[packzap]

From that document:

Moving to a New Server
If you are moving WordPress from one server to another, begin by backing up your WordPress directory, images, plugins, and other files on your site as well as the database. See WordPress Backups and Backing Up Your Database.

Keeping Your Domain Name and URLs
Moving your domain without changing the Home and Site URLs of your WordPress site is very simple, and in most cases can be done by moving the files.

If database and URL remain the same, you can move by just copying your files and database.

If database name or user changes, edit wp-config.php to have the correct values.

If you want to test before you switch, you must temporarily change “siteurl” and “home” in the database table “wp_options” (through phpMyAdmin or similar).

If you had any kind of rewrites (permalinks) setup you must disable .htaccess and reconfigure permalinks when it goes live.

[packzap]

Thanks Robin. I’m still working on it. This WordPress resource is very helpful, Migrating WordPress.

[packzap]

Hi Robin,

The WordPress/bbPress install and all content is all on one subdomain (feedback.pdxradio.com).

It’s interesting the legacy bb_ tables are still there. I don’t want to touch (delete) them, in case they’re still being used.

[Robin W]

ok, I’d suspect that the bb_ tables are from versions 0.x and 1.x.
In version 2.x, bbpress was migrated to a plugin under wordpress.

I presume that your bbpress forums run on the same website and nit on a sub-domain – can you confirm?

[packzap]

I’m running the the latest: {bbPress version 2.6.13) / WordPress version 6.8.1}. I’ve been running bbPress for 10 to 15 years, starting with the 0.x versions. I notice when I look at the database in MyPHPadmin there are many tables with the prefix of bb_ and even more tables starting with wsy****_.

So just to review, when we move the bbPress/Wordpress installation from one server to another we do so in these steps?

1. Copy all web files over to new server
2. Copy the database.sql over to new server
3. Edit the first few lines of wp-config.php with the pertinent new database settings
4. Go into the Admin panel of the site and make sure the bbPress plugin is active
5. Then go to Tools, Forums, click the Import forums tab, select Platform, bbPress1 and enter the pertinent database details
6. In the table prefix section be sure to add the prefixes from your database (in my case bb_ and wsy****_, i guess entered as bb_wsy****_?)
7. Click Start, and then fold your hands together and pray the import works 😉

[packzap]

bbpress just uses wordpress posts and post meta tables and the wordpress use table.

So if you copy the wp-content files, mysql database, bbpress should just work ok

So, does that mean I only need to copy the wp_ files and folders from the old server, not the bb_ ones? And of course, the database.sql.

[Robin W]

bbpress just uses wordpress posts and post meta tables and the wordpress use table.

So if you copy the wp-content files, mysql database, bbpress should just work ok

[packzap]

I thought I would easily move my bbpress (version 2.6.13) / WordPress (version 6.8.1) installation from one server to another by copying all the files and exporting/importing the sql database file and adjusting wp-config.php.

However after moving everything over I can access the new WP installation, see all the plugins from before (all deactivated), but cannot see or import the bbPress forum.

I activated the bbPress plugin but don’t see any of my previous forum names listed.

In the WordPress Admin dashboard, I went to Tools, Import forums, put in the database settings (platform bbpress1) and clicked import, but it immediately stops on step 1.

Since most of the articles in this forum about moving servers is 10 to 15 years old. Maybe a refresh of an overview on how to do it today would be helpful. If anyone can throw in some ideas, I would appreciate it.

[Robin W]

could be hundreds of reasons, and may be coincidental of 6.8 or may not.

so 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

[teachworldhistory]

I have a website that uses bbpress forums.

The bbpress forums have worked for 5 1/2 years. When WordPress 6.8 came out, it broke. Now, when members log in, they can only see 2 forums and even those don’t work. When I log in as an admin to word press, all the forums are there. When a member logs in, they only see two broken forums. The updated bbpress plugin did not fix it. Reverting back to a previous Word Press version did not fix it.

Can I get any help with this?

[Robin W]

BBpress Addon For Yoast SEO

[smithloo]

Hello

I’ve been using bbPress on a couple of my WordPress sites and it’s been working fine so far. But I’m wondering how well bbPress integrates with SEO plugins like Yoast SEO or Rank Math.

Do SEO plugins actually help with indexing forum topics and replies? I checked my Search Console and noticed some of the forum pages aren’t indexed, or maybe they’re indexed without proper meta descriptions.

