[grownow]

bbPress is a popular forum software that is designed to integrate seamlessly with WordPress. While it is primarily intended to be used as a WordPress plugin, it is technically possible to install bbPress without WordPress. However, this is not a recommended or officially supported use case.

bbPress relies on various WordPress functions, libraries, and database tables to function properly. Therefore, attempting to install bbPress as a standalone application without WordPress may lead to compatibility issues and limited functionality.

Regarding the documentation for setting up bbPress without WordPress, it’s important to note that the official bbPress documentation primarily focuses on its usage as a WordPress plugin. Since installing bbPress without WordPress is not the recommended approach, there may not be official documentation specifically addressing this scenario.

If you still want to proceed with installing bbPress without WordPress, you can try the following general steps:

Download bbPress: Visit the official bbPress website (https://bbpress.org/) and download the latest version of bbPress.

Set up a web server: Install and configure a web server (such as Apache or Nginx) on your server or local machine.

Set up PHP: Install PHP and configure it to work with your web server.

Set up a MySQL database: Install and configure a MySQL database server. You will need to create a new database for bbPress and a user with appropriate privileges.

Create the necessary directories: Create a directory on your server or local machine where you want to install bbPress.

Extract bbPress: Extract the contents of the bbPress download package into the directory you created.

Configure bbPress: Open the config.php file located in the bbPress directory and modify the database connection settings to match your MySQL setup.

Set up the necessary tables: bbPress requires specific database tables to function correctly. You may need to manually create these tables using MySQL commands or import an existing schema if available.

Configure your web server: Set up the necessary configuration directives in your web server to point to the bbPress installation directory.

Access bbPress: Once you’ve completed the above steps, you should be able to access bbPress by visiting the appropriate URL in your web browser.

It’s important to note that this process may require advanced technical knowledge and troubleshooting skills. Since this is not the intended use case for bbPress, you may encounter various compatibility issues or limitations along the way.

If you’re looking to create a standalone forum application, there are other forum software options available that are specifically designed to work independently without relying on WordPress, such as phpBB or Discourse. It may be more suitable to explore those alternatives for your needs.

[giggioman00]

As above, can’t open bbPress with my theme, I get redirect to the homepage. Header and footer load fine. What should I check in this case to see what is wrong with the theme? First time bbPress so I don’t know

[johnboyfred11]

Hi Robin, I followed exactly your instructions but nothing changed. I still have the BB style pack but I think the issue is that bbpress is not seeking out the administrator as it no doubt does for a new clean installation either attaching to the administrator or the site owner. This is the second time we have changed the domain name and I suspect there are remnants of the old domains in the files somewhere which would explain why this instance of bbpress is not installing properly to the extent the forum tab and the keymaster are not being created and may explain why your solution is not being recognised by the site. I downloaded and activated the plugin gone to the bug fixes and have tried to add myself back in but after hitting the save button nothing happens and the screen shows that there is no keymaster exactly how it did before I pressed save. I have also tried some other approaches on the software but no change.

[Robin W]

\bbpress\includes\topics\template.php line 3277

the ‘get’ function has a filter on it you can hook to

[ricoto]

Hi,
How to display the reply of a post with Ajax instead of refreshing the page?

[Neha wilas]

ok I will try for install bbpress.

[Robin W]

I’m not a bbpress author, so cannot comment on why.

ok, so if there are no keymasters, if you add this plugin:

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>bug fixes

you will get the ability to add yourself back as a keymaster

[johnboyfred11]

Hi Robin, I have destroyed the keymaster entity but am thinking that on a clean install that BBpress would select the administrator account as the keymaster so I find myself wondering why it does not attach itself to the person who has the administrator function for the website because I have not found the word keymaster anywhere in the drop downs pertaining to roles.

[Robin W]

ok, so yes only keymasters can see forums in the dashboard

and only a keymaster can appoint another keymaster, so you’ll need to get the ID with the role to appoint you :

dashboard>users>all users> and select the ID you want to appoint, then edit and near the bottom you’ll see the bbpress roles listed.

[ricoto]

Which plugin can I associate with BBpress for registration and login?
I would like to use something other than the wordpress form.

[johnboyfred11]

Hi, I had a fully functional version of bbpress and have changed my domain name in repurposing my site, however when I log in to the dashboard where bbpress had three tabs Forum, Topics and Replies but recently have only two Topics and Replies so am unable to create new forum topics. The menu name I used for access the forums was Forum or Forums which I have read somewhere can create a clash, I have uninstalled and reinstalled bbpress a few times but cannot get it to work. wordpress 6.2.2, Ocean WP template, Elementor 3.13.4, Elementor pro 3.13.2 the link being geelongtoday.com Thanks

[codejp3]

@tealcfr – what Robin W suggested is probably your best bet if you need it done immediately.

