[Scaffies]

Thank you very much for the feedback.

Which “upgrade routines”?? Where were any special instructions given?

We installed it like all other plug-in updates from the WordPress Dashboard -> Updates

[John James Jacoby]

Is it possible that when you updated to 2.6 you ignored the Upgrade routines?

If so, you may want to try reinstalling bbPress 2.6.3, as a last minute fix went in after it was originally packaged.

https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/bbpress.2.6.3.zip

If I’m correct, then you will also want to consider running the database upgrades soon. Forums with over 10k users need to do it manually, in your Admin > Tools > Forums > Upgrades

[John James Jacoby]

Engagements.php received a last minute fix specifically for code that is running on WordPress.org. Your best bet is to simply ignore the warning and wait for 2.6.4 to be released next week.

[John James Jacoby]

This should get worked on, but because bbPress does not use TinyMCE by default, and because image uploads are not enabled by default, it is likely to be a low priority fix.

Created https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3304.

[Scaffies]

Here is maybe a better example – the matter remains unresolved.

after the 2.6.2/2.6.3 upgrade these issues came up:

– the “Favorite” option is now on the left, instead of being in front of the “Subscribe” option on the right

– the content of the topic is now limited to the space until the options (Edit, CLose, Stick, etc) start, reducing the content with to about 50% for admins (as shown below), and reduced by about 20% for regular members with fewer options.

The high-resolution picture in the example below should fill in the entire content area to its full width (but only shows half-size).

Since this started with the upgrade, it is reasonable to assume it is directly related to bbpress.

A solution would be really (!) helpful.

We use the DynamiX theme (since over 6 years), now in version 5.
Wordpress and all plugins in their current versions.

Thanks!!

[thecraneadmin]

Hi,
I was asked to add a forum to our corporate website using bbPress. Based on what I have seen so far it is not hard or complicated to install, configure and use. However, the second part of the request has me stumped. The requirement is not to ask the user to create a new account but rather use the credentials they provided in a third party software to authentication. This third party software provides an API endpoint for authentication. So I need to send the username and password to the third party software to verify the user. If the API returns success then the user can use the forum.

I assume that a user account still needs to be created in WordPress for bbPress to tag the user’s name to his or her posts. Is this a correct assumption?

How can I implement this solution? Is there a plugin out there that I can use or can I write some modification to bbPress to achieve this task?

Here is the info you required.
WordPress: 5.3
bbPress: Version: 2.6.3
Website: https://www.craneresorts.com/

Regards,
J

[chanwood]

Hi,

Can we know how to create bb shortcode to hide portion content (text or URL) in the post or replies?

for example, only logged-in users can view some content/URL in the post/replies.

I saw lots articles to make this work in WordPress post, but could not find for Bbpress.

Please help.

thanks

[Scaffies]

In non-bbpress related user displays, the spacing works as before (if that makes any difference in the troubleshooting):

[Scaffies]

Hello,

we noticed another small thing after the upgrade:

there is no longer a space between the vatar and the username (displayname) in the widgets listing the forum posts and replies. This started with the upgrade, before there were a few pixels space.

Here is an example:

Any feedback is greatly appreciated!

[unclemiru]

Thank you for the answer, @robin-w.
when I Enable WP_DEBUG – wordpress wp-config.php
define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
the errors occur…

[Robin W]

bbPress – Moderation Tools

still works as far as I know.

[Chuckie]

I have the GD Power Search plugin installed and raised a query here:

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/searching-is-broken/

They stated:

The bbPress search requires to have the search term/keyword present. As a workaround, right now, you can set the keyword to minus sign: -.

But I find that even that is not working on my site.

What are the expected rules for performing searches? With this extra form I can seach by author or tag etc but doesn’t seem quite right.

[unclemiru]

After updating 2.6.3, the following error occurs.

