I have exactly the same issue. It looks like /french+fries/ URL does not work but if you replace it with anything else like space /french%20fries/ then it works. May be this bug is Windows/IIS specific?
This is the URL /forums/search/french+fries/ that is returning in the browser instead of the normal /?s=french+fries peram.
The first url is normal for the bbPress forums search, in the second is normal for default WordPress search.
https://bbpress.org/forums/search/French+Fries/
In a plain permalink setup the forum search does look like this
yoursite.com/forums/search/?action=bbp-search-request&bbp_search=french+fries
What other themes have you tried and what are the currently active plugins you have right now??
Thanks for the reply!
This is actually something I did before posting here (should have mentioned it) and while running the default 2015 theme, I am running into the same issue. This is the URL /forums/search/french+fries/
that is returning in the browser instead of the normal /?s=french+fries
peram.
It’s strange as I have several other corporate wordpress sites running (not w/ bbpress) but have never had a problem with “out of the box” search widgets :)…
I will continue to test (only running 4 plugins) and see what comes from that.
Afternoon,
I am using the (bbpress) Forum Search Form within the sidebar widget section and noticed a little bug. When you search one word like “Fries” you will get the search results page BUT when you try and add a second word “French Fries” the search returns a 404 page instead of the results page with the “Oh bother! No search results were found here!” message.
I have not added or changed anything to the bbpress core files – has someone else run into this issue that can provide a fix?
Cheers!