Considering that there are plenty of other topics on this very same thing and there’s been a 9 year old ticket for this very thing (https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2605), your options are limited. A simple and logical approach without any code like Robin suggested above, or custom queries and perhaps some custom code like I suggested before that.

I’ve taken a look at /includes/converters/bbPress1.php and /includes/classes/class-bbp-converter-base and I think it’s realistic to make a bbPress2.php converter to use within the default bbPress importer (and would also solve the outstanding ticket #2605). If you don’t have the skills to do that, I’d consider doing it as an addition to the bbPress community, but I’d want you (and others) to test it before it gets submitted as a patch. I could have it ready for testing within a week or two. Not a good option if you’re in a rush.

[codejp3]

I don’t have time to do a detailed answer right now, but what’s wrong mysqldump:
mysqldump -u db_username -p db_name dbprefix_posts --where="post_type='forum' OR post_type='topic' OR post_type='reply'" > bbp_content.sql

That will give you a db dump of all forum content.

Then within phpmyadmin or whatever, doing a select query to get all of the post IDs for that forum content (forums/topics/replies):
`
SELECT ID FROM dbprefix_posts WHERE post_type=’forum’ OR post_type=’topic’ OR post_type=’reply’;
`

Export that query result from phpmyadmin which should give you a new query similar to this:
`
SELECT ID FROM dbprefix_posts WHERE (dbprefix_posts.ID = 5) OR (dbprefix_posts.ID = 8) OR (dbprefix_posts.ID = 11) OR (dbprefix_posts.ID = 43) OR (dbprefix_posts.ID = 86) OR (dbprefix_posts.ID = 87) OR (dbprefix_posts.ID = 88) OR (dbprefix_posts.ID = 89) OR (dbprefix_posts.ID = 91) OR (dbprefix_posts.ID = 92) OR (dbprefix_posts.ID = 93) OR (dbprefix_posts.ID = 94) OR (dbprefix_posts.ID = 95) OR (dbprefix_posts.ID = 96) OR (dbprefix_posts.ID = 97) OR (dbprefix_posts.ID = 98) OR (dbprefix_posts.ID = 99) OR (dbprefix_posts.ID = 100) OR (dbprefix_posts.ID = 110) OR (dbprefix_posts.ID = 111) OR (dbprefix_posts.ID = 112) OR (dbprefix_posts.ID = 114) OR (dbprefix_posts.ID = 115) OR (dbprefix_posts.ID = 116) OR (dbprefix_posts.ID = 117);
`

Then you just need to do a little find/replace to re-do the query so that it grabs all of the post_meta for those forum posts (forums/topics/replies).

find all: dbprefix_posts
replace with: dbprefix_postmeta

change the beginning: ‘SELECT ID FROM’
to: ‘SELECT * FROM’

then find all remaining: ID
replace with: post_id

That will give you a new query ready to dump the post_meta like this:
`
SELECT * FROM dbprefix_postmeta WHERE (dbprefix_postmeta.post_id = 5) OR (dbprefix_postmeta.post_id = 8) OR (dbprefix_postmeta.post_id = 11) OR (dbprefix_postmeta.post_id = 43) OR (dbprefix_postmeta.post_id = 86) OR (dbprefix_postmeta.post_id = 87) OR (dbprefix_postmeta.post_id = 88) OR (dbprefix_postmeta.post_id = 89) OR (dbprefix_postmeta.post_id = 91) OR (dbprefix_postmeta.post_id = 92) OR (dbprefix_postmeta.post_id = 93) OR (dbprefix_postmeta.post_id = 94) OR (dbprefix_postmeta.post_id = 95) OR (dbprefix_postmeta.post_id = 96) OR (dbprefix_postmeta.post_id = 97) OR (dbprefix_postmeta.post_id = 98) OR (dbprefix_postmeta.post_id = 99) OR (dbprefix_postmeta.post_id = 100) OR (dbprefix_postmeta.post_id = 110) OR (dbprefix_postmeta.post_id = 111) OR (dbprefix_postmeta.post_id = 112) OR (dbprefix_postmeta.post_id = 114) OR (dbprefix_postmeta.post_id = 115) OR (dbprefix_postmeta.post_id = 116) OR (dbprefix_postmeta.post_id = 117);
`

You can then export all of the post_meta as sql dump file(s)

Then you just have to import those dump files into the new DB, and run the bbPress fixes to re-do counts and stuff like that.

