[Robin W]

ok, so no easy automatic way to do this., but this method is fairly simple.

so use the ‘Post Comments as bbPress Topics’ plugin, and create a post using settings that create a topic. Publish the post and that will create the post and a forum topic.

then you can immediately go back to edit that post, and in the ‘topics for posts’ part of the edit, unclick the ‘Use a bbPress forum topic for comments on this post.’ This will then show the normal comments box, but the forum topic will remain.

[terryfindlay]

A user on a bbPress forum keeps getting a message that he is posting a duplicate post when he tries to post a reply to a topic.

Does anyone know how to fix this problem?

[loona677]

Good morning
I’m looking for a plugin to automatically create a topic in the forum following a new article in the blog like “Post Comments as bbPress Topics” but without that removing the possibility of posting a comment on the blog.
Thanks in advance.

[Robin W]

hmmmm… not sure it would be that, as bbpress is loading ok.

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

[Robin W]

ok, so you had the hello elementor theme active, although you have now switched to another theme.

this theme needs this additional plugin to make it work with bbpress

Hello theme Elementor bbPress template fix

[lmstearn]

Hi,
WordPress 6.2.2 running Twenty Twenty-Three theme, BBPress 2.6.9.
Moved the only hidden (pending) topic from a public forum to a private forum, and published it. Topic, and moved replies all look fine in the private forum.
The public forum from whence it was moved still has this:

This forum has NN topics (+1 hidden), NNN replies …

As expected, clicking the +1 hidden doesn’t change the number of topics displayed. Repaired the forum, cleared site cache, no change to the +1 hidden.
If a detail in the move topic process was missed, please advise.
Thanks.

[Ronny Kreuzberg]

Hello, i am using this code Part to show latest Topics in certain Forums. It is giving the correct Topic ids but wont show them except of original Language even if i opened it in a different language first.

<section class=”topics”>

<div id=”bbpress-forums” class=”bbpress-wrapper”>

<h3><?php echo __(‘Recent Topics’, ‘WordPress’); ?></h3>

<?php

$topic_parents = array();

foreach ($match_parent_ids as $match_parent_id) {

$match_ids = get_children(array(
‘post_parent’ => $match_parent_id,
‘post_type’ => ‘forum’,
‘fields’ => ‘ids’,
));

foreach ($match_ids as $match_id) {

$topic_ids = get_children(array(
‘post_parent’ => $match_id,
‘post_type’ => ‘topic’,
‘fields’ =>’ids’,
));

foreach ($topic_ids as $topic_id) {
echo $topic_id;
}

$topic_parents = array_merge($topic_parents, $topic_ids);

}

}

$args3 = array(
‘post__in’ => $topic_parents,
‘post_type’ => ‘topic’,
‘post_status’ => bbp_get_public_status_id(),
‘posts_per_page’ => 10,
‘orderby’ => ‘freshness’,
‘order’ => ‘DESC’,
);

if (bbp_has_topics($args3)) :

bbp_get_template_part(‘loop’, ‘topics’);

else :

bbp_get_template_part( ‘feedback’, ‘no-topics’ );

endif;?>

</div>

</section>

Thanks for helping

[Keith]

If this happens to you and you switch the number to zero but it doesn’t work and if you check your logs you will see this:

Uncaught DivisionByZeroError: Division by zero in []/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/admin/classes/class-bbp-converter.php:390

Use phpMyAdmin or your favorite DBM flavor and go into wp_options.

Manually change the row “_bbp_converter_rows” from zero to whatever you initially had. Be sure to update it in the converter pane as well otherwise the original value will not take.

[Robin W]

support here is fine, it’s free and done by volunteers – it’s the weekend here, so excuse that I choose to spend time with my family.

You are using a professional package called buddyboss, which hooks to the totally free bbpress.

If you are stopping, then maybe ask buddyboss how to move away?

The link you post just shows a list of forums, so no idea what is missing as I don’t know what ‘all the forums’ means – maybe come back with exactly what is missing and I’ll take my grumpy hat off and try to help you on Monday 🙂

[StudentFilmmakers]

I know it’s been a long wait for anyone in the digital universe to respond, but here it is. I am trying to do that now. The most challenging part for me now is making my bbpress forums work. I am sure some database changes were made at this point because I can’t get the bbpress forums to display the forums correctly. Please reach out if anyone knows how to migrate back to bbpress from buddyboss.

[StudentFilmmakers]

I guess this support is not as active as it once was. Anyone know. This is what I get on the /forums page:
Archives: Forums

bbPress Forums

Forums

Search for: HomePage › Forums Forum Topics Posts Last Post Cinematography In Focus: The Cinematographer’s Lens Welcome to ‘In Focus,’ the dedicated forum for future masters of cinematography on StudentFilmmakers.com. Whether exploring camera techniques, evaluating lenses, or crafting perfect lighting, this community is designed for you. We offer a trustworthy platform to engage in essential […]
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[ibnat]

I am testing the WPMobile app plugin and am finding it pretty hard going to be honest. It does now seem obligatory to have this as 80 percent of my visitors are now on mobile and hardly anyone goes home and turns on the desktop anymore.

Has anyone here used this plugin? I would love to see some examples of any BBPress forums using it.

Thanks in advance

[uksentinel]

Hi

I was wondering, some of the topics on my BBPRESS forum receive lots of replies each day, each time a reply is created, all the (Topic) members that have chosen to ‘Notify me of follow-up replies via email’ receive an email each time a new reply is created.

