[Robin W]

Otherwise it is doable but far beyond free help – as I say bbpress just uses wordpress registration so maybe contact a wordpress developer who can do some code for you.

[Robin W]

ok, without an email address, is in effect registration not necessary (?), as you have no way to contact users or validate who they are?

If so I’d suggest you:

1. allow anonymous posting

dashboard>settings>forums>Anonymous Allow guest users without accounts to create topics and replies

2. use Akismet to reduce/stop spam

Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection

3. install

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>Moderation and follow instructions and set that all posts need to be moderated

4. go to

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

and set 19, 20 and 21 – 20 allows you to hide the email field

[Robin W]

bbpress just uses wordpress registration.

Wordpress requires users to have an email address for various reasons, including password changing and resetting.

Whilst this is certainly achievable with code, I do not know of any plugin that allows this.

No-one sees the email address apart from WordPress admins and the user.

[Dean Scott]

Ugh. No editing of posts? Crazy. Anyway… forgot to select the error along with the query…. WordPress database error: [Key ‘post_parent’ doesn’t exist in table ‘wp_posts’]

Like I said, ‘post_parent’ most certainly DOES EXIST! per copy/paste below from myPHPAdmin…

1 ID Primary AUTO_INCREMENT
2 post_author
3 post_date
4 post_date_gmt
5 post_content
6 post_title
7 post_excerpt
8 post_status
9 comment_status
10 ping_status
11 post_password
12 post_name
13 to_ping
14 pinged text
15 post_modified
16 post_modified_gmt
17 post_content_filtered
18 post_parent bigint(20) UNSIGNED
19 guid
20 menu_order
21 post_type
22 post_mime_type
23 comment_count

[Robin W]

add this plugin

BP Classic

[Robin W]

install

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>Subscription Emails

and you can change the email address in those settings

[davidmiller5274]

Despite reinstalling BBPress and disabling other plugins, the “forum” button is missing from the WordPress dashboard. Seeking advice on resolving this issue.

[teresaanderson]

I copied the entire page. Please let me know if there’s something else you need. Thanks!

Site Details
PHP Version 8.1.29
WP Version 6.5.4
Multisite False
Active Members 1
Total Forums 9
Total Topics 3
Total Replies
Theme Twenty Twenty-Three 1.1
Theme Type FSE Block Theme
bbPress Version 2.6.9
Plugin Version 6.0.5
WP Debugging False

Site Plugins
MU Plugins Name and Version
– mu1 wpcomsh-loader.php

Active Plugins Name and Version
– active1 Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 5.3.2
– active2 bbp style pack 6.0.5
– active3 bbPress 2.6.9
– active4 Enable Classic Editor 2.6
– active5 WordPress.com Editing Toolkit 4.26529
– active6 Gutenberg 18.5.0
– active7 Jetpack 13.6-a.5
– active8 Layout Grid 1.8.4
– active9 Page Optimize 0.5.5
– active10 Remove Footer Credit 1.0.14
– active11 Simple Custom CSS 4.0.6
– active12 What The File 1.6.0

Inactive Plugins Name and Version
– inactive1 BuddyPress 12.5.1
– inactive2 Crowdsignal Forms 1.7.2
– inactive3 Crowdsignal Polls & Ratings 3.1.1
– inactive4 Elementor 3.22.1
– inactive5 WP File Manager 7.2.9

File Generations
Filename Last Generation
bspstyle.css 2024-06-23 15:12:11
bspstyle-quotes.css 2024-06-10 13:43:35
bsp_delete.js 2024-06-10 13:43:35

Plugin Settings
Option Group Values
Theme Support
bsp_style_settings_theme_support

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BuddyPress
bsp_buddypress_support

No values set for: bsp_buddypress_support
Forums Index Styling
bsp_style_settings_f

