[Robin W]

ok, that is not the correct place to put it. Can you remove it from there.

I see you have bbp style pack active, so can you put the code in

dashboard>settings>bbp syle pack>custom css

[patcg]

@robin-w i added the above code in my style.css file by accessing
Dashboard > Tools > Theme File Editor > style.css

But it hasn’t worked for me.

[Robin W]

try adding this to your theme’s additional css

.bbpress .wp-block-group-is-layout-flex {
	width: 100%;
	max-width: 100%;
	padding-left: 200px;
}

[Robin W]

probably (untested)

add_action ('plugins_loaded' , 'rew_move_reply_button' ) ;

function rew_move_reply_button () {
	remove_action ( 'bbp_template_before_single_topic', 'bsp_display_reply_button' );
	add_action ( 'bbp_theme_after_topic_content', 'bsp_display_reply_button' );
}

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

[enkoes]

Hi, sorry for the confusion. I don’t know why I can’t post a screenshot link in this forum. Never mind, I just typed it out. Below is the widget I mean:

Forum                   Posts
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Installation            28,139
Troubleshooting         61,540
Themes                  10,285
Plugins                 15,193
Requests & Feedback     14,798
Showcase                3,252

Regards.

[kyle_conrad]

Pulling my hair out on this one – Forums and Topics work just fine in the admin and in the front-end. However, Replies totally crash the site – on the front-end, they just fail quietly, but Add New on the Replies page in admin causes WordPress to fail. Trying to track down what could possibly cause this, because it feels really strange!

Copying over the first 100 lines or so of the stack trace to see if ANYONE has any idea what could be causing this.

Error:
Xdebug has detected a possible infinite loop, and aborted your script with a stack depth of '1024' frames

  at /www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/class-wp-object-cache.php:141
  at WP_Object_Cache->is_valid_key()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/class-wp-object-cache.php:364)
  at WP_Object_Cache->get()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/cache.php:154)
  at wp_cache_get()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/class-wp-post.php:240)
  at WP_Post::get_instance()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/post.php:1036)
  at get_post()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/post.php:1495)
  at get_post_type()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/common/template.php:454)
  at bbp_is_reply()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/template.php:544)
  at bbp_get_reply_title_fallback()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php:324)
  at WP_Hook->apply_filters()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/plugin.php:205)
  at apply_filters()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/post-template.php:174)
  at get_the_title()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/topics/template.php:603)
  at bbp_get_topic_title()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/template.php:1405)
  at bbp_get_reply_topic_title()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/template.php:549)
  at bbp_get_reply_title_fallback()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php:324)
  at WP_Hook->apply_filters()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/plugin.php:205)
  at apply_filters()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/post-template.php:174)
  at get_the_title()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/topics/template.php:603)
  at bbp_get_topic_title()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/template.php:1405)
  at bbp_get_reply_topic_title()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/template.php:549)
  at bbp_get_reply_title_fallback()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php:324)
  at WP_Hook->apply_filters()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/plugin.php:205)
  at apply_filters()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/post-template.php:174)
  at get_the_title()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/topics/template.php:603)
  at bbp_get_topic_title()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/template.php:1405)
  at bbp_get_reply_topic_title()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/template.php:549)
  at bbp_get_reply_title_fallback()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php:324)
  at WP_Hook->apply_filters()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/plugin.php:205)
  at apply_filters()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/post-template.php:174)
  at get_the_title()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/topics/template.php:603)
  at bbp_get_topic_title()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/template.php:1405)
  at bbp_get_reply_topic_title()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/template.php:549)
  at bbp_get_reply_title_fallback()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php:324)
  at WP_Hook->apply_filters()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/plugin.php:205)
  at apply_filters()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/post-template.php:174)
  at get_the_title()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/topics/template.php:603)
  at bbp_get_topic_title()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/template.php:1405)
  at bbp_get_reply_topic_title()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/template.php:549)
  at bbp_get_reply_title_fallback()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php:324)
  at WP_Hook->apply_filters()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/plugin.php:205)
  at apply_filters()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/post-template.php:174)
  at get_the_title()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/topics/template.php:603)
  at bbp_get_topic_title()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/template.php:1405)
  at bbp_get_reply_topic_title()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/template.php:549)
  at bbp_get_reply_title_fallback()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php:324)
  at WP_Hook->apply_filters()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/plugin.php:205)
  at apply_filters()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-includes/post-template.php:174)
  at get_the_title()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/topics/template.php:603)
  at bbp_get_topic_title()
     (/www/kinsta/public/internationalmidwivesorg/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/template.php:1405)

