[andrew55]

I have a big decision to make regarding bbPress. I have an eCommerce site we are about to launch which uses WooCommerce, with about 70 plugins.

I could install bbPress (with all the plugins I need) in the single site as it is, but I’m concerned about having 80-90 total plugins in a single site (bbPress + Woo plugins).

Also, I’m wondering how all those bbPress plugins in the same site as Woo will effect performance. I’d really rather not slow the eCommerce down, or bbPress for that matter.

I know some plugins (scripts, etc) also load on every page/post even when they aren’t being used. I’ve seen and used methods to manage this, but it’s not a perfect science. So I might have bbPress scripts loading on Woo pages and vice versa. Of course the more scripts that load on a page, the slower that page becomes.

What I was considering was creating a multisite installation and installing bbPress in a separate sub site from Woo. This way, all the bbPress plugins and performance drain would be isolated more to that specific site.

Then again, I’m really not sure the best path to take. Any suggestions on where to go from here? Thanks for any help.

[discusspf]

My installation is here: https://discusspf.com/community/

My trouble is with font sizes. OP seems to be too small, all further replies are decent size and anything included in a quote is huge. Is there a way to change these just for the bbPress part of my theme? I have the ability to add custom CSS for bbPress but don’t know what code to add. Can someone please supply code which will make OP and quote text the same size as all the replies. Thanks a bunch in advance!

[bhammondCVL]

WordPress 4.9.4, bbPress 2.5.14

From topic subscriptions I’m getting bounced email messages that look like this:

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: [name-of-site] <noreply@[name-of-site].org>
To: noreply@[name-of-site].org
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2018 19:14:35 +0000
Subject: …

You are receiving this email because you subscribed to a forum topic.
Login and visit the topic to unsubscribe from these emails.

They bounce, obviously, because they have the same From and To addresses. There is no user who has this address, obviously. The mail is being generated by PHP–that is, I’m not using any additional plugin to send mail.

Any ideas on what might be causing this, and how it might be resolved?

I’m sorry that I can’t link to the site, but it is an intranet, so not publicly available.

[w3215]

Thanks. Something that truly gave a clean interface (like gutenberg or medium.com as mentioned) would be ideal. But if there are not currently options for that for the bbpress text editor, are there options to improve the editor from the default?

For example, to make it comparable to the text editor for ‘Discourse’ forum sites? (like https://discuss.reactjs.org/ or https://discuss.atom.io/).

I have heard there may be a way to turn on the tinyMCE toolbar in bbpress, which is an improvement.

However, I’m new to wordpress, but that seems to normally go along with a text editor that gives the writer two less than ideal options: a (i) “visual” option with the tinyMCE (the problem being it strips away a lot of formatting–for example removing tabs if you paste code in) or (ii) the basic “text” option, which is not great for a general audience bc it requires the writer deal with stuff like tags and html-jargon. Its also confusing to give users two different options that seem to do the same thing but in slightly different ways.

So, if a Gutenberg-like experience is too much to ask right now, is there anything around that can give users the straightforward toolbar experience of the “Discourse” text editor?

[Stephen Edgar]

Thanks @w3215, I’d love to see this sort of thing myself, or at least explore the idea and see how well a fit it fits a forum workflow….

I’ve not yet myself explored the possibilities of what we could do with bbPress and Gutenberg… I have a few ideas that I want to experiment with in the next month or so though…

I’d love to see and hear some more thoughts on these types of ideas the bbPress community has

[w3215]

Hi! I would like to provide the best writing experience possible for users of the forum I plan to set up with bbpress. Gutenberg is a good example–a clean “elegant” interface, options to go full screen (so the only thing user sees is where they will write), options to style with a button click, and option to easily insert code snippets with a button click. Its comparable to using good writing software, and no need for non-technical users to know what “UL”, “OL”, “Li” etc mean.

I have been looking through some plugins for styling bbpress, but I have not seen them discuss this aspect. Are there options available to make the bbpress text editor “elegant” in a way that is comparable to Gutenberg or the writing experience on a spot like medium.com?

