[pawanahluwalia]

Hi,

I have WP V5.8 and bbPress V5.0 with OceanWP theme.

I have a custom function.php file in which I control access to pages by user role. For example user_role1 may only access pages with /user_role1/ in the url path.

I have then added a custom forum page called qaforums.

In the bbPress settings I have made this as my Forum Root.

I have then added /qaforums/forum/ and /qaforums/topic/ as permitted paths for user_role1.

Now here is where things get strange.

Let’s say I have a range of forums with the permalinks:

mywebsite.com/qaforums/forum/forum_name1/
mywebsite.com/qaforums/forum/forum_name2/
mywebsite.com/qaforums/forum/forum_name3/
etc.

In theory, my user access rules should permit users to see these forums. However, they don’t.

What I discovered is that in order for my access rules to work I need to include permalink /forum_name3/ in the permitted paths list.

In testing, I discovered that the get_page_link() function on the root forum page returns the path:

mywebsite.com/forum_name3/forum_name3/

instead of

mywebsite.com/qaforums/

forum_name3 happens to be the forum with the highest Forum ID.

So my questions are:

1. Why is the get_page_link() function returning a different url on the the root forum page?

2. Why is the permalink mywebsite.com/qaforums/forum/forum_name3/ being changed to mywebsite.com/forum_name3/forum_name3/ ?

And by the way, the get_the_ID() function confirms the same thing.

Any help in understanding this would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[packzap]

Ah, so maybe they are legacy files left over from my original bbpress install from years ago. I will try removing them and see what happens. Thanks so much!

[Robin W]

ummm…

ok, ether you are using bbpress version 1, which went out of production many years ago or might be a related plugin or part of a wrapper like buddyboss????

bbpress version 2.6.x does not have any files of those names

[packzap]

bb-settings.php is at the root of the install (domain) along with other important bbpress files like bb-edit.php, bb-login.php, bb-post.php, etc . . .

[specstanza]

Thank you so much @robin-w – changed the subscription to fav with bbp_get_topic_favoriters 🙂

add_action('bbp_template_before_single_topic', 'show_bbp_sub');
function show_bbp_sub() { 
	$subscriptions = bbp_get_topic_favoriters(bbp_get_topic_id()) ;
	$count = count($subscriptions) ;
	echo 'number of users subscribed: '.$count;
}

Now I only have to look for a way to display my topics and sorted them by numbers of favs! Thanks to you I know there was some major changes with the 2.6 version.

[uksentinel]

I found W3 Total cache did not offer any perfomance improvements and I actually had less visitors when using the cache plugin.

The plugin works and does cache certain areas, but I am working with my hosting company to ensure server side cache is best, as nothing really else I have tried isas good as i was hoping (for BBPRESS)

Take a look at https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bb-press-conflict-with-w3-total-cache/

in particular the below options to add to the page cache>never cache –

/forums*
/forum*
/topic*
/topics*
/reply*

[techinbermudas]

If possible can you share the settings you’re using?

I’m having a lot of issues with cache and bbpress. Always have to CTRL+SHIFT+R to have updated contents and i’ve tried all options that i know.

[r-a-y]

Documentation is lacking. Your best bet is to dive into the code.

bbp_insert_forum() to create a forum:
https://github.com/bbpress/bbPress/blob/master/src/includes/forums/functions.php#L24

bbp_insert_topic() to create a topic: https://github.com/bbpress/bbPress/blob/master/src/includes/topics/functions.php#L24

For BuddyPress, look at the wp_bp_activity DB table with the component column set to groups. You could use BP_Activity_Activity::get() (https://github.com/buddypress/buddypress/blob/master/src/bp-activity/classes/class-bp-activity-activity.php#L380) to fetch activity items, but probably querying the DB is faster.

The rest is up to you.

[mophilly]

That is encouraging. I am willing to look at developing a migration script.

I have taken a quick look at bbPress and BuddyPress documentation. I looking for a set of functions for getting/setting posts in each product, and a data model. So far, I haven’t seen what I think I am looking for.

I don’t mean to be demanding, but perhaps you can share a link that will help me find my way along?

[specstanza]

Hi @babblebey & @robin-w , thank you both for your work on this matter.

I’m trying to do the same on my Bbpress install (not online yet) in order to sort topic by number of “fav mentions”.

I tried your last two codes but it returns “0” (I hooked them on bbp_template_before_single_topic and putted them in two separated functions).

Does it still works for you? Did I get it all wrong?

Thank you for your answer. 🙂

[uksentinel]

Hi @neon67

Did you ever manage to find a suitable option for BBPRESS cache or is W3 Total Cache still your best option ?

[mophilly]

Thanks for the clarification. The original installation did not include bbPress. As an aside, I was quite surprised to learn bbPress is a separate product, which may offer a clue to why the original designer did not install it.

So, the “streams” are locked forever in BuddyPress, without any hope of redemption. This, too, is surprising since these “streams” are merely text in a database. Alas and anon, I will push forward, delete BuddyPress, light up bbPress, and force the end users to start anew.

I hope for the best, plan for the worst, and pull a nice wine from the rack to comfort myself.

