Follow this first
General Issues
bbPress works with many themes and plugins, but it is impossible to test all combinations, and many issues are caused by conflicts with plugins and themes.
Therefore before posting, please test if your issue is resolved by the following
Plugins
Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. If it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.
Themes
If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwelve, and see if this fixes.
If the above produces an issue:
If it is a paid theme or plugin, please contact the authors for resolution.
If free, do ask here, we may know of workaround.
PLEASE tell us you have done the tests above when posting.
OTHER COMMON FIXES
The following will do no harm, so are worth a try and can fix some issues
Dashboard>settings>permalinks. Don’t change anything, but just click save. This resets the permalinks, and can solve some 404 errors.
Dashboard>tools>forums>repair forums and run one at a time. Useful if you’ve got some stuff not showing – doesn’t often fix but occasionally does.
follow this , it could most likely be a plugin issue
General Issues
bbPress works with many themes and plugins, but it is impossible to test all combinations, and many issues are caused by conflicts with plugins and themes.
Therefore before posting, please test if your issue is resolved by the following
Plugins
Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. If it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.
Themes
If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwelve, and see if this fixes.
If the above produces an issue:
If it is a paid theme or plugin, please contact the authors for resolution.
If free, do ask here, we may know of workaround.
PLEASE tell us you have done the tests above when posting.
OTHER COMMON FIXES
The following will do no harm, so are worth a try and can fix some issues
Dashboard>settings>permalinks. Don’t change anything, but just click save. This resets the permalinks, and can solve some 404 errors.
Dashboard>tools>forums>repair forums and run one at a time. Useful if you’ve got some stuff not showing – doesn’t often fix but occasionally does.
you can use the bbPress views widget.
which would link to optional ways to view the topics.
Recommended im not sure though?? maybe as an alternative you can use most replied too??
to add more custom views
you can plop this code into your child themes functions.php file or add it into a functionality plugin.
/**
* Register these bbPress views:
* - Popular Topics
* - Unpopular Topics
* - Random Topic
* - Recently Closed
* - Tagged Test
* - All Topics
* - Open (Not Closed)
* - Random Single Topic
*
* @uses bbp_register_view() To register the view
*/
function ntwb_register_custom_views() {
bbp_register_view( 'popular-topics', __( 'Popular Topics' ), array( 'meta_key' => '_bbp_reply_count', 'orderby' => 'meta_value_num' ), false );
bbp_register_view( 'unpopular-topics', __( 'Unpopular Topics' ), array( 'meta_key' => '_bbp_reply_count', 'orderby' => 'meta_value_num', 'order' => 'asc' ), false );
bbp_register_view( 'random-topic', __( 'Random Topic' ), array( 'orderby' => 'rand' ), false );
bbp_register_view( 'closed', __( 'Recently Closed' ), array( 'post_status' => 'closed' ), false );
bbp_register_view( 'taggedtest', __( 'Tagged Test' ), array( 'topic-tag' => 'test' ) );
bbp_register_view( 'all-topics', __( 'All Topics' ), array( 'order' => 'DESC' ), false );
bbp_register_view( 'open', __( 'Open (Not Closed)' ), array( 'post_status' => 'publish' ), false );
bbp_register_view( 'random-single-topic', __( 'Random Single-Topic' ), array( 'orderby' => 'rand', 'posts_per_page' => '1', 'max_num_pages' => '1' ), false );
}
add_action( 'bbp_register_views', 'ntwb_register_custom_views' );
do this first
General Issues
bbPress works with many themes and plugins, but it is impossible to test all combinations, and many issues are caused by conflicts with plugins and themes.
Therefore before posting, please test if your issue is resolved by the following
Plugins
Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. If it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.
Themes
If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwelve, and see if this fixes.
If the above produces an issue:
If it is a paid theme or plugin, please contact the authors for resolution.
If free, do ask here, we may know of workaround.
PLEASE tell us you have done the tests above when posting.
OTHER COMMON FIXES
The following will do no harm, so are worth a try and can fix some issues
Dashboard>settings>permalinks. Don’t change anything, but just click save. This resets the permalinks, and can solve some 404 errors.