[Robin W]

I do have a plugin ‘bbp evergreen’ which removes all dates from bbpress

bbp evergreen

[Robin W]

the wordpress forums run on bbpress, for instance

https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/

this one has 39,000 pages of 15 topics per page, so maybe give it a speed test !

No reason why you shouldn’t just run a forum on a site – up to you

[hukuk.net]

How do I remove the sending date of bbPress topic?

[w3215]

Hi There.

I am brand new to bbpress. I am starting a site that has functionality similar to a question/answer site (like stackoverflow). Is bbpress still the best option for that?

Details: It seems like bbpress is a great plugin, but I have concerns because:
(i) it looks like some people have had issues with bbpress’s speed as the bbpress-created forum grows, and

(ii) bbpress generally seems meant for inserting a forum onto a wordpress site as just one feature, not as the entire site itself. For example, bbpress.org (this site) has a number of different types of pages, and the forum is just one type. What if, instead, the whole site was the forum? Like on stackoverflow, where the entire site is geared toward the question/answer forum. In that case, the forum might be getting more traffic and forum performance would be more important, because it represents the entire site experience.

Is bbpress the best choice for creating this type of question/answer site, or should performance concerns lead me elsewhere? The main alternative I see is to build the site not based on a forum plugin, but based on other more targeted plugins geared toward allowing users to create posts, and then linking those posts together in a forum-like way.

Any info on this is much appreciated.

[visitorwp]

“bbpress” How can I display topic tags in a single post of topic?

[Partizan]

Ok i fixed my problem by leaving the forum root slug as it is and just went and created a new bbpress.php in my theme folder… and selected the look of the index page from theme in code.

Thank you!

[Dggerhart]

So rather than passing back over disabling all of the other plugings (there were only a few, anyway) I flipped this over.

I disabled BBPress. And re-enabled it. Which then took me to the settings page, which I saved with defaults.

The issue no longer exists … I was able to open Forums, the Drafts, edit and publish.

Sweet. Glad to be in here with you-all.

I’m very excited about how these tools can support our community.

Very best,

[Robin W]

here is fine.

ok so is this a new site? has it worked before and stopped working?

What has changed – have you added a plugin upgraded plugins or done anything to themes.

It could be a theme or plugin issue

Plugins

Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

Themes

If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, and see if this fixes.

Then come back

[Dggerhart]

WordPress 4.9.4 running Idyllic Plus theme.

bbPress is Version 2.5.14

My site is… https://insideouthope.org/forums/

Forum Creation Editor has stopped “publishing” … I can build Forums, and keep drafts. But publishing has failed.

[chaten]

This might be a stupid question but inside admin>forums>forum name the editor page does not have the custom fields section.

Does BBPress not have this available? Its working on ll other post and page types just not BBpress.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

[ericross]

Hi,
I got the below information from http://forum.wpbeaverbuilder.com/ this site .

You’ll want to check the bbPress codex for that. Check the link below for more info.
https://codex.bbpress.org/themes/theme-compatibility/getting-started-in-modifying-the-main-bbpress-template/

[ericross]

I think this could work try this code, may be it works.

1- Please add following code to Quick CSS in Enfold theme options under General Styling tab

.single-topic #bbpress-forums {
margin-top: 0;
}
2- They do not show up on the bottom by default. If you would like to show, please add following code to Functions.php file in Appearance > Editor

add_action( ‘bbp_template_after_single_topic’,’bbp_bottom_pagination’ );
function bbp_bottom_pagination() {
$output = bbp_get_template_part( ‘pagination’, ‘replies’ );
return $output;
}

[atouba1887]

Hello,

on the register page, the “Complete Registration” button is completely white.

http://streetpass-germany.de/forum-registrieren/

How can I change the colour?

WordPress 4.9.4, Theme Little Sparkle, bbpress 2.5.14

[Robin W]

what functions are you using to create the topics/replies – if you are creating topics and replies using bbpress functions, then repair shouldn’t be needed.

do you want me to take a look at your import code ?

[liderxlt]

Hi, I have a project which updates the forum daily through an import program.

