[admiraljuicy]

Hi, new to BBpress.

I’ve noticed that there aren’t a lot of options regrading the customization of the forum, at least on the front end and you need to install additional plugins if you want to get more functionality or make things simpler to customize.

My question is, are there any plugins that allow me to have features that are commonplace in other forum software, like who is online at the bottom, different icons for new/unread forums/posts.

Essentially, I want to know what plugins are pretty much must haves for BBpress, I already have the BB style pack plugin which has helped immensely, but it’s still not enough. If there’s a tutorial out there to get all of the customization I’m after than I’d highly appreciate the help as well.

I am using the latest version of wordpress and BBpress.
The forum in question: https://sonic-city.net/forum/

Thanks in advance

[lesd1315]

Thank you – I wasn’t aware of all the tools for bbPress. That solves the problem.

[lesd1315]

Many, many forum replies were accidentally put in trash. I want to get them back to where they belong.

• I have tried to use bulk action to Restore them but then they show up as Draft
• once they appear as Draft there is no bulk action to Approve them
• when I bulk Edit them to change Status to Published they appear in the Forums as recent activity even though they could be several years old.

Can I use MySQL in the database to change the forum replies to where they were before being trashed? If so, in which database table and which fields are these values set?

WP version: 6.1.1
bbPress version: 2.6.9
using child theme based on Enfold 5.4.1

Forums are at https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/

[crsikes01]

Certainly. This is the code to generate the new shortcode in functions.php or wherever your custom code is located:

add_shortcode( 'custom_bbp-search', 'custom_bbp_search_shortcode' );
function custom_bbp_search_shortcode( $atts ) {
	$search_string = str_replace("-", " ", sanitize_title($_GET['bbp_search']));
        return do_shortcode( '[bbp-search search="'. $search_string .'"]' );
}

For the new page, just set up a new page (I called mine Forum Search with a url of /forum-search/) with the shortcode [custom_bbp-search] added.

Finally, for the search form template, just copy wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/form-search.php into wp-content/themes/[mythemename]/bbpress/form-search.php and replace the opening <form> line with the following:

<form role="search" method="get" id="bbp-search-form" action="/forum-search/">

[erich199]

Re-posting this. For some reason my original post got marked as spam. So, this time I took out the screenshot link.

I wanted to share some code I cooked up for one of my sites. I want to disclaimer that I’m not a professional coder but through lots of trail, error, and zero hair left I’ve found this code works very well for my website.

There are two functions. The first one creates a “New Topic” button and uses a template hook to display it above the forum list. The second function does the same thing, but just uses a hook to display the button over the single topic display to create a “New Reply” button. The second function is basically the first function but renamed and uses a different template hook.

These buttons, when clicked, open a modal that has the shortcode for a new topic/new reply. The code also passes the current forum id into the shortcode, so there is no need for the user to select a forum from the drop down menu. In my screenshot, I’ve enabled the WYSWYG TinyMCE editor and all buttons on it work properly. In addition, I’ve fixed it so that the user can’t accidentally close the modal. They have to physically click on the “Close” button in order to close it. I decided to do this for simplicity sake and so my users won’t accidentally click off the screen and close the modal.

I made it because I was tired of users getting confused about the new topic/new reply topic area of bbpress. So, in order to bring it more in line with other forum software I made this code (through many trial and errors). I hope that it can help anyone in the community who’s using bbpress for their forums. Oh, I also made sure it displays nicely in mobile size screens. I added a screenshot to show people what it looks like.

