[livefree]

I have to use the workaround and can’t use the default edit profile link… which I would prefer …
the default link is …
/forumslug/users/emailgmail-c*o*m/edit
… it doesn’t work

the edit profile link is…
…/forumslug/users/emailgmail-c*o*m

the workaround is this plugin, but I would rather not add another plugin, especially one that is not updated for the past two years.

Any thoughts on how I could list the edit profile correctly, say, in a widget or with a code?

[Chuckie]

We have shortcodes for the login and password reset process.

The login form has a logout button that avoids the confirmation prompt.

The default logout experience asks the user to confirm.

What would be nice is ability for a logout shortcode that we can put on our own page so that the question is asked consistent with the theme.

I am using My Theme Login plugin so I can specify what page to use for logout.

As mentioned, the login form is avoiding the prompt but it would be nice if it was optional to show the prompt and that it could be done on our own page.

[livefree]

WP Version 5.2.4
bbPress Version 2.5.14
bbp style pack Version 4.3.2

With bbp style, I have tried the Gravatar option for User’s avatars.
It seems it will be too complicated for many.

What is the best option to setup self-uploads for avatars for the forum?
And, to change out the default avatar for the forum with a custom one?

[Robin W]

ok, the code works in my test site, so a reply edit admin link show ‘hello’ instead of ‘Edit’.

If this is not the case, then it could be a theme or plugin issue

Themes

As a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, 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.

Then come back

[Robin W]

ok looks like you are going to need to get familiar with the templates and some coding then

In essence you need to copy some templates across to your child theme, and then amend them

You can copy all the templates across, but you only need to copy those that you want to change, and it is better just to do this, as then you know which you have altered.

so if you wanted to amend loop-single-forum you would do the following

create a directory on your theme called ‘bbpress’
ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

find
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/loop-single-forum.php
Make a copy of this file, and put in in the directory called bbpress that you created above, so you end up with
wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress/loop-single-forum.php
bbPress will now use this template instead of the original
and you can amend this

[Robin W]

visbility hidden should make a forum only visible to moderators and keymasters

If you are not seeing that then it could be a theme or plugin issue

Themes

As a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, 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.

Then come back

[stracy2]

Hi Robin,

If you instead go to Dashboard>Forums>Edit and a set “Visibility” to “Hidden”, the forum is still visible (listed) to a user with the Forum Role of “Participant” (although they cannot visit the forum).

Can you confirm? This isn’t the expected, default bbPress behavior for a “Hidden” forum according to forum visibility documentation.

By “default” I mean bbPress without “bbp Private Forums” installed. I understand you are the author (awesome job!). If “Hidden” actually hid a forum, I wouldn’t require “bbp Private Forums” and I’d skip the need to donate to you :).

[Robin W]

It could be a theme or plugin issue

Themes

As a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, 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.

[trevorstokes]

Hi,
I have never edited any of our users’ roles. Some users have the bbp_participant role, but not all.
When does this (default) role get assigned?
How can I set all those that have no bbp role?
The checkbox “Automatically give registered visitors the PARTICIPANT forum role ” is checked.

Wordpress 5.2.4.
BBPress 2.5.14

[Robin W]

could be many things

It could be a theme or plugin issue

Themes

As a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, 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.

Then come back

[Robin W]

I’d be tempted to just clone the bbp_has_topics function

eg

add this to your functions file

function babblebey_has_topics( $args = '' ) {
	global $wp_rewrite;

	/** Defaults **************************************************************/

	// Other defaults
	$default_topic_search  = !empty( $_REQUEST['ts'] ) ? $_REQUEST['ts'] : false;
	$default_show_stickies = (bool) ( bbp_is_single_forum() || bbp_is_topic_archive() ) && ( false === $default_topic_search );
	$default_post_parent   = bbp_is_single_forum() ? bbp_get_forum_id() : 'any';