What I need is to run the repair tool that has bbpress once a day, when all imports are finished.

I found this code but I can not make it work.

function bbp_register_default_repair_tools() {

  // Topic meta
  bbp_register_repair_tool( array(
  'id' => 'bbp-sync-topic-meta',
  'description' => __( 'Recalculate parent topic for each reply', 'bbpress' ),
  'callback' => 'bbp_admin_repair_topic_meta',
  'priority' => 5,
  'overhead' => esc_html__( 'Low', 'bbpress' ),
  'components' => array( bbp_get_reply_post_type() )
  ) );

  // Forum meta
  bbp_register_repair_tool( array(
  'id' => 'bbp-sync-forum-meta',
  'description' => __( 'Recalculate parent forum for each topic and reply', 'bbpress' ),
  'callback' => 'bbp_admin_repair_forum_meta',
  'priority' => 10,
  'overhead' => esc_html__( 'Low', 'bbpress' ),
  'components' => array( bbp_get_topic_post_type(), bbp_get_reply_post_type() )
  ) );

  // Forum visibility
  bbp_register_repair_tool( array(
  'id' => 'bbp-sync-forum-visibility',
  'description' => __( 'Recalculate private and hidden forums', 'bbpress' ),
  'callback' => 'bbp_admin_repair_forum_visibility',
  'priority' => 15,
  'overhead' => esc_html__( 'Low', 'bbpress' ),
  'components' => array( bbp_get_forum_post_type() )
  ) );

  // Sync all topics in all forums
  bbp_register_repair_tool( array(
  'id' => 'bbp-sync-all-topics-forums',
  'description' => __( 'Recalculate last activity in each topic and forum', 'bbpress' ),
  'callback' => 'bbp_admin_repair_freshness',
  'priority' => 20,
  'overhead' => esc_html__( 'High', 'bbpress' ),
  'components' => array( bbp_get_forum_post_type(), bbp_get_topic_post_type(), bbp_get_reply_post_type() )
  ) );

  // Sync all sticky topics in all forums
  bbp_register_repair_tool( array(
  'id' => 'bbp-sync-all-topics-sticky',
  'description' => __( 'Recalculate sticky relationship of each topic', 'bbpress' ),
  'callback' => 'bbp_admin_repair_sticky',
  'priority' => 25,
  'overhead' => esc_html__( 'Low', 'bbpress' ),
  'components' => array( bbp_get_topic_post_type() )
  ) );

  // Sync all hierarchical reply positions
  bbp_register_repair_tool( array(
  'id' => 'bbp-sync-all-reply-positions',
  'description' => __( 'Recalculate the position of each reply', 'bbpress' ),
  'callback' => 'bbp_admin_repair_reply_menu_order',
  'priority' => 30,
  'overhead' => esc_html__( 'High', 'bbpress' ),
  'components' => array( bbp_get_reply_post_type() )
  ) );

  // Sync all BuddyPress group forum relationships
  bbp_register_repair_tool( array(
  'id' => 'bbp-group-forums',
  'description' => __( 'Repair BuddyPress Group Forum relationships', 'bbpress' ),
  'callback' => 'bbp_admin_repair_group_forum_relationship',
  'priority' => 35,
  'overhead' => esc_html__( 'Low', 'bbpress' ),
  'components' => array( bbp_get_forum_post_type() )
  ) );

  // Update closed topic counts
  bbp_register_repair_tool( array(
  'id' => 'bbp-sync-closed-topics',
  'description' => __( 'Repair closed topics', 'bbpress' ),
  'callback' => 'bbp_admin_repair_closed_topics',
  'priority' => 40,
  'overhead' => esc_html__( 'Medium', 'bbpress' ),
  'components' => array( bbp_get_topic_post_type() )
  ) );

  // Count topics
  bbp_register_repair_tool( array(
  'id' => 'bbp-forum-topics',
  'description' => __( 'Count topics in each forum', 'bbpress' ),
  'callback' => 'bbp_admin_repair_forum_topic_count',
  'priority' => 45,
  'overhead' => esc_html__( 'Medium', 'bbpress' ),
  'components' => array( bbp_get_forum_post_type(), bbp_get_topic_post_type() )
  ) );

