[Robin W]

Typically this is from a link in an email

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>Subscription emails

and select item 2 and choose which login they go via

[Robin W]

this is a known bug, in some cases particularly with sub forums, or when posts get marked as spam this can happen.

Try

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>bug fixes

Fix Last Active Time

[Robin W]

what wordpress roles are assigned ?

[Robin W]

sorry was trying to answer quickly over the weekend – should have read dashboard>settings>forums !

The current situation appears to force them to become registered users of WordPress rather than a registered user of my bbPress Forum.

so yes, by ticking the participant role, then when they register, they will be given the participant role when they first log in, and have access to the forums

[megatill]

Thanks, Robin W, for your reply but I do not think that helps with actually registering!

I have NO EXISTING users, but I do want to be able to have them register to become a user!
The current situation appears to force them to become registered users of WordPress rather than a registered user of my bbPress Forum.

The only option I have when I view dashboard>forums is to create a new forum – I see no “roles” or “settings” under that view.

However, under dashboard>settings>forums I see the opportunity to set a role.
I have ticked the Automatically give registered visitors PARTICIPANT forum role which was previously unticked.

By ticking, have I given them access to my Forum when they use the registration link?

Thanks again!

[Robin W]

you can do this by amending a template in bbpress (which I’ll helo you with if you wish, but requires FTP knowledge)

or you could use

Private groups

you would set up 2 groups

say group 1 teachers
group 2 students

in dashboard>settings>bbp private groups>group name settings

then in

dashboard>settings>bbp private groups>topic permissions

you’ll actually see an example of how to do this

[Robin W]

bbpress just uses WordPress accounts.

so if you want your existing users to use bbpress, then set the default role in dashboard>forums and the next time they log in, they will get this access.

[Matka Jodi]

I think this article will help you

WordPress Profile Builder: a front-end user registration, login and edit-profile plugin

[megatill]

Hi – I have a WordPress site that has been operational for 5 years.
I wanted to add a Discussion Forum using bbPress, and I have been successful in installing the bbPress plug-in.
Using the bbPress Shortcode Codex, I wanted to create a requirement for people to log into my new Discussion Forum using
[bbp-register] – Display the register screen.
[bbp-lost-pass] – Display the lost password screen.

However, when I test these two options, it appears that these two options actually create a new WordPress account – with no connection to my existing WordPress site at all. When I test the Register facility, a new page opens with the WordPress create account box (create username and password).

What is wrong with the Shortcode usage, please?

WordPress 5.4.1 running Enterprise theme.

Who and What I Find – About this site

bbPress Version 2.6.5

[Robin W]

I can see that – I’ve logged a trac ticket for this 7
https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3379

[John James Jacoby]

Topic views are not standard in bbPress.

By default, the problem with Views is they trigger database writes on pages that should only be performing database reads.

We’ve considered ways of circumventing this, but have never seriously attempted to build it.

Is there a simple fix for a non-programmer type guy?

You could try installing: https://wordpress.org/plugins/gd-bbpress-tools/

I forget if it offers it, but it does so much other stuff that maybe it will tide you over? 😁

[tumptyteapot]

WordPress Version 5.4.1
bbPress Version 2.6.5

Mizan Therapy

I have no links to Forum in the dashboard. I have no forum options for users.
I can see the forums exist from the front end but I cannot get to them from the admin

I have disabled all plugins apart from bbPress and tried another theme. The problem still exists.
I have installed the User Role Editor but no options for forums exist there either.
I have cleared caches on the site and in the browser.

https://snipboard.io/C4xL6M.jpg

[lisabyrde]

I know the Yoast SEO has many problems with BBpress. I wrote a small plugin to help Yoast SEO working better with BBPress.

This plugin improved the following problem with yoast wordpress seo in bbpress:
1, Canonical lost on single forum
2, Canonical lost on single topic page
3, Canonical lost on user profile page
4, Canonical lost on topic tag page
5, Meta title incorrect on user profile page
6, Meta title incorrect on topic tag
7, Meta description lost on topic archive
8, Meta description lost on user profile page
9, Meta description lost topic tag page
10, Meta description lost on single topic page
11, Meta description lost on single forum page

I know this is an old thread but if I install this plugin, would it automatically pull all the meta data (meta title & description) or would I have to manually write the titles and descriptions for each page?

TBH, right now I don’t have the budget to hire an SEO consultant. Plus, I’ve had bad experiences with them before. So I’d prefer if this is something that I could resolve on my own.

Let me know.

Thanks.

[MiltonBC]

Hi, I just installed bbpress and have the latest version of wordpress (5.4). I see “voices” and “posts” but no “views”.

Is this standard? I would like to see the number of views by topic.

Is there a simple fix for a non-programmer type guy?

[John James Jacoby]

MySQL 8 removing support for zero dates is the problem.

WordPress is incompatible with NO_ZERO_DATE mode, but it being dropped entirely means these errors are going to pop up.

