Thanks @chadschulz is this more along the lines of what you are after?

A quick modification of your code above, with some tweaks via https://codex.bbpress.org/custom-capabilities/
function chadschulz_bbpress_customized_roles( $bbp_roles ) {
// Keymaster -> Captain
$bbp_roles['bbp_keymaster'] = array(
'name' => 'Captain',
'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_keymaster_role() )
);
// Moderator -> Commander
$bbp_roles['bbp_moderator'] = array(
'name' => 'Commander',
'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_moderator_role() )
);
// Participant -> Ensign
$bbp_roles['bbp_participant'] = array(
'name' => 'Ensign',
'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_participant_role() )
);
// Spectator -> Visitor
$bbp_roles['bbp_spectator'] = array(
'name' => 'Visitor',
'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_spectator_role() )
);
// Blocked -> Banned
$bbp_roles['bbp_blocked'] = array(
'name' => 'Banned',
'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_blocked_role() )
);
// Lieutenant (Based on Participant role caps)
$bbp_roles['bbp_lieutenant'] = array(
'name' => 'Lieutenant',
'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_participant_role() )
);
return $bbp_roles;
}
add_filter( 'bbp_get_dynamic_roles', 'chadschulz_bbpress_customized_roles' );
I can see topics here http://massfacilities.com/forums/forum/job-listings/
Is that correct?
Can you also try disabling all your other active plugins, does that fix the issue?
If so re-activate the plugins one by one to determine if it bbPress 2.5.12 is conflicting with another plugin.
I recently updated WordPress and BBPress. Everything appeared to be in good shape last Friday but today the categories for the forum show on the main menu but the forum and all the related content are missing. I can see that the plugin is active but I do not see it in the WP admin. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks
Wordpress 4.7
BBPress 2.5.12
website – massfacilities.com custom theme usign Bootstrap
I have a live site that I added forums to.
using WP 4.7
bbpress 2.5.12
When I try to look at a users profile from the
forum I get a 404 error.
Is there a fix for this or even a plugin?
Any ideas?
Thanks
here should be a solution https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbpress-votes/ (if you’re still here or to other bbpress users) .. it should be working, I’m still trying to make it work for my forum http://www.lustjobs.com/forums/ (voting works – trying to understand how to display karma on user profiles).
also my bbpress is not showing forums. topics are first page.

