[Robin W]

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

[jorgenbrandt]

Bread Crumps are not showing in the forums (and they have NOT been disabled in bbp Style Pack)

Using latest update of forum/stylepack
WP 6.2.2, Style 5.5.5, Forum 2.6.9

What do I do wrong?

[webdes44]

I’m using the latest version of WP, bbPress, and Hello by Elementor.

I created topics and replies with my admin profile and fake users, and when I click on the links of the users, it says the page cannot be found. In fact, the whole sidebar that I see here titled Topic Info doesn’t show up as well.

I see others have had this problem in the past: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/user-profile-link-giving-a-404-error/ I wondered if this issue was resolved. But my fake user’s username is just one word, so it’s not a spacing issue.

Here’s a link to my forum page: https://www.referralgroup.b2bopps.com/forums/forum/general-forum/

[Robin W]

fixed in latest release

[frenchalps]

Quick update as of Wednesday May 17th 2023, WordPress Support confirmed a JetPack fix has been pushed, I tested it this morning and it works. If you enable:

JetPack > Settings > Performance > Enable Site Accelerator > Speed up image load times, then bbPress Forum posts will no longer be missing and Site Accelerator will work normally as before.

[frenchalps]

Quick update as of Wednesday May 17th 2023, WordPress Support confirmed a JetPack fix has been pushed, I tested it this morning and it works. If you enable

JetPack > Settings > Performance > Enable Site Accelerator > Speed up image load times, then bbPress Forum posts will no longer be missing and Site Accelerator will work normally as before.

[Robin W]

I have done some initial testing.

On the test site that is running slow, it seems to be related to subscriptions and emailing.

I’d like confirmation that this is indeed the issue for you both as well before I spend time investigating further.

If you are able to help can you go to

bbpress test

and download a small testing plugin.

Then in your site, go to dashboard>plugins>add new and upload the plugin you just downloaded.

When activated, this plugin will stop emails on new topics, which is what I want to prove is the issue. So you’ll need to activate, do the test and then deactivate. During the period when it is activated subscribers will not get emails for new topics, so you may want to time your tests to a quiet time on your site.

So when you are ready activate this plugin, then create a new topic and see if it runs back to the usual speed.

Once you have tested, immediately deactivate this plugin, or your users will not get any new topic emails.

At the moment this is only testing new topics not replies, so no point in testing replies yet !!

[hannajor]

Hello, I work for a software development company that specializes in web and mobile solutions. I have some experience with bbPress and I agree that it can be slow sometimes. One thing that helped me to improve the performance was to update the bbPress plugin and WordPress core to the latest versions. You can also disable any plugins that you don’t need or that are not compatible with bbPress. You can also try to use a lightweight theme that is optimized for speed. I hope this helps you to solve your problem. Cheers!

[Robin W]

@kemmieg – no offence from you. Has it previously been ok ? One of my test sites is looking slow on topics but not replies, but I’ll need to dig into what is happening and it may be a few days.

[loftus49]

Robin is either a saint or a wizard – maybe both. He found the latest problem as the forums being marked as “Private” rather than “Public”. I changed it per his instruction and it now works.

Consider this thread SOLVED and closed.

Thanks Robin.

[Robin W]

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

[Robin W]

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

[kent3452]

Hi, I am using bbPress to run a forum where my users can upload contents on it.
everything was working fine until few days ago I realized that whenever I tried to click on a topic in a specific forum, Critical Error occured in WordPress. By downgrading PHP version to 7.4 from 8.0, I managed to access the topics again. However, now I am unable to see the reply’s contents neither the attachements (my users can upload file in reply as well).

Strangely, when I click EDIT in reply, I can see the reply in texts (attachments do not show though) but when I hit the Submit button, the reply box is still blank.
I checked the Replies box in WordPress admin and I can see they are correctly linked to the topic.

Can somebody help me? I have been looking through a respectful amount online but I could not find a solution 🙁

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[loftus49]

To simplify I’ve deleted the domain “loftorg.com” as well as all extraneous databases and database users. Now, we can focus on https://test.loftusweb.com.

Go to the top right of the home page. (Loftus Family Homepage/Forums/Registry). Click Forums or Registry. Both should be populated with numerous topics, not blank. The issue is that “Forums” and “Registry” keep losing their data (topics) when addressed from the web. When I load the site from within the WP Admin area, it is populated with the topics.

[Robin W]

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

[loftus49]

Reset permalinks

I think part of the problem is a multi-shared-incorrect-database array on the server. I’ve asked server admin to investigate. Somehow the database(s) for test.loftusweb.com / loftorg.com / loftusweb.com is incorrectly accessing the wrong domanin/sub-domain.

I’ve deleted everything in loftorg.com and will start over with it once the database issue is resolved for test.loftusweb.com. Then, we will only have one domain (test.loftusweb.com) to troubleshoot.

I’ll update this when server admin gets done.

[loftus49]

Above should read:

I noticed a difference between going to the URL direct from a browser or going to the site from within the WP Admin panel:

What I get when clicking the “Forums” or “Registry” menu items using a browser to directly access the site https://test.loftusweb.com

Forums Search

What I get when clicking the “Forums” or “Registry” menu item from within the WP Admin for test.loftusweb.com

Correct Forum and topics

My mind has officially turned to mush …

[loftus49]

I noticed a difference between going to the URL direct from a browser or going to the site from within the WP Admin panel:

What I get when clicking the “Forums” or “Registry” menu items using a browser to directly access the site “https://test.loftusweb.com” –

Forums Search

What I get when clicking the “Forums” or “Registry” menu item from within the WP Admin for test.loftusweb.com:

Correct Forum and topics

My mind has officially turned to mush …

[loftus49]

Hi and thanks once again for your response.

I do not use JetPak .. use WordFence and Akismet.

I tried the Twentytwenty theme … does not rectify the problem (just produces weird spacing and color schemes).

I tried the plugin testing – alas no joy. The problem did not correct when they were all (except bbpress) deactivated.

I’ll try the “HealthCheck & Troubleshooting” plugin you listed. Stay tuned.

[Robin W]

ok, presume you have bbpress enabled ?

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

[loftus49]

OK .. the wheels fell off the cart. All of a sudden, the “Forums” are not showing up through the menu links on the homepage. https://test.loftusweb.com – then click either Forums or Registry in the top menu. Interesting that when the “magnify glass” in SEARCH is clicked, the Forums and Topics are displayed but not accessible.

The HTML pages (links on left side-bar menu) still work.

[Robin W]

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

[evanhgh]

Here is the link that I’m referring to (if that helps)
https://homesteadacademy.com/forums/view/latest-topics/

[loftus49]

How do I move the last two entries herein to a new topic?

At the moment, both sites are essentially empty. I’ll be unpacking a “cPanel” backup of an old HTML site to the “test” site then somehow converting all the HTML pages to WP pages. I will be replacing the old dokuwiki with bbpress and manually populating the bbpress forum with about 100 entries (topics). Once all is beautiful and operative with the “test” site I’ll move it from “test.mysite.com” to “mysite.com”.

Will the bbpress forum move with the website transfer to the new site or does anything proprietary to bbpress need to be done (e.g. new SQL Database) ?

[Robin W]

ok, moving bbpress between sites can be complex.

Is the test site a mirror of the live site?