Dashboard>tools>forums>repair forums and run one at a time. Useful if you’ve got some stuff not showing – doesn’t often fix but occasionally does.
it should show the last reply time
it could be a theme or plugin issue
Plugins
Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.
Themes
If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwelve, and see if this fixes.
Then come back
Yes, this is very strange.
I’ve placed the link for my forum and for my “test” topic below. I’ve been searching with the word “Wellsville” as that is unique to topic below. All it returns is the newest blog post which does not have Wellsville in it anywhere.
My standard search within WordPress works as it should. Should the bbPress search be limited to the forum? That would be good.
http://www.ohio-offroad.com/forums
http://www.ohio-offroad.com/forums/topic/wellsville-still-operational/
I still have this problem on the latest bbpress and wordpress. Im trying to embed the shortcode on the feedback-no-search.php so that it displays when there is no search result and the user can ask the question on the forum. For admins it works fine but for non-admins get the message “You cannot create new topics.”
The fix that @satrya and @robin-w posted also doesn’t work on this version of bbpress, but again thats ia comment from a year ago.
it should only be seen by keymasters.
test it out create a dummy participant user and switch to them and see if you see it anymore.
Hello – I’ve installed ‘bbPress’ on my website as well as the ‘bbPress WP Tweak’ to add a nice sidebar. Both the search area located at the top of the standard ‘bbPress’ install as well as the search area found in the ‘bbPress WP Tweak’ sidebar do not reap any search results.
I have 1 topic submitted for testing. The keyword is ‘Wellsville’. The search does not find this topic.
Any ideas? I’m completely stumped and a search function is an extremely important feature.
I should also add that outside of the bbPress plugin, my sites search feature works normal.
probably either a theme or plugin issue
Plugins
Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.
Themes
If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwelve, and see if this fixes.
Then come back
An update on this.
I got it to work by editing the .htaccess file.
Add this code block at the start of the file:
<FilesMatch “^(wp-login|wp-log|index)\.php$”>
Header set Set-Cookie wordpress_test_cookie=WP+Cookie+check
</FilesMatch>
Regards
Rune
so far it is running off a test site that I am working with before I set up the actual domain where I can upload the skin, so bear with me. It only happens when the user is logged in.
http://www.timesaverswebdesign.com.au/sandbox/test
I am running Bbpress 4.1.1. If you have the revision log turned on, every saved edit will be displayed under the post. I’m a frequent post editor, so I wind up with 10+ logs if I don’t remember to uncheck the box, and there’s no easy way to delete them.
I am looking for a way to make each topic and post only show the latest edit. There should only ever be one edit note per post. Is this possible, via plugin or code or some option I haven’t found yet?
If your site is public, please put a url/link to an example page. What is to you an obvious written description is frequently not clear to us, and the ability to see is much better. We are also able to fix many display issues by loading your site and seeing what it is sending the browser in the background, so a link rather than a picture is really useful.
If you are setting up, please see the Getting Started section of the codex first.
Getting Started
Please see this page for any frequently asked questions we may already have an answer for you.
Frequently Asked Questions
Please also see these pages for help troubleshooting possible issues in bbPress. PLEASE tell us you have done the tests before when posting.
Troubleshooting
ow !
Hopefully the company have restored the database to back beyond your attempts to optimise it?
If so it should have no errors. So if it has, they probably need to go back to an older version if they have one – many hosters don’t.
Is it just forums entries that are missing???
if so you could try
dashboard>tools>forums>repair forums
and when you do get it going again, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don’t do stuff to a live site again.
1. a few hours invested in a test site
https://codex.bbpress.org/creating-a-test-site/
and you would not have lost your live site, and
2. REGULARLY back your main site (the above tells you how) and you could have just restored that – hosting companies rarely keep much, and an issue found after a week can be fatal !
Do come back for further help if needed.
just to jump in here
bbporess 2.5.5
wordpress 4.1.1
Twentyten theme
and no other plugins does not have this issue.
Therefoere it is likely to be a plugin or theme issue
as suggested by Robkk, suggest you
Plugins
Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.
