[wautersandreas]

Hi, i had a big problem with bbpress in the sense that it crashed (fatal error) every time i tried to administrate it by clicking the “forums” tab.

I found out that the below function was the problem, and in particular that i needed to change to:
$post_stati = bbp_get_public_status_id();
from
$post_stati[] = bbp_get_public_status_id();

for some reason the straight brackets broke everything, i don’t understand why, so i wanted to flag this for future updates. i’m a complete newb so yeah 😀

error code:

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: [] operator not supported for strings in /customers/f/9/9/simzone.net/httpd.www/HQ/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/forums/functions.php:1800 Stack trace: #0 /customers/f/9/9/simzone.net/httpd.www/HQ/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(298): bbp_pre_get_posts_normalize_forum_visibility(Object(WP_Query)) #1 /customers/f/9/9/simzone.net/httpd.www/HQ/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(323): WP_Hook->apply_filters('', Array) #2 /customers/f/9/9/simzone.net/httpd.www/HQ/wp-includes/plugin.php(515): WP_Hook->do_action(Array) #3 /customers/f/9/9/simzone.net/httpd.www/HQ/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php(1681): do_action_ref_array('pre_get_posts', Array) #4 /customers/f/9/9/simzone.net/httpd.www/HQ/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php(3238): WP_Query->get_posts() #5 /customers/f/9/9/simzone.net/httpd.www/HQ/wp-includes/class-wp.php(617): WP_Query->query(Array) #6 /customers/f/9/9/simzone.net/httpd.www/HQ/wp-includes/class-wp.php(735): WP->query_posts() #7 /customers/f/9/9/simzone.net/httpd.www/HQ/wp-includes/functions in /customers/f/9/9/simzone.net/httpd.www/HQ/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/forums/functions.php on line 1800'

adjusted function: 

function bbp_pre_get_posts_normalize_forum_visibility( $posts_query = null ) {

// Bail if all forums are explicitly allowed
if ( true === apply_filters( ‘bbp_include_all_forums’, false, $posts_query ) ) {
return;
}

// Bail if $posts_query is not an object or of incorrect class
if ( !is_object( $posts_query ) || !is_a( $posts_query, ‘WP_Query’ ) ) {
return;
}

// Get query post types array .
$post_types = (array) $posts_query->get( ‘post_type’ );

// Forums
if ( bbp_get_forum_post_type() === implode( ”, $post_types ) ) {

// Prevent accidental wp-admin post_row override
if ( is_admin() && isset( $_REQUEST[‘post_status’] ) ) {
return;
}

/** Default ***********************************************************/

// Get any existing post status
$post_stati = $posts_query->get( ‘post_status’ );

// Default to public status
if ( empty( $post_stati ) ) {
$post_stati = bbp_get_public_status_id();
# $post_stati[] = bbp_get_public_status_id();

// Split the status string
} elseif ( is_string( $post_stati ) ) {
$post_stati = explode( ‘,’, $post_stati );
}

/** Private ***********************************************************/

// Remove bbp_get_private_status_id() if user is not capable
if ( ! current_user_can( ‘read_private_forums’ ) ) {
$key = array_search( bbp_get_private_status_id(), $post_stati );
if ( !empty( $key ) ) {
unset( $post_stati[$key] );
}

// …or add it if they are
} else {
$post_stati = bbp_get_private_status_id();
#$post_stati[] = bbp_get_private_status_id();
}

/** Hidden ************************************************************/

// Remove bbp_get_hidden_status_id() if user is not capable
if ( ! current_user_can( ‘read_hidden_forums’ ) ) {
$key = array_search( bbp_get_hidden_status_id(), $post_stati );
if ( !empty( $key ) ) {
unset( $post_stati[$key] );
}

// …or add it if they are
} else {
$post_stati = bbp_get_hidden_status_id();
#$post_stati[] = bbp_get_hidden_status_id();
}

// Add the statuses
$posts_query->set( ‘post_status’, array_unique( array_filter( $post_stati ) ) );
}

// Topics Or Replies
if ( array_intersect( array( bbp_get_topic_post_type(), bbp_get_reply_post_type() ), $post_types ) ) {

// Get forums to exclude
$forum_ids = bbp_exclude_forum_ids( ‘meta_query’ );

