[Robin W]

unanswered can be done by

bbp style pack

once activated

create a wordpress page and use the [bsp-display-topic-index …..] shortcode

see

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>Shortcodes for how to use it – but create one with noreply

then you just create a link to that page

[Jing]

Our developer built an app around it.

He uses the WordPress API and it is running great!

[Robin W]

dashboard>settings>discussion is a default wordpress option, so if you don’t have this, then something is wrong outside of 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

[nicolaboscolo]

To reproduce the problem I installed a clean wordpress 5.7.1. Then Elementor, bbPress and the test plugin. Then I activated them in the same order. At the moment that I activate the test plugin bbPress menu items literally disappear.
PS: in this configuration I am able access the forum as a user. But when i discovered it on my working site the first time, forum pages were blocked as i described before.

[deborah86]

@robin-w

Thanks for your help. It is a template issue. Unfortunately, I am unable to reinstall a brand new version of the Twenty Twenty theme. When I delete it and reinstall it, I get my same settings as before.

Now, I have to build a brand new website on a new WordPress install. 🙁

[vincenzon617]

I would like to add metadata to replies depending on a checkbox that the user selects. The function I think I will need to use is add_post_meta but one of the parameters is post_id. What would I put in this as the reply would not be created yet and so I believe it won’t have an associated ID yet?

I suppose it is the same concept as replying to a topic as the text the user writes will go into the post’s (with a postID) ‘main’ data. So basically I would like to do the same thing but adding to the metadata. Hopefully, that makes sense and someone knows the solution.

Thanks!

[natekinkead]

I know this thread is super old, but I thought I would jump in here to let anybody (who stumble upon this thread) know that I developed a free plugin in the WordPress plugin directory that adds voting to bbPress. https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-voting/

Just like the OP found, there was nothing out there that offered this pretty common functionality to a bbPress forum, so I developed my own plugin to do it. I hope you like it!

[neon67]

Still looking for a caching plugin for bbpress….
I’m check the cache on the server – my Super Cash prepares pages for all WordPress perfectly , but not the forum pages.

Forums contain non-persistent content, with dynamically changeable php blocks and the like. I think, we need the type of caching Legacy or PHP and enabling “Dynamic caching” in the settings? So better for object caching choose – W3 Total Cache?

Please, take the good example of choosing a cache plugin for bbpress

[nicolaboscolo]

The problem is that sometimes with a combination of some plugins (firstly started with Acy Mailing)

• bbPress admin menu items disappear.
• Keymasters are able to access the pages but can’t reply.
• Participants can’t access the forum pages at all.

Acy Mailing did some investigation and it turned out that this issue comes out when bbPress is calling the function wp_roles. WordPress version 5.7.1
Here is their comment:

After some investigations and tests, it appears the issue is coming from the BBPress plugin.
In AcyMailing we are calling a WordPress core function (wp_roles) which gives the user roles.
AcyMailing is called before BBPress and this is what creates the issue. It seems that whenever an other plugin is calling this function before BBPress, its role system is not working properly and doesn’t give access to its content.
Whichever plugin who calls this WordPress function before them will create the problem.
As an example we created a test plugin which only call this function and does nothing else and it also prevent BBPress from working properly (I have attached this test plugin).

[Robin W]

Thanks for your further input.

bbpress and buddypress are free software offered with free support, I an just a user of bbpress who helps out here.

With just bbpress and buddypress, the twentytwenty team could not replicate your issue, I cannot replicate your issue, and now you say you are not able to replicate the issue on a brand new installation. Therefore this would suggest it is individual to your site as I said probably a template issue, not an issue with bbpress or buddypress.

you could try

bbPress WP Tweaks

and see if changing the template works

[deborah86]

@robin-w

I contacted the support at the twentytwenty theme. They asked me to request that you open a ticket if you think the issue is with their theme.

Here is their response:

I’m not able to replicate the scenario from the screenshot you showed in the original report, but it looks to me like bbPress’ themes and styles are being removed from the page for some reason. As @desrosj mentioned though, the plugin you are working with is a premium one, so it’s not possible for us to look into this any deeper, but it certainly appears to be a problem on their end. If they know for certain the problem is with the theme, I would suggest you let them know that they should open a ticket (or provide details in this one) as to what that problem is, so we can find a solution together.

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/53147#comment:6

[deborah86]

@robin-w

buddyboss is a private development that includes bbpress and buddypress in it, buddyboss has its own theme, and is designed to work with that. it is really designed as a paid solution with its own theme. https://www.buddyboss.com/

Buddyboss is not a replacement for buddypress and/or bbpress – these free plugins are just used by it.

I understand.

As the twenty twenty support says in their first post ‘I used the steps above to try and reproduce the issue you described, but I was unable to. When testing, I see the list of forums available as expected.’

bbpress works fine with twentytwenty, as indeed does bbpress and buddypress work with twentytwenty.

Neither bbpress or BuddyBoss are working correctly on my website with the Twenty Twenty theme. That is why I am contacting both bbPress and BuddyBoss for support. I have tried both plugins.

