[Robin W]

The reply form has an element which says

Notify me of follow-up replies via email

By default this is unticked, so unless you tick it, you are unsubscribed from the topic.

So remembering to tick it makes sure you stay subscribed.

You can change this default to make it ticked by default by using

Reply Subscribed

or using my style pack plugin which has lots of other extras

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-style-pack/

[Robin W]

ok, so

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

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

find
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/form-reply.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/form-reply.php
bbPress will now use this template instead of the original
and you can amend this

so amend this file – copy it to your Pc and use norepad or similar

around line 70 you will see

<?php if ( bbp_allow_topic_tags() && current_user_can( 'assign_topic_tags' ) ) : ?>

replace this with

<?php
	$user_id = wp_get_current_user()->ID;
	$topic_id = bbp_get_topic_id() ;
	$topic_author = bbp_get_topic_author_id( $topic_id ) ;
	$is_topic_author = ($topic_author == $user_id ? true : false) ;
	if ( bbp_allow_topic_tags() && current_user_can('assign_topic_tags' ) && ($is_topic_author || bbp_is_user_keymaster() ) : ?>

This is untested, and if it doesn’t work – do come back !

[Robin W]

ok, I’ve just loaded your code to my test site, and I can set a user to member and it holds

Suspect either theme or other plugins

bbPress is tested with wordpress default themes. It maybe a conflict – you need to check plugins and themes

It could be a theme or plugin issue

Plugins

Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

Themes

If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, and see if this fixes.

Then come back

[kajzh]

Hello,

I am running bbPress v2.5.12 on WordPress 4.7 with a child theme I’ve developed based on Imaginem Themes’ Sentric Theme.

The problem:
In my child theme’s functions, I have added the following code to make two custom roles, Professional and Member, for my Q&A/”Ask the Expert”-style forum called “Ask a Professional.” Essentially, Members can make threads asking questions, but only screened Professionals have the ability to reply and provide answers.

I want everyone to automatically be assigned the Member role upon registration. Then I can manually “upgrade” their roles to Professional once they’ve been successfully screened. However, when a user registers and logs in, they inherit Member capabilities, but are not assigned the Member role. Manually selecting the user and assigning them the Member role doesn’t work; their role immediately reverts back to “— No role for these forums —”

When I select the user and manually assign the Participant role, the role “sticks” — meaning, it doesn’t revert back to “No Role.” However, the “Member” capabilities remain.

Does anyone know why this problem persists and how to fix it? This is the final thing that needs to be ironed out before my site goes live. 🙂 Thank you!

//code to add custom roles 
 
function add_new_roles( $bbp_roles )
{
    /* Add a role called professional */
    $bbp_roles['bbp_professional'] = array(
        'name' => 'Professional',
        'capabilities' => custom_capabilities( 'bbp_professional' )
        );
 
    /* Add a role called member */
    $bbp_roles['bbp_member'] = array(
        'name' => 'Member',
        'capabilities' => custom_capabilities( 'bbp_member' )
        );
 
    return $bbp_roles;
}
 
add_filter( 'bbp_get_dynamic_roles', 'add_new_roles', 1 );
 
function add_role_caps_filter( $caps, $role )
{
    /* Only filter for roles we are interested in! */
    if( $role == 'bbp_professional' )
        $caps = custom_capabilities( $role );
 
    if( $role == 'bbp_member' )
        $caps = custom_capabilities( $role );
 
    return $caps;
}
 
add_filter( 'bbp_get_caps_for_role', 'add_role_caps_filter', 10, 2 );
 
function custom_capabilities( $role )
{
    switch ( $role )
    {
 
        /* Capabilities for 'professional' role */
        case 'bbp_professional':
            return array(
                 'spectate'              => true,
                'participate'           => true,
                'moderate'              => false,
                'throttle'              => false,
                'view_trash'            => false,
 
                // Forum caps
                'publish_forums'        => false,
                'edit_forums'           => false,
                'edit_others_forums'    => false,
                'delete_forums'         => false,
                'delete_others_forums'  => false,
                'read_private_forums'   => true,
                'read_hidden_forums'    => true,
 
                // Topic caps
                'publish_topics'        => true,
                'edit_topics'           => true,
                'edit_others_topics'    => false,
                'delete_topics'         => true,
                'delete_others_topics'  => true,
                'read_private_topics'   => true,
 
                // Reply caps
                'publish_replies'       => true,
                'edit_replies'          => true,
                'edit_others_replies'   => false,
                'delete_replies'        => false,
                'delete_others_replies' => false,
                'read_private_replies'  => true,
 
