bbpress stores entries as WordPress posts within the database.
My test site has over 8,000 posts and the whole database takes up 155MB.
It is not something you probably need to worry about – most hosters offer storage in the multiple GB realms.
Plugins, media and themes take file space (rather than database).
If you want to keep an eye on it go to
dashboard>tools>site Health>info>directories and size and you can see what is being used
Thanks for the hint. I already think about it, but did not test it. So now i tried PHP 7.4.x and it works way better, just some server settings to optimize, to pretend memory exhaustion 😉
So i had some memory issues, easy tto solve in server settings.
Just an update to confirm that this issue is fixed if you use the bbp style pack plugin mentioned above, with the latest version of bbpress. 👍
ok, just tried that, I cannot replicate this on my test site
so I created a topic by ‘fred’ a participant and logged out.
I then logged in as an admin, and subscribed to the topic in the front end
I then went to dashboard>topics>all topics>edit that topic and just clicked update
I was still subscribed to the topic
Hi,
I found the issue with the topics subscription.
How to reproduce this issue:
1. Subscribe to the topic.
2. Go to the topic editing in the admin area and update it.
3. Check the subscription – the subscription is deleted.
Has anyone encountered this? I tested this issue on 2 installations.
Regards.
Hi,
My name is André and I’m running into some issues I hope some of you can solve. Good to know is that links to mentioned pages are at the bottom of this post.
The Issues
When I create a bbpress forum, the forum index won’t display on the default page I created ( /forums/ ) but displays a blank page.
The forum index will display on any other different page like this one /forums-2/
When I visit a test forum I get a blank page again.
So I thought I would create a new forum slug in bbpress and page accordingly, named guitar-forums as I was sure no other plugin will have claimed that url. But here the same issues. Nothing works on /guitar-forums/ but the index does show on /guitar-forums-2/
What I’ve done first
I have had previously installed asgaros forum but have removed the plugin and removed the asgaros data tables from the database. I also deleted the old forums page and emptied the trash.
I then did:
switching to default twenty x theme
purged all cache incl server side caching
disabling all other plugins
reset bbpress
Links
Default website forum index link: https://vpbex8y4m8.onrocket.site/forums/
Forum index on a different page: https://vpbex8y4m8.onrocket.site/forums-2/
Forum link: https://vpbex8y4m8.onrocket.site/forums/forum/test-forum/
Other Info
Theme: spectra one
wordpress version 6.4.2
bbpress version 2.6.9
Just retested and that still works on my test site.
I’ve not used sass, so unsure how it might affect that.
so 2 things I would try first
Firstly, see if the changes appear on a computer that has never seen that site before – browsers often keep local copies of files and don’t always spot chnages.
Secondly try a change you have made in the custom css part of your theme and see if that works.
If you are at the start of styling the forums, you might want to look at
bbp style pack
which has an easy interface to making styling changes, along with a ton of features to make your forum look and work better.
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. There are no show stopper bugs in it, it may throw a few deprecation 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 6.4.x 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.
The main WordPress support forums use bbpress, and it would be mega work to move those over to some other product.
The Wordfence warning is one that is automatically pumped out when a plugin reaches certain parameters. I love Wordfence and use it on all my sites, but these ‘catch all’ warnings can alarm people when they do not need to.
But with open software you make your choices….
Word Fence security plugin told me today:
“Issue Found:
The Plugin “bbPress” appears to be abandoned (updated November 29, 2021, tested to WP 6.3.2).
Type: Vulnerability Scan”
Is this true?
BUMP.
Robin, my users are complaining that they are being logged out. It’s not certain yet if that has happened while the browser has just been idle.
I tested this with keymaster and participant accounts and found no difference when I closed the browser and re-opened it.
Brave and Edge browsers worked just fine (login, close, re-open and the user is still logged in) but when I tested two different Chrome profiles the other one remembered me, and the other one (again, no difference between participant and keymaster).
The only difference that I could find was that the one that remembered the login has one plugin, Lastpass, and the other doesn’t have any. But then again a third profile which has a bunch of plugins did not remembered the login.
I just can’t figure out what could make the difference here.
Hello BBpressers 🙂
Left, center and right align show correctly on my moderator account, but like “<p style=”text-align: left;”>vasen</p>” for the forum “participants”.
Same for adding <h1>HEADER</h1> in the text editor, which the Graphic shows correctly, but when a participant sends the message you just see what you have written.
