[grem2016]

Thank you.
I looked into >appearance>widgets and the bbpress sidebar, but there was nothing added there.
Under dashboard, I didn’t see a selection for “forums”. All I have is on the relevant page the shortcode added “[bbp-single-forum id=58]“.
Does this help understand more about what I have?

Best regards,
Graham.

[safeinsanity]

Hi,

Is there a css code that would hide/remove my sidebar from all buddypress pages?

I found one that worked to remove the sidebar from bbpress so I was hoping that there would be one that worked for buddypress.

This is the one that works to remove the sidebar from bbpress:

`.bbPress #primary {
display: none;
}

[Robin W]

As a test, can you try

add_filter ('bbp_get_topic_reply_count', 'rew_return_int', 10 , 2) ;

function rew_return_int ($replies, $topic_id ) {
return int($replies) ;
}

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

and let me know if it works

[Robin W]

either

Install

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>Topic/Topic/Reply Order>replies>Descending and tick and save

or

add_filter ('bbp_show_lead_topic', 'rew_true') ;

function rew_true () {
	return true ;
}

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

[Robin W]

ok, not having played with the BBpress for block theme which is what I suspect you are using :

what exactly did you add to the template, can you post before and after code for this please as it will help others

[webspaceunlimited]

I have installed the plugin – and all appears good in that I have created a page and added the short code – and it the forum shows – however … thats where it all goes wrong clickiing on the forums or trying to paost asn I get blank screens
I hve tried to debug this with gemini ai and it said create a page for each short code – did that – didnt work – then said copy the index.php file and rename it bbpress.php and drop that in the theme directory – did that and.. guess what didnt work either – also added a bbpress template layout in the theme and that too doesnt allow me to engage with the forum – I have gone through permalinks and literlally going round in circles and not getting anywhere amy help oor suggestions would be welcome – thank you

[Robin W]

That’s a nice looking forum.

The layoput is a combination of a custom template, some custom css and probably a couple of functions.

I would strongly suspect it was put together by a design house, so is proprietary.

I can only suggest you email the technical contact at the bottom of the website and see if they would be happy to share their code.

[duffy50]

When I was looking at some of your example sites I really liked the way the topics were listed instead of just the number of topics on the following site — https://thebloodsugardiet.com/forums/

I’ve been looking around and trying to find a way to list the topics, I do have the bbpress style plugin but didn’t see what I wanted.

The current display of my forum looks like this — https://iowaminiz.com/membership-forum/

I was hoping that I would not have to create a child theme and do code in the PHP files to accomplish this. I’m more comfortable with adding some CSS code.

Thanks

[Oxibug]

Good Day!

The BuddyPress function bp_core_get_user_domain is deprecated since version 12.0.0, in \bbpress\includes\extend\buddypress\members.php

Deprecated: Function bp_core_get_user_domain is deprecated since version 12.0.0! Use bp_members_get_user_url() instead

I found this post https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/please-fix-this-problem/ and I don’t have BP Classic

I found the function bp_core_get_user_domain in BuddyPress itself,
file: (buddypress\bp-core\deprecated\12.0.php) is marked as Deprecated since version 12.0.0

It’s very easy to replace the bp_core_get_user_domain to bp_members_get_user_url, I don’t know why it takes over a year to make this change!!

[stracy2]

I had to update my server, and was getting this error.

Just as everyone has said, putting this snippet into my themes function.php fixed the error:

add_filter('bbp_verify_nonce_request_url', 'custom_bbp_verify_nonce_request_url', 999, 1);

function custom_bbp_verify_nonce_request_url($requested_url) {
    return 'https://www.yoursite.com' . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
}

PS Make sure your siteurl and home defines in wp-config.php are correct too.

[John James Jacoby]

👋 Hi there!

It’s mostly still me working on bbPress, with bug reports & help here and there from the community which are always helpful and appreciated!

I simply forgot to update the Codex page, so thank you for asking here 😅

The build & release process is still pretty manual, because it includes updates to multiple WordPress pages & such (as you’ve all noticed here).

(I do read the forums almost every day, and think they work best when I stay out of them and the community helps itself & each other – and moderators like @robin-w are obviously especially helpful.)

[scratchy101]

Thanks for that.
I guess I was being silly by checking here instead: https://codex.bbpress.org/releases/

In the plugin admin page I had clicked on View Details > Changelog > Check out the releases page.
Cheers
Art

[stableartai]

Seem this part of code cause the removal of dashboard forum items.

add_filter( ‘bbp_get_caps_for_role’, ‘ST_add_role_caps_filter’, 10, 2 );

[stableartai]

The code seem to work just fine, tried both plug-in and hard code to theme. Issue is when active it remove the dashboard items o manage the forum. Even in plug-ins the settings link is missing from the BBPress plug-in.

We currently use the most recent php 8 and WP 6 as of 2025 and buddypress and bbpress.

