[moejonet]

There is an infite loop on reply update caused by buddypress activity from bbpress if bbp_thread_replies() is false.

activity tries to get reply position, in this call position is updated for the reply but we are still in edit_post action so wp_update_post is called recursively until server gives up.

stacktrace:

var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/functions.php(2143): wp_update_post(Array)
#2 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/template.php(1757): bbp_update_reply_position(508812, 1)
#3 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/template.php(487): bbp_get_reply_position(508812, 508811)
#4 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/extend/buddypress/activity.php(552): bbp_get_reply_url(508812)
#5 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/extend/buddypress/activity.php(642): BBP_BuddyPress_Activity->reply_create(508812, 508811, 495076, Array, 47710)
#6 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(298): BBP_BuddyPress_Activity->reply_update(508812, Object(WP_Post))
#7 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(323): WP_Hook->apply_filters(NULL, Array)
#8 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-includes/plugin.php(453): WP_Hook->do_action(Array)
#9 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-includes/post.php(3480): do_action('edit_post', 508812, Object(WP_Post))
#10 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-includes/post.php(3591): wp_insert_post(Array, false)
#11 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/functions.php(2143): wp_update_post(Array)
#12 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/template.php(1757): bbp_update_reply_position(508812, 1)
#13 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/template.php(487): bbp_get_reply_position(508812, 508811)
#14 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/extend/buddypress/activity.php(552): bbp_get_reply_url(508812)
#15 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/extend/buddypress/activity.php(642): BBP_BuddyPress_Activity->reply_create(508812, 508811, 495076, Array, 47710)
#16 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(298): BBP_BuddyPress_Activity->reply_update(508812, Object(WP_Post))
#17 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(323): WP_Hook->apply_filters(NULL, Array)
#18 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-includes/plugin.php(453): WP_Hook->do_action(Array)
#19 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-includes/post.php(3480): do_action('edit_post', 508812, Object(WP_Post))
#20 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-includes/post.php(3591): wp_insert_post(Array, false)
#21 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/functions.php(2143): wp_update_post(Array)
#22 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/template.php(1757): bbp_update_reply_position(508812, 1)
#23 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/template.php(487): bbp_get_reply_position(508812, 508811)
#24 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/extend/buddypress/activity.php(552): bbp_get_reply_url(508812)
#25 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/extend/buddypress/activity.php(642): BBP_BuddyPress_Activity->reply_create(508812, 508811, 495076, Array, 47710)
#26 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(298): BBP_BuddyPress_Activity->reply_update(508812, Object(WP_Post))
#27 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(323): WP_Hook->apply_filters(NULL, Array)
#28 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-includes/plugin.php(453): WP_Hook->do_action(Array)
#29 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-includes/post.php(3480): do_action('edit_post', 508812, Object(WP_Post))
#30 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/functions.php(45): wp_insert_post(Array)
#31 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-content/themes/mikmag-child/lib/core/MundrImportForums.php(663): bbp_insert_reply(Array, Array)
#32 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(298): lib\core\MundrImportForums->post_import_forums_threads('')
#33 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(323): WP_Hook->apply_filters('', Array)
#34 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-includes/plugin.php(453): WP_Hook->do_action(Array)
#35 /var/www/clients/client1/web17/web/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php(91): do_action('wp_ajax_post_im...')

[Sammes]

Never mind, I updated bbPress and all issues are fixed!

[mariealline]

I just got notice when I went to the backend of my wordpress site that there was an update. It was a bbpress update, so I clicked to install it and it broke my website. I can’t get to the plugins page or anything to uninstall the update. Please help! Even the front end of my website is down. http://mariealline.com.

It looked like it installed correctly, but I get a HTTP ERROR 500 when I try to access my homepage or any other page on the website.

“Downloading update from https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/bbpress.2.5.14.zip…

Unpacking the update…

Installing the latest version…

Removing the old version of the plugin…

Plugin updated successfully.”

Thank you,
mariealline

[Robin W]

It will be something that has changed – so what have you (or wordpress) updated or added ?

[darrennye]

Hello,

See http://www.derekandromaine.com/boards
Or see: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzmtEJeuWu1dNDFRNGRaMnNsVGM/view?usp=sharing

They are currently hidden from the navigation.

Look in the Intros section and click the Test post.

You will see in the reply area, the Submit button is cut off on the right side. In fact almost everything is slightly cut off on the right margin.

In addition, the Subscribe link is left justified where it shouldn’t be.

The website is using the most current WordPress, most current WooThemes Canvas theme, and the most current bbPress. I have updated all plugins to current versions.

I have also disabled all plugins and see the same result. When I switch to the twenty-seventeen wordpress plugin, the submit button is not cut off and things look a bit better, but the Subscribe link is still too far left justified. So this is a conflict between the Canvas theme and bbPress.

