[gerryj]

Hello bbpress Support

I have two separate problems but for convenience sake, I’ll just open one topic.
I am currently in the process of building a Forum for an already existing website.
The Owner of this website wants threaded replies to be active for this forum so that users can reply to comments more directly. The problem is that as soon as the threaded replies are active the Page pagination just disappears and everything is displayed on one page. I’ve read online that those two features don’t work together on purpose, but why would that be? Nothing in the plugin mentions or even hints to it that these two features wouldn’t work together. Is there any kind of workaround for this or a custom script maybe? I have knowledge of PHP and JS so any kind of help would be appreciated.

The Next issue is that there seems to be no way to collapse/expand threaded replies. Since the pagination didn’t seem to work I thought collapsing threaded replies would help or else the topic pages would just get crazy long. Is there any code out there that would help me achieve this?

Any kind of help on even one of these issues would be appreciated.
I Would like to avoid working in the plugin itself if possible for obvious reasons.

Thanks in advance
Gerry Zeller

[aaronmckeon]

I’m using WP Astra as my theme and the plugin Sidebar Manager (also from Brainstorm Force), which just replaces the theme’s main sidebar with a different one based on the post type being displayed. Inside of the sidebar is a widget and inside of the widget, there are the shortcodes that aren’t being rendered. Let me know what other specific details I might be able to offer that would help. Thanks.

[Joel mohanraj]

Hi,

Thank you for your reply. I have done first 2 steps. For the third step, you mentioned about this code

` return apply_filters( ‘bbp_get_forum_freshness_link’, $anchor, $forum_id, $time_since, $link_url, $title, $active_id );
}

Please let me know how to change this.

Thank you,
Joel.

[Robin W]

untested, but this should take out newlines and change the excerpt length to 150 – just change the 150 in the code to whatever length you want.

so firstly you need to alter the default in wordpress which is 55 so

add_filter( 'excerpt_length', 'rew_change_default_length' ) ;

function rew_change_default_length () {
    return 150;
}

then alter it in the bbpress function, and change to take out line breaks

add_filter ('bbp_get_topic_excerpt' , 'rew_remove_line_breaks', 10 , 3) ;

function rew_remove_line_breaks ($excerpt, $topic_id, $length){
		$topic_id = bbp_get_topic_id( $topic_id );
		//change length here
		$length   = 150 ;
		$excerpt  = get_post_field( 'post_excerpt', $topic_id );

		if ( empty( $excerpt ) ) {
			$excerpt = bbp_get_topic_content( $topic_id );
		}

		$excerpt = trim( strip_tags( $excerpt ) );
		
		//take out line breaks
		$excerpt = preg_replace("/\r|\n/", "", $excerpt);

		// Multibyte support
		if ( function_exists( 'mb_strlen' ) ) {
			$excerpt_length = mb_strlen( $excerpt );
		} else {
			$excerpt_length = strlen( $excerpt );
		}

		if ( ! empty( $length ) && ( $excerpt_length > $length ) ) {
			$excerpt  = mb_substr( $excerpt, 0, $length - 1 );
			$excerpt .= '…';
		}
		
		
		// Filter & return
		return apply_filters( 'rew_get_topic_excerpt', $excerpt, $topic_id, $length );
}

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

[aaronmckeon]

I’ve noticed that any shortcodes in my sidebar are not rendering on bbPress pages. Is there a way to make it so shortcodes are rendering properly? I’ve been searching the forums and can’t seem to find an answer to this. Thanks for any help.

– Aaron

[elliesatt]

Ah OK – I’ve just found out that RankMath simply extracts the bbpress topic excerpt and uses that for the meta description, i.e. bbp_topic_excerpt()

Is there a way to make bbp_topic_excerpt() ignore line breaks and increase character limit?

[Robin W]

@joel-mohanraj
find
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/loop-single-forum.php

transfer this to your pc and edit

so you will want to take the link out of line 34

<a class="bbp-forum-title" href="<?php bbp_forum_permalink(); ?>"><?php bbp_forum_title(); ?></a>

and save

create a directory on your theme called ‘bbpress’
ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress

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

Then transfer the file you saved above and put in in the directory called bbpress that you created above, so you end up with
wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress/loop-single-forum.php

bbPress will now use this template instead of the original

amending the freshness will require you to amend the bbp_get_forum_freshness_link function. if you are familiar with filters you can use the filter on line 585 of \includes\forums and a str_replace to take out the link

[TreeTrail]

Robin W,

Thank you very much for volunteering some thoughts. Especially that you indicating that changes this year haven’t affected the bbp_add_user_forum_subscription function. And it appears that groups_join_group is a BuddyPress function. Your reminder to turn on the debug was priceless. There was only one, unrelated notice.

