It does make sense that it would be related to a recent update…but if the problem persists when everything is disabled and I’m using a default WordPress theme, then how could something else still be affecting it?
There is always a reason, computers don’t start doing things differently for no reason, the problem is tracking that down 🙂 🙂
If this was a bbpress issue then 1. given no update in bbpress there is no change to affect your site so no reason for it to start happening and 2. this support forum would have hundreds of topics on the subject posted in the last few days.
My test forum continues to work fine.
so if not plugin update or theme change then a setting could be affecting.
so I’d suggest you switch debug on and see if that is showing any issues
https://wpforms.com/developers/how-to-enable-debugging-in-wordpress/
after that we’re onto software higher up.
so what PHP version are you running?
Thanks so much for your kindness in being willing to volunteer and help support plugin users! That’s awesome.
It does make sense that it would be related to a recent update…but if the problem persists when everything is disabled and I’m using a default WordPress theme, then how could something else still be affecting it?
We’re on Cloudways, with SafeUpdates configured to run on Sunday evening. Here’s what it says it just updated:
Update Date: 2023-09-10 19:18:32 UTC
Update Status: Successful
Updates Selected:
Plugins: (11)
Better-Search-Replace (1.4.2 -> 1.4.3)
Woocommerce-Pdf-Invoices-Packing-Slips (3.6.2 -> 3.6.3)
Pixelyoursite (9.4.4 -> 9.4.5.1)
Really-Simple-Ssl (7.0.8 -> 7.0.9)
Recaptcha-For-Woocommerce (2.41 -> 2.47)
Updraftplus (1.23.9 -> 1.23.10)
Woocommerce-Gateway-Authorize-Net-Cim (3.8.1 -> 3.9.3)
Woocommerce-Google-Analytics-Pro (1.13.0 -> 2.0.11)
Woocommerce-Name-Your-Price (3.5.1 -> 3.5.5)
Woocommerce-Services (2.3.3 -> 2.3.4)
Woocommerce-Smart-Coupons (7.1.0 -> 8.4.0)
Themes: (1)
Divi (4.20.0 -> 4.22.1)
Thank you so much for your quick reply!
I have tried disabling all plugins except bbpress, and switching to a default WordPress theme. Unfortunately, even in this state, the messages are still not appearing.
What is my next move?
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
Hello there!
I want to allow only the HTML tags and attributes that TinyMCE version 6 uses by default throughout my entire forum.
I am not so much a techie but can fiddle slightly in PHP
As an Update, I have found some really old information about this issue @netweb here:https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2198
And here: Editor width addressed in CSS at patch https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1933 down to 240 resolution. In some smartphones, only the text editor shows up by default.
My Redmi 9C uses a 20:9 aspect ratio screen (resolution is 720×1600).
@robin-w let’s hope not, without you we are all lost 😀
The one key thing that BBpress lacks by default is image uploading in posta.
ok, so yes you could change the default template for that page in bbpress, but your theme is not using that template, so that is pointless.
You need to amend the template your theme is using, so need to contact the theme support.
I am using [bbp-topic-tags] on various pages. I understand the concept of more a tag is chosen the larger it is. But all the tags overall display very large on my pages Where can I control the default size of all tags?
One thing I noticed as I was using CSS to re-style BBPress is that the CSS classes don’t carry over to individual discussions. That is, if I create a bunch of class overrides for the main page, in my test case /alpha-site, they go away under /forums/topic/. In Inspector it looks like the page defaults back to bbpress.min.css, overriding those class overrides.
Any way around this?
I’m confused. Does BBPress get its CSS and template support from the active WordPress theme or are there optional plug-in themes one can install that only apply to styling your BBPress implementation?
I’ve been asked to add forums to an existing Elementor-built site running the Astra Pro theme which apparently has no support for BBPress. Because the web site is already built, approved by the bosses and currently live I can’t change the WordPress theme. But the default styling in BBPress doesn’t work for them either (we have an approved font family, size, color, etc too).
I’m fairly adept with CSS and WordPress but I’d rather use a design by someone who actually knows the software. That, and I’m a bit graphically challenged.
I noticed that there’s a dropdown for “Forum Theme Packages” in Forum settings and was hoping that such BBPress-specific child theme plug-ins exist which allow WordPress to use another parent theme. Do such plug-ins exist and is there a repository of them somewhere on the net?
untested, but this should work
add_filter( 'bbp_get_topics_per_page', 'rew_amend_topics', 10 , 2) ;
function rew_amend_topics ($retval, $default ) {
$forum = bbp_get_forum_id() ;
if ($forum == 123) $retval = 10 ;
if ($forum == 456) $retval = 5 ;
return $retval ;
}
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
I want to remove the moderation links that appear within a topic post.
