[Robin W]

bbpress just uses WordPress registration, so anything that does WordPress registration will work fine, including many free custom add-on plugins

you can also use the bbpress registration shortcode on a page

Shortcodes

[ginaginagina]

I thought this would naturally happen as a super sticky topic. Basically, I want the same message to show up at the top of each forum so that members see it before they start posting (sort of like a “Read this before you get started” pinned topic). However, as soon as I started creating other sub-forums and topics, it got pushed to the bottom of the page, which obviously means a lot of people will miss it entirely.

How do you get it to stay at the top of each forum as a reminder?

My forums are all private, so you wouldn’t be able to see it (hence, I’m not adding a URL), but I am including a screenshot.

Wordpress version: 5.2.2
bbPress version: 2.5.14
Screenshot: https://share.getcloudapp.com/eDuoLJGy

Unfortunately, I can’t test a different theme; I just tried in staging to do that and the site broke completely, so I don’t want to test in my live site. However, this doesn’t seem like a theme issue.

[rickmunroe17]

I am using Divi theme version 3.2.2.5 and the latest version of the BBPress wordpress plugin.

Trying to have a full width forum without the sidebar.

Cannot figure out how to hide the sidebar in both desktop and mobile.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[Robin W]

As the ‘about’ page says ‘We’re keeping things as small and light as possible while still allowing for great add-on features through WordPress’s extensive plugin system.’

so bbpress will be maintained, but their will not be lots of features added – many are provided by others eg

Private groups This Plugin creates unlimited private forum groups
bbp style pack Lets you style bbpress, and add display features
bbp topic count Adds any combination of topics, replies and totals under the authors avatar in topics and replies
bbp profile information Adds up to 4 fields to the bbp user profile and displays any combination of these under the authors avatar in topics and replies
bbp user ranking Lets you add ranking and badges to topics and replies and profiles
bbP Toolkit Swiss knife tweaking and hacking Toolkit for bbPress. Set global options and style your forums.
bbpress sort topics/replies Sort topic replies in ascending or descending order for each bbPress Topic. You can choose to save setting for each topic, for the whole Forum or set globally for every Topic
bbPress Genesis Extend Provides basic compatibility with bbPress and the Genesis Framework with a few extra goodies
bbPress – Moderation Tools Add the ability to moderate and approve new topics and replies in bbPress
bbP Signature This plugin adds user signature support to bbPress
bbPress2 BBCode This plugin adds support for popular bbcode forum code to posts, comments, pages, bbpress forums and buddypress activity and group forums.
GD bbPress Attachments Implements attachments upload to the topics and replies in bbPress plugin through media library and adds additional forum based controls.
bbPress Go To First Unread Post Allows registered bbPress users to quickly jump to the first unread post in a topic
bbPress Topics for Posts Replace the comments on your WordPress blog posts with topics from an integrated bbPress install
Inline Image Upload for BBPress Upload inline images to BBPress forum topics and replies.
bbpress Simple Advert Units Insert advert units (such as adsense or Amazon widgets) into your bbpress forum.
bbPress – Private Replies A simple plugin to allow your bbPress users to mark their replies as private.
bbPress Messages bbPress Messages – User Private Messages with notifications, widgets and media with no BuddyPress needed.
bbP Move Topics Move topics from one forum to another, convert post/comments into topic/replies in the same site.
bbp user online status A WordPress plugin to show user online/offline statuses in bbpress topics and replies
bbp-valoration Adds thumbsup, visits and replies count to topics on bbpress, display results on a widget.
BBP Auto-Close Topics BBP Auto-Close Topics will automatically close bbPress topics after an admin-specified time period.
bbResolutions bbResolutions, will let you set topic resolutions (Resolved, Not resolved and Not a question).
Inline Image Upload for BBPress Upload inline images to BBPress forum topics and replies
bbPress Advanced Statistics Achieve phpBB / vBulletin-esque statistics for your bbPress Forum
bbPress Custom Email Notifications Modify subscription emails sent to users
Canned Replies Let’s moderators and keymasters create standard replies and use these in responses
BBP Improvements for yoast This is a very simple but very helpful tool to help yoast wordpress seo support bbpress better.
bbPress GDPR bbPress GDPR plugin extends new Data Export & Data Erasure feature bundled with WordPress 4.9.6 Release.
AsynCRONous bbPress Subscriptions Amends how bbpress sends emails