I rechecked the Developer’s (Harsha Vetkatesh’s) code online and realized that he had added an updated version! At https://gist.github.com/greathmaster/e67f1ae0feb28c9ab3521b404c8e0544. I added it into a staging copy and it threw a specific error. I’m going to see if I can contact him.

Thanks again for the Forum. Our trail club uses it very frequently.

Best Regards,
~April

[lumisdev]

Hello everyone!

I’m a new user of bbpress and I’m looking for a way for logged in users to subscribe/unsubscribe to all forums by clicking a button.

I’ve managed to do it by myself, but I’d like to know if there is an easier way to do it.

Here is the code in my loop-forums.php file:

<?php

/**
 * Forums Loop
 *
 * @package bbPress
 * @subpackage Theme
 */

// Exit if accessed directly
defined('ABSPATH') || exit;

do_action('bbp_template_before_forums_loop'); ?>

<?php
$current_user = get_userdata(get_current_user_id());

if (isset($current_user) && $current_user->ID > 0) :
  $user_subscribed_forum_ids = bbp_get_user_subscribed_forum_ids($current_user->ID);
  $forum_ids_list = array();

  while (bbp_forums()) : bbp_the_forum();
    if (bbp_get_forum_type() === 'category') :

      foreach (bbp_forum_get_subforums() as $subforum) :
        $forum_ids_list[] = $subforum->ID;
      endforeach;
    else :
      $forum_ids_list[] = bbp_get_forum_id();
    endif;
  endwhile;

  $check = sizeof($forum_ids_list) === sizeof($user_subscribed_forum_ids);
  $bbp_action = $check ? "bbp_unsubscribe" : 'bbp_subscribe';
  $label = $check ? "Unsubscribe of all forums" : "Subscribe of all forums";
  $label .= bbp_get_forum_type() === 'category' ? " of this category" : "";

  if (isset($_POST) && $_POST['action']) :
    foreach ($forum_ids_list as $forum_id) :
      $q_args = array(
        'action'      => $bbp_action,
        'object_id'   => $forum_id,
        'object_type' => 'post'
      );

      $permalink = bbp_get_forum_permalink($forum_id);
      $wp_nonce_url = esc_url(wp_nonce_url(add_query_arg($q_args), 'toggle-subscription_' . $forum_id));
      $wp_nonce_url = substr($wp_nonce_url, strlen('/'));
      $url = html_entity_decode($permalink . $wp_nonce_url);

      $ch = curl_init($url);
      curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIE, LOGGED_IN_COOKIE . '=' . $_COOKIE[LOGGED_IN_COOKIE]);
      curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
      curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
      $response = curl_exec($ch);
      curl_close($ch);
    endforeach;

    $user_subscribed_forum_ids = bbp_get_user_subscribed_forum_ids($current_user->ID);
    $check = sizeof($forum_ids_list) === sizeof($user_subscribed_forum_ids);
    $bbp_action = $check ? "bbp_unsubscribe" : 'bbp_subscribe';
    $label = $check ? "Unsubscribe of all forums" : "Subscribe of all forums";
    $label .= bbp_get_forum_type() === 'category' ? " of this category" : "";
  endif; // isset($_POST) && $_POST['action']
endif; // isset($current_user) && $current_user->ID > 0
?>

<?php if (isset($_POST) && $_POST['action']) : ?>
  <script id="prevent-form-resubmission-when-page-is-refreshed" type="text/javascript">
    // source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6320113/how-to-prevent-form-resubmission-when-page-is-refreshed-f5-ctrlr
    if (window.history.replaceState) {
      window.history.replaceState(null, null, window.location.href);
      document.getElementById('prevent-form-resubmission-when-page-is-refreshed').remove();
    }
  </script>
<?php endif; ?>

<?php if (isset($current_user) && $current_user->ID > 0 && !bbp_is_single_user()) : ?>
  <form action="" method="POST">
    <input type="hidden" name="action" value="<?= $bbp_action ?>">
    <button type="submit" style="color: black;"><?= __($label, 'ls') ?></button>
  </form>
<?php endif; ?>

