Ok, I am just a volunteer who helps out here, I am not a bbpress author, but I have written a number of bbpress related plugins.
I also took over a defunct plugin called
Post Comments as bbPress Topics
I did not write this, I just did enough coding to get it working again.
if you are code savvy, then function build_topic on line 485 of index.php should give you some code that you could maybe use in a plugin or use the code snippets plugin.
otherwise if you only have a few posts from which you want 2, you could enable it convert, disable it and then delete the topics (posts) you don’t want.
yes you are right, it does do that if the topic id is set to 0.
I’m pretty sure that this has not always been the case, so I suspect a newer version of software (say WordPress or php) is doing this.
I will take a look when I get a moment, but if you create a reply in the backend, then it must know what topic it is attached to, so you need to fill in the topic id.
If you complete a topic ID then it all works.
I suspect that very few people ever create a reply in the backend – users should not have access to this, so it is only moderators and keymasters that can see this – as without a topic ID it is pointless, and you would almost always be in the front end when you spotted that you needed to post a reply.
so thankyou for reporting this, and if you have a compelling reason to need to use the backend, do come back.
I’m encountering a strange behavior in my new bbPress installation. Here’s what happens:
Setup:
• Forum: “General”
• Sticky post in this forum containing the rules (closed for replies)
• A test topic: “Now I’m drinking coffee”
• A reply added to the test topic
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create the topic “Now I’m drinking coffee” in the “General” forum.
2. Add a reply to this topic. Everything works as expected.
3. Go to wp-admin → Topics → All Topics.
4. Move the “coffee” topic to the trash.
Observed Behavior:
• The reply added to the trashed topic also goes to the replies trash.
• Its post_parent changes from the “coffee” topic to the sticky rules post (still published).
• If I restore the topic from the trash, the reply is no longer associated with the topic.
Expected Behavior:
• The reply’s post_parent should remain linked to the original topic.
• When emptying the topics trash, the reply should be deleted along with the topic, similar to how comments are handled with regular posts.
Environment:
• bbPress latest version
• WordPress latest version
• No child theme active
• Plugin: “Enable bbPress for Block Themes”
Has anyone else experienced this, or is there a fix/workaround?
Let me try again… How can I get these links to work for my site? This a cap from wordpress.org forum.
Inside settings I have these
ok, so every website is a unique combination of themes, plugins, settings and content.
Whilst WordPress has a string set of protocols that authors use, different themes and plugins may clash.
I have just tried Kadence and get an error of ‘No matching template found’.
Sorry but the instructions work for a default WordPress theme.
If you have got the site working, then great. If you still have problems, then can you ask Kadence if they can help.
Do come back if you get further info.
Thanks for the suggestion 🙏
However, I checked the bbp style pack plugin on WordPress.org and it doesn’t add email notification functionality to admins — it mainly adds styling options and display features for bbPress, not admin notifications. 
Do you know if we should use something like:
👉 bbPress Notify (No-Spam), a dedicated plugin that actually sends emails to site admins when new topics or replies are posted? 
Thanks again!
bbpress is a ‘light’ plugin and you will need an additional plugin to ensure admins get notified
Install
bbp style pack
once activated go to
dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>moderation
for how to set this up
Hi there 👋
We’re using bbPress on a WordPress site and we’ve noticed that the forum administrator is not receiving email notifications when someone creates a new topic or replies to an existing one.
Here’s what we’re seeing:
• WordPress email is working fine — we’re using SMTP and other emails are being delivered correctly.
• Users who subscribe to forums or topics do receive notifications with no issues.
• The only problem is with the forum administrator / super admin, who does not receive any notification emails at all.
Environment:
• WordPress: 6.9
• bbPress: 2.6.14
Our questions:
1. Does bbPress send notifications to administrators automatically?
2. Is there a specific role, setting, or filter we should enable so administrators receive all notifications?
We need the admin to be notified so they can reply within 24 hours, but without email notifications this becomes difficult.