  // Count forum replies
  bbp_register_repair_tool( array(
  'id' => 'bbp-forum-replies',
  'description' => __( 'Count replies in each forum', 'bbpress' ),
  'callback' => 'bbp_admin_repair_forum_reply_count',
  'priority' => 50,
  'overhead' => esc_html__( 'High', 'bbpress' ),
  'components' => array( bbp_get_forum_post_type(), bbp_get_reply_post_type() )
  ) );

  // Count topic replies
  bbp_register_repair_tool( array(
  'id' => 'bbp-topic-replies',
  'description' => __( 'Count replies in each topic', 'bbpress' ),
  'callback' => 'bbp_admin_repair_topic_reply_count',
  'priority' => 55,
  'overhead' => esc_html__( 'High', 'bbpress' ),
  'components' => array( bbp_get_topic_post_type(), bbp_get_reply_post_type() )
  ) );

  // Count topic voices
  bbp_register_repair_tool( array(
  'id' => 'bbp-topic-voices',
  'description' => __( 'Count voices in each topic', 'bbpress' ),
  'callback' => 'bbp_admin_repair_topic_voice_count',
  'priority' => 60,
  'overhead' => esc_html__( 'Medium', 'bbpress' ),
  'components' => array( bbp_get_topic_post_type(), bbp_get_user_rewrite_id() )
  ) );

  // Count non-published replies to each topic
  bbp_register_repair_tool( array(
  'id' => 'bbp-topic-hidden-replies',
  'description' => __( 'Count pending, spammed, & trashed replies in each topic', 'bbpress' ),
  'callback' => 'bbp_admin_repair_topic_hidden_reply_count',
  'priority' => 65,
  'overhead' => esc_html__( 'High', 'bbpress' ),
  'components' => array( bbp_get_topic_post_type(), bbp_get_reply_post_type() )
  ) );

  // Recount topics for each user
  bbp_register_repair_tool( array(
  'id' => 'bbp-user-topics',
  'description' => __( 'Recount topics for each user', 'bbpress' ),
  'callback' => 'bbp_admin_repair_user_topic_count',
  'priority' => 70,
  'overhead' => esc_html__( 'Medium', 'bbpress' ),
  'components' => array( bbp_get_topic_post_type(), bbp_get_user_rewrite_id() )
  ) );

  // Recount topics for each user
  bbp_register_repair_tool( array(
  'id' => 'bbp-user-replies',
  'description' => __( 'Recount replies for each user', 'bbpress' ),
  'callback' => 'bbp_admin_repair_user_reply_count',
  'priority' => 75,
  'overhead' => esc_html__( 'Medium', 'bbpress' ),
  'components' => array( bbp_get_reply_post_type(), bbp_get_user_rewrite_id() )
  ) );

  // Remove unpublished topics from user favorites
  bbp_register_repair_tool( array(
  'id' => 'bbp-user-favorites',
  'description' => __( 'Remove unpublished topics from user favorites', 'bbpress' ),
  'callback' => 'bbp_admin_repair_user_favorites',
  'priority' => 80,
  'overhead' => esc_html__( 'Medium', 'bbpress' ),
  'components' => array( bbp_get_topic_post_type(), bbp_get_user_rewrite_id() )
  ) );

  // Remove unpublished topics from user subscriptions
  bbp_register_repair_tool( array(
  'id' => 'bbp-user-topic-subscriptions',
  'description' => __( 'Remove unpublished topics from user subscriptions', 'bbpress' ),
  'callback' => 'bbp_admin_repair_user_topic_subscriptions',
  'priority' => 85,
  'overhead' => esc_html__( 'Medium', 'bbpress' ),
  'components' => array( bbp_get_topic_post_type(), bbp_get_user_rewrite_id() )
  ) );