Notice: Undefined variable: topic_id in E:\xampp-2\htdocs\test\wp2\wp-content\plugins\bbpress\includes\replies\template.php on line 456

Notice: Undefined variable: topic_id in E:\xampp-2\htdocs\test\wp2\wp-content\plugins\bbpress\includes\replies\template.php on line 461

Notice: Undefined variable: topic_id in E:\xampp-2\htdocs\test\wp2\wp-content\plugins\bbpress\includes\replies\template.php on line 467

wordpress
config.php setting
define( ‘WP_DEBUG’, true );

[jrv123]

Wordpress 5.3, bbPress 2.6.3

When you create a reply to a reply, a “_bbp_reply_to” postmeta row is NOT created; so everything ends up being a reply to the main topic, as opposed to a reply to another reply.

Specifically the URL https://mywebsite.org/forums/topic/newest-topic/?bbp_reply_to=49888&_wpnonce=78c211457a#new-post

that initiates creation of the reply, the “bbp_reply_to=49888” part of the URL is not being assigned to the created reply’s metapost ‘_bbp_reply_to’ data row.

As a result, the hierarchical nature of replies is not reflected on the UI, nor in the database.

[Scaffies]

Hello,

after upgrading to v2.6.2 we now see all topic posts smaller than before, indented by the options above each topic. This is for the topics only, all replies to the topics look normal.

For admins with more options, it reduces the topic width to 50% … so it is an issue.
For all regular members with only 3 available options, topic width is reduced by ~20%.

Here is a screenshot – the pics and video at the left should fill out the entire width:

Latest version of WordPress and all other plugins.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

[tauschring]

Wordpress 5.3 bbpress 2.6.2

Hi,
I would like to create a link to the list of subscribed topics in the page menu in a bbpress forum. Since I use wp user manager as logon widget, unfortunately this does not include it. The bbpress login widget is not used because you can not upload a photo when editing the profile and because many fields are displayed that I do not use. Wp usermanager I could restrict to the fields User-Display-Name, Firstname, Lastname and E.Mail-Address.

In order to be able to display lists like subscriptions and favorites, I would like to create the following link in the sidebar that works in my text widget:
“Abonnierte Themen”

“Test-1234” is a sample user that works with the above link in the text widget .. “test-1234” should be replaced by a variable with the display user name, thus linking each logged in user to his own subscription list leads.

Or would it be better to write a plugin widget? Then I’ll learn how to do.

Since I am new to WordPress and bbpress and also have little experience with PHP, I ask for help how to solve it.
Thank you and greetings from the Lake of Konstanz,
Klaus

[jeechriz55]

WordPress crashes happen very rarely but when they do, they can cause a great deal of stress. Fortunately, they are most often very easily fixed without any loss of content.

It has been my experience that 99% of the time any issues with WordPress is plugin related. A site may work fine for a while, then an update in either the WordPress program or a plugin will cause an incompatibility issue causing the database to fail. Troubleshooting a WordPress crash is very easy and you can be back up and running in a few minutes. The first, and most obvious place to start is to look at any recent changes you may have made, an update or a new plugin installation. Sometimes though, it is not so obvious. Travel Fast

Steps to troubleshooting a WordPress crash:

Since you most likely will not be able to access the dashboard of your WordPress installation, you must have access to your files either through an FTP client or from the File Manager in your web hosting cPanel. Navigate to the wp-content folder in your file manager or ftp.
Open that folder and inside you will see a plugins folder.
Rename the plugins folder plugins.bak
Create a new folder (directory) and call it plugins.
Check your website. If the website now loads, you have verified that it is indeed a plugin compatibility issue.
If you are running an older version of WordPress, now is a good time to upgrade to the latest, most stable version.
Once the latest version is installed, you can begin to troubleshoot to find out which of your plugins is causing the incompatibility issue.
Reinstall your plugins one at a time. After each installation, test your site to make sure it is still working properly. Update each plugin to the newest version if there has been an upgrade made available.
If at any time during this process your WordPress crashes again, you know you have found the culprit. Simply access your cPanel or FTP again and delete the plugin.
You will need to either download a newer version of that plugin directly from the developer source or wait for an update to become available for it before you can install that plugin again.
Most plugin developers work tirelessly to keep their plugins up-to-date with the latest versions of WordPress, but occasionally an update is a little slow in coming or the WordPress update is a major one that has changed the core functions of the program and the developers have not been able to keep up.