This may or may not suit what you require

[thomaslindvig]

I have the prefix /forum set, and I want my forum URLs to be full path URLs, like this:
example.org/forum/MainCategory/ChildCategory/ChildChildCategory/the-topic

An example could be this topic URL:
cars.com/forum/Europe/VW/Golf/how-to-repair-the-steering-wheel

And of course the topics’ forum URL should be
example.org/forum/MainCategory/ChildCategory/ChildChildCategory/

Right now my topics are
example.org/forum/topic/the-topic

Website: http://tf210619.tantraforum.dk
Wordpress: 5.2.2
Bbpress: 2.5.14

[theatereleven]

I typically use Discourse for my forums, but would like to set one up in WordPress directly. I know BBPress has stood the test of time and is hard core WordPress, used by people like Elliot for AdvancedCustomFields support.

But is development planned for the future? I just don’t want to sink a lot of time into something that isn’t going to be supported. I’d gladly pay for BBPress… Whatever. Just want to know there’s a future.

For example. in this box I can’t add an image via a simple paste in. That’s a big deal for support forums where screenshots are used.

Thanks anyone for advice on this!

[Robin W]

yep, that’s a wordpress standard which bbpress also obeys- you can’t change your own privileges !!

so create a temporary admin account with administrator privilege, and log in as that temporary account – then go into

dashboard>users>edit users>’your old account name’ and edit, and near the bottom you will see that you can change yourself to keymaster.

Once saved, you can then delete the temporary admin account

🙂

[rock714]

http://www.t-34.com
bbPress Version 2.5.14
WordPress 4.8.9 running Sahifa theme.

I just recently took over admin and cleanup of the above site. My role is Administrator, Participant in WP. I am not able to delete some forums that have aged quite a bit and have no activity. When I try to access the forums for administrative cleanup I get the following message:

“Sorry, you are not allowed to edit posts in this post type.”

I noted that the previous admin has Administrator, Keymaster role. I have searched through every menu, plugin and widget possible but the option of Keymaster does not seem to exist anywhere so I cannot promote myself to Keymaster.

I have tried to use the change forum role but the only options are Moderator, Participant, Spectator and Blocked. I also created a new user with Administrator role, then edited the user but the only options under forum role are Moderator, Participant, Spectator and Blocked.

Kinda stuck here. Any suggestions?

[Pascal Casier]

Goede morgen,

First of all, if bbPress is still at 2.1 then it might be time to upgrade, especially if you are running WP 5.2.2

For your specific question, logging in or out to bbPress is in fact logging in and out of WordPress. So any tool that you find to log in and out of WordPress would do the trick.

If you have the top ‘admin bar’, then just go to your name and hit ‘Log out’. If you don’t have that, then you could add anywhere a link to http://webvoorbeeld.websitezien.nl/wp-login.php?action=logout

Mvg,
Pascal.

[Pascal Casier]

Hi, that is not a standard bbPress function. Some plugins like https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-simple-view-counts/ and https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-postviews/ might help you, but I have never used those.

See also https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/new-feature-viewhit-counts/

[Pascal Casier]

Hi,
So you are publishing from the backend (/wp-admin) and set the publication date (the WordPress one) in e.g. 3 days and it appears immediately? For the test make sure to put some days in the future, not just hours.

If the post appears immediately then you have an issue with your Theme or another plugin that is not respecting the standard WordPress way of working. So you would have to switch to a standard theme and/or start deactivating plugins that could have an influence.

[armyadarkness]

My experience with BBPress is definitely that it’s over-complicated in so many areas, and then completely misses the boat on the most basic of features. Until reading this thread, I had no idea just how outdated that it was.

WordPress won’t support BBPress… But BBPress is the ONLY reason that I use WordPress. I’ve spent the last year searching for the basic requirements that I need in order to keep my current and future sites here, but I’m constantly striking out.

Thanks to the internet… You can’t even hire a pro anymore. There’re so many liars and cheats out there that it’s impossible to tell who you’re hiring.