NOTE: this approach will only work if you’re importing into a fresh DB where there are no posts with the same ID as the old DB. To import into a DB where there are existing/conflicting post IDs, a little extra work would have to be done.

Like I said, don’t have time to give you a “polished” script to run or anything, but this should point you in the right direction.

[Robin W]

php level.

Frankly it’s really not easy to move forums, topics and replies between sites if not moving the while site.

bbpress users custom post types, and manages the relationships between them via both post_parent and post meta. If you just export and import again, if the post ID frtom the source site is already being used by the destinatiion site, the the wp import process just allocates a free number, so the relationships gets all messed up.

ditto if the user ID’s do not exactly match, then again these get to be wrong.

I have done transfers as paid jobs for clients in the past, and have some code that does a few bits that get over this, but it is not really generic, so would need someone who knows WordPress database well and is happy with php. I am short on time at the moment to do the job.

[codejp3]

Follow-up:

Apparently this is only a problem on some sites with misconfiguration/other issues, and also for certain browsers.

I am able to get the TinyMCE editor control buttons to display properly on a fresh test site, and it works well on every common browser.

The issue at hand is on a specific site with specific issues that need to be dug into a little deeper. It is not an overall bbPress/TinyMCE issue. You can ignore this topic and not post any suggestions (unless you really want to).

[Pierre]

Hi,

I’m trying to find a way to export and then import my forum
about 120k subjects and about 1 244K replies.

We also need to be sure that accounts are imported and correctly linked to replies.

I saw a git project which is not anymore updated for 6 years, and linked to wp-cli/bbpress package that doesn’t exist anymore.

Do you have any solutions to solve this ?

[ricoto]

Hi,
Is it possible to do the same thing with BBpress Style Pack?

[Anonymous User 21018580]

Hello. I’m currently using Ultimate Member in conjunction with bbpress. I’m looking for a way to display the user’s submitted topics on their own profile so that they are able to add/manage their own topics.

I would also like the member’s friends to be able to view the member’s submitted and published topics on their profile.

Is there a plugin available to assist with this or does anyone know a way to achieve the results I’m looking for?

Thank you in advance for your help.

[terryfindlay]

bbPress Version 2.6.9
WP Version 6.2.2

New Forum

A registered member of the forum is having trouble posting. He keeps getting this message:
“Error: Duplicate reply detected; it looks as though you’ve already said that.”. The text he is trying to post has definitely not been posted before.

Any suggestion? Thanks.

[Robin W]

On the basic bbpress plugin, you can approve/reject topics in the backend dashboard, but the user sees nothing.

There is a moderation section in my style pack additional plugin which adds better moderation options

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>Moderation

[Robin W]

ok, no one else is reporting this, and I cannot replicate this error.

This suggests it is site specific.

If you are happy that you are getting this on a reply from you where you have definitely only hit the submit button once, then I can only suggest you do the standard fault finding

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

Otherwise maybe talk to your hosting provider about site speed

[ricoto]

I want the same user menu as on this site bbpress.org.
How can I do it?
It’s the same as there is in the toolbar than WordPress at the top right.
https://postimg.cc/Lhwz65RW
https://postimg.cc/LYT2QnD8

PS: How to post an image on the forum I don’t know how to do it

[ricoto]

Hi,

I created a shortcode to move it to a tab on my page.

The problem is that when I place this shortcode(Post Comments as bbPress Topics) in this tab it also remains at the bottom of my page at the initial place of the comments so I have it duplicated.

And if I remove the display of comments in the template my shortcode is not displayed.

How to do please?

[ricoto]

There is this error in the response form when I activate the plugin:

Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot access offset of type string on string in C:\xampp\htdocs\w9\wp-content\plugins\g-plus-one\g-plus-one.php:42 Stack trace: #0 C:\xampp\htdocs\w9\wp-includes\class-wp-hook.php(308): g_plus_one_display('') #1 C:\xampp\htdocs\w9\wp-includes\class-wp-hook.php(332): WP_Hook->apply_filters('', Array) #2 C:\xampp\htdocs\w9\wp-includes\plugin.php(517): WP_Hook->do_action(Array) #3 C:\xampp\htdocs\w9\wp-content\themes\oceanwp\bbpress\loop-single-reply.php(62): do_action('bbp_theme_befor...') #4 C:\xampp\htdocs\w9\wp-includes\template.php(785): require('C:\\xampp\\htdocs...') #5 C:\xampp\htdocs\w9\wp-content\plugins\bbpress\includes

[Robin W]

sorry no, bbpress only works as a plugin within wordpress.