	// Default argument array
	$default = array(
		'post_type'      => bbp_get_topic_post_type(), // Narrow query down to bbPress topics
		'post_parent'    => $default_post_parent,      // Forum ID
		'meta_key'       => '_bbp_last_active_time',   // Make sure topic has some last activity time
		'orderby'        => 'meta_value',              // 'meta_value', 'author', 'date', 'title', 'modified', 'parent', rand',
		'order'          => 'DESC',                    // 'ASC', 'DESC'
		'posts_per_page' => -1, 						// Topics per page
		'paged'          => bbp_get_paged(),           // Page Number
		's'              => $default_topic_search,     // Topic Search
		'show_stickies'  => $default_show_stickies,    // Ignore sticky topics?
		'max_num_pages'  => false,                     // Maximum number of pages to show
	);

	// What are the default allowed statuses (based on user caps)
	if ( bbp_get_view_all() ) {

		// Default view=all statuses
		$post_statuses = array(
			bbp_get_public_status_id(),
			bbp_get_closed_status_id(),
			bbp_get_spam_status_id(),
			bbp_get_trash_status_id()
		);

		// Add support for private status
		if ( current_user_can( 'read_private_topics' ) ) {
			$post_statuses[] = bbp_get_private_status_id();
		}

		// Join post statuses together
		$default['post_status'] = implode( ',', $post_statuses );

	// Lean on the 'perm' query var value of 'readable' to provide statuses
	} else {
		$default['perm'] = 'readable';
	}

	// Maybe query for topic tags
	if ( bbp_is_topic_tag() ) {
		$default['term']     = bbp_get_topic_tag_slug();
		$default['taxonomy'] = bbp_get_topic_tag_tax_id();
	}

	/** Setup *****************************************************************/

	// Parse arguments against default values
	$r = bbp_parse_args( $args, $default, 'babblebey_topics' );

	// Get bbPress
	$bbp = bbpress();

	// Call the query
	$bbp->topic_query = new WP_Query( $r );

	// Set post_parent back to 0 if originally set to 'any'
	if ( 'any' === $r['post_parent'] )
		$r['post_parent'] = 0;

	// Limited the number of pages shown
	if ( !empty( $r['max_num_pages'] ) )
		$bbp->topic_query->max_num_pages = $r['max_num_pages'];

	/** Stickies **************************************************************/

	// Put sticky posts at the top of the posts array
	if ( !empty( $r['show_stickies'] ) && $r['paged'] <= 1 ) {

		// Get super stickies and stickies in this forum
		$stickies = bbp_get_super_stickies();

		// Get stickies for current forum
		if ( !empty( $r['post_parent'] ) ) {
			$stickies = array_merge( $stickies, bbp_get_stickies( $r['post_parent'] ) );
		}

		// Remove any duplicate stickies
		$stickies = array_unique( $stickies );

		// We have stickies
		if ( is_array( $stickies ) && !empty( $stickies ) ) {

			// Start the offset at -1 so first sticky is at correct 0 offset
			$sticky_offset = -1;

			// Loop over topics and relocate stickies to the front.
			foreach ( $stickies as $sticky_index => $sticky_ID ) {

				// Get the post offset from the posts array
				$post_offsets = wp_filter_object_list( $bbp->topic_query->posts, array( 'ID' => $sticky_ID ), 'OR', 'ID' );

				// Continue if no post offsets
				if ( empty( $post_offsets ) ) {
					continue;
				}

				// Loop over posts in current query and splice them into position
				foreach ( array_keys( $post_offsets ) as $post_offset ) {
					$sticky_offset++;

					$sticky = $bbp->topic_query->posts[$post_offset];

					// Remove sticky from current position
					array_splice( $bbp->topic_query->posts, $post_offset, 1 );

					// Move to front, after other stickies
					array_splice( $bbp->topic_query->posts, $sticky_offset, 0, array( $sticky ) );