This amounts to lots of emails being received by some forum members each day, is there any way to reduce the number of email notifications being sent for each new reply in a Topic since they last logged in to a particular forum (Topic).

‘Reduce notification to one email only for a topic (first unseen reply) since last logged in’ etc.

Thanks

[wulfenhart]

Hello everyone,

Loving BBPress. I was wondering how I can change the name of the page/header of the forums from “Forums” to the title of my choosing?

I run a RPG forum, and want to keep it immersive. 🙂

I could not find anything on the settings, so it makes me wonder if some tinkering is needed somewhere else.

Thank you in advance, and bravo for such a wonderful addition to WordPress.

[Robin W]

ok, so I registered on your site and just got one email with username and password, which is what I would expect from wordpress, as far as I know bbpress is not involved in this process.

[tapiohuuhaa]

If the extension works on backend, it is is useless for me. I would need extensions only frontend. I have site for solving crosswords. Honoring other peoples all hints should give as default hided.

I tried to find the button definitions for text editor. My idea is just replace
DEL or CODE with SPOILER. If I would find the source code, maybe I could add some codes. That apparently needs alo finding filter code, which defines, which codes are allowed.

I though also that I could replace some code and related texts and icons of TinyMCE with another code, texts an icons.

So I would not need to add anything. But I didn’t find, where buttons have been defined for the text editor s d TinyMCE.

BTW. I didn’t get frontend texts translated in your GD bbPress Tools. I deleted entire translation, which I made for it because filtering worked better, but filtering works only for texts, which don’t have dynamic texts (%s etc). I get with “My WP Translate” translated “WP Sitemap Page”, so the translation tool works. I have another issue here https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translating-into-finnish/. So could you answer there.

[Milan Petrovic]

Yeah, TinyMCE editor is very problematic when it comes to expanding it, it is way to complicated and easily broken.

With by GD bbPress Toolbox Pro plugin, I have two additions for editing: BBCode Toolbar (simple extension of the basic editor with all BBCodes in the toolbar, and click on the button brings it into editor, or it can wrap selected text), and support for the Markdown. And, every BBCode can be disabled, or controlled for the Toolbar inclusion.

Milan

[markfluk]

I am trying to make notifications work when using the BNFWP (Better Notifications For WP) plugin. Issue is, two notifications are sent out, one from bbPress and one from BNFWP. BNFWP support have said, “is there a hook you can use to disable their (bbPress) notification (without disabling the entire function within WordPress)”. Any ideas?

[markfluk]

UPDATE – I got a reply from BNFWP.. “This is most likely caused by the bbPress plugin as it’s not possible to add 100% compatibility with BNFWP – it’s proven tricky to make it work in the past. You may wish to reach out to bbPress to see if there’s a hook you can use to disable their notification (without disabling the entire function within WordPress) so that BNFW can handle this notification for you.” I will post the question separately but thought it might be useful for anyone here with the same issue.

[edenwheeler]

Yes, bbPress is still a viable solution for creating a forum on a WordPress website. It is designed to integrate smoothly with WordPress and offers features like topic threading and user registration. While there may be other options available, bbPress remains a reliable choice for adding a forum to your WordPress site.

[Darryl]

Hey Robin, while the best answer would have been “There’s a new fancy version about to be released” 🙂 I truly appreciate your response.
You make a lot of sense.
I’m setting up a test site right now and I’m going to try bbPress again with your plugin.
thanks bud.

[Robin W]

I am just a moderator here, and not a bbpress author.

The authors tend to release updates every few years, rather than more frequently.

My personal view is that you should consider bbpress to be a ‘mature’ product, ie any releases will be to fix issues rather than add functionality.

bbpress is written really well, and has loads of hooks. There are no show stopper bugs in it, it may throw a few deprecation notices (and these are very few at the moment), but WordPress recommends that you should not show error messages in live sites.

I currently have my test site running 8.1 with no issues.

The only major issue with bbpress at the moment is that it does not work well with FSE themes.

However my bbp style pack plugin has fixes for this

bbp style pack

as well as block versions of the widgets and a ton of styling and functionality add-ons.

All plugins are subject to the authors commitment so other options offer the same amount of certainty.

The main WordPress support forums use bbpress, and it would be mega work to move those over to some other product.

But yes, with open software you make your choices….

[Philippe Roussel]

Hi,

Is it possible to restrict access to bbPress forums on a per-user basis (not roles)?

Thanks for your help,

Philippe

[Darryl]

I’m looking at the latest update being over 2 years ago, maybe one of the example sites listed are even running WP at all.

Is bbPress still a viable solution for a WP forum?

[tapiohuuhaa]

I have used your free version of GD bbPress Tools. I added SPOILER and few other tags with BBCode Deluxe. I edited the pugin. I commented all BBCode tags, which belongs to your plugin or which I don’t need.

I have list fir extra code. I tryed to use JQuery to drag codes to the textare. Dragging cause that code disappears, but it just caused that the ekement disappeared from my list but but not went to the textarea.
[CODE]$(“document”).ready(function() {
$(“.tags”).draggable({
revert: true
});

$(“.bbp-the-content”).droppable({
accept: \’.tags\’,
drop: function(event, ui) {
$(this).append($(ui.draggable));
}
});
});
[/CODE]