See: https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3354

Going to patch and fix for 2.6.6, likely for a release next week.

[Ben]

I upgraded to 2.6.5 . In WordPress menu Settings->Forums, I checked Super Moderators(Allow Moderators and Keymasters to edit users) .I tested setting the user role Editor / Keymaster. In WordPress menu can’t look the Users menu.

How can i do ?

Thx.

[cafermcc]

I have set up the bbpress forum and have Admins created through my WordPress site. When other admins try to access the Forum settings via Tools and then Plugins they do not see the options for bbpress (Forum, Replies, Topics). Help with where to update settings so others besides myself can access these settings!

[Robin W]

This allows any length title

add_filter( 'bbp_is_title_too_long', 'rew_dont_bother', 10 , 4 ) ;

function rew_dont_bother ($result, $title, $max, $len ){
	return false ;
}

and this reduces content

//code to limit number of characters in topic contents to 500 characters
add_filter( 'bbp_new_topic_pre_content', 'rew_limit_topic_content' );
add_filter( 'bbp_edit_topic_pre_content', 'rew_limit_topic_content' );

function rew_limit_topic_content( $topic_content )
{
    /* Check for number of characters in topic contents  */
    if (strlen($topic_content) > 500) {
		$revised_content = substr($topic_content, 0, 500);
		}	
	else {
		$revised_content = $topic_content ;
	}		
 
    return $revised_content ;
}

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

Code Snippets

[Robin W]

Just had a chance to dig further into this – bbpress will only let a keymaster set another keymaster, so if you’re not a keymaster yourself then by default you can’t do this.

However this code should allow any admin to set a keymaster

add_filter( 'bbp_is_user_keymaster', 'rew_allow_keymaster', 10 , 3 );

function rew_allow_keymaster ($retval, $_user_id, $user_id) {
	if (current_user_can( 'manage_options' )) $retval = true ;
return $retval ;
}

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

Code Snippets

BUT THEN TAKE IT OUT AFTER you have set up another – as it makes all admins in effect keymasters.

[Lanie Carmelo]

Hi. I am not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I need some help getting started with BuddyPress and BBPress. I just created my first website, which is a community for people living with multiple disabilities. I am hoping to turn this into a nonprofit organization. I have installed both BBPress and BuddyPress, so I will be posting this in both forums. The website is livingwithmultipledisabilities.org, and I have WordPress version 5.4.1, BBPress version 2.6.5, and BuddyPress version 6.0.0. I have BBPress set up with several forums I created, and I think I’m going to use BuddyPress to allow users to create groups. I have a few questions. Is there anything I should do to make BBPress and BuddyPress work well together? Second, how do I set up the register and activate pages for BuddyPress to use? These pages seem to exist, but I think they are blank since I do not see anything when I edit them, and trying to review them redirects me back to my website’s homepage. Finally, is there anything else I might not know about that I need to do to set both plugins up? Thanks.

[Robin W]

yes it is buddypress

you can change the text as per below

//This function changes the text wherever it is quoted
function change_translate_text( $translated_text ) {
	if ( $translated_text == 'You have successfully created your account! To begin using this site you will need to activate your account via the email we have just sent to your address.
' ) {
	$translated_text = 'new text';
	}
	return $translated_text;
}
add_filter( 'gettext', 'change_translate_text', 20 );

so just put what you want in place of ‘new text’

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

Code Snippets

[Robin W]

slow down comes from a flood check function.

The flood time is set is

dashboard>settings>forums>flooding.

for this specific issue, I’d try setting that to a longer period and see if it makes a difference

Then you can disable this function using

add_filter( 'bbp_bypass_check_for_flood', 'rew_bypass_flood' ) ;

function rew_bypass_flood () {
	return true ;
}

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

Code Snippets

[Robin W]

great – it may well be buddypress or WordPress.

If you give me a link, I’ll register and might be able to tell from the code sent to the browser

[eroesi]

Oh wow I waited soon 4 days to hear this?

I only reported what I did so far to troubleshoot this error. And by the way “you are too fast, slow down” is a popular bbPress error. After disabling the flood protection I am able to post but every posts appears as anonymous. This can’t be normal and I think is definitely a bbPress error. Also I can’t reset the database through settings > forums like I said before.

The error log is empty, only one error: WordPress database error You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘)’ at line 1 for query SELECT term_id, taxonomy FROM wpOF_term_taxonomy WHERE term_taxonomy_id IN () made by require_once(‘wp-admin/admin.php’), do_action(‘load-tools_page_bbp-repair’), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, bbp_admin_repair_handler, bbp_admin_repair_topic_tag_count, clean_term_cache

[Robin W]

I’m not sure where this message is coming from.

It is not in bbpress, and bbpress just uses WordPress registration.

It may well be WordPress (I haven’t got auto registration on any of my test sites so can’t say)

Or are you running and registration plugins, or does your theme do this, or is it WordPress.

You’ll need to do a bit more digging.