					// Cleanup
					unset( $stickies[$sticky_index] );
					unset( $sticky );
				}

				// Cleanup
				unset( $post_offsets );
			}

			// Cleanup
			unset( $sticky_offset );

			// If any posts have been excluded specifically, Ignore those that are sticky.
			if ( !empty( $stickies ) && !empty( $r['post__not_in'] ) ) {
				$stickies = array_diff( $stickies, $r['post__not_in'] );
			}

			// Fetch sticky posts that weren't in the query results
			if ( !empty( $stickies ) ) {

				// Query to use in get_posts to get sticky posts
				$sticky_query = array(
					'post_type'   => bbp_get_topic_post_type(),
					'post_parent' => 'any',
					'meta_key'    => '_bbp_last_active_time',
					'orderby'     => 'meta_value',
					'order'       => 'DESC',
					'include'     => $stickies
				);

				// Cleanup
				unset( $stickies );

				// Conditionally exclude private/hidden forum ID's
				$exclude_forum_ids = bbp_exclude_forum_ids( 'array' );
				if ( ! empty( $exclude_forum_ids ) ) {
					$sticky_query['post_parent__not_in'] = $exclude_forum_ids;
				}

				// What are the default allowed statuses (based on user caps)
				if ( bbp_get_view_all() ) {
					$sticky_query['post_status'] = $r['post_status'];

				// Lean on the 'perm' query var value of 'readable' to provide statuses
				} else {
					$sticky_query['post_status'] = $r['perm'];
				}

				// Get all stickies
				$sticky_posts = get_posts( $sticky_query );
				if ( !empty( $sticky_posts ) ) {

					// Get a count of the visible stickies
					$sticky_count = count( $sticky_posts );

					// Merge the stickies topics with the query topics .
					$bbp->topic_query->posts       = array_merge( $sticky_posts, $bbp->topic_query->posts );

					// Adjust loop and counts for new sticky positions
					$bbp->topic_query->found_posts = (int) $bbp->topic_query->found_posts + (int) $sticky_count;
					$bbp->topic_query->post_count  = (int) $bbp->topic_query->post_count  + (int) $sticky_count;

					// Cleanup
					unset( $sticky_posts );
				}
			}
		}
	}

	// If no limit to posts per page, set it to the current post_count
	if ( -1 === $r['posts_per_page'] )
		$r['posts_per_page'] = $bbp->topic_query->post_count;

	// Add pagination values to query object
	$bbp->topic_query->posts_per_page = $r['posts_per_page'];
	$bbp->topic_query->paged          = $r['paged'];

	// Only add pagination if query returned results
	if ( ( (int) $bbp->topic_query->post_count || (int) $bbp->topic_query->found_posts ) && (int) $bbp->topic_query->posts_per_page ) {

		// Limit the number of topics shown based on maximum allowed pages
		if ( ( !empty( $r['max_num_pages'] ) ) && $bbp->topic_query->found_posts > $bbp->topic_query->max_num_pages * $bbp->topic_query->post_count )
			$bbp->topic_query->found_posts = $bbp->topic_query->max_num_pages * $bbp->topic_query->post_count;

		// If pretty permalinks are enabled, make our pagination pretty
		if ( $wp_rewrite->using_permalinks() ) {

			// User's topics
			if ( bbp_is_single_user_topics() ) {
				$base = bbp_get_user_topics_created_url( bbp_get_displayed_user_id() );

			// User's favorites
			} elseif ( bbp_is_favorites() ) {
				$base = bbp_get_favorites_permalink( bbp_get_displayed_user_id() );

			// User's subscriptions
			} elseif ( bbp_is_subscriptions() ) {
				$base = bbp_get_subscriptions_permalink( bbp_get_displayed_user_id() );

			// Root profile page
			} elseif ( bbp_is_single_user() ) {
				$base = bbp_get_user_profile_url( bbp_get_displayed_user_id() );