I opened a support ticket with WooThemes and they have suggested trying to use the plug-in http://www.rewweb.co.uk/bbp-style-pack/ to resolve any style issues but the plugin looks very complicated to use.

Any suggestions?

Are there any “current” documentation that someone has written, on how to make Canvas play nice with bbPress? I found some old sites with comments about this but nothing recent (which might relate to more current versions).

[michent1]

I ended up having to dig this snippet backup for a new project and made some tweaks.

@struth Updated to only output if user is logged in.

	/**
	 * Generate BBpress Edit Profile Link in a shortcode
	 *
	 * @param $atts, text|class
	 * @example [bbp_edit_profile text="Edit My Profile" class"my-link-style"]
	 * @return string|void
	 *
	 */
	function bbp_edit_profile_link( $atts ) {
		
		//If user isn't logged in, return nothing
		if(!is_user_logged_in()) {
			return;
		} else {
			
			extract( shortcode_atts( array(
				                         'text'  => "",  // default value if none supplied
				                         'class' => "" //Style class for link
			                         ), $atts ) );
			
			if ( $text ) {
				$current_user = wp_get_current_user();
				$user         = $current_user->user_login;
				
				return '<a class="' . $class . '" href="/forums/users/' . $user . '/edit">' . $text . '</a>';
				
			}
		}
	}
	
	add_shortcode( 'bbp_edit_profile', 'bbp_edit_profile_link' );

[kriskl]

Hi,
I am running the latest bbpress 2.5 (not 2.6 yet) and today updated buddypress.

and after the buddypress update avatars do not show anymore in bbpress forums.
every user has the default blank avatar.,

they avatars still show, when exploring buddypress..

if it is any help. it is WordPress MU version.

has anyone else got the same problem? or managed to resolve it?
tnanks

kris

[deserthighway]

My database prefix is smf_ I got that from the smf database info on the existing forum

I also updated to bbPress 2.6 Release Candidate 3 to try that

still got the warning: WordPress database error: [Unknown character set: ‘utf8mb4’]

[rouviere]

My apologies if this has been asked before, but this is my first post to this forum.

Because of a tsunami of spam on our site I’ve installed bbPress Moderation. This has not been updated for a couple of years but still enables moderating comments to our bbPress forum (currently running 2.5.12).

I have two questions:

1. Is bbPress Moderation the best moderation solution for bbPress at this time? If not, is there something else?

2. Currently only Administrators can moderate comments. We would like to assign this task to users that are not Administrators. Is it possible to delegate this role? If so, how?

Thanks in advance for the help.

[tweichart]

i don’t know, just clicked update in my wordpress installation… https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/ shows 2.5.13 too btw, last updated 13 hours ago

[rideshareguides]

The site looked fine until we updated to WP 4.8. Topics became cramped under forum and received an error message when trying to create a topic or reply to a topic at front end. Same error when trying to access forums at back end. Topics at back end show no topics.

Deleted the plugin, reinstalled and started fresh with a new theme. Still see the same old content and get the same error. This is the error message:

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: [] operator not supported for strings in /home/rsgtoday/public_html/forum/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/forums/functions.php:1800 Stack trace: #0 /home/rsgtoday/public_html/forum/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(298): bbp_pre_get_posts_normalize_forum_visibility(Object(WP_Query)) #1 /home/rsgtoday/public_html/forum/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(323): WP_Hook->apply_filters(”, Array) #2 /home/rsgtoday/public_html/forum/wp-includes/plugin.php(515): WP_Hook->do_action(Array) #3 /home/rsgtoday/public_html/forum/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php(1683): do_action_ref_array(‘pre_get_posts’, Array) #4 /home/rsgtoday/public_html/forum/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php(3248): WP_Query->get_posts() #5 /home/rsgtoday/public_html/forum/wp-includes/class-wp.php(617): WP_Query->query(Array) #6 /home/rsgtoday/public_html/forum/wp-includes/class-wp.php(735): WP->query_posts() #7 /home/rsgtoday/public_html/forum/wp-includes/functions.php(955): WP->main(Array) #8 /home/rsgtoday/public_html/forum/wp-admin/includes/ in /home/rsgtoday/public_html/forum/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/forums/functions.php on line 1800

At this point, we would like to get rid of the content that is on the site now and rebuild the forum. The forum site is to be part of a multi-site network of three WordPress sites, so it is critical to get it working. Have read your documentation and will need the right sidebar on the forum.

[rideshareguides]

Are you still keeping this plugin alive and updating? It’s compatible up to WordPress version 4.7.5 and 4.8 is out now. This plugin was last updated 7 months ago. My newly created forum became broken with the update to WP 4.8. Would like to know if you plan to update or should I look for other options for a forum site.