// Bail if no forums to exclude
if ( ! array_filter( $forum_ids ) ) {
return;
}

// Get any existing meta queries
$meta_query = $posts_query->get( ‘meta_query’ );

// Add our meta query to existing
$meta_query[] = $forum_ids;

// Set the meta_query var
$posts_query->set( ‘meta_query’, $meta_query );
}
}

/**
* Returns the forum’s topic ids
*
* Only topics with published and closed statuses are returned
*
* @since bbPress (r2908)
*
* @param int $forum_id Forum id
* @uses bbp_get_topic_post_type() To get the topic post type
* @uses bbp_get_public_child_ids() To get the topic ids
* @uses apply_filters() Calls ‘bbp_forum_query_topic_ids’ with the topic ids
* and forum id
*/’

[Robin W]

I presume it is not as simple as changing

/*Customize the BBPress roles to allow Participants to trash topics

to

/*Customize the BBPress roles to allow Participants to trash topics */

on line 1, as currently the lack of a */ at the end of the line means that it just comments out all of your first function, so that function doesn’t run !

[endomorph]

Hi all,

Got something I am stumpeped on. I have a site, with a child theme and I have installed BBPress.

Created the bbpress.php template page. All pages on the forum work fine apart from the view topic page. It just outputs the content of BBpress with no theme code.

If I switch to a parent theme, it ll works OK, it’s only happening on a child theme

Any ideas ?

[Robin W]

not available in bbpress, so would require code, so might as well be a plugin !

[Barry]

I’m sure you could do that pretty easily.

If a call to bbp_insert_topic() is successful it returns the post ID of the newly created topic. You can in turn pass that to get_permalink() which will provide you with the URL.

get_permalink()

[Barry]

Forums, topics and replies live in the posts table (typically wp_posts but the prefix might be different in your case). Something like this may help:

UPDATE wp_posts
SET    post_author = 1
WHERE  post_author = 0
AND    post_type IN ( 'reply', 'topic' )

Essentially it finds all replies and topics where the author ID is zero and updates them to be associated with some other user (I used user ID 1 in my example, obviously modify to suit).

[Barry]

There is of course the [bbp-topic-form] shortcode that ships with bbPress itself … but if that’s unsuitable or if customizing it to meet your goals isn’t an option for any reason, then you could roll your own solution quite easily.

Here is a (super simple) example of just that – it creates an extremely simple (single field!) form via the [post_to_bbp] shortcode and uses the submitted data to create a new forum topic. Of course, there is a great deal it doesn’t do that you’d probably want in place before using it in production, but it’s just an example after all 🙂

[sally]

Hi,

I’m working on WP 4.7.1 and BBPress Version 2.5.12. I would like to allow Participants to Trash there own Topics and Posts. I found the following code here in the Forum and added it to my functions.php. When i register as Participant and create a new Topic I have only EDIT / REPLY available, but not TRASH.

/*Customize the BBPress roles to allow Participants to trash topics
add_filter( 'bbp_get_caps_for_role', 'ST_add_role_caps_filter', 10, 2 );

function ST_add_role_caps_filter( $caps, $role ){
    // Only filter for roles we are interested in!
    if( $role == 'bbp_participant' ) {

	$new_caps = array(
                // Primary caps
                'spectate'              => true,
                'participate'           => true,
                'moderate'              => false,
                'throttle'              => false,
                'view_trash'            => false,

                // Forum caps
                'publish_forums'        => false,
                'edit_forums'           => false,
                'edit_others_forums'    => false,
                'delete_forums'         => false,
                'delete_others_forums'  => false,
                'read_private_forums'   => false,
                'read_hidden_forums'    => false,

                // Topic caps
                'publish_topics'        => true,
                'edit_topics'           => true,
                'edit_others_topics'    => false,
                'delete_topics'         => true,
                'delete_others_topics'  => false,
                'read_private_topics'   => false,

                // Reply caps
                'publish_replies'       => true,
                'edit_replies'          => true,
                'edit_others_replies'   => false,
                'delete_replies'        => true,
                'delete_others_replies' => false,
                'read_private_replies'  => false,

                // Topic tag caps
                'manage_topic_tags'     => false,
                'edit_topic_tags'       => false,
                'delete_topic_tags'     => false,
                'assign_topic_tags'     => true,
            );	