Unsure of what else it might break so currently have it disable.

source plug-in:
https://gist.github.com/ntwb/56ab5a4eab8bbcdc90fc2bdfc2c57838

[Robin W]

If you have exported press from another site, and then imported- yes series, and post parents for topics and replies can be wrong where on the imported site there are existing users, posts or pages. There are no easy solutions – I have some code that should fix replies, but I am on holiday at the moment with no access

[Clivesmith]

OK There seems to be no fixed reason that the replies are rejected, one minute it works and next it does not. I have 2 pages 1 Thank you page and 1 error page. I am running through cloudflare so I am not sure if that is causing the problem.
This code I have added to the function.php seems to be working

// 1 Check if the reply submission has missing fields & redirect to the error page
add_action(‘template_redirect’, ‘rew_check_reply_submission’);

function rew_check_reply_submission() {
// Check if a reply is being submitted
if (isset($_POST[‘bbp_reply_submit’])) {
// Check if required fields are missing (e.g., content, forum, topic)
if (empty($_POST[‘bbp_reply_content’]) || !isset($_POST[‘bbp_forum_id’]) || !isset($_POST[‘bbp_topic_id’])) {
// Grab the topic ID from the form (ensure it’s valid)
$topic_id = !empty($_POST[‘bbp_topic_id’]) ? intval($_POST[‘bbp_topic_id’]) : 0;

// Redirect to the error page with the topic ID
wp_redirect(site_url(‘/reply_error/?topic_id=’ . $topic_id));
exit; // Stop the script execution after the redirect
}
}
}

// 2️ Modify reply redirection: If pending, go to moderation page
add_filter(‘bbp_new_reply_redirect_to’, ‘rew_pending_check’, 30, 3);

function rew_pending_check($reply_url, $redirect_to, $reply_id) {
$status = get_post_status($reply_id);
$topic_id = bbp_get_reply_topic_id($reply_id);

// If the reply is pending moderation, redirect to the moderation page
if ($status === ‘pending’) {
return site_url(‘/moderation/?moderation_pending=’ . $topic_id);
}

return $reply_url; // Otherwise, return the usual redirect URL
}

// 3 Create a shortcode [mod-return] to display “Return to Topic” on error and moderation pages
add_shortcode(‘mod-return’, ‘mod_return’);

function mod_return() {
// Get the topic ID from the URL (works for both error and moderation pages)
$topic_id = !empty($_GET[‘topic_id’]) ? intval($_GET[‘topic_id’]) : (!empty($_GET[‘moderation_pending’]) ? intval($_GET[‘moderation_pending’]) : 0);

// If a valid topic ID is found, generate the “Return to Topic” button
if ($topic_id) {
$topic_url = get_permalink($topic_id);

if ($topic_url) {
return ‘<div class=”mod-return” style=”text-align:center; margin-top:20px;”>
<a href=”‘ . esc_url($topic_url) . ‘”
style=”color:white; background-color:tomato; padding:12px 20px;
border-radius:5px; text-decoration:none; font-size:16px;”>
⬅ Return to Topic

</div>’;
}
}

// If no valid topic ID found, return nothing or a message
return ‘<p style=”text-align:center; color:red;”>No topic found to return to.</p>’;
}

[Clivesmith]

OK so just to let you know this is what I have and it seems to be working, There does not seem to be any fixed reason that the replies get rejected without warning. I am running cloudflare so I cannot rule that out.
I have two pages, a thank you page and an error page, this code is in my function.php which seems to be working.

// 1 Check if the reply submission has missing fields & redirect to the error page
add_action('template_redirect', 'rew_check_reply_submission');

function rew_check_reply_submission() {
    // Check if a reply is being submitted
    if (isset($_POST['bbp_reply_submit'])) {
        // Check if required fields are missing (e.g., content, forum, topic)
        if (empty($_POST['bbp_reply_content']) || !isset($_POST['bbp_forum_id']) || !isset($_POST['bbp_topic_id'])) {
            // Grab the topic ID from the form (ensure it's valid)
            $topic_id = !empty($_POST['bbp_topic_id']) ? intval($_POST['bbp_topic_id']) : 0;
            
            // Redirect to the error page with the topic ID
            wp_redirect(site_url('/reply_error/?topic_id=' . $topic_id));
            exit; // Stop the script execution after the redirect
        }
    }
}

// 2️ Modify reply redirection: If pending, go to moderation page
add_filter('bbp_new_reply_redirect_to', 'rew_pending_check', 30, 3);

function rew_pending_check($reply_url, $redirect_to, $reply_id) {
    $status = get_post_status($reply_id);
    $topic_id = bbp_get_reply_topic_id($reply_id);

    // If the reply is pending moderation, redirect to the moderation page
    if ($status === 'pending') {
        return site_url('/moderation/?moderation_pending=' . $topic_id);
    }

    return $reply_url; // Otherwise, return the usual redirect URL
}

// 3 Create a shortcode [mod-return] to display "Return to Topic" on error and moderation pages
add_shortcode('mod-return', 'mod_return');

function mod_return() {
    // Get the topic ID from the URL (works for both error and moderation pages)
    $topic_id = !empty($_GET['topic_id']) ? intval($_GET['topic_id']) : (!empty($_GET['moderation_pending']) ? intval($_GET['moderation_pending']) : 0);

