[Robin W]

there are lots of causes that will show this error, many plugins load the bbpress text domain.

If you are running buddypress, then you can stop a bbpress file from causing the error by the fixes above, or by using :

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>bbPress bug fixes and go to

Fix bbPress domain triggered early if Buddypress also active

[Ricsca2]

Thanks a lot, I fixed the code with chatgpt, but it didn’t work well with yoast…

/**
 * 🔧 Custom SEO meta tags for bbPress forum index page
 * 
 * This snippet replaces the default "Forum Archive" title and adds custom
 * meta description + Open Graph tags (for Facebook, WhatsApp, etc.)
 * 
 * ✅ Add this code to your theme’s functions.php or a custom plugin.
 */

function custom_bbpress_forum_index_meta() {
    // Check if bbPress is active and we are on the main forum archive page
    if ( function_exists('is_bbpress') && is_post_type_archive('forum') ) {

        // 🔹 Custom SEO Title
        add_filter('pre_get_document_title', function() {
            return 'Your Custom Forum Title – Your Site Name';
        });

        // 🔹 Custom Meta Description and Open Graph Tags
        add_action('wp_head', function() {
            ?>
            <!-- 🧩 Custom bbPress Forum SEO Meta Tags -->
            <meta name="description" content="Join our forum community! Discuss topics, share experiences, and get expert advice about your favorite subjects." />
            <meta property="og:title" content="Your Custom Forum Title – Your Site Name" />
            <meta property="og:description" content="Join our forum community! Discuss topics, share experiences, and get expert advice about your favorite subjects." />
            <meta property="og:image" content="https://example.com/path-to-your-forum-image.jpg" />
            <meta property="og:type" content="website" />
            <?php
        });
    }
}
// Hook into 'wp' to ensure bbPress functions are available
add_action('wp', 'custom_bbpress_forum_index_meta');

[Mike Witt]

Hi @dragoeco,

I’ve been using the patch you suggested above about 5 months ago, and it’s been working fine for me. As far as I can tell, this is something that should be fixed in bbPress. But as I mentioned I’m a bit out of my depth. If somebody knows different, they will hopefully correct me.

[Vinay PN]

Here are some ways to add or customize the title and meta description for the bbPress forum index:

1. Use an SEO Plugin That Supports Custom Post Types and Archives
bbPress forums often rely on custom post types and archive templates.

Ensure Yoast SEO is configured to handle bbPress custom post types and their archives.

In Yoast SEO > Search Appearance > Content Types and Archives, check if bbPress forums and topics are enabled and configured properly.

For the main forum index (bbPress’ main forum page), this is often considered an archive page. Yoast allows customization of archive titles and meta descriptions via the Archives tab.

2. Add Custom Code via Functions.php or a Custom Plugin
You can programmatically set the title and meta description on the bbPress forum index with code snippets. For example:

php
function custom_bbpress_forum_index_seo() {
if ( function_exists( ‘is_bbpress’ ) && is_bbpress() && !is_singular() ) {
// Set custom title
add_filter( ‘pre_get_document_title’, function() {
return ‘Your Custom Forum Title – Your Site Name’;
});

// Set custom meta description
add_action( ‘wp_head’, function() {
echo ‘<meta name=”description” content=”Your custom meta description for the forums index page goes here.” />’ . “\n”;
});
}
}
add_action( ‘wp’, ‘custom_bbpress_forum_index_seo’ );
This snippet checks if it’s a bbPress page but not a single topic or forum (index page), then overrides the title and adds a meta description.

3. Use a Dedicated SEO or Meta Tag Plugin
Alternatively, plugins like All in One SEO, Rank Math, or WP Meta SEO may provide greater flexibility to add meta tags for archive/custom pages.

4. Use a Page as a Forum Landing Page Instead of bbPress Default
Instead of using the default bbPress forum index, you can:

Create a regular WordPress page.

Use that page as your main forum landing page.

Insert bbPress shortcodes or specific forum content there.