                // Topic tag caps
                'manage_topic_tags'     => true,
                'edit_topic_tags'       => true,
                'delete_topic_tags'     => true,
                'assign_topic_tags'     => true,
            );
 
            /* Capabilities for 'member' role */
        case 'bbp_member':
            return array(
                // Primary caps
                'spectate'              => true,
                'participate'           => true,
                'moderate'              => false,
                'throttle'              => false,
                'view_trash'            => false,
 
                // Forum caps
                'publish_forums'        => false,
                'edit_forums'           => false,
                'edit_others_forums'    => false,
                'delete_forums'         => false,
                'delete_others_forums'  => false,
                'read_private_forums'   => true,
                'read_hidden_forums'    => false,
 
                // Topic caps
                'publish_topics'        => true,
                'edit_topics'           => true,
                'edit_others_topics'    => false,
                'delete_topics'         => false,
                'delete_others_topics'  => false,
                'read_private_topics'   => true,
 
                // Reply caps
                'publish_replies'       => false,
                'edit_replies'          => false,
                'edit_others_replies'   => false,
                'delete_replies'        => false,
                'delete_others_replies' => false,
                'read_private_replies'  => true,
 
                // Topic tag caps
                'manage_topic_tags'     => false,
                'edit_topic_tags'       => false,
                'delete_topic_tags'     => false,
                'assign_topic_tags'     => false,
            );
 
            break;
 
        default :
            return $role;
    }
}

Troubleshooting:

1. I’ve tried to disable plugins and see if any of them are causing this issue. This hasn’t yielded any different results.
2. I’ve checked with the Twenty Sixteen and Twenty Seventeen theme.

[Robin W]

yet unbelievably there seems to be no-one who has a solution after all the years of BBpress being around.

I suspect that this is because it is the symptom of many problems.

bbPress is tested with wordpress default themes. It maybe a conflict – you need to check plugins and themes

It could be a theme or plugin issue

Plugins

Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

Themes

If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, and see if this fixes.

Then come back

[Robin W]

bbPress is tested with wordpress default themes. It maybe a conflict – you need to check plugins and themes

It could be a theme or plugin issue

Plugins

Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

Themes

If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, and see if this fixes.

Then come back

[oyegigi]

In case someone wants to use the code who is using pretty links.

// Generate BBporess Edit Profile Link in a shortcode
// [bbp_edit_profile text="Edit My Profile" class"my-link-style"]

function bbp_edit_profile_link($atts) {
	extract(shortcode_atts(array(
		'text' => "",  // default value if none supplied
		'class' => "" //Style class for link
    ), $atts));
    
    if ($text) {
		$current_user = wp_get_current_user (); 
		$user=$current_user->user_login;
        return '<a class="'. $class . '" href="/forums/users/' . $user . '/edit">' . $text. '</a>';
        
    } 
}
add_shortcode('bbp_edit_profile', 'bbp_edit_profile_link');

[Barry]

To enable default REST API support for topics you could use a snippet like this one:

add_action( 'bbp_register_post_types', function() {
	register_post_type( bbp_get_topic_post_type(), [ 'show_in_rest' => true ] );
}, 11 );

This waits until bbPress has registered its post types, then modifies the properties of the topic post type so that it is exposed via the REST API. You could of course extend it to cover forum and reply posts, too. With that in place, you should find URLs like the following work as expected:

http://bbpress.site/wp-json/wp/v2/topic

[roquec]

Dear Friends,

I’m using WP 4.7 and bbPress 2.5.12. I’m using the importer under Tools->Forums->Import forums to import a MyBB Forum (version 1.6), with 4000 topics, 50.000 messages, and 3000 users.

The performance is Ok, it takes two hours more or less. The problem, is that at certain point, the message Conversion complete is displayed, and certainly, the users / topics count is the right one. And then, without my interaction, it starts again.

I’m not sure if this “second pass” is the normal procedure, or it is an error.

Any help would be very appreciate.