<table id="forums-list-<?php bbp_forum_id(); ?>" class="table table-bordered forums-list">

  <thead>
    <tr>

      <th class="forum-title-column">
        <?php esc_html_e('Forum', 'ls'); ?>
      </th>

      <th class="posts-count-column">
        <?php bbp_show_lead_topic() ? esc_html_e('Replies', 'ls') : esc_html_e('Posts', 'ls'); ?>
      </th>

      <th class="last-post-column">
        <?php esc_html_e('Last Post', 'ls'); ?>
      </th>

    </tr>
  </thead>

  <tbody>

    <?php while (bbp_forums()) : bbp_the_forum(); ?>
      <?php bbp_get_template_part('loop', 'single-forum'); ?>
    <?php endwhile; ?>

  </tbody>

</table>

<?php do_action('bbp_template_after_forums_loop');

[Robin W]

ps – I presume you have a function

groups_join_group but have not shown it for simplicity ?

[Robin W]

just looked at this – sorry, as you say I don’t get to every item, and this is bespoke code which means something to someone, but without a heavy investment of time, it is hard to debug why it is not working 🙂

the function bbp_add_user_forum_subscription is still valid, and should work fine, so the actual change to the way bbpress works should not affect it.

I have little knowledge of buddypress, so I cannot say whether that code is still valid.

Have you turned debugging on ? and is it showing anything ?

[sangcoats]

I can use the same theme for topics as well, as in this case:
https://www.aqazero.com/forums/forum/acquario-acquariofilia-%f0%9f%8c%8a%f0%9f%90%a0-aqa0-%f0%9f%90%9f%f0%9f%8c%bf/

Unfortunately, however, if I open the question (post) the theme is not inherited
https://www.aqazero.com/forums/topic/prova-topic/ friday night funkin

Is there a shortcodes to display the question (post) and the area to reply (reply form)?

Thanks in advance for your answers..

I have the same issue here. Did you find a fix for it, by any chance?

[gnfb]

I am desperately searching for a forum that has the ability to rate threads. The forum will be for promo codes and I want users to have the abilty to ad a yes working or no working comment by way of thumbs. so if one had 10 down thumbs and no up thumbs dont bother!
Is there such an abilty by way of a plugin? I cant aford the hundreds to have code written to do the job (sorry coders)

[Robin W]

Just had a thought and dug in the code further, the duplicate check doesn’t apply to those roles/users that can ‘throttle’

// No duplicate checks for those who can throttle
	if ( user_can( (int) $r['post_author'], 'throttle' ) ) {
		return true;
	}

bbPress User Roles and Capabilities

so default Keymaster and Moderator can post duplicates

[Robin W]

I am not a bbpress author, just someone who helps out here.

Every website is unique, and this doesn’t happen on my test site – I have not seen this reported elsewhere as an issue, and the code has a duplicate function check in it.

line 307 of includes/replies/functions

/** Reply Duplicate *******************************************************/

	if ( ! bbp_check_for_duplicate( array( 'post_type' => bbp_get_reply_post_type(), 'post_author' => $reply_author, 'post_content' => $reply_content, 'post_parent' => $topic_id, 'anonymous_data' => $anonymous_data ) ) ) {
		bbp_add_error( 'bbp_reply_duplicate', __( '<strong>Error</strong>: Duplicate reply detected; it looks as though you’ve already said that.', 'bbpress' ) );
	}

I am not able to say why you are getting this.

[Robin W]

ok, without knowing what is determining the order, it is hard to give you code to correct.

I’d suggest you play with publish dates of the stickies and ant replies to them to see if you can work out the issue, then come back and I’ll see if I can help further

[Robin W]

line 322 of \includes\topics\template.php has the function I think

you’d use a filter to add an ‘order by’ probably using the parse args on line 330

so

add_filter ('bbp_before_add_sticky_topics_parse_args' , 'your_function') ;

function your_function ($r) {
//add the order you want to sort
$r['order_by'] = etc......

}

Sorry don’t have time to look at this evening, but come back if you need further help

[rngeer]

Nada, just going to explain the nature of it to them and dig around later for a code hack if there is one. Thank you so much for the help.

[rngeer]

Hello, this is a request I have to force the order of two sticky posts so that they don’t change when a new comment is added.