This way, you can edit the page’s SEO title and meta description directly with Yoast.

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[DragoWeb]

I just saw your message @mike80222

I said “bbpress is not causing it.” because Robin said that in this message : https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/php-notice-on-version-2-6-11/#post-243051

I have given up trying to find the source of the error tbh. I just deactivated debugging mode. It’s the best solution (for now), but it’s just annoying when you have to debug a problem and you have dozens of similar lines.

[thomasjarvisdesign]

Sorted – The front end issue is a CSS error made by us.

The back end issue is a problem with DiviAI and not caused by BBPress itself.

The temp fix is to disable DiviAI from the Divi>Role Editor for all users including the admin.

I have raised this issue with Divi asking for a fix in Divi5 when it gets released.

[thomasjarvisdesign]

Please see error code below.

2025-10-03 11:35:01 Error 77.44.13.228 500 GET /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=reply HTTP/1.0 https://www.domainname.org/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=reply Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/140.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 5.70 K Apache SSL/TLS access

2025-10-03 11:35:06 Error 77.44.13.228 AH01071: Got error ‘PHP message: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Maximum call stack size of 8339456 bytes (zend.max_allowed_stack_size – zend.reserved_stack_size) reached. Infinite recursion? in /var/www/vhosts/domainname.org/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbpress.php:169\nStack trace:\n#0 /var/www/vhosts/domainname.org/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/template.php(35): bbPress->__get()\n#1 /var/www/vhosts/domainname.org/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/common/template.php(461): bbp_get_reply_post_type()\n#2 /var/www/vhosts/domainname.org/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/template.php(544): bbp_is_reply()\n#3 /var/www/vhosts/domainname.org/httpdocs/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(324): bbp_get_reply_title_fallback()\n#4 /var/www/vhosts/domainname.org/httpdocs/wp-includes/plugin.php(205): WP_Hook->apply_filters()\n#5 /var/www/vhosts/domainname.org/httpdocs/wp-includes/post-template.php(174): apply_filters()\n#6 /var/www/vhosts/domainname.org/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/topics/template.php(603)…’, referer: https://www.domainname.org/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=reply

Anyone from BBPress help me with this?

[Robin W]

ok, so bbpress will show before the site is published

does bbpress show as active in
dashboard>plugins>installed plugins
do you have
dashboard>settings>Forums showing

[Big Ed]

I would like to speak to the BB press plug originator or expert or troubleshooter
This is a really complex problem.
I would be to offer my email – biged76112@gmail.com

Is there a chance that this plug-in does not show properly until the website is published.
This website does not have an active domain

[andrew55]

Sure, this is the code I’m using:

add_post_type_support('topic', array('thumbnail'));
add_post_type_support('forum', array('thumbnail'));
/*
Plugin Name: bbPress - Forum Icons
Plugin URI: https://gist.github.com/ntwb/8277457
Description: bbPress - bbPress - Forum Icons
Version: 0.1
Author: Stephen Edgar - Netweb
Author URI: http://netweb.com.au
*/
// Original Source: http://www.kristarella.com/2013/04/bbpress-forum-icons/
add_post_type_support('forum', array('thumbnail'));
function ks_forum_icons() {
	if ( 'topic' == get_post_type() ) {
		global $post;
	    if ( has_post_thumbnail($post->ID) )
	    	echo get_the_post_thumbnail($post->ID,'thumbnail',array('class' => 'alignleft forum-icon'));
	 }
}
add_action('bbp_theme_before_topic_title','ks_forum_icons');

[Ricsca2]

How can I set the title and meta description for the forums page?
BBpress doesn’t create a page like it does for categories, so I can’t set anything.

[andrew55]

Hi, I’m using this code from @stagger-lee to enable ability to create featured images in topics:

Add Featured Image to New Topics in Frontend WYSWYG

When ever I create featured image, they all come out to 400px by 400px. Is there a way to set the featured images to a different size, such as 600px by 400px?

Thank you for any suggestions.