[Robin W]

they are saved in the database post_meta table against the thread

update_post_meta( $topic_id, 'bbp_extra_field1', $_POST['bbp_extra_field1'] );

and you would need to define what you mean by

I don’t know how to move the various fields

[kioubizin]

Hello,

While trying to access users from admin menu, I am getting a fatal error and when enabling the debug mode, I am getting this error message:

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function bp_core_get_user_domain() in /home/islandbnb/public_html/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/extend/buddypress/members.php:229 Stack trace: #0 /home/islandbnb/public_html/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/extend/buddypress/members.php(100): BBP_BuddyPress_Members->get_profile_url(2) #1 /home/islandbnb/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(324): BBP_BuddyPress_Members->get_user_profile_url(2) #2 /home/islandbnb/public_html/wp-includes/plugin.php(205): WP_Hook->apply_filters(2, Array) #3 /home/islandbnb/public_html/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/core/abstraction.php(471): apply_filters('bbp_pre_get_use...', 2) #4 /home/islandbnb/public_html/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/users/template.php(560): bbp_maybe_intercept('bbp_pre_get_use...', Array) #5 /home/islandbnb/public_html/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/admin/users.php(260): bbp_get_user_profile_url(2) #6 /home/islandbnb/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(324): BBP_Users_Admin->user_row_actions(Array, Object(WP_User)) #7 /home/islandbnb/public_html/wp-includes/plugin.php(205): WP_Hook->apply_filters(Array, Array) #8 /home/islandbnb/public_html/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-users-list-table.php(520): apply_filters('user_row_action...', Array, Object(WP_User)) #9 /home/islandbnb/public_html/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-users-list-table.php(415): WP_Users_List_Table->single_row(Object(WP_User), '', '', 0) #10 /home/islandbnb/public_html/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php(1709): WP_Users_List_Table->display_rows() #11 /home/islandbnb/public_html/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php(1636): WP_List_Table->display_rows_or_placeholder() #12 /home/islandbnb/public_html/wp-admin/users.php(814): WP_List_Table->display() #13 {main} thrown in /home/islandbnb/public_html/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/extend/buddypress/members.php on line 229

[checmark]

Thanks. Yes, I found that somewhere after posting here and that works. One thing I’m still struggling with is that the forum is restricted to members. I added a sidebar with the shortcodes for login, register and forgot password, but the member forum still shows. I installed the Paid Membership Pro plugin but then it shows nothing. I’m not sure what is the best way to show the forum. I also installed Popup Maker which shows on the home page and then sends the visitor to the contact page which shows their membership number to join.

This is a website that I am proposing to the Legion, not one I’m getting paid for, so I’ve spent weeks building it. I do hope that it might be adopted by the National Headquarters to be used as a template by the 1,367 branches in Canada.

Appreciate your thoughts and your help.

[Robin W]

that shortcode shows the full list of forums, not topics.

if that is your only forum, and you want to display all the topics of that forum, then use

[bbp-single-forum id=$forum_id]

[checmark]

Thanks for responding. What shows is just the image I added for the Members Forum, not the full list of topics as the shortcode suggests.

[checmark]

I am using the shortcode [bbp-forum-index] but it is not showing any topics, just the image I added to the Members Forum.

Forum

Appreciate any help.

[alexalalalad321]

I installed the plugin, I put the differinte shortcodes in my site and when i access the page I can see the the topic/fourms i made from the dashboard but when i click them its a blank screen

please help!

[stonebkfly]

Thank you! The issue turned out to be I was entering the wrong username in the Forum Moderators textbox. I was using the WP Username (user_login field on users table) but when I used the encoded email address it excepted it. Eg. If the email was name@domain.com I needed to use name-domain-com.

[stonebkfly]

We are implementing bbPress to add private forums to LearnDash courses. We are using the LearnDash bbPress Integration plugin.

When a logged in user views the /forums page or the /topics page they see all forums and topics. (We are using Visibility: Private for forums) even though the user does not have access to the forums or topics due to the LearnDash Integration plugin. I asked LearnDash if they know a way to hide the ones that the user does not have access to. They said that they did not know, and that I should contact bbPress support.

Is there a way that I can programmatically add a per user filter for the following shortcodes: [bbp-forum-index], [bbp-topic-index]? I would like to inject logic that would exclude records based on the currently logged in user.

Any ideas would be appreciated! I may need to write my one shortcode but did not want to reinvent the wheel if I do not need to!

Thank you!
Joseph

[Robin W]

the backend seems to only save one moderator.