No values set for: bsp_style_settings_f
Forums Templates
bsp_templates

No values set for: bsp_templates
Forums Display
bsp_forum_display

No values set for: bsp_forum_display
Forums Order
bsp_forum_order

No values set for: bsp_forum_order
Freshness Display
bsp_style_settings_freshness

No values set for: bsp_style_settings_freshness
Breadcrumbs
bsp_breadcrumb

No values set for: bsp_breadcrumb
Forum Buttons
bsp_style_settings_buttons

No values set for: bsp_style_settings_buttons
Login
bsp_login

a:1:{s:9:”update448″;s:1:”1″;}
Login Failures
bsp_login_fail

No values set for: bsp_login_fail
Forum Roles
bsp_roles

No values set for: bsp_roles
Subscription Emails
bsp_style_settings_email

No values set for: bsp_style_settings_email
Subscription Management
bsp_style_settings_sub_management

No values set for: bsp_style_settings_sub_management
Topic Order
bsp_topic_order

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Topic Index Styling
bsp_style_settings_ti

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Topic Previews
bsp_style_settings_topic_preview

No values set for: bsp_style_settings_topic_preview
Topic/Reply Display
bsp_style_settings_t

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Topic Counts
bsp_settings_topic_count

No values set for: bsp_settings_topic_count
Topic/Reply Form
bsp_style_settings_form

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Profile
bsp_profile

No values set for: bsp_profile
Search Styling
bsp_style_settings_search

No values set for: bsp_style_settings_search
Unread Posts
bsp_style_settings_unread

No values set for: bsp_style_settings_unread
Quotes
bsp_style_settings_quote

No values set for: bsp_style_settings_quote
Moderation
bsp_style_settings_modtools

No values set for: bsp_style_settings_modtools
Latest Activity Widget Styling
bsp_style_settings_la

No values set for: bsp_style_settings_la
Custom CSS
bsp_css

a:1:{s:3:”css”;s:0:””;}
CSS Location
bsp_css_location

No values set for: bsp_style_settings_translation
Dashboard Admin
bsp_settings_admin

No values set for: bsp_settings_admin
bbPress Bug Fixes
bsp_style_settings_bugs

No values set for: bsp_style_settings_bugs
Block Widgets
bsp_style_settings_block_widgets

No values set for: bsp_style_settings_block_widgets
Column Display
bsp_style_settings_column_display

No values set for: bsp_style_settings_column_display
Topic Form Additional Fields
bsp_style_settings_topic_fields

No values set for: bsp_style_settings_topic_fields

[thinlizzie]

Hi,

My WordPress/Buddypress site uses bbpress as the forum.
All’s good.
Users post openly under their Buddypress name.
No guest posting or anonymous posting is possible.

The issue:

Lots of users delete their account, after which all bbpress topics & replies created by them will then display as “by Anonymous”.
This makes the pages look messy & confusing.
I would like the ability as Admin to bulk delete all those topics & replies showing as “by Anonymous”.

Is it possible?

[crankymillenial]

Wordpress version 6.5.4
bbpress version 2.6.9
hipsbc.ca

I took over managing this website from another agency that created their own theme and had BBPress already installed. After installing BBPress there should be a “forum” button on the left sidebar of the wordpress dashboard but it is not showing up. I cannot figure out why its not showing up. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled the plugin and turned off other plugins to see if one is interfering with another. Neither troubleshooting method solved my problem.

I appreciate any help! I’ve searched through the forums to see if anyone else ran into a similar problem but don’t see a solution.

[Robin W]

ok, so you need to get emails working, as this is essential for your site to work long term.

so the email adress taht emails are sent to is in

dashboard>settings>general>administration email address

you should make sure that this is a valid address and is working.

You can use

Check & Log Email

to test emails, and see what are being sent.