Any help or guidance would be much appreciated — thank you!
Bonjour,
Je me permets de vous contacter concernant un problème d’accessibilité sur le forum BBPress du site rayons.handivelo.fr. Plus précisément, j’utilise le shortcode [bbp-topic-form] pour permettre aux utilisateurs de créer un nouveau sujet.
Problème rencontré :
– Je parviens à lire les champs du formulaire avec mon interface vocale, mais la liste déroulante des forums/catégories n’est pas accessible.
– Mon lecteur d’écran indique qu’il y a 19 éléments dans la liste, mais je ne peux pas les lire ou les sélectionner correctement.
– Pour information, je suis non-voyant et j’utilise un logiciel de synthèse vocale pour naviguer.
Questions :
1. Existe-t-il un autre shortcode ou une alternative pour rendre cette liste déroulante accessible ?
2. Serait-il possible de remplacer la liste déroulante par des boutons radio ou des cases à cocher pour faciliter la sélection ?
3. Avez-vous des bonnes pratiques ou des plugins à recommander pour améliorer l’accessibilité des formulaires BBPress ?
Contexte technique :
– Site : rayons.handivelo.fr https://rayons.handivelo.fr
– CMS : WordPress + BBPress
– Interface utilisée : Lecteur d’écran (ex : JAWS, NVDA)
Je reste à votre disposition pour tester toute solution que vous pourriez proposer. Merci par avance pour votre aide, et je vous souhaite une excellente année 2026 !
Bien cordialement,
Christophe
I have a new problem in my forum (theeagleye.net/forums).
My one forum (Off-Topic Lounge) has a problem I have not had before. Unlike every other forum I have, this one always shows the user as signed out (even if they are not, and the other forums do not show this). When they try to sign in, it still does not allow them to sign in. I already tried clearing the cache and checking all the settings in this forum, but they are all exactly as they are supposed to be and nothing is solving the problem.
Has anyone else had this issue and what can I do to solve it?
I use the Twenty Twenty Five theme, have WordPress 6.9, bbpress Version 2.6.14, and my site is theeagleye.net/.
I am not a bbpress author, I am simply someone trying to help out.
The slugs do whatever the plugin author codes them to do, and this plugin does not do that.
You can add this additional plugin
bbp style pack
once activated go to
dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>shortcodes
and you can see a shortcode you can use in a page
[bsp-profile]
with options for wording and edit
I don’t have a user “fred”, so using those as links obviously do not work. I assume the slugs in settings will auto detect a signed in user. Why are these links not showing? On wordpress.org they look like so
I think you are using the theme twentytwenyfive.
If so you need this additional plugin
Enable bbPress for Block Themes
or use
bbp style pack
once activated go to
dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>theme support
Hi
I cannot get forumuser slugs to work… Can someone assist. Forum resides here. I have tried to add the slugs in URL. Most lead to 404 while topics display topics, but apparently not sorted to my user.
Popular and Recent works fine…
Additional question – Gutenberg
Apparently blocks everywhere is abandoned and only complies with an ancient Gutenberg only. They are expecting bbpress to lift compatibility into core bbpress. Is there any plan to do so?
Thx
Hi @nethe, your issue is likely due to CSS specificity or caching. Please clear all caches and try adding your font/color CSS with !important in the WordPress Customizer > Additional CSS section.
add_filter ('bbp_use_autoembed', 'rew_turn_off', 20,1 ) ;
function rew_turn_off ($value) {
return false ;
}
thanks for this code 😃
also: https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/embed-block/
ok, but this will take some time. Currently working in production environment, I have to set up a staging environment and not sure if this works due to memberpress, stripe/paypal connection and so on
Question: thinking about deactivate Auto-Embeds in WordPress completely with some code – what do you think?
