[Robin W]

bbpress just uses wordpress registration and login, so you can use any wordpress plugin that would do that.

I googled and got this list

8 Best Age Verification Plugins for WordPress

[Tobias Claren]

May I assume that if you do not know, there is no such plugin 🙂 ?
If there is not, please alternatives.
E.g. simplified upload of a photo of an ID card.
Ideally, the photo is deleted automatically afterwards.
Or secured in an encrypted database with its own password.
But I would prefer not to receive this data as a photo.

Or if necessary an age verification for wordpress.

[Robin W]

you can switch to a text editor, which looks way better

bbp style pack

once activated go to

Styling
dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>Topic/Reply Form

item 9

[Robin W]

this is the ‘tiny mce’ editor that comes bundled with WordPress which bbpress just uses.

from a quick google it doesn’t look that easy to change what is there.

[Robin W]

I’d be tempted to use the conditional widgets plugin to achieve this, but bear in mind that wordpress’s move to block widgets may limit the lifespan.

It would also be worth asking the theme author since this is a paid theme.

Beyond that, it would be custom development work I suspect

[Ricsca2]

For support plugin: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/image-upload-for-bbpress/

[Robin W]

pretty much – if you want to not show user profiles, then use

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>Profile

where you can set profiles not to display

[Robin W]

untested, but this should work

add_filter( 'bbp_get_reply_author_display_name' , 'rew_reply_change_to_first_name', 10 , 2 ) ;

function rew_reply_change_to_first_name ($author_name, $reply_id) {
	// Get the author ID
	$author_id = bbp_get_reply_author_id( $reply_id );
	$user = get_userdata($author_id); 
	$first_name = $user->user_firstname;
return $first_name ;
}

add_filter( 'bbp_get_topic_author_display_name' , 'rew_topic_change_to_first_name', 10 , 2 ) ;

function rew_topic_change_to_first_name ($author_name, $topic_id) {
	// Get the author ID
	$author_id = bbp_get_topic_author_id( $topic_id );
	$user = get_userdata($author_id); 
	$first_name = $user->user_firstname;
return $first_name ;
}

Put this in your child theme’s function file –

ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/functions.php

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

or use

Code Snippets

[Robin W]

bbpress just uses wordpress registration.

I suspect that emails from your site may be being seen as spam.

try the ideas in here

BBpress: Registration mails fail

[Robin W]

If you have allowed the serach, then it should appear in your main forum list.

If it is not, 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

[Robin W]

you need to be a keymaster to see forums in the dashboard – check your settings

dashboard>users

If you are not, then you need to get a keymaster to set you up.

If you are a keymaster 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

[SureAqua]

I can see the forums on my page, but not able to see on the wordpress Dashboard

[SureAqua]

I am in editor mode, I have installed bbpress. I was expecting to see the forum on the sidebar. It was showing but has disappeared.

THe plugin is activated..

[Robin W]

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

[gustavommath]

Hello, so I’m new to bbpress and WordPress as a whole and as I’ve been trying to set up our site’s forum, I’ve come across the following caveats:

– the profile page that we’re linked to upon clicking a user’s name links us to a profile page that doesn’t let us upload avatars nor keeps proper track of engagements, subscriptions and favorited topics. Is there a known fix for this? Is this a known bug at all? And if I happen to find a better user profile plugin, is there any way I can link the forum’s usernames to that instead of bbpress’ own profile page?

thanks in advance.

[Robin W]

\includes\replies\template.php

line 127

function bbp_has_replies

but be aware -lots of plugins filter this.

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

[ewd910]

Hi, I’m having a strange problem where the order of replies is mostly right, but in a majority of the threads there is a recent reply or two that appear in the middle of the thread. Particularly affected are question / answer type threads where there are only two posts, but the order is flipped. I ran the “recalculate position of each reply in each topic” tool, but it didn’t seem to help. I have about 50,000 posts in my forum, does this need to be run multiple times? I worry about doing so because of the overhead.
For additional background, this was a drupal 7 forum that was imported over to bbpress 2 weeks ago, but the affected replies are from both before and after the import.

Using the latest versions of both wordpress and bbpress.

[Robin W]

best I can suggest is :

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

[angelfire4xx]

I’m finding that Naturopath is showing as forum role on the user’s wordpress profile, but only for a short while. WordPress changes it back to Participant after it appears to have saved.
Participant is showing in the bbpress profile and under the username for their topics and comments in bbpress.

[Robin W]

ok, given that i think this is your second attack, and that the user was able to change his settings, I would suspect the user has gained access details.