That’s the output of my last attempt

Calculating forum hierarchy (0 - 999)Converting forums (0 - 999)Delete users WordPress default passwords (5000 - 5999)Delete users WordPress default passwords (4000 - 4999)Delete users WordPress default passwords (3000 - 3999)Delete users WordPress default passwords (2000 - 2999)Delete users WordPress default passwords (1000 - 1999)Delete users WordPress default passwords (0 - 999)Converting users (2000 - 2999)Converting users (1000 - 1999)Converting users (0 - 999)<strong>Conversion Complete</strong>No reply_to parents to convertConverting replies (3000 - 3999)Converting replies (2000 - 2999)Converting replies (1000 - 1999)Converting replies (0 - 999)No tags to convertNo super stickies to stickCalculating topic stickies (0 - 999)Converting topics (51000 - 51999)Converting topics (50000 - 50999)Converting topics (49000 - 49999)Converting topics (48000 - 48999)Converting topics (47000 - 47999)Converting topics (46000 - 46999)Converting topics (45000 - 45999)Converting topics (44000 - 44999)Converting topics (43000 - 43999)Converting topics (42000 - 42999)Converting topics (41000 - 41999)Converting topics (40000 - 40999)Converting topics (39000 - 39999)Converting topics (38000 - 38999)Converting topics (37000 - 37999)Converting topics (36000 - 36999)Converting topics (35000 - 35999)Converting topics (34000 - 34999)Converting topics (33000 - 33999)Converting topics (32000 - 32999)Converting topics (31000 - 31999)Converting topics (30000 - 30999)Converting topics (29000 - 29999)Converting topics (28000 - 28999)Converting topics (27000 - 27999)Converting topics (26000 - 26999)Converting topics (25000 - 25999)Converting topics (24000 - 24999)Converting topics (23000 - 23999)Converting topics (22000 - 22999)Converting topics (21000 - 21999)Converting topics (20000 - 20999)Converting topics (19000 - 19999)Converting topics (18000 - 18999)Converting topics (17000 - 17999)Converting topics (16000 - 16999)Converting topics (15000 - 15999)Converting topics (14000 - 14999)Converting topics (13000 - 13999)Converting topics (12000 - 12999)Converting topics (11000 - 11999)Converting topics (10000 - 10999)Converting topics (9000 - 9999)Converting topics (8000 - 8999)Converting topics (7000 - 7999)Converting topics (6000 - 6999)Converting topics (5000 - 5999)Converting topics (4000 - 4999)Converting topics (3000 - 3999)Converting topics (2000 - 2999)Converting topics (1000 - 1999)Converting topics (0 - 999)Calculating forum hierarchy (0 - 999)Converting forums (0 - 999)Delete users WordPress default passwords (2000 - 2999)Delete users WordPress default passwords (1000 - 1999)Delete users WordPress default passwords (0 - 999)Converting users (2000 - 2999)Converting users (1000 - 1999)Converting users (0 - 999)Starting Conversion

[maxc246]

When I first set up my BBPress forum at libertydebater.com, I was the keymaster of the forum. I could see options to edit posts, trash them, move them and a number of other options.

At some point (I’m not clear when) I lost the ability to do practically anything as the keymaster on my forum. When I try to reply to a post, I get an error that says “ERROR: You do not have permission to create new topics.”

Also, where I used to see moderating options above each post, I no longer see those. I’ve spent the last 3 days searching for a fix and trying everything I’ve found. So far I’ve tried:

– disabling all plug-ins, testing, then re-enabling them and testing. The problem persisted even when all plugins were disabled.

– Running every tool under Tools > Forums.

– Changing the Forum roll of that user to Participant and then back to Keymaster.

– Changing my theme (currently Tortuga) to the default 2014 theme. It made no difference so I changed it back.

– Restoring the database back to the oldest copy I had available.

– I made a test user account. The test user can post and reply, even as Keymaster, but didn’t have the ability to Edit, Move, Trash posts.

I have also seen suggestions of getting rid of the Yoast plug-in as a solution, but I don’t have that plug in.

This was all working fine and then one day it wasn’t. I’m a total newb to Word Press, so please go easy on me. If you have any suggestions, some guidance on how to implement them would be most appreciated.

Thanks!

[Robin W]

bbPress is tested with wordpress default themes. It maybe a conflict – you need to check plugins and themes

It could be a theme or plugin issue

Plugins

Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

Themes

If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, and see if this fixes.

Then come back

[Anonymous User]

Mike,

I have just stumbled upon the thread from 3 years ago and it led me to finding yours here. Is this really not resolved?

I recently got bbPress up and running and I also needed this. I went ahead and found the solution… here goes…

It’s in the template. Seriously. Let’s take the previous answer (sorry for no reference) that souneone suggested to “tell the users to use anon@example.com”, and we’ll make it even easier for the user.

Make sure to copy the default bbpress template “form-anonymous.php” to /wp-content/themes/your-theme/bbpress/

Open up form-anonymous.php from your theme and find the following code section:

<p>
			<label for="bbp_anonymous_email"><?php _e( 'Mail (will not be published) (required):', 'bbpress' ); ?></label><br />
			<input type="text" id="bbp_anonymous_email"   value="<?php bbp_author_email(); ?>" tabindex="<?php bbp_tab_index(); ?>" size="40" name="bbp_anonymous_email" />
		</p>

Delete that. In fact, replace it with the following:

<input type="hidden" id="bbp_anonymous_email" value="anon@yourdomain.com" tabindex="-1234" name="bbp_anonymous_email" />

Save it out, close it out. You’re done!