Example https://pokerifoorumi.org/aihe/testi-ketju/#post-1918 and the next post.
How could I approve a bit of basic html, or at the very least get the graphic side to work properly for the participants?
WP 6.4.2, Hello Theme, BBpress 2.6.9, TinyMCE Visual Tab 1.0.1
I tried a new theme and the troubleshooting tool. No joy. I am going to create a clone site from scratch and make sure I install bbpress first and test the edit feature. I’ll install AWPCP second to see if the same issue happens. I’ll post the results once I’m done. Fortunately the site is for testing anyway. I have some users but I know all of them so it won’t be a big deal. I think I installed AWPCP first initially but I don’t remember for sure.
ok, 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.
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
it is unusual to see index.php included in a url
https://meltdowncnc.com/wordpress2/index.php/forums/topic/website-test-committee-input/
what theme are you using?
ok, so as a test
deactivate the AWPCP Classifieds and see if the topic/reply edit then goes to the correct place – if so I’d suspect that AWPCP Classifieds may be looking for ‘/edit/ and taking that through to their page, but let’s see if that happens
I recently installed bbpress and AWPCP Classifieds. Whenever a user clicks the edit button to edit their post, it takes them to a page that asks for the Ad email and access key. This page is default with AWPCP and is called -Edit Ad. Inside that page is the shortcode [AWPCPEDITAD]. I disabled the AWPCP plugin to test and the result was when a user clicked the edit button, it then just shows the shortcode text from the -Edit Ad page. I am little more than a beginner when it comes to web development. I have built a few websites but they are all basic and mostly wordpress sites. This is the site address if you would like to look at it. https://meltdowncnc.com/wordpress2/
The site is for testing. Hopefully once it is done, I can put it into service for my club. Thanks if anyone can help.
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.
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
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.
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
Hello,
I am trying to follow the step-by-step instructions, and I am still having trouble displaying the main forum page. I am trying to use method 1. I checked and verified the settings.
I added some test forums and topics, and I can see them in the backend.
Forum Root = Forums
Permalink structure is set to POSTNAME
Category | Tag base left blank (default)
I created a page called Forums and nothing displayed.
I tried adding the shortcode and still nothing appears.
I am referring to: https://codex.bbpress.org/step-by-step-guide-to-setting-up-a-bbpress-forum/#3-%c2%a0creating-a-forum-page
Page Links: https://bkswathq.com/forums
Wordpress : 6.3.2
bbp Version 2.6.9
Thanks in advance.
Fills silly to be stuck so early on in the process.
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. There are no show stopper bugs in it, it may throw a few deprecation 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 6.3 and php 8.1 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.
The main WordPress support forums use bbpress, and it would be mega work to move those over to some other product.
But with open software you make your choices….
I suppose add_filter(‘mod_’,’upd_($role,$caps)’) should have this for arguments even though they’re for the return values. bbp_get_participant_role probably provides the elements for all the capabilities, but if only some are modified in the array, the others could be lost during the return if not also repeated. In my test the init statements are displayed on the screen as if they are errors. Then when the user choses a subforum it prompts for a login to add a topic. This opens up another area to suppress that request itself. That’s why programmers get plugins because you have to be an expert to know how to do all this. If you want to know the basics you have to go back to school.
I need help fixing this issue with my forum the staging site works fine! The production site does not, I have talked to wordpress support and they couldn’t figure it out either. Everything is the same… How do I fix this issue. Everytime I post to the forum I have to clear cache and cookies to see it. but it works just fine on test site? SOMEBODY HELP! Thank you, here is my sites:
staging: https://staging-018d-simplysoundadvice.wpcomstaging.com/
Production: https://simplysoundadvice.com
Awesome, i was able to test it to run every hour and check for posts older than 1 days and it works.
Thank you so much @robin-w
sorry, I’m just a free volunteer, I generally don’t have the time to look at individual problems, and this seems to be specific to your site.
I am suspicious that it might be caching software – can you confirm that neither your site or hoster use this, or if they do as a test disable.
I would also try
dashboard>settings>permalinks and just click save – this resets the permalinks and may help
Then I would do the following
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.
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
I did set it up correctly, you wish i can give you a admin access to the site, it is only a test site because i have the same Problem on my Main page. I thought it was due to customizing but seems to be another issue.
