[Robin W]

I have opened up a trac ticket for this (trac tickets are used by the dev’s to trac developments and fixes)

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2686

In the meantime there are 3 workarounds

1. change your permalinks to any of the other settings

Dashboard>settings>permalinks

The most often used is ‘postname’

This will not only fix your issue, but make your links look prettier. However if you have links to your site forums from other sites/emails, these links might break (ie they will come up as 404 errors), but if your choice is between users not accessing, or users complaining that the link in that old email no longer works, then resetting might seem a good idea.

2. revert to 3.9.2

see

for quite a good video on how to do it

3. Move your sub-forums up a level ie make them all main forums

and keep monitoring this site for a solution.

[Robin W]

There seem tio be issues with wpml and bbpress see

http://wpml.org/forums/topic/wpml-plugins-conflict-with-bbpress/

as an example.

I’d suggest you try raising a ticket with wpml to see fi there has been a resolution since that post

[Jolie]

I have tried again, and it works. thank you so much. But it also points out that bbpress conflicts with one of my plugins. Is this true?

[Robin W]

It could be a theme or plugin issue

Plugins

Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

Themes

If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwelve, and see if this fixes.

[Thecommonapp]

To add to the above post, I just default theme and bbpress, buddypress plugins and bbp BuddyPress profile information except with the testing and the issue continues. I did not test the plug-first rule, because it did not want to rule out any conflicts.

the-common-app.blogspot.com

[Jolie]

Hi,

I have installed newest version of bbPress and WordPress version 4.0. I have read documentation for setting forum. According to documentation, I have to go to Dashboard –> Forum and add new one. But I cannot find any Forum there.

Thank you so much.

[jeanflemming43]

I’m currently using WordPress 4.0 with bbPress 2.5.4. I have created my own theme and attempted to use bbPress. It works fine. The only issue is when entering the forum the sidebar changes positions. When I tried using TwentyTen theme the sidebar doesn’t appear at all only after uninstalling bbPress does it come back. In the TwentyFoourteen theme, this is not an issue as the sidebar is outside of the mainContent area. My site is http://www.paraquadaccess.com/forums/forum/forums/ I appreciate any guidance anyone can provide.

[Robkk]

yeah i dont have problems creating links in my menus and i have bbpress and wordpress 4.0

yeh toss some login details and ill check it out and see whats up

if you want it to be kind of private send the login details to my email

robcorey(at)hotmail(dot)com

wordpress has it where you can send the login data to a new user , when you register one in the backend.

[dl_rod]

Hello BBPress community,

Thank you for your time. I would like to know how can I create a specific forum where users can comment, but not create new topics?

Cheers,

Daniel

[bnovak]

I tried deactivating the other plugins but this did not help. It definitely seems to be related to the bbpress plugin. I’m using the latest version of WP. I’m trying to migrate an existing site http://colonclub.com over to a new host. The current site uses phpBB forum but we would like to switch to bbpress if possible. I can provide you with a login to check things out if that helps.

[Robkk]

have you deactivated every plugin you have one at a time to see if its another plugin causing the issue

if you havent check on that just to make sure

if you have already done this and are positive it is bbpress absolutely causing the problem, please also tell us

what wordpress version you are using
what theme you use
and maybe a list of plugins

so i could see if i could recreate the problem

[bnovak]

Actually, when the bbPress plugin is activated I cannot make any Menu item changes at all.

[Robkk]

can you add any other links??

and i dont think bbpress would cause a problem in the menus section in wordpress.

[Robkk]

did you create a bbpress.php file??

https://codex.bbpress.org/theme-compatibility/getting-started-in-modifying-the-main-bbpress-template/

[Robin W]

Ok, I have now tested more fully

wp 3.9.2 bbpress 2.5.4 permalink settings default – top level forums work, sub level forums work

wp 4.0 bbpress 2.5.4 permalink settings default – top level forums work, sub level forums don’t work

wp 4.0 bbpress 2.5.4 permalink settings postname – top level forums work, sub level forums do work

are JJJ or Netweb anywhere around to dig into this?????