Hello, i have installed the plugin wp-post ratings
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-postratings/installation/
I want to show the rating in bbpress.
Find: <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
Add Anywhere Below It (The Place You Want The Ratings To Show): <?php if(function_exists(‘the_ratings’)) { the_ratings(); } ?>
In which files, i have to add the php code?
Thanks a Lot!
Best Regards
Sally
Hi guys, the ticket was created and has been marked as fixed and closed.
However, the problem is still occurring in bbPress 2.5.12, so the bug has not actually been fixed.
Could somebody please fix this issue? I’m still having to manually patch the bbPress code with every update.
Thanks!
Hi Stephen
What I did was the following:
1. Installed bbpress as mentioned
2. Updated the flooding time to 0
3. Auto assigned the standard roles to the user via Tools -> bbp-repair
4. As admin I created a forum with status “open” and visibility “public”
5. As admin I created a topic with status “open”
6. I logged in with a non admin user and tried to reply on the topic which I’ve created as admin.
My result is now that the user displayed is Anonymous even with logged in user.
I would expect that the name from the logged in user is used instead of Anonymous.
Do I miss something in the configuration?
Best regards,
Marco
Can you share your code for how you’re defining your custom roles please?
If you’d rather keep the code private you could join the #bbPress channel in Slack
You can sign up for WordPress Slack here: https://chat.wordpress.org
This has already been fixed for the upcoming bbPress 2.6
https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6044
OK. Well after some harrowing attempts to rebuild from older versions of bbPress and WordPress I ended up reverting back to the most recent of both, 4.7 and 2.5.12, respectively.
And presto! Everything is now as it should be. WTF?!
Maybe something got fouled up in the DB conversion or I simply needed to kick something loose.
Anyway, nevermind.
Thanks.
I’ve added a dynamic role to my forums that no longer appears in any display user role capacity.
I used the bbp_get_dynamic_roles hook as before.
However, the capabilities from this role do transfer over–just not the name.
I’m using custom functions that require this role’s name be defined. So basically this update breaks my site.
Any attempt to role back to an earlier version of bbPress seems to crash the site.
Help!?
hi, i just downloaded and trying to set up a bb press.
then i had error. it says
Warning: sprintf(): Too few arguments in …/blog/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/admin/topics.php on line 943
line 943 is
`// Topic submitted
8 => sprintf( __( ‘Topic submitted. <a target=”_blank” href=”%s”>Preview topic</a>’, ‘bbpress’ ), esc_url( add_query_arg( ‘preview’, ‘true’, $topic_url ) ) ),`
does anyone know how to fix this ?
WordPress (Version 4.7)
someone knows what is the right type robots.txt for bbpress, i want to use for my forum
good morning,
I am building a forum and as settings I like to put the root of the forum the same as the basic forum, disabling forum prefix.
I am setting it so though I am a red message telling me Possible bbPress conflict, both in the forum> Root settings, in settings> Forum.
I can leave it or it can give problems?
Thank you
sorry – that was for the code via ftp.
If you just want a list then go into dashboard>appearance>widgets and just look for all those that’s tart with (bbpress)
Hi,
I noticed textarea for newtopic description is generated using bbp_the_content function. I.e., not available in form-topic.php site specific copy.
- bbPress 2.5.11
- WordPress 4.6.1
- site (internal)
If this is worth your time, how do I add placeholder attribute in the following list, without breaking the upgrade mechanism? I mean if it is a five minute job for any of you. Otherwise I can spend my own time to work around it using css… it’s nagging me that you all would not have forgotten to allow for this …reasonably important thing… I think.
function bbp_get_the_content( $args = array() ) {
// Parse arguments against default values
$r = bbp_parse_args( $args, array(
'context' => 'topic',
'before' => '<div class="bbp-the-content-wrapper">',
'after' => '</div>',
'wpautop' => true,
'media_buttons' => false,
'textarea_rows' => '12',
'tabindex' => bbp_get_tab_index(),
'tabfocus_elements' => 'bbp_topic_title,bbp_topic_tags',
'editor_class' => 'bbp-the-content',
'tinymce' => false,
'teeny' => true,
'quicktags' => true,
'dfw' => false
), 'get_the_content' );
Here is what I am trying to do, i.e., add the words “… and a short description of the topic here.” in the blue area.
_________
Create a new conversation topic using the form below

Editing — Apparently, the image didn’t show. Here is the link, if you like
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1Jr2Alfov9eZVVhT2U0dGRDQVVWeVE0WGh4OTZ1QW50RFdR
Thank you!
Now that you state the obvious I didn’t even think of looking around that. Yes, BP’s profile gets displayed when someone clicks on a member while browsing the bbpress forums.
The thing is, I guess, that the wp profile image stays the default and “true” one. Ideally, either wp should sync its avatar with BP or the other way around (BP fetches wp avatar and uses that one).
Now as I’d like to keep it as it’s built, since it is quite good looking already, I mean I’d like to fully use the BP profile (that bbpress redirects to, as you pointed out), I’m not too sure of what would be the fastest or/and easiest:
- Do the wp profile images gets synced with the BP profile image (since it has one on its own)
- Tell bbpress to go fetch the BP profile image, since my users only have access to their BP profile
I looked for plugins that do either, already, I didn’t quite find my fit yet. And I was hoping someone would have done something similar or knows enough to talk me roughly through what I need to do in order to achieve what I want to do.
Either way, if anyone has some clue, that would be nice.
If there is no luck at it, I guess I’ll be trying to do it by myself, but as I am no php expert and don’t really know much about either wp, bbpress or BP, I’ll have to get going with more reading first.
Thank’s for your reply Setphen, it lit a bulb on my side.
I’m not satisfied with some of the translated words i bbpress (danish) – I have tried to change in / wp-content / languages / plugins / bbpress-da_DK.po
I have tried to change freshness:
#: includes/admin/forums.php:414 includes/admin/topics.php:638
#: templates/default/bbpress/loop-forums.php:22
#: templates/default/bbpress/loop-topics.php:22
msgid “Freshness”
msgstr “Seneste indlæg”
Hi everyone, I’m looking for a plug-in (or another solution) to get the analytics on search terms within the bbPress forum I’m running.
It doesn’t have to be fancy, I just need to know stuff like the most queried terms over time.
Thanks !
bbPress 2.5.12 has been released fixing this, please note it requires WordPress 4.7
bbPress 2.5.12 – Requires WordPress 4.7
bbPress 2.5.12 has been released fixing this, please note it requires WordPress 4.7
bbPress 2.5.12 – Requires WordPress 4.7