/*
This function adds the New Topic button to bbpress above the forum list template
*/

function add_new_topic_button() {
    $forum_id = bbp_get_forum_id();
    ?>
    <button id="new-topic-button">New Topic</button>
    <div id="new-topic-modal">
        <button id="close-modal-button">Close</button>
        <div class="modal-content">
            <?php echo do_shortcode('[bbp-topic-form forum_id=' . $forum_id . ']'); ?>
        </div>
    </div>
    <script>
    jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
        var newTopicButton = $('#new-topic-button');
        var modal = $('#new-topic-modal');
        var close = $('#close-modal-button');
        newTopicButton.click(function() {
            modal.show();
            setTimeout(function() {
                if (typeof bp !== 'undefined' && typeof bp.mentions !== 'undefined') {
                    bp.mentions.tinyMCEinit();
                }
            }, 1000);
        });
        close.click(function() {
            modal.hide();
        });
        $('textarea#bbp_topic_content').addClass('bbp_topic_content');
    });
    </script>
    <style>
    #new-topic-modal {
        display: none;
        position: fixed;
        z-index: 999;
        left: 0;
        top: 0;
        width: 100%;
        height: 100%;
        overflow: auto;
        background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.6);
    }
    .modal-content {
        background-color: #fefefe;
        margin: auto;
        padding: 20px;
        border: 1px solid #888;
        width: 50%;
        max-width: 600px;
        border-radius: 5px;
        position: absolute;
        top: 50%;
        left: 50%;
        transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
    }
    #close-modal-button {
        color: #aaaaaa;
        float: right;
        font-size: 28px;
        font-weight: bold;
        margin-right: 10px;
        margin-top: 40px;
    }
    #close-modal-button:hover,
    #close-modal-button:focus {
        color: #000;
        text-decoration: none;
        cursor: pointer;
    }
    @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {
        .modal-content {
            width: 90%;
            max-width: 90%;
        }
    }
    </style>
    <?php
}
add_action('bbp_template_before_single_forum', 'add_new_topic_button');

/*
This function adds the New Reply button to bbpress above the single topic template
*/

function add_new_reply_button() {
    $forum_id = bbp_get_forum_id();
    ?>
    <button id="new-topic-button">New Topic</button>
    <div id="new-topic-modal">
        <button id="close-modal-button">Close</button>
        <div class="modal-content">
            <?php echo do_shortcode('[bbp-reply-form forum_id=' . $forum_id . ']'); ?>
        </div>
    </div>
    <script>
    jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
        var newTopicButton = $('#new-topic-button');
        var modal = $('#new-topic-modal');
        var close = $('#close-modal-button');
        newTopicButton.click(function() {
            modal.show();
            setTimeout(function() {
                if (typeof bp !== 'undefined' && typeof bp.mentions !== 'undefined') {
                    bp.mentions.tinyMCEinit();
                }
            }, 1000);
        });
        close.click(function() {
            modal.hide();
        });
        $('textarea#bbp_topic_content').addClass('bbp_topic_content');
    });
    </script>
    <style>
    #new-topic-modal {
        display: none;
        position: fixed;
        z-index: 999;
        left: 0;
        top: 0;
        width: 100%;
        height: 100%;
        overflow: auto;
        background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.6);
    }
    .modal-content {
        background-color: #fefefe;
        margin: auto;
        padding: 20px;
        border: 1px solid #888;
        width: 50%;
        max-width: 600px;
        border-radius: 5px;
        position: absolute;
        top: 50%;
        left: 50%;
        transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
    }
    #close-modal-button {
        color: #aaaaaa;
        float: right;
        font-size: 28px;
        font-weight: bold;
        margin-right: 10px;
        margin-top: 40px;
    }
    #close-modal-button:hover,
    #close-modal-button:focus {
        color: #000;
        text-decoration: none;
        cursor: pointer;
    }
    @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {
        .modal-content {
            width: 90%;
            max-width: 90%;
        }
    }
    </style>
    <?php
}
add_action('bbp_template_before_single_topic', 'add_new_reply_button');

/*
This function calls the Buddypress js file to bbpress pages only so that @mentions can work in the modal
*/

function enqueue_buddypress_js() {
    if ( function_exists( 'bp_is_active' ) && bp_is_active( 'mentions' ) ) {
        wp_enqueue_script( 'bp-mentions-js' );
    }
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'enqueue_buddypress_js' );

