[internationaljack]

When I try to access a forum, I only see the site header (the rest of the page is blank). This is what shows up in my debug.log:

[07-Aug-2025 22:39:33 UTC] PHP Warning:  chmod(): Operation not permitted in /var/www/vhosts/[SITEURL]/httpdocs/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 173
[07-Aug-2025 22:39:34 UTC] PHP Warning:  chmod(): Operation not permitted in /var/www/vhosts/[SITEURL]/httpdocs/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 173
[07-Aug-2025 22:39:39 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /var/www/vhosts/[SITEURL]/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/Avada/includes/class-avada-layout-bbpress.php on line 219
[07-Aug-2025 22:39:39 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /var/www/vhosts/[SITEURL]/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/Avada/includes/class-avada-layout-bbpress.php on line 219
[07-Aug-2025 22:39:39 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Undefined constant "description" in /var/www/vhosts/[SITEURL]/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/Avada-Child-Theme/bbpress.php:22
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/vhosts/[SITEURL]/httpdocs/wp-includes/template-loader.php(106): include()
#1 /var/www/vhosts/[SITEURL]/httpdocs/wp-blog-header.php(19): require_once('/var/www/vhosts...')
#2 /var/www/vhosts/[SITEURL]/httpdocs/index.php(17): require('/var/www/vhosts...')
#3 {main}
  thrown in /var/www/vhosts/[SITEURL]/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/Avada-Child-Theme/bbpress.php on line 22
[07-Aug-2025 22:39:39 UTC] PHP Warning:  chmod(): Operation not permitted in /var/www/vhosts/[SITEURL]/httpdocs/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 173
[07-Aug-2025 22:39:47 UTC] PHP Warning:  chmod(): Operation not permitted in /var/www/vhosts/[SITEURL]/httpdocs/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 173

The above is with this in wp-config.php:
define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');

Our sites are normally set to define('FS_METHOD', 'ftpext'); but that produces a much longer error string in the log and a “this site has experienced a critical error” message in the browser.

Our prod site is on PHP 7.4.33 and doesn’t have any issues in either FS_METHOD mode. Did PHP 8 change something that affected filesystem access?

Notes:
– This is a multisite with a bbPress forum on almost all sites.
– Our theme, Avada, runs fine on our other dev site with PHP 8.4.

[manojmohandev]

line #956,

// Only update if reply is published
if ( ! bbp_is_reply_pending( $reply_id ) ) {

As per the comment, it should check if reply is published. But this condition will be true even if the reply is marked as spam. Instead it should use if ( bbp_is_reply_published( $reply_id ) ). Same thing I have observed for topic as well. If topic is marked as spam by akismet, the last active parameters reflects the spam topic instead of last published topic.

[internationaljack]

What’s the latest version of PHP that bbPress can reliably run on?

The most recent update says it improved PHP 8.2 support, but it crashes on the dev site I’m running that is on 8.2.29. Is there an earlier version that is known to work well?

Also, does anyone know what the developers’ plans are for PHP versions beyond 8.2? I was hoping to upgrade our sites to 8.4, but bbPress is the limiting factor on a couple of them.

[yt]

Hello everyone

A code snippet is needed to suspend the publication of topics and replies submitted by forum members until the forum administrator approves (something similar to what is in place for site comments until the administrator approves).

A code that can be run in a BBPress function file or a WPCode plugin php snippet file and work.

Thanks in advance for your help

[Ricsca2]

With a script I made with chatgpt (and a lot of testing), I managed to migrate an old custom forum to bbpress.
I only have one error… basically, when I go to edit a post, I get a page error.
Virtually all the posts I try to edit (if a thread has 5 replies, all replies have that URL on edit) have this URL /?reply&edit=1 (I’ve disabled the parmalink for now).
Do you know what I could do?
If I try to edit the thread, it works.
Thanks

[Janell2]

Hi,
We have been using bbPress for a long time, and it has never given us any problems, so something has changed, and I can’t figure out what.  I don’t have a caching plug-in.  If you go to the Forum, click on the Topic, it says “This topic is empty” in the Topic (there has been for years.)  I have not changed the theme, or WordPress version, it just stopped working.

Forum path: domainname/company-bulletin-board/companyforum/company-calendar/
Topic that appears as link in the above Forum: domainname/company-bulletin-board/topic/key-dates/    When you click the link in the Forum, the topic says, “This topic is empty” which it is not.

I tried as an experiment to substitute, “/companyforum/company-calendar/” for “/topic/” but that did not work.  This is happening for ALL the Topics, they all show “This topic is empty.”

When I go to the list of Topics and click on the View in the WordPress Dashboard, again it says for every single topic, “This topic is empty.” Each topic has a lot of content.

How do I fix this please?  I am out of ideas, especially since it just, “stopped working.”

Thanks so much for your help.  Much appreciated. This is a members only Forum, so I worry about publishing the links. I have been through earlier posts from folks that have had a similar problem, but nothing has worked.
Janell

[jennypins]

What Happened to “Views” in bbPress 2.6.14?
In earlier versions of bbPress, Views were visible as a menu item in the WordPress admin under Forums > Views.

In version 2.6.14, the admin menu link to Views was removed by default as part of bbPress cleanup and streamlining.

However, the Views themselves still exist — they’re just hidden from the admin menu unless you’re actively using or registering them.