Now you don’t require names.. it forces the “anon@yourdomain.com” as the value.
Developers can still change it 😉

remember to change yourdomain.com to your actual domain in the values I gave above.

if you have further questions or anything reach out on skype joshuasadler4550

[Robin W]

bbPress is tested with wordpress default themes. It maybe a conflict – you need to check plugins and themes

It could be a theme or plugin issue

Plugins

Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

Themes

If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, and see if this fixes.

Then come back

[CMB70]

I am having trouble importing from SimplePress to bbpress. I’m not sure what the table prefix is supposed to be. I tried wp_ and that didn’t import anything. I tried wp_sf (I think that is the beginning of tables for SimplePress but get this error

Repair any missing information: Continue
WordPress database error: [Specified key was too long; max key length is 1000 bytes]
CREATE TABLE wpzu_bbp_converter_translator ( meta_id mediumint(8) unsigned not null auto_increment, value_type varchar(25) null, value_id bigint(20) unsigned not null default ‘0’, meta_key varchar(255) null, meta_value varchar(255) null, PRIMARY KEY (meta_id), KEY value_id (value_id), KEY meta_join (meta_key(191), meta_value(191)) ) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;

Is there anything I can do to get this import done?

[Robin W]

bbpress has its own permissions – you need to configure the bbpress role

if you go into

dashboard>users>all users and edit a user you will find their forum role near the bottom. If you don’t want them to create topics and replies, then set it to spectator

if you want the default to be spectator, then go to

dashboard>settings>forum>auto role and set this to what you want

[Laura N]

I am working in local, but the problem with follow is when someone writes a new post, he can add spam in the content and I want bydefault mark the links as nofollow.

thank you for your help.

[AITpro]

WordPress 4.7
bbPress 2.5.12
Site: https://forum.ait-pro.com/
Custom bbPress/BuddyPress Theme & tested switching to WP Twenty Seventeen Theme
Tried creating a bug ticket on trac, but was not allowed to login and do so.

Issue: In previous versions of bbPress this code below worked fine in my Theme functions.php file. As of bbPress 2.5.12 this code is no longer working in my Theme functions.php file. I checked output and bbPress Core code and did not see anything obvious. Output was good. ie $role and $caps, but it appeared that the filter was not being processed in time when the Activity template loaded. So I moved this code to the BuddyPress /plugins/bp-custom.php file and this code works fine. So obviously this some kind of init or loading order type of issue. ie the filter is being processed too late.

// bbPress Disable Topic Tags for Participants
function aitpro_get_caps_for_role_filter( $caps, $role ) {
	
	if ( $role == 'bbp_participant' )
		$caps = aitpro_get_caps_for_role( $role );

	return $caps;
}
 
add_filter( 'bbp_get_caps_for_role', 'aitpro_get_caps_for_role_filter', 10, 2 );

function aitpro_get_caps_for_role( $role ) {
	switch ( $role ) {
		/* Disable Topic Tags for Participants */
		case 'bbp_participant':
			return array(
 
				// Primary caps
				'spectate'              => true,
				'participate'           => true,

				// Forum caps
				'read_private_forums'   => true,

				// Topic caps
				'publish_topics'        => true,
				'edit_topics'           => true,

				// Reply caps
				'publish_replies'       => true,
				'edit_replies'          => true,

				// Topic tag caps
				'assign_topic_tags'     => false, // Using false disables allowing Participants to create Topic Tags

			);
			break;
		default :

		return $role;
	}
}

[Robin W]

bbPress is tested with wordpress default themes. It maybe a conflict – you need to check plugins and themes

It could be a theme or plugin issue

Plugins

Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

Themes

If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, and see if this fixes.

Then come back

[Bruce]

bbpress Version 2.5.12
wordpress Version 4.6.1
TwentyThirteen-Child theme

You’ll see I don’t know what I’m doing here. What follows is what I tried.