	}

    return $new_caps;
}
/*Fixes an issue that only allows mods to trash topics.
bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/5852
bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2685*/

add_filter( 'bbp_map_reply_meta_caps', 'ST_tweak_trash_meta_caps', 11, 4 );
add_filter( 'bbp_map_topic_meta_caps', 'ST_tweak_trash_meta_caps', 11, 4 );

// tweak for replies
function ST_tweak_trash_meta_caps( $caps, $cap, $user_id, $args ){

	// apply only to delete_reply and delete_topic
	if ( $cap == "delete_reply" || $cap == "delete_topic" ){
		// Get the post
		$_post = get_post( $args[0] );
		if ( !empty( $_post ) ) {

			// Get caps for post type object
			$post_type = get_post_type_object( $_post->post_type );
			$caps      = array();

			// Add 'do_not_allow' cap if user is spam or deleted
			if ( bbp_is_user_inactive( $user_id ) ) {
				$caps[] = 'do_not_allow';

			// Moderators can always edit forum content
			} elseif ( user_can( $user_id, 'moderate' ) ) {
				$caps[] = 'moderate';

			// User is author so allow edit if not in admin
            } elseif ( ! is_admin() && ( (int) $user_id === (int) $_post->post_author ) ) {
                $caps[] = $post_type->cap->delete_posts;

			// Unknown so map to delete_others_posts
			} else {
				$caps[] = $post_type->cap->delete_others_posts;
			}
		}

	}
	// return the capabilities
	return $caps;
}

Can someone help me with this, or has a other code snippet what is working?

Thx
Sally

[sally]

Hi Robin,

thanks, the last Code works

Regards
Sally

[Robin W]

the code is still in your site !

Then I’d suggest you contact your theme author who is controlling this code and ask them for help.

Otherwise beyond my free help to work out all the code you would need.

[Robin W]

deleting the code will return it – close and re-open your browser to get the css to take effect

[scottwiggins17]

that code changed all my background color for my blog and pages black when it used to be white. Now I cant see anything and deleting the code did not set it back to normal. What do I do to get my site back to the way it was?

I use X theme and now it’s all messed up. It has black background with black font on ALL my blog posts.

For now I changed my whole sites default background to white, the header white, and the header menu font to black so you can read it. It was the opposite, and I like the black header background better the way I had it. I don’t know what that code did, but it messed a lot of stuff up.

[scottwiggins17]

That worked except one problem:/ It turned my main menu bar for my site white as well, turned all the background on my site to black in every area including my blog which I need to be a white background.

I don’t want the code to override everything, JUST my forum background.

Thanks

[Robin W]

ah, found out what I have done wrong

can you change the code to

add_action ('bbp_theme_after_reply_author_details', 'rew_display_date');
add_action ('bbp_theme_after_topic_author_details', 'rew_display_date'); 

function rew_display_date () {
	?>
	<span class="bss-reply-post-date"><?php bbp_reply_post_date(); ?></span>
	<?php
}

[sally]

Hello,

the first code to hide the bbp-topic-post-date works. Adding the second code to the functions.php and checking the topics / reply the bbp-topic-post-date is nowhere visible..

What else can i try?

[bjorngus]

I copied the code from the bbpress template and it worked perfect. Thanks!

[bjorngus]

Oh thanks great. My bbpress version was edited so that button is not added to the form. But i guess i have to add it with some code. Thanks

[Barry]

Additionally, as an example of how you can add pretty much anything you want to the JSON responses returned by the REST API:

function bbpress_rest_api_replies_extra_data( WP_REST_Response $response ) {
	if ( ! is_array( $response->data ) ) {
		return $response;
	}

	foreach ( $response->data as $key => $single_item ) {
		// Only modify replies
		if ( bbp_get_reply_post_type() !== $single_item['type'] ) {
			continue;
		}

		// Add the author's details using a custom format
		$author_id = get_post( $single_item['id'] )->post_author;
		$author = get_user_by( 'ID', $author_id );
		$response->data[ $key ]['author'] = "{$author->display_name} <{$author->user_email}>";
	}

	return $response;
}

add_filter( 'rest_request_after_callbacks', 'bbpress_rest_api_replies_extra_data' );

You could say this is a bit of a brute force hack and although when combined with my last snippet it successfully adds the author’s display name and email address to replies (not topics), it shouldn’t really be used for that purpose “as is”: it doesn’t escape the author details, you probably don’t want to expose their email addresses, plus it’s out of alignment with how author meta is returned for other post types … However, I felt it was worth sharing an example of how you can quite quickly add arbitrary fields to REST API output.