This code should fix

add_action ('bbp_subscriptions_metabox' , 'rew_set_hidden_subscribers' ) ;
add_action ('bbp_topic_attributes_metabox_save' , 'rew_save_subscriptions', 10 , 2) ;

function rew_set_hidden_subscribers ($post) {
	// Get user IDs
	$user_ids = bbp_get_subscribers( $post->ID );
	$list = implode(",",$user_ids); 

	// Output
	?>
	<input name="rew_topic_subscription" id="rew_topic_subscription" type="hidden" value="<?php echo $list; ?>" />
	<?php
}

function rew_save_subscriptions ( $topic_id, $forum_id ) {
	// Handle Subscriptions
	if ( bbp_is_subscriptions_active() && ! empty( $_POST['rew_topic_subscription'] )) {
		//update_option ($subscriptions)
		$subscriptions = explode(",", $_POST['rew_topic_subscription']);
		foreach ($subscriptions as $subscription_id ) {
			// Check if subscribed and if so do nothing
			if (bbp_is_user_subscribed( $subscription_id, $topic_id )) continue;
			else {
			bbp_add_user_subscription( $subscription_id, $topic_id );
			}
		}
	}
}

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

or if you use

bbp style pack

this fix is automatically added

[aballagh]

Hello.

I would like a forum index that is separate from the archives page, but haven’t been able to get that working.

I’ve changed the slug in the settings, created a page with that slug, but it redirects to the posts archives every time.

If I include the shortcode on the archives page it works fine, but then it’s available to the general public, and I’d like it to be on its own, and available to members only.

Any help would be appreciated.

WP and BBP are latest versions. Archives page is here: https://simcoecountygreenbelt.ca/our-work/ and the Forum Index is supposed to be here: https://simcoecountygreenbelt.ca/community/

[ibnat]

I forgot to mention. On setting up your forum before creating your app there is one plugin that is essential. (Thankyou Robin!) 🙂

bbp style pack

Here are all the plugins I am using.

bbp profile information Version 2.1.2 by Robin Wilson
bbPress Version 2.6.9 by The bbPress Contributors
bbP Signature Version 1.4 by Arjun S Kumar, Robin W
bbp style pack Version 5.7.8 by Robin Wilson
GD bbPress Attachments Version 4.6 by Milan Petrovic
Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles Version 3.7.0 by Ankit Panchal
Import and export users and customers Version 1.25.1 by codection
LiteSpeed Cache Version 6.0.0.1 by LiteSpeed Technologies
Meow Lightbox Version 5.1.1 by Jordy Meow
reCaptcha by BestWebSoft Version 1.74 by BestWebSoft
Site Kit by Google Version 1.116.0 by Google
Smush Version 3.15.3 by WPMU DEV
Super RSS Reader Version 5.1 by Aakash Chakravarthy
WP Mail From II Version 2.0 by Ben Huson
WPMobile.App — Android and iOS Mobile Application Version 11.41 by WPMobile.App
WP User Avatars Version 1.4.1 by Triple J Software, Inc.
Yoast SEO Version 21.8 by Team Yoast

[ditout]

Hi,
I have installed BBPress for my forum, some photos of my forum have these code:
[caption id="attachment_1496" align="alignnone" width="300"] [/caption]
Please tell me how to remove it,
Thank you very much!

[rilliencot]

Although I solved the last issue, a similar one immediately came up after that (The topic count at the top of a forum didn’t count new topics). I had a feeling that as long as I proceeded with this hacked version of the actual bbPress functions that I now thankfully know are responsible for topic creation (thank you Robin, again!), these little discrepencies were going to keep popping up.

So I’ve updated the ‘create_bill’ function to now call bbp_insert_topic() (line 24 of \bbpress\includes\topics\functions.php). If I understand things correctly (I’m new to web development and learning as I go), this starts the natural chain of events that should happen anytime a new topic is created (at least it looks to be working). I still need the new endpoint because I’d like to add some custom fields to these topics as well, so now the above php script is the much simpler:

<?php
/**
 * Plugin Name:       bbPress Bill API
 * Description:       Exposing the bbPress post types to WP API and creating a namespace for bills.
 * Author:            Rillien Cot
 * Version:           1.6.0
 */

/**
 * Add REST API support to an already registered post type.
 */
add_action('init', 'register_bbp_post_types', 25);

function register_bbp_post_types() {
    global $wp_post_types;

