[maryam824]

Looks like these PHP warnings are coming from bbPress trying to read $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’], which can be undefined in some environments. It might help to define or check that variable first, or test with debugging enabled to narrow down where it’s triggered

[iriteser]

Thanks again!

Yes, problem is fixed and I will definitely do a test with 2025 and the plugins – I am also curious about this topic.

I will write again, if I find something

[Robin W]

but still astonished how something like this effect can happen

I’m just a moderator here – an unpaid volunteer, I’m not a bbpress author.

There will be a reason for it, and it is almost certainly site specific, no problem on my test site, and with 100,000 installations of bbpress not one I have seen or heard of in 14 years of supporting bbpress.

The code above is not a ‘fix’, it is just a way to get bbpress to ignore the setting, which allows your site to work.

Anyway glad you are fixed 🙂

[Robin W]

that would be worth trying.

untested, but you could first try

add_filter ('bbp_use_autoembed', 'rew_turn_off', 20,1 ) ;

function rew_turn_off ($value) {
	return false ;
}

[Robin W]

Thanks, and yes I was considering whether a function in your child theme might be affecting this.

so since you can test easily (that is untick the option, save and see if it remains unticked), then my next step would be to see what could be affecting this.

So my next step would be that it could be a theme or plugin issue

Themes

As a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwenty, and see if this fixes.

Plugins

If that doesn’t work, also deactivate all plugins apart from bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

Then come back

[Robin W]

ummm, ok I have not seen this happen before.

As a test, can you untick another option and save – I need to work out if it is that setting or any setting on that page that is not working.

[Robin W]

on your latter point, I am just a moderator here, and not a bbpress author.

The authors tend to release updates every few years, rather than more frequently.

My personal view is that you should consider bbpress to be a ‘mature’ product, ie any releases will be to fix issues rather than add functionality.

bbpress is written really well, and has loads of hooks. In essence it is a WordPress product, written by the founder of WordPress, and taken into a plugin by sponsorship from WordPress.
There are no show stopper bugs in it, it may throw a few notices (and these are very few at the moment), but WordPress recommends that you should not show error messages in live sites.

I currently have my test site running WordPress 6.9 and php 8.2 with no issues.

The only major issue with bbpress at the moment is that it does not work well with FSE themes.

However my bbp style pack plugin has fixes for this

bbp style pack

as well as block versions of the widgets and a ton of styling and functionality add-ons.

All plugins are subject to the authors commitment, and bbpress is no different.

[Robin W]

suspect this is an AI generated spam, but in case not,

bbpress latest version is 2.6.14 and was updated 4 months ago.

bbPress

[mickeljn]

Hi all — today my Wordfence scan threw up a message saying the bbPress plugin “appears to be abandoned” (last updated Nov 29, 2021, tested to WP 6.3.2) and labelled it under a “Vulnerability Scan” result. I’m surprised because I’ve been running bbPress on a few sites and didn’t expect that kind of warning.

Has anyone else seen this exact Wordfence message recently? I’m trying to understand whether this is a false positive from the scanner or if there really is an issue with maintainer activity/compatibility. A few quick notes about my setup that might matter:

WP version: 6.3.2

bbPress version: (latest I have installed)

Hosting: shared (no custom hardening beyond basic security plugin)

I’m mainly looking for other users’ experiences — did Wordfence give you the same warning? Did you find official confirmation about bbPress maintenance status, or any advisories/CVEs? Also curious if anyone can point to a reliable source that tracks plugin maintenance/activity (GitHub, WP plugin repo changelog, etc.) so I can verify on my own.

[giwrgos123]

I have Auto Approval disabled.

When a user creates a topic it is pending.

On forum archive it shows the topic as the latest post of the forum. The url leads to a 404 page for guest users.

[oxyjane]

I ran the same test on “Topics” and it is the same for both:
Type: Normal
Status: Open
Visibility: Public

[Robin W]

ok, so that’s good, I wanted to check that first.

So now as a test for the August 28, 2017 reply

in dashboard>replies>edit reply try changing the publish date on the August 28, 2017 one to October 20, 2025

and see if it now appears?

[Robin W]

ok, so lets test date theory.

so in one of the forums that has the issue

1. find a post with multiple replies that all show – a topic without the problem
then in dashboard>replies>edit replies
find one of the replies and look at all the settings for that

2. Then find a post with multiple replies where replies do not show, and again
in dashboard>replies>edit replies
find one of the replies and look at all the settings for that

and see if there are any differences.

then come back

[miwonheo]

I recently discovered that WordPress.com’s Personal and Premium plans allow plugin installation, so I immediately paid and installed bbPress.

However, a similar forum plugin, WPFORO, works fine, but after installing bbPress, when I go to the actual forum page (myid.wpcomstaging.com/forums/forum/test/), it just displays a blank screen, with neither my blog’s theme nor the forums displayed.