I put the following into my 2013 child theme:
1. a folder titled “bbpress” which contained the following all copied from the bbpress plugin folder:
2. a folder titled “bbpress”
3. a folder titled “css”
4. a folder titled “extras”
5. a folder titled “js”
6. a file titled “bbpress-functions.php

I replaced the top of the bbpress.css file which was in the “css” folder with this:

 /*
Theme Name: bbpress bbpress-child
Theme URI: http://neighborsconnect/neighborsnation/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen-child/bbpress-child/
Description: bbpress-child theme for bbpress
Version: 1.0
Author: Bruce Wilson
Author URI: http://neighborsnation.org/
Template: bbpress-default
Tags: bbpress, bbpress-child
*/ 

Then I increased the font-size for the bbpress forums from 12 px to 20px and other such changes to see if it worked.

Surprise! Surprise! It didn’t work.

What do I need to do to make it work?

~ Bruce

[Stephen Edgar]

Could you try creating a new user and assign the participant role to that user then visit their profile page please.

Does that work?

Maybe also try running the “Remap existing users to default forum roles” repair tool

[Stephen Edgar]

You can suggest those strings changes here: https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/bbpress/stable/da/default?filters%5Bterm%5D=freshness&filters%5Buser_login%5D=&filters%5Bstatus%5D=current_or_waiting_or_fuzzy_or_untranslated&filter=Filter&sort%5Bby%5D=priority&sort%5Bhow%5D=desc

[lamitdeptvolunteer]

Hi,
I noticed textarea for newtopic description is generated using bbp_the_content function. I.e., not available in form-topic.php site specific copy.

• bbPress 2.5.11
• WordPress 4.6.1
• site (internal)

If this is worth your time, how do I add placeholder attribute in the following list, without breaking the upgrade mechanism? I mean if it is a five minute job for any of you. Otherwise I can spend my own time to work around it using css… it’s nagging me that you all would not have forgotten to allow for this …reasonably important thing… I think.

	function bbp_get_the_content( $args = array() ) {

		// Parse arguments against default values
		$r = bbp_parse_args( $args, array(
			'context'           => 'topic',
			'before'            => '<div class="bbp-the-content-wrapper">',
			'after'             => '</div>',
			'wpautop'           => true,
			'media_buttons'     => false,
			'textarea_rows'     => '12',
			'tabindex'          => bbp_get_tab_index(),
			'tabfocus_elements' => 'bbp_topic_title,bbp_topic_tags',
			'editor_class'      => 'bbp-the-content',
			'tinymce'           => false,
			'teeny'             => true,
			'quicktags'         => true,
			'dfw'               => false
		), 'get_the_content' );

Here is what I am trying to do, i.e., add the words “… and a short description of the topic here.” in the blue area.
_________
Create a new conversation topic using the form below

Editing — Apparently, the image didn’t show. Here is the link, if you like
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1Jr2Alfov9eZVVhT2U0dGRDQVVWeVE0WGh4OTZ1QW50RFdR

Thank you!

[ysiggen]

Now that you state the obvious I didn’t even think of looking around that. Yes, BP’s profile gets displayed when someone clicks on a member while browsing the bbpress forums.

The thing is, I guess, that the wp profile image stays the default and “true” one. Ideally, either wp should sync its avatar with BP or the other way around (BP fetches wp avatar and uses that one).

Now as I’d like to keep it as it’s built, since it is quite good looking already, I mean I’d like to fully use the BP profile (that bbpress redirects to, as you pointed out), I’m not too sure of what would be the fastest or/and easiest:

• Do the wp profile images gets synced with the BP profile image (since it has one on its own)
• Tell bbpress to go fetch the BP profile image, since my users only have access to their BP profile

I looked for plugins that do either, already, I didn’t quite find my fit yet. And I was hoping someone would have done something similar or knows enough to talk me roughly through what I need to do in order to achieve what I want to do.

Either way, if anyone has some clue, that would be nice.

If there is no luck at it, I guess I’ll be trying to do it by myself, but as I am no php expert and don’t really know much about either wp, bbpress or BP, I’ll have to get going with more reading first.

Thank’s for your reply Setphen, it lit a bulb on my side.

[cbannebjerre]

I’m not satisfied with some of the translated words i bbpress (danish) – I have tried to change in / wp-content / languages / plugins / bbpress-da_DK.po

I have tried to change freshness:

#: includes/admin/forums.php:414 includes/admin/topics.php:638
#: templates/default/bbpress/loop-forums.php:22
#: templates/default/bbpress/loop-topics.php:22
msgid “Freshness”
msgstr “Seneste indlæg”

[mohamedouqas]

my bbpress search widgets does not work with my theme
im using biscayalite theme 2.1.1
and bbpress 2.5.11
wordpress version 4.6.1
however when i change to default theme the search works fine
the probleme with changing my theme is that i did a lot of work on my theme i can’t afford to redo the work .
is there any solution to this probleme without changing the theme ?
thank you