Themes
If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwelve, and see if this fixes.
Then come back
‘Normal’ users get the message “You cannot create new topics.” when you add echo do_shortcode ('[bbp-topic-form]');
This is a similar topic to this message created almost three years ago, has anyone a solution for the current (latest) version of bbpress and wordpress.
Hello,
@clarasebeste
Thanks for you answer, but as you can see on the screenshot, bbpress has already a breadcrumb.
@robin-w
Thanks for this interessting Plugin. I test it with my Test-WP and identify this code for placing the subscription-toggle in the right:
.subscription-toggle {
float:right;
}
Add this in my childtheme/css/bbpress.css and it works. Thanks.
Found also in the extras a nice looking loop-forums.php for displaying the complete forum 😉
Gerd
i tested the Bones framework custom post type archives and it shows the class, so does the downloads archive in Easy Digital Downloads , Woocommerce’s shop page has not problem though.
I dont know what to tell ya really??
I have duplicated my website on a test domain with another host provider, and it’s the same problem there too.
However, I have found out that it works perfect when I use Firefox, but not when I use Chrome or Internet Explorer.
As far as I can see I get the white page with “blocked” written on it when the login and register page redirects to the wp-login.php page.
Is it possible to redirect from the register page and the login page to the forum page without involving the wp-login.php page?
Thanks again
Regards
Rune
I made some more testing. 4 testusers are subcribers of my forums in the testinstallation. If there is a new topic only the last subcriber get the notification mail and the admin-Email the Mail delivery failed notice because of noreply@mytestdomain.com. For me it looks like, there is a bug in version 2.5.5. What is the opinion of the experts?
Gerd
Hello Robkk,
thanks for your reply. At first I thought it was WP Better Emails or MailPoet Newsletter. I deaktivate this plugins, but the same.
Now I used a fresh Testinstallation of WP, installed bbpress and the same. If someone subscribe to forum, I got a Mail delivery failed notice.
I try a little search and found in this file \wp-contetnt\plugins\bbpress\includes\common\functions.php this code:
// Strip tags from text and setup mail data
$topic_title = strip_tags( bbp_get_topic_title( $topic_id ) );
$reply_content = strip_tags( bbp_get_reply_content( $reply_id ) );
$reply_url = bbp_get_reply_url( $reply_id );
$blog_name = wp_specialchars_decode( get_option( ‘blogname’ ), ENT_QUOTES );
$do_not_reply = ‘<noreply@’ . ltrim( get_home_url(), ‘^(http|https)://’ ) . ‘>’;
// For plugins to filter messages per reply/topic/user
$message = sprintf( __( ‘%1$s wrote:
// Strip tags from text and setup mail data
$topic_title = strip_tags( bbp_get_topic_title( $topic_id ) );
$topic_content = strip_tags( bbp_get_topic_content( $topic_id ) );
$topic_url = get_permalink( $topic_id );
$blog_name = wp_specialchars_decode( get_option( ‘blogname’ ), ENT_QUOTES );
$do_not_reply = ‘<noreply@’ . ltrim( get_home_url(), ‘^(http|https)://’ ) . ‘>’;
// For plugins to filter messages per reply/topic/user
$message = sprintf( __( ‘%1$s wrote:
So I think, the email will be generatet of bbpress. How can I prevent this Mail delivery failed notice?
Gerd
Hi. I have inherited a site using BBpress and there are some issues with new user registration. The forum settings are to give new registered users a Participant role, and my WP default is Subscriber for new users.
However, when somebody new registers for the forum, they are given full Admin access in wordpress. Obviously not something that is desirable.
I’m running the latest versions of both WP and BB. Please advise!
@yrisse3
It could be a plugin issue
Plugins
Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.
you can also see if your theme is causing the issue but its probably more of a plugin issue..
Themes
If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwelve, and see if this fixes.
@eastdevonalliance
It could be a plugin issue
Plugins
Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.
you can also see if your theme is causing the issue but its probably more of a plugin issue..
Themes
If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwelve, and see if this fixes.
if not come back