Unfortunately, It’s now easier to just switch platforms altogether than it is to continue wasting days on end, trying to get help for antiquated platforms. I’ve lost so many of my followers and subscribers, because they just couldnt deal with the glitches.

[jeepcreed]

Hello, just installed and activated bbpress with several extensions to improve functionality; however, my forum page does not look like a forum at all. I even set up the bbpress sidebar, and it isn’t showing either. I’m using WordPress version 5.2.2 and bbPress version 2.5.14. The link to my staging site where I am testing this is http://www.jeepcreed.com/stagingnew/forums

[John James Jacoby]

Hey everyone! I got a nudge from @jeffr0 that this thread had some replies, and I just wanted to chime in and say thank you, very much, for being patient.

I understand everyone’s feelings. I get where they come from.

bbPress is a 15 year old piece of forum software based on and specifically for WordPress. The last thing it will ever do is die. (That’s a terrible play on words, but keep reading!)

The GPL (and it being open-source in general) guarantee everyone that as different people use it, different people will contribute to it, and it will continue to grow, evolve, and be iterated on in perpetuity.

It being based entirely on WordPress gives it one of the largest and most stable foundations to be built off of.

The projects spiritual commitment to backwards compatibility through the years means that as the software grows, your content will always grow with it.

Other forum projects have made sweeping changes without migration paths from old to new versions. bbPress as a project simply appreciates and respects its users and their communities and content too much to not provide great tools to scale your community along with the software.

bbPress as a project gets developed in bursts. Like it or not, I think that’s the honest truth. If you look at its life as a piece of software as a whole, there is a ton of evidence to support the idea that sometimes a few months will go by with nothing, and then a few months will go by with tons of activity.

The dips might make your stomach drop at first, but it’s a long ride… a fun ride… and one that I hope others see from a distance as a beautiful effort. One that provides a platform that empowers WordPress users to give their visitors a simple, clean, and dedicated place to enjoy communicating with each other.

Lastly… strictly on numbers alone, WordPress.org relies heavily on bbPress as the primary method of communication & support for over 75k plugins in 200 languages, and 11 million registered users. bbPress is actively installed in over 340k websites. It’s a fraction of the total WordPress installs (but if the numbers on builtwith and other tools are accurate) it is currently the most widely installed piece of forum software in the world.

bbPress will never die. It will only get better.

Thank you, everyone, again, for being patient and for your interest in bbPress. It’s a pretty cool piece of software with some of the best contributors and forum moderators around! I’m working on bbPress everyday, sometimes in my head, and sometimes on other projects that bbPress will inherit someday. It’s always on my mind, even if the commit log doesn’t show it. 💕

[austex]

Looked further, it’s “99%” complete:

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/milestone/2.6

[austex]

Okay, just check the dev tracker. JJJ put some work in last month on 2.6.

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/report/1?sort=modified&asc=0&page=1

[fantomx90]

Hello Everyone. I am a novice still at using wordpress, but I am using bbPress forums for my website. I currently have a bunch of Forums, with many topics underneath them.

I was just wondering if there was a way to have a small icon or picture beside each Forum.

For example – Rules (With a small picture of a book beside it or below it)

I tried messing with Add Media or Featured Image, but they dont seem to apply the image anywhere I can see it.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

[theatereleven]

I’m chiming in here too – Trying to decide whether to use Discourse or WordPress. BBPress seems to be the only reliable and clean option for WP, but I need to know there’s a future before investing the time. Thanks anyone for an update!

[sashabcro]

Hi all, I have created my first bbpress forum on page http://irska.ie/forum/ but when you choose one Forum for example Forum http://irska.ie/forums/forum/forum/ or Malig Oglasi http://irska.ie/forums/forum/mali-oglasi/ it goes to different style page :S which add header image and it’s not anymore Full width.

I have edited page for main page under WordPress Page for http://irska.ie/forum/ but how can I make sure that every other topic and etc on mine forum use same style? Thank you.

[austex]

That they now are mainly doing other things is sad for us, but they have a perfect right to do as they wish, and should feel under no obligation to spend time supporting the code.

Agree that they have the right to do as they wish, but they should at least publicly announce whether they are going to end bbPress development, or if it’s going to continue to languish for years at a time.

