if you only have a few posts from which you want 2, you could enable it convert, disable it and then delete the topics (posts) you don’t want.
yes you are right, it does do that if the topic id is set to 0.
I’m pretty sure that this has not always been the case, so I suspect a newer version of software (say WordPress or php) is doing this.
I will take a look when I get a moment, but if you create a reply in the backend, then it must know what topic it is attached to, so you need to fill in the topic id.
If you complete a topic ID then it all works.
I suspect that very few people ever create a reply in the backend – users should not have access to this, so it is only moderators and keymasters that can see this – as without a topic ID it is pointless, and you would almost always be in the front end when you spotted that you needed to post a reply.
so thankyou for reporting this, and if you have a compelling reason to need to use the backend, do come back.
I’m encountering a strange behavior in my new bbPress installation. Here’s what happens:
Setup:
• Forum: “General”
• Sticky post in this forum containing the rules (closed for replies)
• A test topic: “Now I’m drinking coffee”
• A reply added to the test topic
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create the topic “Now I’m drinking coffee” in the “General” forum.
2. Add a reply to this topic. Everything works as expected.
3. Go to wp-admin → Topics → All Topics.
4. Move the “coffee” topic to the trash.
Observed Behavior:
• The reply added to the trashed topic also goes to the replies trash.
• Its post_parent changes from the “coffee” topic to the sticky rules post (still published).
• If I restore the topic from the trash, the reply is no longer associated with the topic.
Expected Behavior:
• The reply’s post_parent should remain linked to the original topic.
• When emptying the topics trash, the reply should be deleted along with the topic, similar to how comments are handled with regular posts.
Environment:
• bbPress latest version
• WordPress latest version
• No child theme active
• Plugin: “Enable bbPress for Block Themes”
Has anyone else experienced this, or is there a fix/workaround?
Let me try again… How can I get these links to work for my site? This a cap from wordpress.org forum.
Inside settings I have these
ok, so every website is a unique combination of themes, plugins, settings and content.
Whilst WordPress has a string set of protocols that authors use, different themes and plugins may clash.
I have just tried Kadence and get an error of ‘No matching template found’.
Sorry but the instructions work for a default WordPress theme.
If you have got the site working, then great. If you still have problems, then can you ask Kadence if they can help.
Do come back if you get further info.
Thanks for the suggestion 🙏
However, I checked the bbp style pack plugin on WordPress.org and it doesn’t add email notification functionality to admins — it mainly adds styling options and display features for bbPress, not admin notifications. 
Do you know if we should use something like:
👉 bbPress Notify (No-Spam), a dedicated plugin that actually sends emails to site admins when new topics or replies are posted? 
Thanks again!
bbpress is a ‘light’ plugin and you will need an additional plugin to ensure admins get notified
Install
bbp style pack
once activated go to
dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>moderation
for how to set this up
Hi there 👋
We’re using bbPress on a WordPress site and we’ve noticed that the forum administrator is not receiving email notifications when someone creates a new topic or replies to an existing one.
Here’s what we’re seeing:
• WordPress email is working fine — we’re using SMTP and other emails are being delivered correctly.
• Users who subscribe to forums or topics do receive notifications with no issues.
• The only problem is with the forum administrator / super admin, who does not receive any notification emails at all.
Environment:
• WordPress: 6.9
• bbPress: 2.6.14
Our questions:
1. Does bbPress send notifications to administrators automatically?
2. Is there a specific role, setting, or filter we should enable so administrators receive all notifications?
We need the admin to be notified so they can reply within 24 hours, but without email notifications this becomes difficult.
Any help or guidance would be much appreciated — thank you!
Bonjour,
Je me permets de vous contacter concernant un problème d’accessibilité sur le forum BBPress du site rayons.handivelo.fr. Plus précisément, j’utilise le shortcode [bbp-topic-form] pour permettre aux utilisateurs de créer un nouveau sujet.
Problème rencontré :
– Je parviens à lire les champs du formulaire avec mon interface vocale, mais la liste déroulante des forums/catégories n’est pas accessible.
– Mon lecteur d’écran indique qu’il y a 19 éléments dans la liste, mais je ne peux pas les lire ou les sélectionner correctement.
– Pour information, je suis non-voyant et j’utilise un logiciel de synthèse vocale pour naviguer.
Questions :
1. Existe-t-il un autre shortcode ou une alternative pour rendre cette liste déroulante accessible ?
2. Serait-il possible de remplacer la liste déroulante par des boutons radio ou des cases à cocher pour faciliter la sélection ?