    // If a valid topic ID is found, generate the "Return to Topic" button
    if ($topic_id) {
        $topic_url = get_permalink($topic_id);

        if ($topic_url) {
            return '<div class="mod-return" style="text-align:center; margin-top:20px;">
                        <a href="' . esc_url($topic_url) . '" 
                           style="color:white; background-color:tomato; padding:12px 20px; 
                                  border-radius:5px; text-decoration:none; font-size:16px;">
                            ⬅ Return to Topic
                        </a>
                    </div>';
        }
    }

    // If no valid topic ID found, return nothing or a message
    return '<p style="text-align:center; color:red;">No topic found to return to.</p>';
}

[Clivesmith]

Hi Robin
Thank you, I have now tracked it down to the following code in my functions.php

add_filter (‘bbp_new_reply_redirect_to’ , ‘rew_pending_check’, 30 , 3) ;

function rew_pending_check ($reply_url, $redirect_to, $reply_id) {
$status = get_post_status ($reply_id) ;
$topic_id = bbp_get_reply_topic_id( $reply_id );
if ($status == ‘pending’ ) {
$reply_url = ‘/moderation/?moderation_pending=’.$topic_id ;
}
return $reply_url ;
}

add_shortcode (‘mod-return’ , ‘mod_return’ ) ;

function mod_return () {
if (!empty($_REQUEST[‘moderation_pending’] )) {
$topic_url = get_permalink( $_REQUEST[‘moderation_pending’] );
echo ‘<div class=”mod-return”><h2 style=”color:Tomato;”>Return to topic</h2></div>’;
}
}

just got to work out how to bring up a different page if the post is not saved, dont warry go and have a nice holiday you deserve it.
I will post the answer when I work it out.

Regards
Clive

[Robin W]

1. not sure what is the ‘thankyou message’ you get?

A reply I make just gets accepted and then goes to the reply with the url which is the ID of the reply.

/forums/topics/testtopic/#post-33905

so what is adding the ‘thankyou’ message

2. If it is written to the database it will be in

dashboard>settings>replies either in all, pending, trash or spam – if it is not there, then it is not in the database.

3. what have you got set in
dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>Topic/Reply Form item 16 if checked, try unchecking it or visa versa

4. and check items 13 and 14 if ticked untick to see if that fixes

[Robin W]

Too many variables to be able to help in any generic way.

You will need to try and work out what makes some work and some not.

So each time before you post, take a copy of the reply content , note the date and time, and keep doing this for both successful and failed replies. Note also any other people posting around the time that you did.

When you have got say 20 failed replies, you can start to analyze whether there is any common reason, such as words, length, no. paras, subject matter, time of day etc.

If that fails, then you could start to think that it is not code related, so maybe hosting platform, eg memory – say 3 people using the site at once.

[issobruno]

after hours I get this code that works so fine!!

function bbpress_comentarios_ajax() {
    ?>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
            $('#bbp_reply_submit').click(function(e) {
                e.preventDefault(); // Impede o recarregamento normal

                var form = $(this).closest('form');
                var formData = form.serialize();

                $.post(form.attr('action'), formData, function(response) {
                    // Recarrega só a área dos comentários
                    $('.bbp-replies').load(window.location.href + ' .bbp-replies > *');
                    form[0].reset(); // Limpa o campo de resposta
                });

            });
        });
    </script>
    <?php
}
add_action('wp_footer', 'bbpress_comentarios_ajax');

enjoy 🙂

[WebMan Design | Oliver Juhas]

@robin-w, FYI, the main code which provides the compatibility can be found in includes/Compatibility.php file.

[WebMan Design | Oliver Juhas]

Hi @robin-w,

Feel free to study the code at https://github.com/webmandesign/bbp-block-theme

Thank you for your fix via your bbp style pack plugin. As far as I understand, your plugin also provides means to style bbPress plugin. In my plugin this is not an option – it really just enables bbPress for block themes.

For how the plugin actually works check the info in readme.txt file.

[Robin W]

Interesting – my style pack plugin has a fix for block themes, but from very little knowledge of FSE. I’m away for the next few weeks, but will be interesting to take a look at the code you have done.

[Robin W]

pretty sure that it is LearnPress – bbPress Integration

We have submitted a change required to Learndash.

If you are into code the fix is in learndash-bbpress\includes\class-dependency-check.php line 119 – the line needs changing from

$plugin_header = get_plugin_data( trailingslashit( str_replace( '\\', '/', WP_PLUGIN_DIR ) ) . $plugin_key );
to

$plugin_header = get_plugin_data( trailingslashit( str_replace( '\\', '/', WP_PLUGIN_DIR ) ) . $plugin_key, false, false );

This then prevents translations being loaded at that point (too early) and hopefully fixes the issue.