Sticky 1
Sticky 2

Sticky 2 will move above Sticky one with a new comment, and vice-versa.

Any way in the code to force that sticky order to stay the same all the time.

Thanks in advance.

[Robin W]

untested, but this should work

add_filter( 'bbp_get_reply_author_display_name' , 'rew_reply_change_to_first_name', 10 , 2 ) ;

function rew_reply_change_to_first_name ($author_name, $reply_id) {
	// Get the author ID
	$author_id = bbp_get_reply_author_id( $reply_id );
	$user = get_userdata($author_id); 
	$first_name = $user->user_firstname;
return $first_name ;
}

add_filter( 'bbp_get_topic_author_display_name' , 'rew_topic_change_to_first_name', 10 , 2 ) ;

function rew_topic_change_to_first_name ($author_name, $topic_id) {
	// Get the author ID
	$author_id = bbp_get_topic_author_id( $topic_id );
	$user = get_userdata($author_id); 
	$first_name = $user->user_firstname;
return $first_name ;
}

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

[angelfire4xx]

It seems to be a real struggle to create a new custom role for bbpress 🙁
I’ve been trying out all the different solutions I’ve found online but nothing is working.
All I want to do is to be able to assign the role of Naturopath to some of my forum participants. They would have the same capabilities as the Participant role, just have Naturopath instead of Participant showing under their name in the Forum. The rest of the Participants can continue to show “Participant”.
Can anyone here maybe write the code for me as a paid job?
I have WP 5.8.1
bPress 2.6.6

[angelfire4xx]

Great tip about code snippets plugin, I didn’t know about that one, thanks!

Sadly the user is still showing up in bbpress as Participant. Although I was able to save the user with a Naturopath role in WP.

[Robin W]

ok, I think it was just loading in the wrong place, try

add_filter( 'bbp_get_dynamic_roles', 'add_new_roles', 1 );
add_filter( 'bbp_get_caps_for_role', 'add_role_caps_filter', 10, 2 );

function add_new_roles( $bbp_roles )
{
/* Add a role called naturopath */
$bbp_roles['bbp_naturopath'] = array(
'name' =>'Naturopath',
'capabilities' =>custom_capabilities( 'bbp_naturopath' )
);

return $bbp_roles;
}

function add_role_caps_filter( $caps, $role )
{
/* Only filter for roles we are interested in! */
if( $role == 'bbp_naturopath' )
$caps = custom_capabilities( $role );

return $caps;
}

function custom_capabilities( $role )
{
switch ( $role )
{

/* Capabilities for 'naturopath' role */
case 'bbp_naturopath':
return 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' => true,
'read_hidden_forums' => false,

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

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

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

break;

default :
return $role;
}
}

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

[angelfire4xx]

Thanks Robin, I did search and replace tutor > Naturopath and pasted the code at the end of functions.php. I would love to say it worked but…

Naturopath appeared as a forum role selection in the dropdown for each WP User. However when Naturopath was selected for the user and then saved, WP only displayed Role = “No role for this user”, and Capabilities = bbp_Naturopath.

When I tried a test post as that user, BBPress described me as a participant.
So, not there yet, but your help is appreciated 🙂
Linda

(PS: I’m looking for the Naturopath role to have the same capabilities as Participant.)

[Robin W]

//code to add tutor role 

add_action ('wp_loaded' , 'load_new_roles') ;

function load_new_roles () 
{
add_filter( 'bbp_get_dynamic_roles', 'add_new_roles', 1 );
add_filter( 'bbp_get_caps_for_role', 'add_role_caps_filter', 10, 2 );
}
function add_new_roles( $bbp_roles )
{
/* Add a role called tutor */
$bbp_roles['bbp_tutor'] = array(
'name' =>'Tutor',
'capabilities' =>custom_capabilities( 'bbp_tutor' )
);

return $bbp_roles;
}

function add_role_caps_filter( $caps, $role )
{
/* Only filter for roles we are interested in! */
if( $role == 'bbp_tutor' )
$caps = custom_capabilities( $role );

return $caps;
}

function custom_capabilities( $role )
{
switch ( $role )
{

/* Capabilities for 'tutor' role */
case 'bbp_tutor':
return 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' => true,
'read_hidden_forums' => false,

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

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

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

break;

default :
return $role;
}
}