[restorm]

Thanks, Robin. I understand that both BuddyPress and BBPress create WordPress users. But if Buddypress users and BBpress users are identical, I’m wondering why BBPress has a Forum registration function.

The second part of your response seems to be assuming that I was asking why BuddyPress and BBPress aren’t included in WordPress. I wasn’t asking that. I was asking why Buddypress and BBpress aren’t together in one plugin.

[Robin W]

Buddypress and bbpress just use wordpress registration and login, so any wordpress, buddypress and/or bbpress registration/login will register/log you into all these.

Many people do not need either bbpress or buddypress, but some like to have both – for instance I don’t use buddypress on any of my sites.

[restorm]

I’m creating a new BuddyPress site that will be primarily organized around Groups. Each Group will represent a city, and each Group needs to have multiple Forums (such as for neighborhoods within the city). Two questions, please:
1) How do I create multiple Forums for Groups? When I set up a new Group, it asks if I want the Group to have a Forum. But it says nothing about having more than one Forum.
2) I’m confused about the difference between a BuddyPress user registration and a BBPress Forum user registration. Do I need both? Does the Forum registration just register them for one Forum, or for use of the whole BuddyPress site? If they register in BuddyPress, do they also need to register to take part in a Forum?

In general, I don’t understand why BuddyPress and BBPress are separate plugins. It would make a lot more sense (and be less confusing) if they were all in one plugin, wouldn’t it?

[gene-stevo]

Hi Folks, I’ve used bbPress successfully before but I think I’ve done something wrong this time around.
I’ve added a menu item (for logged in users) to the forums but neither of the new forums displays.
Previously each forum would be displayed one above the other but this time just some search text.
Forums page:https://conwycameraclub.com/forums/
Sample forum when previewed from editor:
https://conwycameraclub.com/forums/forum/general-chit-chat/
or…forum/how-do-i
I’m sure I must have missed something but can’t think what. It appeared so simple last time.
Cheers, Eugene

Wordpress 5.9, bbPress 2.6.9 Template twenty-twenty

[Robin W]

Custom Capabilities

[ronih10]

in short please:
How to access to bbpress dashboard>settings>forums>editing
and when in the ‘editing’ page to which parameter should I look for
thank you

[ronih10]

Thank you,
I have little experience in WP and bbpress.
I accessed as Admin to the WP dashboard, clicked on ‘forums’ and find out that this is not the right place to go.
Please let me know how can I get to the ‘bbpress’ dashboard and when click on ‘edit’ what parameter should I look for in order to set the changes I asked.
Thank you again

[gnu95]

Hi,

I am having problems setting up the forum for my community.
I have used the short code [bbp-forum-index] on the “forum” page but nothing appears on the screen, it is blank.
The subscription I take for my website is on wordpress.com and I’ve seen a few tutorials on how to setup the bbPress but had no success. It seems others on the internet have more options on wordpress than my subscription on wordpress.com, hope this helps to figure out.

I hope to get this done.

Cheers and waiting for a reply,
André Machado

[iprg]

Hi, I am using bbPress without necessity to create an account (people are reluctant to create one these days)… Akismet does a great job in preventing spam, but I would love to have an option to send an email notification to these users who filled their emails… Is there a way to do it? (Eg: somebody posts a question and fills his/her e-mail, I reply, the notification goes to me, but not to the user, which I want to change…)

Thanks!
Jan

[Robin W]

ok, that link in the top right is not native bbpress – might be BP or your theme?

[maryreyes]

Exactly. Using these forums as my examples, clicking on my user name (upper right corner of the screen) takes me to https://bbpress.org/forums/profile/maryreyes/edit/ . On my forums, I want it to take me to https://bbpress.org/forums/profile/maryreyes/ . It shouldn’t take me to the profile editing page unless I click on “Edit profile” or I choose the “Edit” option on the profile page itself. How do I change that behavior (on my forums)?

[Robin W]

sorry, since Divi is a paid product, and bbpress is a free one, suggest you refer to Divi and how to get the two working – Divi claim they integrate viz ‘bbPress should work seamlessly with all the best WordPress themes including Divi and Extra. As there’s no need to change themes to use it, bbPress is ideal for anyone starting a new website as well as those with an existing site they’d like to enhance with a discussion area.’

