[Robin W]

I suspect those functions are bbpress version 1

bbpress 2.x just uses wordpress login, so the standard wordpress function

is_user_logged_in()

will tell you if the user is logged in.

[bobdobbs]

I’m wanting to create conditional logic that responds to whether a user is logged in to bbpress.

Googling helped me to find these two functions:

bb_current_user_can()
bb_is_user_logged_in()

However, when I use them, I get the error “Call to undefined function bb)…”.

This happens even when I tie my containing function to the hook ‘plugins_loaded’, which I believe fires after all activated plugins have loaded.

(I first tried to use the hook ‘wp’)

So I’m just double-checking…

Should I be able to use either of those two functions to test if a user requesting a resource is a logged-in bbpress user?

[ecarlson]

I’m not sure if this is an issue with bbPress or BuddyPress; forgive me if I’m posting this in the wrong place. I recently added BuddyPress to my installation which already had bbPress, and I see that when a BuddyPress group has a forum, it’s added to the list of forums like the bbPress ones. Awesome!

However, if I change the description of the BuddyPress group, the bbPress forum list still shows the old description. If I go to Forums > All Forums, I can edit the description which updates the description on the forums list. Is this a bug, or are you supposed to have to update it in two places? Is it allowing for some users to have a different description in bbPress vs BuddyPress?

bbPress: 2.6.6
BuddyPress: 8.0.0
Wordpress: 5.7.2
Site (though most of the forums are private): https://antiochfc.org/forums

[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

[joeltagert]

I am running BBpress with the Highend theme. I have set up the forums and they look great, but the “subscribe” button is missing. “Allow users to subscribe to forums and topics” is checked in the settings. I assume it’s a theme conflict, but without the forum subscribe button, the functionality for our users is crippled. Is there any way to correct this? Thanks!

Wordpress 5.7.2
bbpress 2.6.6

https://zencenterofdenver.org/forums/

[Robin W]

ok, so if you are a keymaster then I can only suggest

1. reset the permalinks – dashboard>settings>permalinks and just click save – this resets them.

2. if that doesn’t fix, 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

[uksentinel]

Apologies for opening an old thread, given w3 total cache is not ideally suited for caching for BBPRESS – but is good for wordpress, is there an alternative cashing plugin suitable for BBPRESS or is BBPRESS generally best left un cashed ?

Thanks

[goosie00]

I’ve done something, but I don’t know what? I think the slugs for the ‘forum’ page may have had a conflict (there was a warning message, but I changed the names), and I think the tabs went missing after I rebuilt the tables, but the tabs have totally disappeared now, and I don’t know how to get them back. Its a backend issue, as its not affecting the front end – you can still get to the forum page
I uninstalled and deleted/reinstalled bbpress, and it hasn’t brought the tabs back.
I’m really worried that if I delete the Buddypress plugin, I will lose my settings and customer lists of Participants. Any advice would be very much appreciated.
bbPress Version 2.6.6
Buddypress Version 8.0.0
Wordpress the latest
FORUM HERE

[Robin W]

if they are not showing, 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]

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]

This still works

bbPress – Moderation Tools

[Robin W]

bbPress – Moderation Tools

[Robin W]

This plugin will let you do this

Private groups

in the settings, create an ‘admin’ group and a ‘user’ group.

use the topic permissions to set this

and then for that forum (you can leave the others alone) , just assign that forum to the admin and user groups and save. You can then use the topic permissions to allow admins to post, but users just to view.

Finally use the ‘assign groups to roles’ tab to give admins the ‘admin’ group and subscribers the ‘user’ group

[andreiandronachi95]

Hello everyone! I’m working on a online store made with Magento, but it also have a forum created with bbPress and I have to make a modification but it’s the first time when I work with WordPress. After we enter in a discussion, we have the question, the answers and after Similar discussions, topics(topics that are in the same category with the question). Right now we are loading 10, but I need a button bellow and everytime when you press it to load another 10. In content-single-topic.php I have this custom code, that give us the number of similar topics, on the homepage of te category we have 50 discussion on page:

<?php
$direct_parent = $post->post_parent;
if (bbp_has_topics(
    array(
        'author' => 0,
        'show_stickies' => false,
        'order' => 'DESC',
        'post_parent' => $direct_parent,
        'post__not_in' => array($post->ID),
        'posts_per_page' => 10
    )
))

bbp_get_template_part('bbpress/loop', 'topics');

Can someone help me to add more topics on button click with ajax or something like this?

[Robin W]

I think you are really looking for some wordpress training. bbpress just uses wordpress login, and the pop up or tooltip type help text you are after is well beyond any free help, and would require extensive site specific coding – sorry.

[Robin W]

suspect it might be a another plugin that is adding these (possibly one of mine, but hopefully not!)

so the standard fault finding applies

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]

https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-add-conditional-logic-to-menus-in-wordpress/

[sk80au]

I used the WP Mail SMTP plugin and it didn’t work. Then I checked the settings and noticed that WordPress uses my admin username for SMTP mail whereas the mail username/password was different. I’ve updated the settings and verification emails started working. Thank you.

[Robin W]

but if otherwise

Private groups

[nathan767]

Hello,

I currently have this plugin installed onto my website which I plan on updating soon and I would like to know if it is compatible with the latest version of WordPress 5.7.2.

The current version of WordPress I am running is 5.5.5.

[Robin W]

ok, try this

add_filter ('bbp_get_time_since' , 'rew_time_since_translate' ) ;
		
	
	function rew_time_since_translate ($output) {
		$output = preg_replace('/years/', 'new word', $output);
		$output = preg_replace('/year/', 'new word', $output);
		$output = preg_replace('/days/', 'new word', $output);
		$output = preg_replace('/day/', 'new word', $output);
		
		return $output ;
	}

so change ‘new word’ in each case for what you want to show

you can add as many lines as you need, but always do the plural first so ‘years’ followed by ‘year’

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]

In bbpress 2.6.x the date freshness format has changed.
If your translation has not been updated this will still display in English.

install

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>Freshness Display

and you will be able to enter translations there

[Barry]

Is there a way to remove the widget and just have a page for folks to go to instead?

A potentially quick and easy solution would be to create a page and embed the widget within it. To help with that, you might use this plugin or some other similar one:

Widget Shortcode

(I haven’t used it, and can’t vouch for it…and probably there are also block plugins that do much the same.)

[Robin W]

bbpress just uses wordpress.

I’d suggest 2 things

1. test using an email tester eg

WP Test Email

2. get details of your SMTP email configuration form your host and use

WP Mail SMTP by WPForms

[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