Steps to take when the WordPress crash is not plugin related:

If you have tried the above and the troubleshooting has not been a plugin issue, there are two other areas you can try.

Go into your cPanel and into the MySQL panel that will bring up the list of databases installed on your account. Click on the restore/repair database. If the crash was due to damage to your database, this should correct the problem.
You should have a database backup on file. (install a plugin to take care of this on a regular basis if you haven’t already) You can do a database restore from your backup file. If you have not been in the habit of backing up your sites, and you do not have any backup files, I am sorry to say that you may have lost your website. You will need to contact support to see if they have any recent backups or if they can offer any support.
It really is important that you keep your WordPress up to date and update your plugins as often as soon as the new versions are made available. Most importantly, you should backup all files before doing any kind of updates or upgrades. The plugins available today make this process automated. Set it up when you install your blog and you will never have to think of it again. It will do the backups and email them to you weekly so you will be prepared in just such an instance. Readuce Anxiety!

[steve02476]

Thanks for the suggestion, Robin, much appreciated.

I guess I’ll try it but TBH I’m trying to use the bare minimum of “extras” on my site since I’m so new at WordPress. Does the extremely small font used by bbPress not show up for others? Or is it just expected that one will either go into the CSS files or else one would use this plugin?

If the latter, are there other plugins that are sort of standard to use with bbPress?

[Robin W]

bbp style pack

[steve02476]

I have a brand new WordPress site v5.3 and just installed bbPress v2.6.2. I’m using the Twenty-twenty theme (one of the official WP themes). The site isn’t public yet so I don’t want to include a link.

bbPress seems to be functioning ok on my site but the font size is tiny, much smaller than the type on other parts of the WP site. I can’t see any way to adjust it.

Did some searching on the bbPress site and I guess the font size can be changed in CSS files but that’s a little too deep for me right now. Is there something else I can do? I’m willing to use a different WP theme if that would help.

If it absolutely must be adjusted in a CSS file can you help me finding the right file location?

Thanks so much!

[Chuckie]

Hi

I put this here:

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-sent-to-user/#post-12215299

It lets you approve a user registration but:

I have no way of customising the “your account needs to be approved” email. Instead they get the existing email that we send out.

I have it setup to email them the “approved” email. But how do I send them the “needs to be approved” instead of “your account is activated”?

Thanks.

[andrew55]

When recently updating to 2.6.2 version of bbPress, I am getting 404s when new user arrives on homepage of forums. 404s are visible to user and showing in logs. When page is hard refreshed, forums show up.

But strange, if, if user goes to link within forums (topic, etc.), no 404s occur.

I am using bbp-forum-index shortcode on homepage of forums. I did a test and issue doesn’t occur when shortcodes aren’t used (no 404), but of course, no forums are available.

With shortcodes, even through 404s occur, the sidebar displays and shows the user’s logged-in info (avatar, etc).

Issue seems to only occur when user is logged in and visits forums. I have forums on their own WordPress installation within a directory of main site.

I thought it might have been cache, but issue still occurs when cache is disabled.

Here is link to site:

https://www.lifeleap.org/community/

Any suggestions on what might be occurring or what I do to troubleshoot issue? Thanks for any help

[Danishsard]

I mean if where is the list of changes published bbpress codes to know what codes are where found in what line changed etc.

For example, the page template has visible changes https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/111632/anima/1.4.0?old&old_path=%2Fanima%2F1.3.0.2

Is somewhere the same thing about bbpress?

[Danishsard]

Hello, where can you see what code and file changes are made in each bbpress update?

I have a forum on bbpress https://infomiasto.eu/forum/tematy/rozmowy/ but if the update is manual changes to the code will be lost – I want to see where the code changes during each update.

My page template has something such that I always see what code and where it changes on the wordpress page in bbpress, I don’t know where to look for such information if you wanted to manually paint it in the template. I am asking for help.

[wout77]

Thanks for the suggestions. I tried deactivating various plugins and even the theme but it had no effect. I have a hunch that, even though the webhost says otherwise, it’s a server side thing… However, I found out that if I use the basic WordPress login widget and use a redirect plugin to forward all logged in users to the homepage, it all goes smoothly!
So I guess that’s the course of action for now!