[Barry]

What do you know, it worked!

So getting back to business – thanks for catching that error in my earlier snippet, Robin. I think yours is perfectly fine (also, great links re adding author meta) but just to ‘close the circle’ on my own snippet, here’s a revision:

function bbpress_enable_rest_api() {
	$types = array(
		bbp_get_reply_post_type(),
		bbp_get_forum_post_type(),
		bbp_get_topic_post_type(),
	);

	foreach ( $types as $slug ) {
		$definition = (array) get_post_type_object( $slug );
		$definition['show_in_rest'] = true;
		$definition['rest_controller_class'] = 'WP_REST_Posts_Controller';
		register_post_type( $slug, $definition );
	}
}

add_action( 'bbp_register_post_types', 'bbpress_enable_rest_api', 11 );

[Robin W]

to hide the date at the top, put this in your css

.bbp-reply-post-date {
  display: none;
}

Then to add to the list add this to your functions file

add_action ('bbp_theme_after_reply_author_details', 'rew_display_date');
add_action ('bbp_theme_after_topic_author_details', 'rew_display_date'); 

function rew_display_date () {
	?>
	<span class="bbp-reply-post-date"><?php bbp_reply_post_date(); ?></span>
	<?php
}

[Robin W]

whilst in the forums list a sub private forum will not show, if the sub forum is set to public, then searches would show as the forum it belongs to is private.

So set every forum that you wish to be private to Private

If you don’t want the word private to appear – and I hate it showing! – then you can add this to your functions file

add_filter('private_title_format', 'ntwb_remove_private_title');
function ntwb_remove_private_title($title) {
	return '%s';
}

or add my plugin which has this and many other features

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-style-pack/

and set this to hide in
dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>forum display item 4

[Robin W]

ok, having all results on one page might give you issues.

bbpress will by default show the number of replies per page that is set in

dashboard>settings>forums>Topics and Replies Per Page>Replies

You could up that to say 100, so that you get a decent chuck. But this would change it for forums as well.

However if you wanted that just for search, so not affecting forums, then you could set it as a filter in your functions file – if you know how to add code to your functions file, then come back and I’ll give you some code. Again I would recommend that you set a limit but it can be as high as you like.

[John James Jacoby]

Hey everyone! Guess what?

bbPress 2.6, Release Candidate 3, is now available for testing.

Download it from here: https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/bbpress.2.6-rc-3.zip

Why is this cool? For starters, @jeffr0 may finally climb down off my back and stop giving me grief for how long it’s been since we shipped a major release.

bbPress 2.5.0 in 2014, 3 years ago.

Most people wouldn’t be proud to say that, but… I am. The 2.5 branch of bbPress has been so stable & well received, we were able to take our time with 2.6 and double-down on upstream improvements to WordPress.

bbPress 2.6 will come with:

* Per-forum moderators
* Improved favorites & subscriptions management
* Improved BuddyPress integration
* Performance improvements across the board
* UX improvements to meta-boxes and admin-area tools
* Tighter integration with WordPress’s Dashboard
* Template tweaks & clean-up
* About 110 other things

If you’re going to test 2.6 on a live site, maybe don’t just yet. It runs a database upgrade routine to migrate favorites & subscriptions from usermeta to postmeta, and for large forums that may take a while or possibly lock things up for a bit.

We are already running 2.6 here and on bbPress.org, so enjoy the speedier new posting experience, and we’ll let you know when the next beta is ready!

[haddlyapis]

Just to let you know that this issue was fixed by uninstalling the plugin “bbPress Login Register Links On Forum Topic Pages” and instead adding a login/logout link using the code provided here:

Layout and functionality – Examples you can use

and then adding code provided to make sure the links only appear in the forum and not the whole site:
change line 3 to
if ( is_user_logged_in() && is_bbpress() ) {

and line 6 to

elseif ( !is_user_logged_in() && is_bbpress() ) {

[John James Jacoby]

Hi there @iprg,

Sorry, but there isn’t yet. It wouldn’t be too difficult for us to implement this feature inside of wp-admin, though.

Are you comfortable creating a feature request over at https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org? If so, that’s the best place to log this idea, and we’ll try and get it into a future release.