I understand @johnjamesjacoby is a very busy guy, but we are constantly told to be wary of plugins that are old.

More importantly, a lot of us have moved on to other software, rather than continue to beta-test bbPress 2.6 (which has been in some form of RC for over 3 years, and the latest RC came out in December of last year).

I have a big project that I’m putting together for somebody (they want WordPress), and some kind of lightweight/small forums are planned for, and it’s frustrating that I’m having to look elsewhere for forum software, or rigging some kind of fancy comment system (trying to avoid Disqus and Facebook for obvious reasons).

It’s odd, because bbPress could be a selling point for WordPress in their competition with other platforms. It’s also odd, because they have some very competent people working for them, but then they allow bbPress to kind of just drift along.

[Robin W]

untested, and probably from a purist view not the most elegant solution, but this should work

add_filter( 'bbp_current_user_can_access_create_topic_form' , 'rew_only_mods' , 10 , 1) ;

function rew_only_mods ($retval) {
	// Users need to earn access
	$retval = false;
	//check if admin
	if ( bbp_is_user_keymaster() ) {
		$retval = true;
	}
		//check if moderator
	$role = bbp_get_user_role( get_current_user_id());
	if ($role == 'bbp_moderator') {
		$retval = true;
	}
// Allow access to be filtered
	return (bool) apply_filters( 'rew_current_user_can_access_create_topic_form', (bool) $retval );
}

Also allows keymasters, but I presume you want that.

Put this in your child theme’s function file – or use

Code Snippets

[DL]

So I just setup a whole new test site, installed buddypress and bbpress

added the dizkusZK converter to the converters list

Ran it against a copy of the database that contains a dizkus forum.

got error:

WordPress database error: [Specified key was too long; max key length is 1000 bytes]
CREATE TABLE wp_bbp_converter_translator ( meta_id mediumint(8) unsigned not null auto_increment, value_type varchar(25) null, value_id bigint(20) unsigned not null default '0', meta_key varchar(255) null, meta_value varchar(255) null, PRIMARY KEY (meta_id), KEY value_id (value_id), KEY meta_join (meta_key(191), meta_value(191)) ) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;

No data to cleanStarting Conversion

[Robin W]

great – glad you are fixed, I learnt some stuff as well about how wordpress does pagination, so win-win !!

[Robin W]

I’m author of that fix.

It may well be something that coincided with you installing that plugin – maybe a theme or another plugin update, updating wordpress, or even your host updating versions of php.

The error you quote is a function in your THEME affecting a bbpress function. Your theme author has decided to re-write some bbpress functions by the look of it. So looks like that error (which may or may not be the issue – I suspect not) is one to take up with your theme author

You could spend days working out what the issue is, if the fix works, then I’d tend to just use it.

[asmedej]

hello everyone

I have an issue with bbpress forum where topics and replies are not showing.

I’ll start from the beginning, in the beginning all was working fine, all topics and replies were visible and all was OK, but because my forum is in russian language the links were in russian, so I’ve decided to try Cyr-To-Lat plugin which would transform my urls to latin, which was good, and still everything work, BUT I wanted to try another plugin, so I’ve installed Cyr-To-Lat reloaded, there I was asked to trasnlate all urls to latin, I accepted and since it stopped working. Ofcourse my first step was to uninstall that plugin, but it did not resolve.

I’ve searched internet and tried different solutions:
– Deactivating all plugins – not ok
– Changing theme – not ok
– Clicking on permalinks – not ok
– Regenerating .htaaccess file – not ok
– Trying a fix which I found (http://www.rewweb.co.uk/bbpress-wp4-fix/) -> OK

Yes it seems there is a fix which resolves the issue BUT the problem was not with wordpress or something, but a plugin which broke it, now, my question how can I undo it, or how can I resolve without that fix, because it was working fine ….

I suppose that plugin left something, or was maybe not deleted fully, there is some function maybe somewhere which doesn’t show my topics and replies. If I check the solution basically it has something to do with this function: function fb_search_filter which excludes those topics from my forum.

I could use that fix, but as I said it was working before so I think that plugin broke it ….

Any idea how to fix it? Which steps to take?