How to Restore the “Views” Menu
You can manually re-enable the Views admin menu by adding a small code snippet to your theme’s functions.php file or a custom plugin:
add_action( ‘bbp_admin_menu’, function() {
add_submenu_page(
‘edit.php?post_type=forum’,
‘Topic Views’,
‘Views’,
‘manage_options’,
‘edit.php?post_type=topic_view’
);
});

[Robin W]

Try

#bbpress-forums .status-closed,
#bbpress-forums .status-closed a {
color: #aaa !important;
background-color: none !important;
}

[yt]

Hello everyone

My site is using the latest WordPress 6.8.2 with WordPress 2025 theme and BBPress community

To change the color of closed topics in

13. Preventing closed topics from going grey

At address:

Layout and functionality – Examples you can use

The following code:

#bbpress-forums .status-closed,
#bbpress-forums .status-closed a {
color: #aaa !important;
}

is introduced.

I put it in the css snippet of WPCode plugin. but the code doesn’t work.

Can anyone help me fix the problem?

Thanks

[yt]

Hi everyone

My site is using the latest WordPress 6.8.2 with WordPress 2025 theme and BBPress community

In
27. Custom Redirect After Login

At address

Layout and functionality – Examples you can use

The following dual-purpose redirect code:

/**
* WordPress function for redirecting users on login based on user role
*/
function my_login_redirect( $url, $request, $user ){
if( $user && is_object( $user ) && is_a( $user, ‘WP_User’ ) ) {
if( $user->has_cap( ‘administrator’ ) ) {
$url = admin_url();
} else {
$url = home_url();
}
}
return $url;
}
add_filter(‘login_redirect’, ‘my_login_redirect’, 10, 3 );

It is introduced that I have it in the php sippet file of the WordPress plugin code but I am getting the error

Your changes are saved but your snippet was deactivated due to an error, please check the syntax and try again. Error message: syntax error, unexpected token ;

It seems that there is a problem with the code.

Can anyone help to fix the problem?

[yt]

Hello everyone

In 3. Adding an ‘amend profile/password’ to the login widget
At

Layout and functionality – Examples you can use

The RKK Login Widget plugin is introduced in the gist results with the link

https://gist.github.com/robkk/f558f4abe867ef7b9952

It shows a 404 error.

Either the link is broken or such a plugin does not exist.
I also searched for this plugin in the WordPress repository but there were no results.

[Ricsca2]

Could you recommend a good free theme for bbpress?
Actually, I only found this one:

Responsive Forum

I like it, but it’s very basic…

[yt]

The only bbPress-related plugin that is installed and actived on the site is the “Enable bbPress for Block Themes” plugin.

[Robin W]

ok, what other bbpress related plugins are you usin?

[Robin W]

bbpress works fine with classic themes (ie non block themes), so you should have no problems.

However bbpress is an integral plugin to your website, so it will use whatever theme your site is using, so you cannot have one theme for wordpress and another for bbpress.

[yt]

Hello forum members

My site is using the latest version of WordPress 6.8.2 and the 2025 Block Theme and BBPress Forum.

I want to use the classic theme for BBPress Forum instead of the Block Theme

Please guide me how can I activate my favorite classic theme instead of the default BBPress theme?

Thanks

[manojmohandev]

Any update on this?

I have digged again further for the issue. The issue has started during this ticket #2838 with the changeset #6923. The last reply and count should only be changed when reply is public regardless whether it is spam or in pending state.

[rameshb]

I have created a forum website using the bbPress plugin. However, I’m facing an issue with user access levels. Currently, any user can publish a post directly on the forum without moderation.

What I want is for users to be able to visit the forum and share their views, but their posts should first go into a “Pending Review” status. Only an admin should have the ability to review and publish these posts.

Please help me configure bbPress to enable post moderation before publication.

[sbask]

Is there a way to show to moderators/admins only ipv4 addresses? Now that we moved our bbpress based forum site to cloudflare protection we are getting ipv6 addresses in some posters. We’d like to only get ipv4.

[ploptime]

thank you ! gd-bbpress-attachments 4.8 works (not 4.9)

[ploptime]

but updating gd-bbpress-attachments broke the website I had to remove it.

[Robin W]

Every website is a unique combination of hoster, operating and hosting systems (eg apache, PHp) WordPress theme, plugins, settings and content, so I cannot just give you an answer.

So between ‘some time ago’ (days? weeks? years?) and now – what has changed on your site?

If you cannot answer that, then I can only suggest the core fault finding viz..

it could be a theme or plugin issue

Themes

As a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwenty, and see if this fixes.

Plugins

If that doesn’t work, also deactivate all plugins apart from bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

If you cannot do this to your site (say because it is live) then use the ‘troubleshooting’ features of this plugin to let you test without affecting other users

Health Check & Troubleshooting

Then come back

[ploptime]

Nothing for the time beeing, but i m using BBPress 2.6.11, is there a known issue?

[hardel]

Hi John, I never applied the fix recommended in that ticket. I am aware of another site experiencing the same issue as mine. “View Page Source” confirms they’re running BBPress 2.6.14 alongside BuddyPress 14.3.4. Because of this, I don’t believe this issue is exclusive to my site.

As it’s not my site, I don’t feel comfortable sharing the link publicly. However, I’ve sent a PM to your Instagram account with the link, along with a screen recording showing the 404 error, since their site requires a (free) membership to view forum replies.

[Mike Witt]

I just updated to bbPress 2.6.14 and I notice that dragoeco’s fix was not included in that (although that loader.php file was updated to fix the object creation problem for php 8.2). What’s the best way to … increase the odds of getting that done next time? I guess the person I’m asking this question is @johnjamesjacoby.