[Robin W]

You can add it to the menu

Install

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>login

or you can use the
[bbp-login]
shortcode which will display a clickable link

[Robin W]

possibly because you are using an FSE theme.

so try a fix to work with bbpress.

install

bbp style pack

once activated, navigate to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack, and you should see the first tab called ‘Theme Support’ – if you don’t see this, come back.

In that tab, select

Enable Theme Support

and save

The forums should then display

[Sculley]

Hi there,

We’re using bbPress with the Simple Membership plugin, and the site is built with the GeneratePress theme. Here’s the staging site for reference: https://iu9d4mv2wm-staging.onrocket.site/forums/

Login is handled through Simple Membership, but profile behavior is different than the typical bbPress/WordPress setup.

When a member creates a topic or reply, they can click on their avatar or name to access their forum profile — which includes favorites, subscriptions, activity, etc. However, if a user hasn’t posted yet, there’s no way for them to access their profile, because their avatar/name doesn’t appear anywhere.

Is there a shortcode, function, or recommended method to add a “View My Profile” link at the top of the forums (or anywhere else), even if the user hasn’t posted?

Thanks in advance for any guidance!

[Robin W]

I’m not quite sure what point you are making.

bbPress does not support blocks, it may do at some future stage, but it does not do this now.

Wordpress support uses bbPress and has a fix they have decided to do in order to support blocks.

I did some experiments to see if I could get blocks working with bbpress.

I said in the other thread that I could not get blocks working with 19.7, so it is probably not surprising that you couldn’t either – I’m not sure why you thought this would work. I did get it to work with 16.7, but I have not tried it since 6.8 was released (nor do I plan to).

It is up to plugin authors to decide what they wish to support within their plugins, and whilst you think it would be good to be able to use blocks, this is entirely up to the authors of free software.

Whilst personally I would not wish to impose blocks on my forum users, as I find it unintuitive, I would support adding the capability for those that do want it.

For the time being, unless you can get it to work, then you have the editor as per this forum, or the visual editor which can be added using the bbp-style-pack plugin.

[Chefranov]

I rolled back gutenberg plugin to 17.9 (regarding blocks everywhere github repository) and it’s the same. I think it doesn’t work anymore. WordPress uses new API in core and need to add support new version of WP and Gutenberg.

[Chefranov]

I tried, I installed bbPress, Block everywhere and Gutenberg 20.6.0 but it doesn’t work. If I don’t install Gutenberg plugin I get critical error on the site. If I install 20.6.0 then I don’t see reply window and see js errors:

Store "core/interface" is already registered.

Uncaught Error: You tried to opt-in to unstable APIs without confirming you know the consequences. This feature is only for JavaScript modules shipped with WordPress core. Please do not use it in plugins and themes as the unstable APIs will removed without a warning. If you ignore this error and depend on unstable features, your product will inevitably break on the next WordPress release.
at t (implementation.ts:101:9)
at 772 (index.min.js?ver=1.0.0:13:2251)
at o (index.min.js?ver=1.0.0:34:44729)
at index.min.js?ver=1.0.0:34:45918
at o.O (index.min.js?ver=1.0.0:34:44999)
at index.min.js?ver=1.0.0:34:45931
at index.min.js?ver=1.0.0:34:45937

[Robin W]

yes, if you wish to use the Gutenberg Editor, please see this thread for if and how to do this:
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-enable-gutenberg-blocks/

[Chefranov]

Hi!

I’m wondering if the support forums on WordPress.org are powered by bbPress or a custom solution. I noticed that replies support Gutenberg blocks, which is not available in the default bbPress plugin.

Is WordPress.org using a customized version of bbPress with Gutenberg integration? If so, is this integration available publicly, or is it a custom internal implementation?

Thanks!

[Robin W]

bbpress 2.6.13 fixes the 6.8 wordpress issue

[Robin W]

There are many reasons why this might occur, that are site specific. This is not a known error with bbpress and more likely to be related to either the set up of your site, or 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

If that does not point to the error, then I’d suggest you contact your host provider for help.

[John James Jacoby]

Read the blog post here: https://bbpress.org/blog/2025/04/bbpress-2-6-13-is-out/

Go get 2.6.13 from: https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress 🐝

[Andrew Lima]

This fixes it (Thanks JJJ) -> https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/3631/3631-2.6.diff

[Robin W]

You would need to raise this for the image upload plugin support

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