[r-a-y]

For the ‘forum’ and ‘topic’ slug in a BuddyPress groups URL, see: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3745#comment:13

You cannot remove it, but you can potentially rename it via code.

[r-a-y]

When you set up BuddyPress, you had to set up a WordPress page that is associated to Groups.

Go to the admin dashboard and visit “Pages”. Next, find the Groups page and edit the slug for the page to dev and that will fix the issue for you.

[r-a-y]

Like I said before, you do not need to migrate. If you disable BuddyPress, the forum content is still in WordPress and bbPress.

Try it. Disable BuddyPress and go to the admin dashboard and go to either “Forums” or “Topics” and attempt to view the item you wish to view.

[Robin W]

Can you tell me why I’m suddenly run into this problem?

You site has become known to spammers who circulate lists of sites that allow wordpress registration. Bbpress simply uses wordpress registration, so that is the route they are getting in.

I delete 2-10 topics/replies a day on this site that are spam.

[nicolasremy]

Thanks Robin, a much appreciated, reassuring reply for me!

So, I’ll recap my understanding below (maybe useful for others too):

bbPress baseline features, when it comes to GDPR
–Right to be forgotten: when admin deletes a user (WordPress Dashboard > Tools > Erase Personal Data), it triggers WordPress’ “Personal Data Erasure” feature, and for bbPress content (posts/topics) will offer to re-assign to another user.
–Right to data portability: when admin hits (WordPress Dashboard > Tools > Export Personal Data), it triggers WordPress’ “Personal Data Export” feature, but the exported file won’t include posts/topics from the forum.

Extra functionality is available via this plugin: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/make-bbpress-gdpr-compliant/
–Right to be forgotten: when admin deletes a user (WordPress Dashboard > Tools > Erase Personal Data), forum posts/topics will be deleted (no chance to re-assign to another user).
–Right to data portability: when admin hits (WordPress Dashboard > Tools > Export Personal Data), forum posts/topics will be included in the exported file.

I like the ability to re-assign posts (deletion time) but at export time, I like the idea to include those posts. Sounds like a “best of both worlds” to me. Would you or anyone know if that is a possibility? Seems like the above plugin is an “all or nothing”.

Sorry if my questions seem numb, a bit of testing would certainly get the answer, but my website project is at its infancy: I don’t even have a host/wordpress yet, I am investigating which solution/plugins to assemble to achieve my vision.
In fact, I am probably going to use the BuddyBoss platform, which is a fork of bbPress, so I am making the assumption that bbPress’ baseline features are available in BuddyBoss platform, but I might well be wrong!
All-in-one, I will certainly do thorough testing on those aspects, but you know the V cycle idea, I don’t want to find-out late that I am in a dead end 🙁

[tw4040]

Is there any theme or way to use WordPress to make a forum that has two columns of independent replies? I refer to something that looks like this:

https://www.debate.org/opinions/should-18-and-19-year-olds-be-exempted-from-the-death-penalty

Using BBpress, etc. by default only gives you one single column of replies.

[nicolasremy]

Hi there,
I am planning to launch an WordPress website with a forum, and GDPR compliance is a key concern of mine.
The “Right to be forgotten” can be implemented in two ways:
=> Option 1: automatically anonymize posts/discussions member (i.e. the community isn’t losing content). I know some forum software have this anonymization function.
=> Option 2: automatically delete posts of that member and discussions started by that member. This would mean also deleting posts from other members (e.g. discussions they’ve answered).

From an admin perspective, I would much prefer option 1 (the community isn’t missing out on useful discussions/content).
However, despite extensive searches I am not finding which option(s) is(are) supported by bbPress.
Also, all opinion pieces on how Forums can cope with GDPR date back to 2018, whereas I am sure there has been some learnings since then.

I hope it’s OK for me to continue this 2018 discussion, if not i’ll gladly create a new one 🙂

[lolataylor1]

WordPress 5.8
bbPress 2.6.6
BuddyPress 9.0.0
Astra Theme 3.6.5

Help! I have read every forum post about creating new custom roles in bbPress, but it still isn’t working for me. The created role names are displaying on my Users page in my Admin dashboard, but the roles themselves are not working as intended. When I assign a user a forum role, it is adding it under the “Roles” [i.e., Subscriber (WP Role), Founder (bbPress Role)] and not “Forum Roles.” I tested the different user role settings and they, too, are not working.

Am I missing something or doing something wrong? I’m new to bbPress and very frustrated after spending hours trying to get this to work.

This is the code I have create and placed in my Code Snippet plugin. The forum is being added to a paid members only website, so the URL would not be useful.


function authorready_add_new_roles( $bbp_roles ) {
$bbp_roles['bbp_probation'] = array(
'name' => 'Probation',
'capabilities' => custom_capabilities( 'bbp_probation' )
);

$bbp_roles['bbp_subscriber'] = array(
'name' => 'Subscriber',
'capabilities' => custom_capabilities( 'bbp_subscriber' )
);

$bbp_roles['bbp_founder'] = array(
'name' => 'Founder',
'capabilities' => custom_capabilities( 'bbp_founder' )
);

$bbp_roles['bbp_leader'] = array(
'name' => 'Group Leader',
'capabilities' => custom_capabilities( 'bbp_leader' )
);

$bbp_roles['bbp_moderator'] = array(
'name' => 'Moderator',
'capabilities' => custom_capabilities( 'bbp_moderator' )
);

$bbp_roles['bbp_administrator'] = array(
'name' => 'Administrator',
'capabilities' => custom_capabilities( 'bbp_administrator' )
);

return $bbp_roles;
}

add_filter( 'bbp_get_dynamic_roles', 'authorready_add_new_roles', 1 );