add_action( ‘init’, function() {
global $wp_embed;
if ( $wp_embed instanceof WP_Embed ) {
remove_filter( ‘the_content’, array( $wp_embed, ‘autoembed’ ), 8 );
remove_filter( ‘the_content’, array( $wp_embed, ‘run_shortcode’ ), 8 );
}
add_filter( ’embed_oembed_discover’, ‘__return_false’ );
add_filter( ‘pre_oembed_result’, ‘__return_false’ );
if ( function_exists( ‘remove_filter’ ) ) {
remove_filter( ‘bbp_get_topic_content’, ‘bbp_topic_content_autoembed’, 2 );
remove_filter( ‘bbp_get_reply_content’, ‘bbp_reply_content_autoembed’, 2 );
}
}, 20);
I unticked nearly every option and it all works fine
I use wordpress for a long time and I never saw something like this. Perhaps it has to do with Borlabs Cookies?? I am very restrictive with cookies and scripts, I have only the absolutely necessary stuff (as said… GDPR)
Hi there
I do not want to include embedded content like Youtube. I deactivate it via Settings- Forums, but after saving it is again activated. This is a mess due to data protections issues in Germany.
But this is not for everthing: e.g. Instagram is shown as simple link, Youtube as embedded
I use
Wordpress 6.9
bbPress 2.6.14
my website: https://fab50s.de/ (most of the content including forum is behind paywall)
I also use:
Borlabs Cookies
Memberpress
Theme: Tove (FSE)
Can anyone help me??
LG Irit
on your latter point, I am just a moderator here, and not a bbpress author.
The authors tend to release updates every few years, rather than more frequently.
My personal view is that you should consider bbpress to be a ‘mature’ product, ie any releases will be to fix issues rather than add functionality.
bbpress is written really well, and has loads of hooks. In essence it is a WordPress product, written by the founder of WordPress, and taken into a plugin by sponsorship from WordPress.
There are no show stopper bugs in it, it may throw a few notices (and these are very few at the moment), but WordPress recommends that you should not show error messages in live sites.
I currently have my test site running WordPress 6.9 and php 8.2 with no issues.
The only major issue with bbpress at the moment is that it does not work well with FSE themes.
However my bbp style pack plugin has fixes for this
bbp style pack
as well as block versions of the widgets and a ton of styling and functionality add-ons.
All plugins are subject to the authors commitment, and bbpress is no different.
@mike80222 thanks for sharing… In ur case its a clean install and we see every error is in the bbpress folder specifically:
…/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/common/functions.php on line 1581
@robin-w I’ll try a bit of what you said for our environment and see if it curtails the issue.
also Robin; can you share a reply on this please? “I ran bbpress through Plugin Checker (WordPress official) and there are a lot of things that might be pinging this, not sure if the team are addressing performance, repo, general and the security issues raised in it”.
Thank you for responding.
It’s happening constantly in our server domlogs. It’s a new site install. No active forum yet site isn’t launched yet. Seems to be happening simply from the site existing with bbpress on it.
I ran bbpress through Plugin Checker (WordPress official) and there are a lot of things that might be pinging this, not sure if the team are addressing performance, repo, general and the security issues raised in it?
Our environment
WP Core: 6.9
PHP: 8.4
Hosting: VPS
Theme: Reign (wbcomdesigns)
max_exec_time: 600
suspect this is an AI generated spam, but in case not,
bbpress latest version is 2.6.14 and was updated 4 months ago.
bbPress
Hi,
We use bbpress, buddypress, and bbp-private-groups in a WordPress installation.
Thank you for the great plugins!
In the Buddypress Group Settings, the group administrator can also create a forum.
How can I add a specific group from bbp-private-groups to a group forum when creating the group forum?
I couldn’t find an option for this in the backend settings.
Is there a suitable hook? I don’t know the forum ID yet for “groups_group_after_save”.
I would add the group with add_post_meta( $forum_id, ‘_private_group’, ‘group1’, false );.
Thanks for any tips!
bbbt