  // Remove unpublished forums from user subscriptions
  bbp_register_repair_tool( array(
  'id' => 'bbp-user-forum-subscriptions',
  'description' => __( 'Remove unpublished forums from user subscriptions', 'bbpress' ),
  'callback' => 'bbp_admin_repair_user_forum_subscriptions',
  'priority' => 90,
  'overhead' => esc_html__( 'Medium', 'bbpress' ),
  'components' => array( bbp_get_forum_post_type(), bbp_get_user_rewrite_id() )
  ) );

  // Remove unpublished forums from user subscriptions
  bbp_register_repair_tool( array(
  'id' => 'bbp-user-role-map',
  'description' => __( 'Remap existing users to default forum roles', 'bbpress' ),
  'callback' => 'bbp_admin_repair_user_roles',
  'priority' => 95,
  'overhead' => esc_html__( 'Low', 'bbpress' ),
  'components' => array( bbp_get_user_rewrite_id() )
  ) );
  }

[Robin W]

ok so leave in the code that you have – that will make the default into date

then add this

function rew_forum_freshness_link( $forum_id = 0) {
	echo rew_get_forum_freshness_link( $forum_id );
}

function rew_get_forum_freshness_link( $forum_id = 0 ) {
		$forum_id  = bbp_get_forum_id( $forum_id );
		$active_id = bbp_get_forum_last_active_id( $forum_id );
		$link_url  = $title = '';

		if ( empty( $active_id ) )
			$active_id = bbp_get_forum_last_reply_id( $forum_id );

		if ( empty( $active_id ) )
			$active_id = bbp_get_forum_last_topic_id( $forum_id );

		if ( bbp_is_topic( $active_id ) ) {
			$link_url = bbp_get_forum_last_topic_permalink( $forum_id );
			$title    = bbp_get_forum_last_topic_title( $forum_id );
		} elseif ( bbp_is_reply( $active_id ) ) {
			$link_url = bbp_get_forum_last_reply_url( $forum_id );
			$title    = bbp_get_forum_last_reply_title( $forum_id );
		}

		$time_since = bbp_get_forum_last_active_time( $forum_id );

		if ( !empty( $time_since ) && !empty( $link_url ) )
			$anchor = '<a href="' . esc_url( $link_url ) . '" title="' . esc_attr( $title ) . '">' . esc_html( $time_since ) . '</a>';
		else
			$anchor = esc_html__( 'No Topics', 'bbpress' );

		return apply_filters( 'rew_get_forum_freshness_link', $anchor, $forum_id, $time_since, $link_url, $title, $active_id );
	}

and where you want to show a ‘since’ freshness link change

bbp_forum_freshness_link() to
rew_forum_freshness_link()

You should put any amended templates into your child theme

come back if you don’t know how to do that

[markleeuw]

Hi guys,

My bbpress doesnt work correctly for my users.

Some say they cant make a topic, i tested with a test account and it looks like with participant and moderator role i can make a topic but its gone after i refresh the page how is this possible?

here you soo that i made a topic

and now its gone.

how is this possible?

[emgb_520]

I have installed a plugin called “MENU SWAPPER”. This allows for each page/post on the site to choose any menu that has been created to be displayed on that page/post.

Originally, the functionality of this plugin did not include ANY of the forum pages. I figured out what to add to the menu swapper code to get the individual forums and the topics to have the functionality to swap menus. See the code below, I added “forum” and “topic” to make that happen.

function mswp_add_swap_meta_box() {
$post_types = array(
‘post’,
‘page’,
‘forum’,
‘topic’
);

The only pages on the site where there is no MENU SWAPPER functionality are the forums archive page here: https://scoutfantasysports.com/forums/

I am assuming this is because there isn’t really a “PAGE” in wordpress for this.

The menu on that page needs to be the same as on the individual forum pages here: https://scoutfantasysports.com/forum/fantasy-talk/

I need to know how to make this happen because it looks like I will need to edit a bbPress plugin file to do it.

Thanks.

[u_Oi]

I wonder if I can suggest this for next versions of bbpress? (Something similar to “Popular” or “No-Reply” labels)

Just in case anyone needed… here is a plugin:

https://plugins.dev4press.com/gd-topic-prefix/