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

if( $role == 'bbp_subscriber' )
$caps = custom_capabilities( $role );

if( $role == 'bbp_founder' )
$caps = custom_capabilities( $role );

if( $role == 'bbp_leader' )
$caps = custom_capabilities( $role );

if( $role == 'bbp_moderator' )
$caps = custom_capabilities( $role );

if( $role == 'bbp_administrator' )
$caps = custom_capabilities( $role );

return $caps;
}

add_filter( 'bbp_get_caps_for_role', 'authorready_add_role_caps_filter', 10, 2 );

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

/* Capabilities for 'probation' role */
case 'bbp_probation':
return array(
// Primary caps
'spectate' => true,
'participate' => false,
'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' => false,
'read_hidden_forums' => false,

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

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

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

/* Capabilities for 'subscriber' role */
case 'bbp_subscriber':
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' => false,
'edit_topics' => false,
'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' => true,
'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' => false,
);

/* Capabilities for 'founder' role */
case 'bbp_founder':
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' => false,
'edit_topics' => false,
'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' => true,
'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' => false,
);

/* Capabilities for 'group leader' role */
case 'bbp_leader':
return array(
// Primary caps
'spectate' => true,
'participate' => true,
'moderate' => true,
'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' => false,
'edit_topics' => false,
'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' => true,
'delete_replies' => true,
'delete_others_replies' => true,
'read_private_replies' => true,

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

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

// 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' => true,
'delete_others_replies' => true,
'read_private_replies' => true,

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

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

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

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

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

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

break;

default :
return $role;
}
}


[r-a-y]

I posted a ticket about this here: https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3433

It’s an issue since WordPress 5.6.0.

[ShadowKatmandu]

WordPress version 5.8
BuddyPress version 9.0.0
bbPress version 2.6.6

I have attempted to import from BuddyPress by going to Tools > Forums, Import Forums. I entered all of the needed information and clicked Start. The progress box reported nothing was imported, but our BuddyPress Groups has 1 forum with a fair number of messages.

I found documentation at https://codex.bbpress.org/getting-started/importing-data/import-forums/bbpress-1-x-buddypress-group-forums/ which purports to be documentation for importing from BuddyPress groups but only links to what appears to be a possibly out-of-date article about importing from an older version of bbPress.

What is the best method to migrate from BuddyPress 9.0 to bbPress 2.6.6?

[techinbermudas]

Hello

So i own a website in wordpress with latest bbpress installed but i’m having cache issues with the forum. So when browsing i get old content, always have to ctrl+shift+r.

Googling the issue i saw some topics with users but it couldnt be fixed entirely.

I have tried:
– No cache on the hosting;
– Automatic cache on hosting;
– Installed LiteSpeed Cache
Disabled Cache for logged in users
Added /topic* /forum* /forums* to be excluded
Every other setting i found online
– Installed W3 Cache (i have it currently)
Still cache issues specially editing topics (shows old content), going back on forum shows also outdated content. Same happens after editing topics
– Also tried no Cache Plugins, same results.

It has been a pain to try to deal with this and my knowledge is limited on this.
Any help?

[r-a-y]

Technically, an image is a link so that would count as a hyperlink.

This is a legitimate problem because bbPress inherited the discussion settings from WordPress in bbPress 2.6.0. I created a ticket to perhaps create separate forum moderation settings, which would address this. See https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3352.

A workaround is to bump the link limit to a higher number or use some code to bypass moderation.

[r-a-y]

The BuddyPress plugin doesn’t integrate with bbPress.

It’s the other way around. The issue is with the BuddyPress integration built into bbPress.

You should create an issue at https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/

[Robin W]

only a keymaster can add another keymaster.

If there are no keymasters left, then add this plugin

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>bug fixes

and you will see that you can add yourself back as a keymaster

you can then dcativate and delete this plugin, or maybe use the features on your site

[Robin W]

I’ve just upgraded my test site to wordpress 5.8 and all looks ok.

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

[wonadoomore]

HI,

the only update i have just had is wordpress and i have just noticed that my BBpress has stopped working, but now it has gone from my admin list and the forums or no longer visible. but in plugins it shows that the plugin is still active.

i have reinstalled the plugin but noting is happening. I havent even got forums in my wordpress dashboard anymore.

Any ideas? Thanks

[Robin W]

I suspect that this is a woocommerce issue. bbpress just uses wordoress login, so it looks like something (eg woocommerce) is hooking to the wordpress login and taking you to shop.

May well be a setting in woocommerce as to what to do when a user logs in

[centralstatesmedia]

Running wordpress 5.8, php 7.4
• have deactivated all plugins except bbPress
• switched to a default theme
• flushed permalinks
• cleared cache
• repaired forums

bbPress All Replies still getting a 502 error. What can I do. WP Engine states segmentation faults, which is common with plugin error. Any advice?

[Robin W]

the keymaster role is further down the profile – it is an additional role to the wordpress one.

If you have keymaster set for you, then 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]

that’s not code from bbpress.

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]

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>Forum Display

[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

[kathukat]

WordPress Version 5.7.2
BBPress Version 2.6.6
https://kathukat.com/forums/forum/what-book-are-you-reading-at-the-moment/

Hi!
All my newly created forums are giving me this:
Not Found
The requested URL was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

What could be the issue?

[kathukat]

WordPress Version 5.7.2
BBPress Version 2.6.6
https://kathukat.com/forum/

Hi!
I need the “keep me signed in” with the tickbox to be in one line, not like it is at the moment. Can you please instruct me on how to fix it? I know nothing of CSS..

[Robin W]

Install

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>bug fixes

and you will see the ability to add back keymaster.

Once done, you can deactivate and delete the style pack plugin, or you may find the other features useful