			// View
			} elseif ( bbp_is_single_view() ) {
				$base = bbp_get_view_url();

			// Topic tag
			} elseif ( bbp_is_topic_tag() ) {
				$base = bbp_get_topic_tag_link();

			// Page or single post
			} elseif ( is_page() || is_single() ) {
				$base = get_permalink();

			// Forum archive
			} elseif ( bbp_is_forum_archive() ) {
				$base = bbp_get_forums_url();

			// Topic archive
			} elseif ( bbp_is_topic_archive() ) {
				$base = bbp_get_topics_url();

			// Default
			} else {
				$base = get_permalink( (int) $r['post_parent'] );
			}

			// Use pagination base
			$base = trailingslashit( $base ) . user_trailingslashit( $wp_rewrite->pagination_base . '/%#%/' );

		// Unpretty pagination
		} else {
			$base = add_query_arg( 'paged', '%#%' );
		}

		// Pagination settings with filter
		$bbp_topic_pagination = apply_filters( 'bbp_topic_pagination', array (
			'base'      => $base,
			'format'    => '',
			'total'     => $r['posts_per_page'] === $bbp->topic_query->found_posts ? 1 : ceil( (int) $bbp->topic_query->found_posts / (int) $r['posts_per_page'] ),
			'current'   => (int) $bbp->topic_query->paged,
			'prev_text' => is_rtl() ? '&rarr;' : '&larr;',
			'next_text' => is_rtl() ? '&larr;' : '&rarr;',
			'mid_size'  => 1
		) );

		// Add pagination to query object
		$bbp->topic_query->pagination_links = paginate_links( $bbp_topic_pagination );

		// Remove first page from pagination
		$bbp->topic_query->pagination_links = str_replace( $wp_rewrite->pagination_base . "/1/'", "'", $bbp->topic_query->pagination_links );
	}

	// Return object
	return apply_filters( 'babblebey_has_topics', $bbp->topic_query->have_posts(), $bbp->topic_query );
}

which is just bbp_has_topics’ renamed with pagination changed to -1

and then call that

[Robin W]

You can copy all the templates across, but you only need to copy those that you want to change, and it is better just to do this, as then you know which you have altered.

so if you wanted to amend loop-single-forum you would do the following

create a directory on your theme called ‘bbpress’
ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

find
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/loop-single-forum.php
Make a copy of this file, and put in in the directory called bbpress that you created above, so you end up with
wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress/loop-single-forum.php
bbPress will now use this template instead of the original
and you can amend this

[Chuckie]

So we have the login/register widget.

– User clicks Register
– It then shows the custom Register page
– Fill in details

When a user clicks the “Register” button it then takes you to the default wordpress login page with a small message in the middle saying the registration is complete and to check email.

This is confusing to the user and provides an inconsistent experience. Is it possible in any way to either redirect them to another custom page with the “results” or display it on our page own register page?

[Robin W]

yes – that’s all correct. default bbpress role assigned on first login

[Robin W]

I’d suggest you talk to your host provider, but also

It could be a theme or plugin issue

Themes

As a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, 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.

Then come back

[jbrandsma]

Welp.. I figured it out. Here is the code that I placed in my theme’s function.php file so that all avatars are rendered correctly:

function jb_get_bp_user_avatar($avatar, $id_or_email, $size, $default, $alt)
{
    if (is_numeric($id_or_email)) {
        $id = (int) $id_or_email;
        $user = get_user_by('id', $id);
    } elseif (is_object($id_or_email)) {
        if (!empty($id_or_email->user_id)) {
            $id = (int) $id_or_email->user_id;
            $user = get_user_by('id', $id);
        }
    } else {
        $user = get_user_by('email', $id_or_email);
    }
    if ($user && is_object($user)) {
        $avatar = bp_core_fetch_avatar(array('item_id' => $user->ID));
    }
    return $avatar;
}
add_filter('get_avatar', 'jb_get_bp_user_avatar', 10000, 5);

[stoffer_dev]

No worries 🙂 I am just happy to get help.