[lohals]

We have the same problem at the site we administer.
Bbpress 2.5.4 and upgraded fine to wordpress 4.0 from 3.9.1. Now no forum posts are showing.

http://swc.dk/forums/forum/726-2/abent-forum/

When i check the HTML source, i see data about the forum posts and reply count that are correct, and i can create new posts. However, no posts are shown in the lists. And when trying deep linking to a post, it doesnt appear either.

http://swc.dk/forums/topic/containeren-er-klar-hylderne-er-vendt/

Any help or tips would be appreciated.

[Robin W]

ok,

try

Plugins

Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

Themes

If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwelve, and see if this fixes.

[Gouggy]

I understand, but the problem started well when bbpress has been installed!
Do you have an idea to help me to find if it is not bbpress?

Thank you.

[Robin W]

@johnjack

There seems to be several symptoms, some see topics not showing just replies, some has 404 errors wherever they are (topics, replies even forums), and some have issues with child forums.

At the moment the scenario is that since bbpress on a default theme doesn’t have these issues, then it is likely that it is a combination of wp4.0, bbpress AND one or more others.

Plugins that use code relying on searches are definitely one area, I suspect themes that look or rely on post types are another. You issue may be a third.

You seem to have disabled plugins, but have you used a default theme such as twentytwelve?

I have bbpress 2.5.4 running with twentyten and a top forum of category, a sub forum with that forum as parent, and a sub forum of that subforum all displaying fine.

If I can replicate a scenario, I can start to see if the issue is the one I’m looking at.

[melanie bund]

Hi
i have wp 3.9, latest bbpress, I have problems with its appearance on iphone – it appears completely squashed, see below site page – i cant find where to upload a screen capture here sorry

http://bunddesign.com/pdm/lets-talk/

I really hope someone can help!!
thanks
melanie

[Robin W]

From what other plugin authors have delved into, one of the issues (and maybe the only issue) seems to be related to the fact that bbpress sets the array $default[‘s’] in all cases on bbp_has_replies – if a search to the search, but if not a search to ‘FALSE’. Under wp4.0 it seems that if this variable is set at all, it is taken as true, so the query is assumed as true, which then returns no results and maybe hense why a 404 or nothing displayed.

I have done a quick change to bbp_has_replies to test this.

If anyone else out there still has problems with 404’s or topics/replies not showing and is on wp4, can they try the very optimistically (!) named bbpress wp4 fix plugin, and let me know if it makes a difference !+

bbpress wp4 fix

[Robin W]

@joesusername

Given that you’ve downgraded, suspect you won’t want to upgrade again to do a test !

But if anyone else out there still has problems with 404’s or topics/replies not showing and is on wp4, can they try the very optimistically named bbpress wp4 fix plugin, and let me know if it makes a difference !+

bbpress wp4 fix

[rattenkind]

Hi,

I installed bbpress on my WP4.0 install.

I created a page and added the forum-index to it. The problem is that the breadcrumbs nav on top of the forum index shows not “Forum” as root, but instead “About us/Forums”.

“About us” is of course the title of a page that was once used as static frontpage, but currently the install is set to use “latest posts”. I re-confirmed that NO STATIC FRONT PAGE is used (in Appearance/Customize, as well as in Settings/Reading).

It seems to me that BBPress is somehow using the static front page setting, even though it is deactivated.

In an attempt to solve the problem, I re-set “latest posts” as frontpage setting, refreshed permalinks – no change.

The only way to fix this turned out to be to trash the page in question and then restore it. After doing this, the Breadcrumbs correctly read “Home > Forums”.
Apparently bbpress doesn’t update its breadcrumbs when the homepage is changed from static pages to latest posts.

[Robin W]

the following will disable the toolbar for all but admins

//disable toolbar for non-admins
if (!current_user_can('manage_options')) {
show_admin_bar(false);
}

put this in your function file

see

Functions files and child themes – explained !

The you can add a widget login to the sidebar

Dashboard>appearance>widgets and look for (bbpress) login widget

You can also add logins to the menu see

Layout and functionality – Examples you can use

[Robin W]

If you’re on wordpress 4.0 then there are some issues with themes and plugins, so it could be a theme or plugin issue

Plugins

Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

Themes

If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwelve, and see if this fixes.