/* Additional Custom Forum Modal CSS This will hide the default new topic/reply form boxes but shouldn't hide the ones inside of the modal */ 

.modal-content .bbp-topic-form, .modal-content .bbp-reply-form {
	padding-top: 5px;
	padding-bottom: 5px;
	margin-top: 5px;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
}

.bbpress-wrapper > .bbp-topic-form {
  display: none;
}

.modal-content .bbp-topic-form legend {
	display: none;
}

#new-topic-button {
  float: right;
  margin-right: 10px;
}

#bbpress-forums > .bbp-reply-form {
	display: none;
}

[webcreations907]

You could use the below which should add your registration link to that form.

Add to your functions.php file in your theme.

if(!function_exists('dnk_add_registration_link')){
	function dnk_add_registration_link(){
		if( function_exists('is_bbpress') && is_bbpress() ){
			echo '<p>Don\'t have an account? <a href="'.esc_attr( wp_registration_url() ).'">Register</a></p>';
		}
	}
}
add_action( 'login_form','dnk_add_registration_link' ,10 );

[wpturk]

Unfortunately, register link ist not something you can activate via settings for this part of forum.

You need to modify this file: form-user-login.php

Best way would be to create a bbpress direcrory in your child theme and copy this file there and modify.

You can also make use of the [bbp-register] shortcode.

I hope this helps.

[dnashif]

I think you are right. It is showing as a default wp template.

I wish BBpress had a shortcode to add to a page for the search results. Seems logical since they have other shortcodes that it would be a no brainer for them to create one.

Or even function code to put in my child theme functions file. I am not a developer so nothing I can do.

Seen other people commenting about the search results page. Don’t think BBpress cares though!

Appreciate your looking at this for me wpturk.

You are a super hero!

Diana

[erich199]

I wanted to share some code I cooked up for one of my sites. I want to disclaimer that I’m not a professional coder but through lots of trail, error, and zero hair left I’ve found this code works very well for my website.

There are two functions. The first one creates a “New Topic” button and uses a template hook to display it above the forum list. The second function does the same thing, but just uses a hook to display the button over the single topic display to create a “New Reply” button. The second function is basically the first function but renamed and uses a different template hook.

These buttons, when clicked, open a modal that has the shortcode for a new topic/new reply. The code also passes the current forum id into the shortcode, so there is no need for the user to select a forum from the drop down menu. In my screenshot, I’ve enabled the WYSWYG TinyMCE editor and all buttons on it work properly. In addition, I’ve fixed it so that the user can’t accidentally close the modal. They have to physically click on the “Close” button in order to close it. I decided to do this for simplicity sake and so my users won’t accidentally click off the screen and close the modal.

I made it because I was tired of users getting confused about the new topic/new reply topic area of bbpress. So, in order to bring it more in line with other forum software I made this code (through many trial and errors). I hope that it can help anyone in the community who’s using bbpress for their forums. Oh, I also made sure it displays nicely in mobile size screens. I added a screenshot to show people what it looks like.

https://img.iwebnow.net/screenshots/popup.jpg

 
/*
This function adds the New Topic button to bbpress above the forum list template
*/