[Robin W]

you need top take out the “!important” in the rule in your Customizr Child Home style.css line 2858

to make it

#bbpress-forums ul.odd, #bbpress-forums ul.even {
  background-color: #EFEFEF;
}

and then add this rule

#bbpress-forums .super-sticky {
	background-color: blue !important;
}

[andrew55]

I’m usually ok with using css in my child theme, but struggling with this.

I need to change the background color only of the sticky topics area here:

https://www.lifeleap.org/community/forums/forum/lifeleap-cafe/lifeleap-institute-related/

I have the background color set with this css (even and odd):

#bbpress-forums ul.odd

But I just can’t figure out how to change background color only on the sticky topics.

Thanks for any suggestions.

[Sirmadsen]

I got the editor and this plugin to work by adding a code to my themes functions.php (child theme if you use that)

function bbp_enable_visual_editor( $args = array() ) {
    $args['tinymce'] = true;
    $args['teeny'] = false;
    return $args;
}
add_filter( 'bbp_after_get_the_content_parse_args', 'bbp_enable_visual_editor' );

It activates the TinyMCE editor in BBPress.

[a7xfanben]

When a user quotes another post using the quote button, their post shows the bbcode as plain text. I tried to recreate the issue on my end with a test account (non-admin) in incognito mode, and was not able to recreate the issue. Any idea what could be causing it? (example linked below)

Wordpress version: 6.8.2
bbPress version: 2.6.14
Link: example post with issue

[hardel]

Hi @johnjamesjacoby,

I realize you’re busy and I hate to keep pressing this, but the truth is that the functionality for this specific pagination has been broken for nearly five years (at least that I’ve been aware of).

In addition to the examples I’ve already shared (which I’m still waiting on a reply to), I wanted to provide one more. Since this site is publicly listed as an example on bbPress, I figured it would be fine to post it here.

On the Angry Birds bbPress/BuddyPress forum, the same pagination issue appears for Topics Started and Replies Created. You can see the broken links for the user “Bird Leader” here:
https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/members/birdleader/forums/replies/

If you try to view page 2 for either section, it results in a 404 error. Viewing the page source confirms they’re running the latest versions of both bbPress and BuddyPress.

A response on this matter would be greatly appreciated.

[Robin W]

ok, it is listed as a bug for bbpress to fix, I am just a volunteer here,

so if you want a fix in the meantime , install

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>bbPress Bug Fixes and select the relevant one (at/near the bottom)

[Robin W]

I have no influence on what the core bbpress does.

21% of websites are http

[Ricsca2]

99% of sites are in https and not http, so if you can, it would be a good idea to point this out to whoever handles bbpress updates.
People who type in a domain start with www and never type https, so it’s really annoying to see URLs in http.

[Robin W]

yes for the reasons stated above, ie the link will resolve to https if the site has ssl.

Not every site is https

that’s how the bbpress authors have decided it should work

[Ricsca2]

But seriously, are you telling me that it is normal that if a user writes www.google.com on bbpress it becomes http://www.google.com and not https:?

[Robin W]

The key word in their answer is ‘should’ – by which they mean that they do not intend to do it, and they think that each forum provider (in this case bbpress) ‘should’ do this – but free software only contains what the software authors want it to. From a small amount of looking at that article, I’d suggest that it would be 1-3 weeks work to provide a solution as either a google structured expert would need to learn bbpress or a bbpress expert would need to learn google structured, and not something that I have any interest in doing – sorry 🙁

[Ricsca2]

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bbpress-and-yoast/

[andrew55]

Is there a plugin or function to sort topics by weight? In other words, a field where a numerical value can be added, and if a value exist in this field, it brings the topic to top of topic lists.

And each topic that has a value in it, if the value is higher than other values of topics, the highest values are are the top of topic lists. And then topics which have no values are sorted in topic list in default manner.

I’ve seen sorting set up with values like this in all types of scripts, and just hoping there is a way to accomplish this in bbPress.

Thanks for any suggestions.