[r-a-y]

Is it correct to say that if the BuddyPress group exists with some posts, and I set up a new bbPress forum in the backend, the existing posts will appear in the bbPress forum?

Depends what you mean by “some posts”. If the BuddyPress group was originally set up with bbPress integration as mentioned here: https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/ (The B and C options only). And forum posts were created in those groups, then yes. You just need to disable BuddyPress and those forum posts should still be viewable.

Otherwise, no. You are probably thinking of the BuddyPress group activity stream that uses Twitter-style status updates, which is not a forum.

[Robin W]

just taken a quick look.

yes it looks like it will show the sub forums of a forum ID you enter, but not the parent forums as well.

I should say I’m not a bbpress author, and after a check of the code it is not an easy change to fix

[tumptyteapot]

Hi
When logged in and we use the forum search the results are password protected and they shouldn’t be.

WordPress 5.8
bbPress Version 2.6.6

Mizan Therapy

I have disabled all plugins apart from bbPress and tried it on a default theme but the problem persists.

[mophilly]

Is it correct to say that if the BuddyPress group exists with some posts, and I set up a new bbPress forum in the backend, the existing posts will appear in the bbPress forum?

I understand that the two are not the same. I also have a pretty good understanding of how data is handled in WordPress… not expert by any stretch, but not a beginner either. Also, I have decades of experience with dbms. So I assume the answer to my question is “no.”

It would be cool to be able to recreate the posts from the BuddyPress group in the new bbPress forum. I don’t mind a bit of query and/or script writing to make things come together.

Any suggestions or insights are very welcome.

[Robin W]

apply_filters( 'bbp_get_the_content', $output, $args, $post_content );

in

bbpress 2.6.6\includes\common\template.php

line 1940

should do it

[stewarttodd]

I am running Avada theme.
Installed bbPress.
Added Forums menu from Appearance –> Menus —> Forums –> Forums (my top level forum page)
The menu item appears properly on the left and links properly to my forums main page, but under the menu Title “Forums” is a second line of text that says “bbPress Forums”.

I can’t seem to find where to remove that second line of text from my menu.

Any thoughts?

[Robin W]

I run several bbpress forums, and I don’t run caching on any of them.

Caching only ever overcomes slow servers, so firstly I expect to pay to get a good server. For business sites, that means getting the website owner to understand that FB isn’t free, google isn’t free, tiktok isn’t free, instagram isn’t free, and neither is their site. The customer pays for all these services, whether through advertising (eg businesses paying FB to place ads, who then use part of this money to have fast servers) or paying the website owner who pays a service provider. so pay for a good server, and you shouldn’t need caching.

On ‘club’ websites (and I am webmaster for several) then the club members need to understand that part of their membership fees pay for the website. If they perceive it as slow, then fine they need to pay more membership fees. However on 99% of these sites, my strategy has always been that good content is worth waiting for 🙂 If you are interested in the insect life of Guatemala, then you’ll quite happily wait a few seconds whilst a forum page renders to tell you about the Thoas Swallowtail butterfly.

Finally if you are running a site where you are touting for business, then I would say that you should treat a fast server as an investment.

WP total cache has had several good recommendations as one that works very well with bbpress.

Some webmasters also do not understand that many browsers (particularly ones for cell/mobile phones) cache locally, so a lack of update isn’t necessarily caused by server side issues.

Finally I would say that I am just a bbpress user here, not one of the bbpress authors, and my views are just mine 🙂

[Back to Front]

Yes you could use

.bbp-reply-post-date {
    display: none;
}

to hide you bbpress reply post date.

But to display the post modified date you would need to add this function in you child theme templates whereever you want to display, eg replace
bbp_topic_post_date();
with
the_modified_date();
in templates/content-single-topic-lead.php

[Fetch Designs]

The plugin page shows last updated 9 months ago and Tested up to: 5.6.4 when the current version of WordPress is 5.8. Is bbPress still being maintained?

[francorbalan]

I am working on a site through Elementor Pro (A website builder) and through it I create templates. The templates are then applied to the pages that I designate.

I installed BBPress and assigned a template to the forums page. However, it does not apply to the users page. In this case the problem is that the main menu is almost invisible.
Example of a user page: https://mariablaquier.com/forums/usuarios/lagorda/

Does anyone know how I can fix this?

Wordpress: 5.8
BBPress: 2.6.6
Site: mariablaquier.com

[Robin W]

@traverser11 yes there is

reCAPTCHA for bbPress

[Back to Front]

I haven’t used this together with bbpress topics… but does get_the_modified_time() work? https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_the_modified_time/

[alave]

Hi,
I am looking for a solution to have my topic author post date to be updated whenever the topic/post content is edited – but cannot work out a way to do this effectively.

I have attempted to manually change post date as suggested at https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/changing-post-dates/ but it does not seem to work.

Any solution or ideas?

The reason is I have topics that were created 2-3 years ago that I regularly update depending on new information/changes to the topic subject. I don’t want to lose any comments associated with the topic and its completely inefficient to be deleting each topic and recreating them periodically.

Thank you!