function add_new_topic_button() {
    $forum_id = bbp_get_forum_id();
    ?>
    <button id="new-topic-button">New Topic</button>
    <div id="new-topic-modal">
        <button id="close-modal-button">Close</button>
        <div class="modal-content">
            <?php echo do_shortcode('[bbp-topic-form forum_id=' . $forum_id . ']'); ?>
        </div>
    </div>
    <script>
    jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
        var newTopicButton = $('#new-topic-button');
        var modal = $('#new-topic-modal');
        var close = $('#close-modal-button');
        newTopicButton.click(function() {
            modal.show();
            setTimeout(function() {
                if (typeof bp !== 'undefined' && typeof bp.mentions !== 'undefined') {
                    bp.mentions.tinyMCEinit();
                }
            }, 1000);
        });
        close.click(function() {
            modal.hide();
        });
        $('textarea#bbp_topic_content').addClass('bbp_topic_content');
    });
    </script>
    <style>
    #new-topic-modal {
        display: none;
        position: fixed;
        z-index: 999;
        left: 0;
        top: 0;
        width: 100%;
        height: 100%;
        overflow: auto;
        background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.6);
    }
    .modal-content {
        background-color: #fefefe;
        margin: auto;
        padding: 20px;
        border: 1px solid #888;
        width: 50%;
        max-width: 600px;
        border-radius: 5px;
        position: absolute;
        top: 50%;
        left: 50%;
        transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
    }
    #close-modal-button {
        color: #aaaaaa;
        float: right;
        font-size: 28px;
        font-weight: bold;
        margin-right: 10px;
        margin-top: 40px;
    }
    #close-modal-button:hover,
    #close-modal-button:focus {
        color: #000;
        text-decoration: none;
        cursor: pointer;
    }
    @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {
        .modal-content {
            width: 90%;
            max-width: 90%;
        }
    }
    </style>
    <?php
}
add_action('bbp_template_before_single_forum', 'add_new_topic_button');

/*
This function adds the New Reply button to bbpress above the single topic template
*/

function add_new_reply_button() {
    $forum_id = bbp_get_forum_id();
    ?>
    <button id="new-topic-button">New Topic</button>
    <div id="new-topic-modal">
        <button id="close-modal-button">Close</button>
        <div class="modal-content">
            <?php echo do_shortcode('[bbp-reply-form forum_id=' . $forum_id . ']'); ?>
        </div>
    </div>
    <script>
    jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
        var newTopicButton = $('#new-topic-button');
        var modal = $('#new-topic-modal');
        var close = $('#close-modal-button');
        newTopicButton.click(function() {
            modal.show();
            setTimeout(function() {
                if (typeof bp !== 'undefined' && typeof bp.mentions !== 'undefined') {
                    bp.mentions.tinyMCEinit();
                }
            }, 1000);
        });
        close.click(function() {
            modal.hide();
        });
        $('textarea#bbp_topic_content').addClass('bbp_topic_content');
    });
    </script>
    <style>
    #new-topic-modal {
        display: none;
        position: fixed;
        z-index: 999;
        left: 0;
        top: 0;
        width: 100%;
        height: 100%;
        overflow: auto;
        background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.6);
    }
    .modal-content {
        background-color: #fefefe;
        margin: auto;
        padding: 20px;
        border: 1px solid #888;
        width: 50%;
        max-width: 600px;
        border-radius: 5px;
        position: absolute;
        top: 50%;
        left: 50%;
        transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
    }
    #close-modal-button {
        color: #aaaaaa;
        float: right;
        font-size: 28px;
        font-weight: bold;
        margin-right: 10px;
        margin-top: 40px;
    }
    #close-modal-button:hover,
    #close-modal-button:focus {
        color: #000;
        text-decoration: none;
        cursor: pointer;
    }
    @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {
        .modal-content {
            width: 90%;
            max-width: 90%;
        }
    }
    </style>
    <?php
}
add_action('bbp_template_before_single_topic', 'add_new_reply_button');

/*
This function calls the Buddypress js file to bbpress pages only so that @mentions can work in the modal
*/

function enqueue_buddypress_js() {
    if ( function_exists( 'bp_is_active' ) && bp_is_active( 'mentions' ) ) {
        wp_enqueue_script( 'bp-mentions-js' );
    }
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'enqueue_buddypress_js' );

/* Additional Custom Forum Modal CSS This will hide the default new topic/reply form boxes but shouldn't hide the ones inside of the modal */ 

.modal-content .bbp-topic-form, .modal-content .bbp-reply-form {
	padding-top: 5px;
	padding-bottom: 5px;
	margin-top: 5px;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
}

.bbpress-wrapper > .bbp-topic-form {
  display: none;
}

.modal-content .bbp-topic-form legend {
	display: none;
}

#new-topic-button {
  float: right;
  margin-right: 10px;
}

#bbpress-forums > .bbp-reply-form {
	display: none;
}

[wpturk]

Diana, maybe this link helps you. https://wpengine.com/support/run-query-phpmyadmin/

In bbpress, topics and replies are kept in wp_posts table, so the above SQL statement lists all users with no replies and no topics. The second part of the statement checks the wp_comments table. Since if a user has no replies & topics in the forum but has a wordpress comment, the user will not be listed, and vice versa.