I would :

1. install https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/wps-hide-login/ and change login
2. install https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/ and consider 2fa for mods and admins, and ensure that you get emails if any admins log in
3. change or get admins to change passwords for admins, moderators etc.
4. change all FTP passwords
5. change your database password

[TeqToo]

I’m on bbPress 2.6.6, WordPress 5.8.1, and the site is http://bluebirdnut.com/forums/.
I had another SPAM attack last night, this time in the main forum. Hundreds of posts were made, all filled with what looked like Chinese characters. After the last attack, I set flood control at 90 seconds. Whatever or whoever made this attack managed to make it by just waiting 90 seconds between posts. I only caught it because I woke up at 4AM and checked my email and found a new participant had signed up for the forum. I UNchecked the box to “Automatically give registered visitors the
Participant forum role”, which the documentation says will force me to manually assign all user access to your forums. But the new user was able to post without my having approved his role as a participant. I’ve now installed a reCaptcha plugin, but I don’t understand why the settings I’ve specified are being ignored.
Oh, and when I checked the user’s profile (before deleting it) it was able to assign itself the MODERATOR role in addition to participant! I had to disable the plugin in the middle of the night in order to stop the attack. And the IP address of both this attack and the previous one (which I reported in this forum, but didn’t receive a single reply) resolved to the West coast of the US, not China.

[Robin W]

ok, I think it was just loading in the wrong place, try

add_filter( 'bbp_get_dynamic_roles', 'add_new_roles', 1 );
add_filter( 'bbp_get_caps_for_role', 'add_role_caps_filter', 10, 2 );

function add_new_roles( $bbp_roles )
{
/* Add a role called naturopath */
$bbp_roles['bbp_naturopath'] = array(
'name' =>'Naturopath',
'capabilities' =>custom_capabilities( 'bbp_naturopath' )
);

return $bbp_roles;
}

function add_role_caps_filter( $caps, $role )
{
/* Only filter for roles we are interested in! */
if( $role == 'bbp_naturopath' )
$caps = custom_capabilities( $role );

return $caps;
}

function custom_capabilities( $role )
{
switch ( $role )
{

/* Capabilities for 'naturopath' role */
case 'bbp_naturopath':
return array(
// Primary caps
'spectate' => true,
'participate' => true,
'moderate' => false,
'throttle' => false,
'view_trash' =>false,

// Forum caps
'publish_forums' =>false,
'edit_forums' => false,
'edit_others_forums' => false,
'delete_forums' => false,
'delete_others_forums' => false,
'read_private_forums' => true,
'read_hidden_forums' => false,

// Topic caps
'publish_topics' => true,
'edit_topics' => true,
'edit_others_topics' => false,
'delete_topics' => false,
'delete_others_topics' => false,
'read_private_topics' => true,

// Reply caps
'publish_replies' => true,
'edit_replies' => true,
'edit_others_replies' => false,
'delete_replies' => false,
'delete_others_replies' => false,
'read_private_replies' => true,

// Topic tag caps
'manage_topic_tags' => false,
'edit_topic_tags' => false,
'delete_topic_tags' => false,
'assign_topic_tags' => true,
);

break;

default :
return $role;
}
}

Put this in your child theme’s function file –

ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/functions.php

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

or use

Code Snippets

[Robin W]

that is as designed, you are not allowed to change your own forum role, just as you can’t change your own wordpress role.

[angelfire4xx]

Hi, I had to restore this in phpmyadmin usermeta after a glitch that caused me to lose my admin privileges
a:2:{s:13:”administrator”;b:1;s:13:”bbp_keymaster”;b:1;}

Since then my WP profile page no longer shows the forum role drop-down. This happens just for my profile (I am Admin) and no-one else’s. In the forums my profile is still showing as Keymaster.

It’s not a major issue but I was wondering if there is something else that got corrupted in the database, and how to track it down.

Wordpress 5.8.1

[Chuckie]

Hi @wendylady

Thanks for trying the plugin! According to the TinyMCE documentation for autosave it simply states:

This plugin gives the user a warning if they made modifications to the content within an editor instance but didn’t submit the changes.

I notice there is an option autosave_interval:

This option enables you to specify the time the editor should wait between taking snapshots of the current content and saving them to local storage. The syntax is to append the letter s to the end of a number value. For example, “30s” for 30 seconds.

According to the documentation the default is 30 seconds. Since i do not specify this option in my plugin it must be using this default of 30 seconds.

If you don’t mind, could you also re-produce your query in the support forum for the plugin:

https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/add-autosave-fullscreen-to-tinymce/

?

And I can add the same response there.

Does this help?