I believe this is controlled by the following in bbpress/includes/topics/template.php. What edit would I do if this is the correct area to edit:
function bbp_get_topic_admin_links( $args = array() ) {
// Parse arguments against default values
$r = bbp_parse_args( $args, array(
'id' => bbp_get_topic_id(),
'before' => '<span class="bbp-admin-links">',
'after' => '</span>',
'sep' => ' | ',
'links' => array()
), 'get_topic_admin_links' );
if ( empty( $r['links'] ) ) {
$r['links'] = apply_filters( 'bbp_topic_admin_links', array(
'edit' => bbp_get_topic_edit_link ( $r ),
'merge' => bbp_get_topic_merge_link ( $r ),
'close' => bbp_get_topic_close_link ( $r ),
'stick' => bbp_get_topic_stick_link ( $r ),
'trash' => bbp_get_topic_trash_link ( $r ),
'spam' => bbp_get_topic_spam_link ( $r ),
'approve' => bbp_get_topic_approve_link( $r ),
'reply' => bbp_get_topic_reply_link ( $r )
), $r['id'] );
}
It may be 8 years later, but this is extremely valuable to me @devyncjohnson. Thank you!
//Subscribe by default
function subscribed_by_default(){
echo ‘<script type=”text/javascript”>jQuery(“#bbp_topic_subscription”).prop(“checked”,”checked”);</script>’;
}
add_filter(‘bbp_theme_after_topic_form_subscriptions’,’subscribed_by_default’);
add_filter(‘bbp_theme_after_reply_form_subscription’,’subscribed_by_default’);
ok, let’s try the standard fault finding :
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, starting with wpforms, and then style pack.
Then come back
In the backend when creating a new topic, on the right side under Topic Attributes, you choose what forum the topic is going to be under. How do I make it so that my only forum is the default forum, or the only forum. Right now the default is ‘no forum’ with the option of choosing Fishing Report Forum.
I would like it that Fishing Report Forum is the default forum, or better yet, no other choice.
We have a placeholder live, but I’ll deactivate it for now.
This is the link to follow; https://pedantic-lamport.85-17-55-175.plesk.page/forum/
I just set the page template back to default, so the sidebar isn’t visible.
Uh Yes I did the steps you mentioned, so I’m not stuck haha.
But I also don’t have a sidebar on my page…
I created a regular page, because I need some info above the forum. I didn’t set a page template or anything. If I do chose the page template left-sidebar, then I do have a sidebar. But that looks the same then when I just add the bbpress widgets to the default left sidebar and don’t do the specific sidebar steps.
I thought if I use the specific sidebar it would look more like the rest of the forum. Thats why I tried that. Was I wrong?
So when should someone use the specific sidebar?
Thanks for your help again!
By the way, it did set the bbPress role to “Participant”, which is what I wanted for that person. However, for the main wp user role, which is essential for other parts of the web site, it left it blank.
I can set the wordpress user role to the “Subscriber” role, manually in the dashboard. Unfortunately, after the user logs in, they will not be able to see other content that requires the “Subscriber” role to be set in the wordpress default role assignment system.
Robin:
I did the test, several times, clearing caches, etc, etc.
No change. The default role is still blank. No change.
At the top of the page, I see the snippet, so it’s running.
I thought another solution was to just put the shortcodes in the wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/content-single-forum.php file but the shortcodes do not work.
I use wpForms “User Registration”,version 2.2.0 for user registration for my site. However, I found that wpForms user registration form is no longer setting the role that I have specified in wpForms. I found that if I deactivated the bbPress plugin, then the new user’s default role was set as specified in wpForms. So, something in bbPress is interfering with the wpForms setting.
I am using bbPress version 2.6.9
This is a critical error. Any help solving this would be MUCH appreciated.
ok, not quite sure why, but in that case
find
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/content-single-forum.php
transfer this to your pc and edit
take out the line
<?php bbp_get_template_part( 'form', 'topic' ); ?>
which is in twice, so remove 2 times
and save
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
Then transfer the file you saved above and put in in the directory called bbpress that you created above, so you end up with
wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress/content-single-forum.php
bbPress will now use this template instead of the original
find
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/form-reply.php
transfer this to your pc and edit
make the file read
<?php
/**
* New/Edit reply
*
* @package bbPress
* @subpackage Theme
*/
// Exit if accessed directly
defined( 'ABSPATH' ) || exit;
and save
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
Then transfer the file you saved above and put in in the directory called bbpress that you created above, so you end up with
wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress/form-reply.php
bbPress will now use this template instead of the original
find
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/form-topic.php
transfer this to your pc and edit
make the file read
<?php
/**
* New/Edit Topic
*
* @package bbPress
* @subpackage Theme
*/
// Exit if accessed directly
defined( 'ABSPATH' ) || exit;
if ( ! bbp_is_single_forum() ) : ?>
<div id="bbpress-forums" class="bbpress-wrapper">
</div>
<?php endif;
and save
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
Then transfer the file you saved above and put in in the directory called bbpress that you created above, so you end up with
wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress/form-topic.php
bbPress will now use this template instead of the original