Please first also check your table prefix, the SQL statement is for: wp_

If you still have problems, you can contact me via move2media.com

[dnashif]

Will this also find any user who did not create a topic or a reply in bbpress?

[thebatdude]

any updates for free or pay version to do this or other options?
I’m not sure how this isn’t standard or easily available. Is this an indication that bbPress is lagging behind?

[Mike Witt]

I continue to get a lot of PHP Deprecated notices for blacklist_keys. I really don’t know where they’re coming from, but I notice that in bbpress/includes/common/functions.php, in the function bbp_check_for_moderation, there’s this:

$option_name = ‘blacklist_keys’;

I wonder if that should be changed to ‘disallowed_keys’

[nobody]

member can’t subscribe to forums, while subscribing to topics is doable. Anyone can help me ?

bbpress version 2.6.9
buddypress version Version 11.1.0
using astra themes version 4.0.2

[enkoes]

Hi sorry, need to clarify a bit….

bbpress.php does render sidebar for forum/topic pages. However the widgets (eg, forums/topics information) that I initially put on the sidebar no longer be visualized.

For WordPress normal page setting, if I change template from default template (page.php) to Magbook Template (magbook-template.php), the targeted page becomes full width, that is why I thought that magbook-template.php is a full width template. Maybe I am wrong.

Hope this would help.
Regards

[enkoes]

This is the bbpress.php from my theme:

<?php
/**
 * Template Name: Magbook Template
 *
 * Displays Magazine template.
 *
 * @package Theme Freesia
 * @subpackage Magbook
 * @since Magbook 1.0
 */
get_header(); ?>
<div class="wrap">
	<?php 	if( is_active_sidebar( 'magbook_primary_fullwidth' ) && class_exists('Magbook_Plus_Features') ){
		echo '<div class="primary-full-width clearfix">';
			dynamic_sidebar ('magbook_primary_fullwidth');
		echo '</div>';
	} ?>
	<div id="primary" class="content-area">
		<main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">
			<?php 
			if( is_active_sidebar( 'magbook_template_section' )){
				dynamic_sidebar( 'magbook_template_section' );
			}

		the_content(); ?>
		</main><!-- end #main -->
	</div> <!-- end #primary -->
	
		<?php if( is_active_sidebar( 'magbook_template_sidebar_section' )){ ?>
		<aside id="secondary" class="widget-area" role="complementary" aria-label="<?php esc_attr_e('Side Sidebar','magbook');?>">
			<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'magbook_template_sidebar_section' ); ?>
		</aside> <!-- end #secondary -->
	<?php	}
	if( is_active_sidebar( 'magbook_seondary_fullwidth' ) && class_exists('Magbook_Plus_Features') ){
		echo '<div class="secondary-full-width clearfix">';
			dynamic_sidebar ('magbook_seondary_fullwidth');
		echo '</div>';
	} ?>
	
</div><!-- end .wrap -->

<?php get_footer();

[Robin W]

so can you post ypur bbpress.php here please, and let me know if it renders a sidebar or not

[Robin W]

so can you post ypur bbpress.php here please, and let me know if it renders a sidebar or not

[enkoes]

Hi, after struggling some time trying to make profile page full width, I give up.

The theme I’m using is Magbook. I found that there is only one theme template page that has no sidebar, ie, magbook-template.php. I copied this file to my child theme root directory, and rename it as bbpress.php. However it doesn’t make any changes to the profile page.