If you enable logging, youshould see the error email in the log

[Robin W]

this is a known bug.

either

if( !function_exists( 'bbpress_browser_supports_js' ) ){
	function bbpress_browser_supports_js() {
		echo '<script>document.body.classList.remove("no-js");</script>';
	}
	add_action( 'wp_footer', 'bbpress_browser_supports_js' );
} 

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

or

[koderius]

Hi all,
I`m using BBpress on a wordpress website with Elementor Pro – When a YouTube share link is embedded inside a forum topic it does not seem to be responsive when viewed from a mobile device.

The rest of the forum page looks fine on mobile it`s only the Youtube video that is not resizing according to the mobile dimensions.

Is there a solution to this?

[Robin W]

Looking at your site, I think you are using one of the new block or FSE themes, so you need 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, you will find instructions on how to set up

[pjcondit]

Hello,
Wordpress version 6.5.4
bbpress version 2.6.9
buildingbetterleaders.blog

I’m using Bluehost as provider and blog theme called Version 3 (labeled as version 1.0.0 and called a child theme of YITH Wonder).

I’m very new to WordPress, brand new to bbpress, and brand new to bluehost. I followed the directions to install bbpress, create a forum, and create a topic. I see those in my dashboard. My root slug is set to ‘forums’ and the permalink is setting is ‘postname.’

Nothing appears at https://buildingbetterleaders.blog/forums/

I appreciate any help! I’ve searched through the forums. Most people are getting their forum to appear. I couldn’t find a topic like this one.

[sunshineday77]

I’m experiencing this issue as well in June 2024.

I don’t seem to have the Repair Forums option in bbpress > Tools

Reply is slow for posting and for replying to first level posts.

WordPress 6.5.4

Any help would be greatly appreciated. People are posting multiple times because they think it’s not processing when they hit submit.

[Robin W]

this is free software with free support offered by volunteers who do not get paid anything.

You come across as slightly rude and entitled, but I’m sure you do not mean to do so.

However it looks like I was wrong when I said the style pack has a fix – I may have removed it following buddypress 12 being released,.

This plugin bridges bbpress and the newer versions of buddypress – if that does not fix, do come back.

BP Classic

[Robin W]

you’ll want to set logging but not display

see

https://www.hostinger.co.uk/tutorials/debug-wordpress item 2

and my style pack includes fixes for the above loader.phop errors

bbp style pack

[Robin W]

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>Freshness Display

[Robin W]

ok, so if you can’t the fields, that means they aren’t being saved.

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

[zachf]

Hi Folks,

I’m setting up a training website for a small company. The site consists of posted training materials and a BBPress user forum. I’ve noticed that when I update the production site from our development site the posts in the forum on the production site are overwritten. After each upgrade the forum in production only contains the test posts made in the development environment.

As far as I can tell this is because both the training pages and the BBPress forum are stored in the ‘wp_posts’ database. I’ve tested migrating all database tables except ‘wp_posts’ and confirmed that the forum is not overwritten, unfortunately, neither is the training content on other pages. Is there anyway to migrate page content from the development environment to the production environment without overriding user posts in the forum?

(BBPress version 2.6.9)
(WordPress site supported via WPEngine)

Thank you for you help!
Zach

[Robin W]

if it is, you can test by deactivating style pack

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]

I’ve added that capability to my style lack plugin, so add this to your site

bbp style pack

once activated go to

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

and you will see options for this in items 19,20 & 21

[Robin W]

So if you are already using my style pack plugin, the new version 6.0.3 contains a new tab for ‘Topic Form Additional Fields’

If you haven’t then install

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>Topic Form Additional Fields

and you’ll see how to set up and style additional fields.

The plugin has lots more useful features as well

[teresaanderson]

Hi All – I’m a newbie to WordPress. I’m using the twenty twenty three theme to build a forum. I would like to allow users to post anonymously but the template requires them to enter name, email address (with an optional website field). I’d like to remove all three of those fields, but don’t know how. I’ve found some sites that suggest editing the template file. I have no idea how to do that. I’m pretty good at using YouTube and Google to find answers on my own, but this one is stumping me. Any help you can produce is greatly appreciated.