Thanks for the response jaredatch, but I’m afraid it doesn’t work. I’d done it before, but I just tried again to be sure. I disabled all plugins (aside from bbPress) and refreshed the permalink structure. Still no dice.
I don’t have a post or page with “users” as the slug. Just to be sure I went into the forum settings and changed the ‘User base’ to something else (“userxyzwq” – definitely nothing else on the site called that!) and it still threw a 404. Changed it back, the same. Switched off the ‘Forum Prefix’ as someone suggested, and still the same.
Very frustrating as I spent a good while getting everything else working. And, as I say, even though the 404 status is being returned in the header, the page still appears in most browsers… which is confusing the hell out of me.
And sadly it’s not something I can just live with, as “most browsers” isn’t good enough for this project.
You might have already done this, but if not:
1. Disable ALL plugins except bbPress.
2. Go to Settings > Permalinks so a permalink flush is triggered.
3. Try going to a user profile.
You don’t have a post or page with the slug users by chance, do you?
bbPress overrides the page titles. See what I posted in the other topic.
You would use add_filter. Check out https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_filter
You can see how the title is constructed if you look at bbpress/bbp-includes/bbp-common-template.php starting around like 2026 or so. Look for function bbp_title().
You would need to post that in the support forum for that plugin, which is here
https://wordpress.org/tags/bbpress-latest-discussion?forum_id=10
Unfortunately, according to https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-bbpress-latest-discussion-dropping-all-bbld-support-and-development it seems the plugin is no longer supported.
I would suggest trying to find a different one to use, that is actively being maintained.
You don’t need to bump 3 threads on this 
As I said in the others..
You can use the bbp_title filter that is in place to change/tweak the titles bbPress uses.
However there is no simple switch in place to disable the prefixes from being used.
You can use the bbp_title filter that is in place to change/tweak the titles bbPress uses.
However there is no simple switch in place to disable the prefixes from being used.
Actually I don’t see any classes in place for this, but I think its a good idea.
Ticket created https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1763
Bump. I’m going to refresh this topic once in the hope that someone can help (with my query, above). If not, with regret, I’m going to have to abandon bbPress and try some other forum plugin. bbPress does almost everything I want it to, but obviously the 404 error for user profiles makes it unusable.
Anyone?
There are some excellent SEO plugins out there, but the question is which ones play well with bbPress. The best way to find out is to install them and give them a go.
Personally, I recommend Yoast SEO or All-in-one SEO as I believe those are the two best.
SKParticipant
I have found that this plugin imports users AND imports topics, but doesn’t make the connection. So basically it imports users twice – once from user table and another time as authors of something (or nothing).
The usernames shown as post authors have imported_ prefixed to them.
So we have
username, and
imported_username
So I tried deleting imported_username using bbpress function of assigning all its topics/replies to username. The operation was successful and now I see username as author of those topics/replies, but one problem lingers: I still don’t see any topics/replies by username if I go to its profile page.
I can’t go the opposite way and delete username and then change imported_username to username as WordPress doesn’t allow changing usernames.
P.S. I imported from phpBB 3.0.9
I’m using bbPress 2.0.2 – What is the best SEO plugin available for bbPress?
bbPress adds a prefix in the META title of Forum and Topic pages. Please tell how to remove that?
For example, see the META title of these pages:
1. http://www.androidpakistan.com/forums/android-apps-games/
2. http://www.androidpakistan.com/topic/facebook-for-android/
I believe this has been asked before, but no clear answer. I’d really appreciate if someone would help me get this fixed.
Thanks!
What published pages? I don’t see them. I just want to remove Forum: and Title: prefixes from the start of the title on every page of bbPress.
SKParticipant
Umm…except that the usernames (in frontend only) appear as imported_username instead of username. Anyone know the fix?
SKParticipant
Actually, I take that back.
If you click on “Activate Plugin” immediately upon installation from the Add New Plugin area, the plugin does throw up the error
The plugin does not have a valid header.
However, if I later to to installed plugins, and then click “Activate”, then I am able to activate and use the plugin.
I am also happy to report that I was able to successfully convert a phpBB 3.0.9 forum. It’s not perfect…I need to fix a few things here or there, but it is good enough…as good as can be expected from a general-purpose automated converter.
SKParticipant
@JJJ: Which version are you trying?
I am using the latest version of WordPress 3.3.1
I have tried both bbPress 2.0 and 2.0.2
I installed bbConverter through WP’s admin panel so the plugin version is 1.3
When I click Activate immediately upon installation, I get
The plugin does not have a valid header.
It seems I have the other pages looking fine with the sidebar but the single topic page shoves my sidebar below the forums. How can I fix this? I’m using custom community theme with bbpress & buddypress. http://www.wisewahm.com/forum/topic/test/
Hi,
Good day to all community,
I am starting up a site, and I am setting up the BBPress Latest Discussions Plugin. I have installed and integrated WP & BB. Once I activate the plugin and use the call for the latest discussion on the wordpress page I am given this error
“It Seem There Is Something Wrong With BBLD Configuration, Please Check It.”
What should I set?
Thanks,
Hock88
That’s good to know. With the buddypress install it’s build in and alI I had to do was select whether I wanted to use it or not. Bp doesn’t install bpress plugin separately. It’s always worked that way.
Somehow the bp selection for it turned off and I had click install again. It’s fixed now. This has happened to me before with bp pages. It’s definitely an issue with the new bp component setup. Thanks for confirming what bbpress config should look like.
Sorry, I’m not familiar with the non-plugin version(s) of bbPress so I can’t say.