How to Use bbPress to Add a Forum to Your WordPress Website

[ollietubb1]

Hi Robin,

It turns out the client would like the sidebar to show Tags, recent posts etc

I have tried to set this up with widgets but it doesn’t show.

I am concerned that bbPress won’t work with Divi Builder. I was hoping to create Divi templates for the forum so that i can keep the look the same as the rest of the site.

I have a list of questions building up and wondered should I ask you or create new topics for each?

Thank you,
Ollie

[Valérie Galassi]

Hello,
The website is up to date (WP 5.9 and 2.6.9 for bbpress)

I experience a randomly error on a website I manage. When you click on the answers in the backoffice you experience several times the same error, a white page with an error 500 and a fatal error :

WP_Fatal_Error_Handler->handle
WP_Fatal_Error_Handler->display_error_template
WP_Fatal_Error_Handler->display_default_error_template
wp_die

and

WP_Fatal_Error_Handler->handle()
       [PHP Kernel]
WP_Fatal_Error_Handler->display_error_template(Array, WP_Error)
       ./wp-includes/class-wp-fatal-error-handler.php:57
WP_Fatal_Error_Handler->display_default_error_template(Array, WP_Error)
       ./wp-includes/class-wp-fatal-error-handler.php:152
wp_die(WP_Error, <code></code>, Array)
       ./wp-includes/class-wp-fatal-error-handler.php:233

Could you help please ?

Thank you.

Valérie

[Robin W]

presuming you are talking about bbpress, then

dashboard>settings>forums>editing

[shontelle1b]

Hello,
I am running WordPress 5.8.2 with an Eduma Child theme. I have LearnPress and bbPress (v2.6.6) installed and I have an issue with forums.
Course A is attached to Forum A and this has been working well for over a year. I recently created Course B which is a duplicate of Course A. Course B is attached to Forum A.
Users who are signed up for Course B gets the message ‘ You are not enrolled in the course’ when they try to access their forum which is Forum A.
Please can you help????
Thanks

[Robin W]

that’s divi/theme related

see item 8 here

Step by step guide to setting up a bbPress forum – Part 1

[ollietubb1]

Hello Robin,

Me again! We have come back to bbPress as after testing BuddyPress the client has decided this is more effective for their purpose.

Please can you let me know the best way to remove the sidebar from the forum pages? I found some old articles but nothing very recent. I am using DIVI theme if that helps.

Here is the forum so far – https://wbc1.otiscreative.co.uk/forums/

Many thanks,
Ollie

[maryreyes]

Why does clicking on the user name (here and on my own forum using BP and bbPress) take me to the Edit Profile page instead of the View Profile page, and how do I change it?

WP Version 5.9
BP Version 9.2.0
bbPress Version 2.6.9
bbp style pack Version Version 4.9.1

Site: http://www.laceioli.org

[Robin W]

Put this in the custom css part of your theme

#bbpress-forums #bbp-user-wrapper h2.entry-title {
	display: none;
}

[Robin W]

I’ve just taken a look.

bbpress uses the wordpress ‘untrash’ function to restore topics and replies.

That wordpress function includes a note saying

* By default posts that are restored will be assigned a status of 'draft'.
* Prior to WordPress 5.6.0, restored posts were always assigned their original status.

so this was a change in WordPress 5.6

However WordPress helpfully includes a hook we can link to to restore the previous status automatically

add_filter ('wp_untrash_post_status', 'wp_untrash_post_set_previous_status' , 10 , 3) ;

Put this in your child theme’s function file –

ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/functions.php

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

or use

Code Snippets

[specstanza]

Hi @markusb,
If I understand your issue well, I think this other topic could help you.

[maksanse]

Hello there,

I just discovered a bug on bbpress (v2.6.9) : when you :

1) trash a reply,
2) then restore it,
3) that reply is definitely trashed instead of being restored

I reproduced this issue with wordpress default theme with no other plugins activated.

Did you noticed that also ?

Best regards

[Robin W]

ok, so which method in

Step by step guide to setting up a bbPress forum – Part 1

item 3

are you using to display this page?

[Robin W]

ok this is theme/page/wordpress setup rather than bbpress – if you look at the HTML then bbpress starts below this with

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

above this – it is not bbpress doing it.