    $post_type_name =  bbp_get_reply_post_type();
    if (isset($wp_post_types[$post_type_name])) {
        $wp_post_types[$post_type_name]->show_in_rest = true;
        $wp_post_types[$post_type_name]->rest_base = $post_type_name;
        $wp_post_types[$post_type_name]->rest_controller_class = 'WP_REST_Posts_Controller';
    }
    $post_type_name =  bbp_get_topic_post_type();
    if (isset($wp_post_types[$post_type_name])) {
        $wp_post_types[$post_type_name]->show_in_rest = true;
        $wp_post_types[$post_type_name]->rest_base = $post_type_name;
        $wp_post_types[$post_type_name]->rest_controller_class = 'WP_REST_Posts_Controller';
    }
    $post_type_name =  bbp_get_forum_post_type();
    if (isset($wp_post_types[$post_type_name])) {
        $wp_post_types[$post_type_name]->show_in_rest = true;
        $wp_post_types[$post_type_name]->rest_base = $post_type_name;
        $wp_post_types[$post_type_name]->rest_controller_class = 'WP_REST_Posts_Controller';
    }

    // Add custom REST API endpoint for creating bbPress topic
    add_action('rest_api_init', 'create_bill_endpoint');
}

function create_bill_endpoint() {
    register_rest_route('pnyx/v2', '/bill/', array(
        'methods' => 'POST',
        'callback' => 'create_bill',
    ));
}

function create_bill($data) {
    // Extract Data
    $new_topic_data = $data['new_post_data'];
    $new_topic_meta = $data['new_post_meta'];

    // Create new bbPress topic using passed data and meta content
    $topic_id = bbp_insert_topic($new_topic_data, $new_topic_meta);

    // Add ACF custom fields to created topic
    update_field('bill_id', $data['bill_id'], $topic_id);
}
?>

and the python that calls it is:

import requests
import json

# Set your WordPress API authentication details
username = "************"
password = "***********************"
auth = requests.auth.HTTPBasicAuth(username, password)

# Create a new post data with post_parent
new_post_payload = {
    "new_post_data": {
        "post_parent": 40, // use a valid forum_id from your site
        "post_title": "API Created Post Title",
        "post_content": "Lorem ipsum content for the new topic",
    },
    "new_post_meta": {
        "forum_id": 40, //use same forum_id here that you used for "post parent" in 'new_post_data'
    },
    "bill_id": "hrs1111",
}

# Make the POST request to create a new post
wordpress_api_url = "http://pnyx.local/wp-json/pnyx/v2/bill/"
response = requests.post(
    wordpress_api_url,
    auth=auth,
    headers={
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    data=json.dumps(new_post_payload),
)

You’ll notice that the ‘data’ portion of the request has changed from a simple dictionary to nested dictionaries so the bbp_insert_topic function has the correct arguments (it takes two arrays).

[Robin W]

when you have completed, in the spirit of open software and helping others, can you post your final solution code please

[Robin W]

for completeness look at

\bbpress\includes\topics\functions.php line 96

This is what bbpress does to create a new topic.

on line 378 it has a hook

do_action( 'bbp_new_topic',......

which is used in

bbpress\bbpress\includes\core\actions.php

Line 206: add_action( 'bbp_new_topic',  'bbp_update_topic', 10, 5 );
Line 241: add_action( 'bbp_new_topic',    'bbp_notify_forum_subscribers', 11, 4 );
Line 287: add_action( 'bbp_new_topic',        'bbp_increase_forum_topic_count' );
Line 327: add_action( 'bbp_new_topic',     'bbp_increase_user_topic_count' );
Line 346: add_action( 'bbp_new_topic', 'bbp_update_topic_engagements', 20 );
Line 350: add_action( 'bbp_new_topic', 'bbp_update_topic_voice_count', 30 );

to call the other functions that update the meta, and thus get the topic to show.

[rilliencot]

Figured it out.

It was an issue with the post meta content. For topics to appear in forums, they apparently need to have a ‘_bbp_last_active_time’. I was able to add this by adding the line add_post_meta($topic_id, '_bbp_last_active_time', date('Y-m-d H:i:s')); right below the $topic_id = wp_insert_post($topic_args); line in the php file (with the date function getting the current datetime and returning it in the proper format).

[rilliencot]

I’m also discovering that the when I create a new topic via the standard route, the following post meta fields are generated in the wp_postMeta table for the topic:

edit_lock
edit_last
bbp_forum_id
bbp_author_ip
bbp_last_reply_id
bbp_last_active_id
bbp_last_active_time
bbp_reply_count
bbp_reply_count_hidden
bbp_voice_count

However, these do not get generated when I create a topic through my API. I have a feeling this is the issue. I’m not really sure what I’m supposed to do about this though. I notice the bbp_forum_id field is included in there. Should I be using this to set that field instead of shoehorning through ‘post_parent’ in an additional plugin?