I want to change the function: bbp_has_search_results. Where I replace:

$default_post_type = array( bbp_get_forum_post_type(), bbp_get_topic_post_type(), bbp_get_reply_post_type() );

With:

$default_post_type = array(bbp_get_topic_post_type(), bbp_get_reply_post_type() );

[Robin W]

no, you just put the templates in your child theme

You can copy all the templates across, but you only need to copy those that you want to change, and it is better just to do this, as then you know which you have altered.

so if you wanted to amend loop-single-forum you would do the following

create a directory on your theme called ‘bbpress’
ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

find
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/loop-single-forum.php
Make a copy of this file, and put in in the directory called bbpress that you created above, so you end up with
wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress/loop-single-forum.php
bbPress will now use this template instead of the original
and you can amend this

[nothere]

Is it possible to download or install the same or similar code as this bbpress support form layout has? I like the layout, and would like to incorporate it on my site. Not sure if this is a possibility? Thanks.

[fumbles007]

So in the forums page I have changed to a different sidebar to reflect options for the forums, works. However, when you click on an action forum topic, I.E. General, the sidebar reverts to the default one. I have no clue where to find where these pages are being made, nor I have no clue as to why these would not be considered child pages since they are being created off the forums page.

[tapiohuuhaa]

I just too would like to add 1-3 buttons to the forum topics listing in order to change the default order. I would code it to changed template, if I would know what functions to use.

[demonboy]

Hi,

I attempted to create some new bbp roles using the code in the codex to copy the ‘participant’ role. Unfortunately this did not work for me despite deactivating all plugins (seems quite a few other people had the same issue).

Instead I am using User Role Editor to create a new forum role, which I have called ‘bosun’. Upon sign-up a new user is correctly assigned this role and has the capabilities of a participant, which is great, but their forum role is still displaying as ‘spectator’.

I would like to display the user’s role under the avatar.

One thing I can do is display:none the div class bbp-author-role and then add in a new div to display the user_role, which I think is what URE plugin generates.

I appreciate that some of this has to do with the URE plugin and that it is not supported here. What I am trying to understand is what I need to change in order to hide the bbp-author-role div and add in a new div calling the URE role. I can only find references to bbp-author-role in templates.php which is a function:

function bbp_topic_author_role( $args = array() ) {
	echo bbp_get_topic_author_role( $args );
}
	/**
	 * Return the topic author role
	 *
	 * @since bbPress (r3860)
	 *
	 * @param array $args Optional.
	 * @uses bbp_get_topic_id() To get the topic id
	 * @uses bbp_get_user_display_role() To get the user display role
	 * @uses bbp_get_topic_author_id() To get the topic author id
	 * @uses apply_filters() Calls bbp_get_topic_author_role with the author
	 *                        role & args
	 * @return string topic author role
	 */
	function bbp_get_topic_author_role( $args = array() ) {

		// Parse arguments against default values
		$r = bbp_parse_args( $args, array(
			'topic_id' => 0,
			'class'    => 'bbp-author-role',
			'before'   => '',
			'after'    => ''
		), 'get_topic_author_role' );

		$topic_id    = bbp_get_topic_id( $r['topic_id'] );
		$role        = bbp_get_user_display_role( bbp_get_topic_author_id( $topic_id ) );
		$author_role = sprintf( '%1$s<div class="%2$s">%3$s</div>%4$s', $r['before'], $r['class'], $role, $r['after'] );

		return apply_filters( 'bbp_get_topic_author_role', $author_role, $r );
	}

[PDidee]

Issue seems to be the Mark as Read plugin. In fact that section doesn’t even show up under subscriptions until that plugin is activated?! Is the “UNREAD FORUM TOPICS” not part of bbPress’s default functionality?