Just in case, I tried disabling my browser’s ad blocker and changing my theme, but the results were the same!

I asked a question on the WordPress.com forums and was directed here. Has anyone else encountered a similar issue? What solutions have you found?

[dhaval111]

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[a7xfanben]

When a user quotes another post using the quote button, their post shows the bbcode as plain text. I tried to recreate the issue on my end with a test account (non-admin) in incognito mode, and was not able to recreate the issue. Any idea what could be causing it? (example linked below)

Wordpress version: 6.8.2
bbPress version: 2.6.14
Link: example post with issue

[hardel]

Hi @johnjamesjacoby,

I realize you’re busy and I hate to keep pressing this, but the truth is that the functionality for this specific pagination has been broken for nearly five years (at least that I’ve been aware of).

In addition to the examples I’ve already shared (which I’m still waiting on a reply to), I wanted to provide one more. Since this site is publicly listed as an example on bbPress, I figured it would be fine to post it here.

On the Angry Birds bbPress/BuddyPress forum, the same pagination issue appears for Topics Started and Replies Created. You can see the broken links for the user “Bird Leader” here:
https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/members/birdleader/forums/replies/

If you try to view page 2 for either section, it results in a 404 error. Viewing the page source confirms they’re running the latest versions of both bbPress and BuddyPress.

A response on this matter would be greatly appreciated.

[Robin W]

as with your other question

Themes

As a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwenty, and see if this fixes.

Plugins

If that doesn’t work, also deactivate all plugins apart from bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

If you cannot do this to your site (say because it is live) then use the ‘troubleshooting’ features of this plugin to let you test without affecting other users

Health Check & Troubleshooting

Then come back

[Robin W]

ok, that does not belong to the bbpress search field default.

It could be added by several things, without a link to a live example (which would let me see in browser what class it is and try and see what is sending it) I can only suggest you

Themes

As a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwenty, and see if this fixes.

Plugins

If that doesn’t work, also deactivate all plugins apart from bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

If you cannot do this to your site (say because it is live) then use the ‘troubleshooting’ features of this plugin to let you test without affecting other users

Health Check & Troubleshooting

Then come back

[hardel]

Hi John, just following up to see if you’ve had a chance to look into the points I mentioned in my previous post.

Last night I had some free time to test this further. I set up a brand new WordPress install with only BBPress and BuddyPress. I then created a forum with 16 posts.

Using the Twenty Twenty-Four theme, I was unable to view Page 2 of “Topics Started.” The only way I could view it was by installing the BP Classic plugin.

The most recent change to that plugin was:

Version: 1.4.0 — Ensure bbPress topics/replies pagination behaves as expected with BuddyPress 12.0 & up (See #44).

Here are the changes that imath added to fix the pagination issue.

—

I’ve now seen this issue in 3 places: my public website, the website I sent you via PM on Instagram, and a clean install. I hope that I’ve been able to provide enough examples that this issue still exists.

[Ricsca2]

Hi everyone,

I’d like to share a very useful snippet for bbPress that I had a hard time finding on Google, but which can save a lot of time.

For many communities it’s extremely helpful to have the “Notify me of follow-up replies via email” box checked by default. This way, users are automatically notified of new replies and are more likely to come back to the forum and engage in the discussion.

Here is a simple solution that works on the latest WordPress + bbPress. Just add it to your theme’s functions.php or into a small custom plugin:

// Auto-check the "Notify me of follow-up replies via email" box (topic + reply forms)
add_action('wp_footer', function () {
    if (is_admin() || !function_exists('bbp_is_subscriptions_active') || !bbp_is_subscriptions_active() || !is_user_logged_in()) {
        return;
    }
    ?>
    <script>
    document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
        var t = document.getElementById('bbp_topic_subscription');
        if (t && !t.checked) t.checked = true;

        var r = document.getElementById('bbp_reply_subscription');
        if (r && !r.checked) r.checked = true;
    });
    </script>
    <?php
}, 99);

With this snippet, whenever a logged-in user creates a new topic or reply, the subscription checkbox will already be checked by default.
Of course, the user can still uncheck it if they don’t want notifications.

This small trick makes it much easier to keep members engaged and ensures they don’t miss important replies.

Hope it helps others too, since I believe this should be more widely documented!

[thinlizzie]

Thanks Robin, tested, works perfectly, your help is very much appreciated.

[Robin W]

Very briefly tested as I am on holiday tomorrow, but try this

$r = array(
		'post_type'              =>bbp_get_reply_post_type(),   
		'post_parent'            => $topic_id,  
		'author__not_in' => array( $author_id)
		);
	$reply_posts = new WP_Query($r); 
	$count = $reply_posts->post_count;

[Robin W]

I am running 8.3 on my test site with no issues for many months now, and have just updated it to 8.4 and looks ok, but obviously not tested every function.

When you say it crashes, what error message are you getting?