I have read some other similar topics, I guess we need to “inject” custom php codes into the bbpress.php. If this is correct, can you provide me the relevant php codes for bbpress.php that make it works?

One more thing I have doubt is that, let say bbpress finally adopted bbpress.php as default template, all other forum & topic pages will turn out no sidebar altogether, I presumed, which is against my wish. What I want is profile page FULL WIDTH, forum/topic page WITH SIDEBAR.

Pls guide me.
Regards

[Robin W]

Twenty Twenty-Three theme is one of the new FSE themes, so you need a fix to work with bbpress.
install

bbp style pack

once activated, navigate to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack, and you should see the first tab called ‘Theme Support’ – if you don’t see this, come back.

In that tab, select

Enable Theme Support

and save

The forums should then display

[irwinlawinc]

Hi there! I’m trying to set up a bbPress forum on my WordPress staging site (not live yet, still currently hosted on the WordPress server). I installed bbPress version Version 2.6.9, not sure what WordPress version I’m using but I just set up the site in the past two months. I’m using the Twenty Twenty-Three theme.

I’ve done the initial bbPress setup steps (install and then create a forum and a topic), but I keep getting a blank page when I go to my /forums/ page or or my /jelp/ page (that’s the name of the forum). I’ve deactivated as many plugins as I can, and also cleared my cache, but still getting the same issue. I also went into WP-CONFIG and changed the memory limit to 256M.

I’ve started a WP DEBUG log, and I see this message: “PHP Deprecated: A deprecated web fonts array structure passed to wp_register_webfonts(). Variations must be grouped and keyed by their font family. in /wordpress/plugins/gutenberg/15.0.1/lib/experimental/class-wp-webfonts.php on line 160” — but I’m not sure what to do about it. I did deactivate Gutenberg just to see if it helps, but still nothing.

If it’s worth mentioning, I was also trying the ForumWP plugin previously and getting the same blank screen issue. I’ve since deactivated and deleted ForumWP.

Does anyone have any ideas? Thank you!

[saciojote]

I am wondering if there is an API that is up to date which would allow me to reply to topics within my forum?

I have seen there are one or two plugins but I don’t think they are maintained.

Any suggestions how I could do this?

Many thanks!

[lesd1315]

<?php

register_activation_hook(__FILE__, ‘bbpress_topic_scheduler’);

add_action(‘bbpress_daily_event’, ‘bbpress_delete_old_topics’);

function bbpress_topic_scheduler() {
wp_schedule_event(time(), ‘daily’, ‘bbpress_daily_event’);
}

function bbpress_delete_old_topics() {
// Auto delete old topics
$topics_query = array(
‘author’ => 0,
‘show_stickies’ => false,
‘parent_forum’ => ‘any’,
‘post_status’ => ‘publish’,
‘posts_per_page’ => -1
);

if ( bbp_has_topics( $topics_query ) )
while( bbp_topics() ) {
bbp_the_topic();
$topic_id = bbp_get_topic_id();
$topic_date = strtotime( get_post( $topic_id, ‘post_date’, true ) );
$forum_id = bbp_get_topic_forum_id($topic_id);

if ($topic_date = strtotime( ‘-90 days’) && $forum_id == 17777 )
bbp_delete_topic( $topic_id ); }
}
?>

[webcreations907]

Inline image WordPress plugin has a free version.

Inline Image Upload for BBPress

[dozza]

I was experiencing exactly the same or very similar on Divi site running bbPress and Memberpress.

I wans’t sure where the issue lay, but it turned out it was with Divi’s Static CSS generation option. ElegantThemes helped me track it down: Divi > Theme options > Builder > Advanced > Static CSS File Generation > Clear.

Clear the static Css file then purge all browser and server-side caching and the acoount profile pages should look as expected now.

You can then pad out the forum profile pages content a little with something like this:
`/* bbPress Account profile pages padding */
#bbpress-forums{
padding: 50px 68px;
}