[Robin W]

If you just want to remove it from the list then you could amend loop-single-forum.php

create a directory on your theme called ‘bbpress’
ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

find
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/loop-single-forum.php
Make a copy of this file, and put in in the directory called bbpress that you created above, so you end up with
wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress/loop-single-forum.php
bbPress will now use this template instead of the original
and you can amend this

change it to (assuming 40250 is the fiorum id)

<?php

/**
 * Forums Loop - Single Forum
 *
 * @package bbPress
 * @subpackage Theme
 */

if ( !bbp_get_forum_id() == '40250')) {
?>

<ul id="bbp-forum-<?php bbp_forum_id(); ?>" <?php bbp_forum_class(); ?>>

	<li class="bbp-forum-info">

		<?php if ( bbp_is_user_home() && bbp_is_subscriptions() ) : ?>

			<span class="bbp-row-actions">

				<?php do_action( 'bbp_theme_before_forum_subscription_action' ); ?>

				<?php bbp_forum_subscription_link( array( 'before' => '', 'subscribe' => '+', 'unsubscribe' => '&times;' ) ); ?>

				<?php do_action( 'bbp_theme_after_forum_subscription_action' ); ?>

			</span>

		<?php endif; ?>

		<?php do_action( 'bbp_theme_before_forum_title' ); ?>

		<a class="bbp-forum-title" href="<?php bbp_forum_permalink(); ?>"><?php bbp_forum_title(); ?></a>

		<?php do_action( 'bbp_theme_after_forum_title' ); ?>

		<?php do_action( 'bbp_theme_before_forum_description' ); ?>

		<div class="bbp-forum-content"><?php bbp_forum_content(); ?></div>

		<?php do_action( 'bbp_theme_after_forum_description' ); ?>

		<?php do_action( 'bbp_theme_before_forum_sub_forums' ); ?>

		<?php bbp_list_forums(); ?>

		<?php do_action( 'bbp_theme_after_forum_sub_forums' ); ?>

		<?php bbp_forum_row_actions(); ?>

	</li>

	<li class="bbp-forum-topic-count"><?php bbp_forum_topic_count(); ?></li>

	<li class="bbp-forum-reply-count"><?php bbp_show_lead_topic() ? bbp_forum_reply_count() : bbp_forum_post_count(); ?></li>

	<li class="bbp-forum-freshness">

		<?php do_action( 'bbp_theme_before_forum_freshness_link' ); ?>

		<?php bbp_forum_freshness_link(); ?>

		<?php do_action( 'bbp_theme_after_forum_freshness_link' ); ?>

		<p class="bbp-topic-meta">

			<?php do_action( 'bbp_theme_before_topic_author' ); ?>

			<span class="bbp-topic-freshness-author"><?php bbp_author_link( array( 'post_id' => bbp_get_forum_last_active_id(), 'size' => 14 ) ); ?></span>

			<?php do_action( 'bbp_theme_after_topic_author' ); ?>

		</p>
	</li>

</ul><!-- #bbp-forum-<?php bbp_forum_id(); ?> -->

<?php } ?>

Not tested but should work, if not then might be another bbpress plugin overwriting the template – come back

[lucasjbyoung]

Hey guys

This is probably due to my theme, but the default install of the forum at the url /forums displays the forum on a page with the title “Archives” and the layout is broken, ugly, full width etc.

Following another suggestion on this forum, I created a forum holding page at the url /forum and used the shortcode [bbp-forum-index] to embed the forum in this page, and it looks great.

However, when any forum link is clicked, you’re taken to a page with the starting slug of /forums and the ugly layout again. How do I keep the forum within the nice page layout?

In the Settings I have:

Forum root: forums
Forum prefix: unchecked
Forum root should show: Forum Index
Single forum slugs / Forum: forum

If I change the forum root to /forum that overrides the custom page I set up and I’m back to the ugly layout again.

What’s the best way around this?

Many thanks in advance.