I first had the issue with bbPress. I installed BuddyBoss to see if I would have the same issue. I still had the same issue.

I contacted BuddyBoss. They told me to contact the twentytwenty theme developers because it is an issue with the theme. I contacted them. They told me it is an issue with BuddyBoss and bbPress since I experience the same issue with both plugins. Now, I am contacting bbPress and BuddyBoss for additional help.

I have had the website since November and I am unable to replicate the issue on a brand new WordPress install. I don’t know if the age of the website makes a difference.

I suspect this issue is with using Buddyboss with the twentytwenty theme, and buddyboss may well consider that to be an issue with twentytwenty and not their problem, just as Ford might consider you using a Chevolet gearbox on a Ford and not working to be a Chevrolet issue. Since buddyboss is a paid solution, I cannot test to find out what is wrong.

I suspect the issue is with the default template that something is trying to use, and might be quite simple to fix, but as I don’t have access to Buddyboss without buying it, I can’t say.

I understand this is also an issue with Buddyboss and the twentytwenty theme. I have also contacted their support. I am contacting you for help with the bbPress plugin.

The BuddyBoss platform is opensource. You can download it on their website without paying.

Please explain to me why I am having the same issue with bbPress. Why is bbPress not working correctly with the twentytwenty theme but it works fine with the other themes?

[deborah86]

I am currently using the Twenty Twenty theme. The theme is causing jumbled text on the forum page.

Forum Page

I have tried both bbPress and BuddyBoss. I have the same issue. I contacted BuddyBoss, they stated there is an issue with the Twenty Twenty theme. I contacted the admins at the Twenty Twenty theme. They told me to go to bbPress for support. I cannot locate the issue in the code.

See Twenty Twenty theme ticket

I also completed the additional troubleshooting steps:

• Deactive plugins – this did not solve the issue
• Themes – switching the themes fixes the issue. I contacted the Twenty Twenty theme authors. They told me to contact you.
• Selecting the default permalinks – I am already using the default permalinks
• Repair Forums – this did not solve the issue
• Using WP Debug – no debug issues appeared
• Diagnose Javascript errors – there are no javascript errors appearing

I have basically tried everything besides resetting my WordPress website. Nothing seems to work.

[carterville]

Hello. I hope I’m in the correct forum. If not, I apologize.

I am new to forum plugins. I downloaded bbPress and have it installed. I also have a WordPress blog plugin I’m currently using as well. In order for the forum plugin to display I had to create a page and therefore is being displayed along the top of my blog as Discussion Forum (changed from Forum).

Note: I also have Forum which is the Asgaros Forum plugin. You can ignore this. It is there only for comparison purposes.

What I would like to do is unassociate bbPress from my Blog and make bbPress totally standalone. Is this possible? If so, can you provide me with instruction?

Thank you very much!
Charles

[ViNOJ]

Hi
I have received solution from UM support.
If you want to use UM plugin with bbPress & BuddyPress you just have to remove filter to disable UM avatar
Checkout this link for more details.
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/buddypress-bbpress-widget-shows-different-profile-pics-with-um-plugin/

[Milan Petrovic]

Hello,

My plugin GD Mail Queue – https://wordpress.org/plugins/gd-mail-queue/ works with bbPress, and it allows the use of custom SMTP, it can queue bbPress notifications as individual emails, and it can wrap emails in HTML for better email presentation.

Milan

[Robin W]

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>Topic/Reply Display

item 17

[Robin W]

ok, yes that should give you the forum button on the dashboard.

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]

if three is another keymaster then they can make you a keymaster.

If there are no keymasters, then install

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>bug fixes

and you will see the option to make yourself keymaster.

After you have done this, you can deactivate and delete the style pack plugin, but you might want to check out it’s features.

[samibz]

I installed bbpress and it is activated – when I go into users there is a forum users option for every other wordpress user other than me the administrator.I did not get a welcome page. I have no option to edit my role under my users – I can do this for all the other users on my site.

I use X-theme which is supposed to support this plugin. I have a feeling this has to do with the fact that I am not listed at the keymaster, but there seems to be no way to do this.

I am not good at coding or knowing where to put code, so if it involves any please be very specific – where it needs to go, what to type in etc…

Thanking everyone in advance

[Robin W]

Private groups

and look at topic permissions

[Robin W]

strongly suspect the issue is that you are running on a staging site, so conflict between the actual url and the one in the wordpress database

[Robin W]

users need to register, bbpress just uses wordpress registration, so you have lots of options for doing this.

[Robin W]

hmmm…

bbpress just uses wordpress registration, so users should be able to just register and get participant access.

what have you got set in

dashboard>settings>forums>Roles?

[mballa3rdo]

Hi, for my business website I’m trying to get a working forum together, I’m using WordPress.com, and I’ve got bbpress and bbpstyle pack active right now.

The issues I keep getting prevent users who do not have WordPress accounts from registering, it redirects the users to the WordPress login page and doesn’t send an e-mail.

In my Settings, if I remove the ability to login with WordPress accounts, it functions perfectly, but I lose access to editing and updating the site, I’m lost on how to get this functional.