3. Avez-vous des bonnes pratiques ou des plugins à recommander pour améliorer l’accessibilité des formulaires BBPress ?
Contexte technique :
– Site : rayons.handivelo.fr https://rayons.handivelo.fr
– CMS : WordPress + BBPress
– Interface utilisée : Lecteur d’écran (ex : JAWS, NVDA)
Je reste à votre disposition pour tester toute solution que vous pourriez proposer. Merci par avance pour votre aide, et je vous souhaite une excellente année 2026 !
Bien cordialement,
Christophe
I have a new problem in my forum (theeagleye.net/forums).
My one forum (Off-Topic Lounge) has a problem I have not had before. Unlike every other forum I have, this one always shows the user as signed out (even if they are not, and the other forums do not show this). When they try to sign in, it still does not allow them to sign in. I already tried clearing the cache and checking all the settings in this forum, but they are all exactly as they are supposed to be and nothing is solving the problem.
Has anyone else had this issue and what can I do to solve it?
I use the Twenty Twenty Five theme, have WordPress 6.9, bbpress Version 2.6.14, and my site is theeagleye.net/.
I am not a bbpress author, I am simply someone trying to help out.
The slugs do whatever the plugin author codes them to do, and this plugin does not do that.
You can add this additional plugin
bbp style pack
once activated go to
dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>shortcodes
and you can see a shortcode you can use in a page
[bsp-profile]
with options for wording and edit
I don’t have a user “fred”, so using those as links obviously do not work. I assume the slugs in settings will auto detect a signed in user. Why are these links not showing? On wordpress.org they look like so
I think you are using the theme twentytwenyfive.
If so you need this additional plugin
Enable bbPress for Block Themes
or use
bbp style pack
once activated go to
dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>theme support
Hi
I cannot get forumuser slugs to work… Can someone assist. Forum resides here. I have tried to add the slugs in URL. Most lead to 404 while topics display topics, but apparently not sorted to my user.
Popular and Recent works fine…
Additional question – Gutenberg
Apparently blocks everywhere is abandoned and only complies with an ancient Gutenberg only. They are expecting bbpress to lift compatibility into core bbpress. Is there any plan to do so?
Thx
Hi @nethe, your issue is likely due to CSS specificity or caching. Please clear all caches and try adding your font/color CSS with !important in the WordPress Customizer > Additional CSS section.
add_filter ('bbp_use_autoembed', 'rew_turn_off', 20,1 ) ;
function rew_turn_off ($value) {
return false ;
}
thanks for this code 😃
also: https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/embed-block/
ok, but this will take some time. Currently working in production environment, I have to set up a staging environment and not sure if this works due to memberpress, stripe/paypal connection and so on
Question: thinking about deactivate Auto-Embeds in WordPress completely with some code – what do you think?
add_action( ‘init’, function() {
global $wp_embed;
if ( $wp_embed instanceof WP_Embed ) {
remove_filter( ‘the_content’, array( $wp_embed, ‘autoembed’ ), 8 );
remove_filter( ‘the_content’, array( $wp_embed, ‘run_shortcode’ ), 8 );
}
add_filter( ’embed_oembed_discover’, ‘__return_false’ );
add_filter( ‘pre_oembed_result’, ‘__return_false’ );
if ( function_exists( ‘remove_filter’ ) ) {
remove_filter( ‘bbp_get_topic_content’, ‘bbp_topic_content_autoembed’, 2 );
remove_filter( ‘bbp_get_reply_content’, ‘bbp_reply_content_autoembed’, 2 );
}
}, 20);
I unticked nearly every option and it all works fine
I use wordpress for a long time and I never saw something like this. Perhaps it has to do with Borlabs Cookies?? I am very restrictive with cookies and scripts, I have only the absolutely necessary stuff (as said… GDPR)
Hi there
I do not want to include embedded content like Youtube. I deactivate it via Settings- Forums, but after saving it is again activated. This is a mess due to data protections issues in Germany.
But this is not for everthing: e.g. Instagram is shown as simple link, Youtube as embedded
I use
Wordpress 6.9
bbPress 2.6.14
my website: https://fab50s.de/ (most of the content including forum is behind paywall)
I also use:
Borlabs Cookies
Memberpress
Theme: Tove (FSE)
Can anyone help me??
LG Irit