[rilliencot]

WordPress Version: 6.4.2
bbPress Version: 2.6.9
Link to site: Unavailable (Site created using LocalWP and still hosted locally)

When I create topics through the standard frontend or backend, the new topic shows up in the forum perfectly.

However, if I create a new topic using a plugin extension I’ve cobbled together, the new topic does not show up on the front end of the website (despite it being created and visible on the back end).

The plugin written in php is as follows (thanks to work from here and here):

<?php
/**
 * Plugin Name:       bbPress API
 * Description:       Exposing the bbPress post types to WP API.
 * Author:            Rillien Cot
 * Version:           1.3.0
 */

/**
 * Add REST API support to an already registered post type.
 */
add_action('init', 'register_bbp_post_types', 25);

function register_bbp_post_types() {
    global $wp_post_types;

    $post_type_name =  bbp_get_reply_post_type();
    if (isset($wp_post_types[$post_type_name])) {
        $wp_post_types[$post_type_name]->show_in_rest = true;
        $wp_post_types[$post_type_name]->rest_base = $post_type_name;
        $wp_post_types[$post_type_name]->rest_controller_class = 'WP_REST_Posts_Controller';
    }
    $post_type_name =  bbp_get_topic_post_type();
    if (isset($wp_post_types[$post_type_name])) {
        $wp_post_types[$post_type_name]->show_in_rest = true;
        $wp_post_types[$post_type_name]->rest_base = $post_type_name;
        $wp_post_types[$post_type_name]->rest_controller_class = 'WP_REST_Posts_Controller';
    }
    $post_type_name =  bbp_get_forum_post_type();
    if (isset($wp_post_types[$post_type_name])) {
        $wp_post_types[$post_type_name]->show_in_rest = true;
        $wp_post_types[$post_type_name]->rest_base = $post_type_name;
        $wp_post_types[$post_type_name]->rest_controller_class = 'WP_REST_Posts_Controller';
    }

    // Add custom REST API endpoint for creating bbPress topic
    add_action('rest_api_init', 'create_bill_endpoint');
}

function create_bill_endpoint() {
    register_rest_route('pnyx/v2', '/bill/', array(
        'methods' => 'POST',
        'callback' => 'create_bill',
    ));
}

function create_bill($data) {
    // Extract necessary data from the request
    $forum_id = $data['forum_id'];
    $topic_title = $data['topic_title'];
    $topic_content = $data['topic_content'];
    $bill_id = $data['bill_id'];

    // Create a new bbPress topic
    $topic_args = array(
        'post_title' => $topic_title,
        'post_content' => $topic_content,
        'post_type' => bbp_get_topic_post_type(),
        'post_status' => 'publish',
        'post_parent' => $forum_id, // Set the post_parent to the forum ID
    );

    $topic_id = wp_insert_post($topic_args);
?>

Basically, it exposes the Forum, Topic, and Reply post types from bbPress to standard wp-json/v2 namespace and then adds an additional endpoint (‘create_bill’) which allows me to add a new topic and associate it with a forum via ‘post_parent’. (I wonder if this is where the problem is?)

I create a new topic using the following python script:

import requests
import json

# Set WordPress API authentication details
username = "*******"
password = "**********************"
auth = requests.auth.HTTPBasicAuth(username, password)

# Values for new post data
new_post_data = {
    "forum_id": 40, # <- This is a valid post id of a forum.
    "topic_title": "New API Topic Title",
    "topic_content": "Lorem ipsum content for the new topic"
}

# Make the POST request to create a new post
wordpress_api_url = "http://pnyx.local/wp-json/pnyx/v2/bill/"
response = requests.post(
    wordpress_api_url,
    auth=auth,
    headers={
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    data=json.dumps(new_post_data)
)

The topic is created, and I can see it in Dashboard>>Topics>>All Topics. And I can view it by going directly to the link associated with it, but I can’t see it on the actual frontend of the forum.

I’ve deactived all other plugins and I’m still getting this issue. The only differences between the two (as far as I can tell) are the Author IP (API created topics leave this field blank, standard fills it with 127.0.0.1) and the number of voices (API created topics have 0, standard created topics have 1). All the other settings seem identical (visibilty = public, type = normal, status = open).

Any insights as to what I’m missing and how to rectify the situation are greatly appreciated, thanks!