[sourfew]

Expect to notice slower performance but with a fast host, updated platform with PHP 7+, nginx etc it should work ok.
Elasticsearch or Solr for better and faster search.

The importer in 2.6 is much better than 2.5 but expect 10+ hours for the conversion.

I’am in the process of migrating from vbulletin to get a unified platform.

[Daethian]

I’ve been successfully running BP and the forum plugin for several years now.
I did not add any new plugins but of course have been installing updates as they come up.
Sometime in the past month I lost the ability to create a new topic on my forum. The forums are not super busy but I post a monthly contest thread so I know it worked fine a month ago.

No error is generated, the page just reloads. I’ve tried clearing my browser cache in Chrome. I tried using Edge. I went to an entirely different computer from which I’ve never access the site and tried from there using IE. Same result.

I’ve switched to default theme 2015 and I am able to post but I can’t go back and edit or update the post. I also can not reply to the post using the 2015 theme. I am attempting to contact the theme creator for support but there is still some issue with the default theme so I’m asking here too.

Another user was able to post a reply finally but I can’t edit my original post. This seems to affect users at random off and on and then resolves itself but I have no idea what is happening.

Is there some place I can see what plugins were last updated so I can try disabling them?

I’m on my own domain, multi site install.
Apache Version 2.2.31
PHP Version 5.4.45
MySQL Version 10.1.22-MariaDB-cll-lve
bbPress 2.5.12-6148
Wordpress 4.8

[scrawny]

Thanks Robin. I’ll do that when bbPress has been updated for php 7.1

[scrawny]

I installed phpBB and it worked fine, but I wanted something like the Ad Inserter plugin I’m using on WP and couldn’t find anything suitable.

phpBB is a good forum program with lots of good extensions. I’m hoping bbPress will ‘soon’ be updated to function properly with php 7.0.19 and 7.1.

In the meantime I’ve got to post another question elsewhere on how to cleanup the mysql database and get rid of the 7 forums I created using bbPress earlier – all forums named the same because none of them ever appeared as a forum in the listings or appeared anywhere except as a listing on my sidebar- so when I do try bbPress again I won’t endup with a mess of forums all named the same.

[Matoca]

One of my moderators has been having the same problem, can’t edit any topics or replies in the dashboard and then SAVE them. It refuses to save and warns her if she tries to leave the page that her work hasn’t been saved. In addition, I see, (though she can’t) that there is an autosave of the change, but that it is completely blank. I had her clear her cache, try a different browser. None of this worked. As far as the forum was concerned, she wasn’t making any changes. Sometimes, as moderators, we need to make subtle changes in a user’s post, so this is a critical need.

After doing a screen share for an hour with her I finally asked her to make a text change with the VISUAL TAB SELECTED AND THEN SWITCH TO TEXT MODE, THEN UPDATE. Wouldn’t you know? It worked, the new updated page was saved! I have no idea why this is, but I thought I would post this here for anyone in the future who is experiencing this bizarre behavior editing topics in the dashboard.
my best, Matoca

[srjmukherjee2]

I have updated the htaccess with php display error.Now it is showing the error.But I am not being able to solve it.Here is the link.

[SalCollaziano]

I’m pretty sure this happened after I updated my server to php7 from 5.6… I’m getting the following error:

This page isn’t working

cadillacmagazine.com is currently unable to handle this request.
HTTP ERROR 500

…when clicking “Forums” in the admin area – which brings me to the following url:
https://website.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=forum

…and when clicking “Forums” in the top admin bar – which brings me to the following url:
https://website.com/forums/

However, clicking the “Forums” submenu from “Settings” works and brings me here:
https://website.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bbpress

Any idea what could be going wrong here?

Sal C.

[bullarni]

Hi @nesiditsa

Excuse my ignorance but if those patches are applied do they continue to “just work” if the version of bbPress a site is running is updated? Or could potential changes to the core prevent the patches from working properly? Do the patches currently need to be reapplied whenever the core is updated?

Do you know of any good reason the fixes in the patches have not been incorporated into the core already?

Thanks

[Chad R. Schulz]

I understand why you might want only certain users creating topics.
But, I don’t understand why you wouldn’t want those who can create topics from also being able to create replies.

This would seem more functional long term:
membership1 = create topics + create replies
membership2 = create replies only

And like Robin W indicated a simple membership/role plugin could easily set this up. However, limiting those who can create topics to be able to only reply to their own topics would require some custom coding.

I’ve done similar customization, it just takes lots of work as a number of bbPress functions/templates would be affected in both the creating and editing of topics/replies.

And keep in mind all customized functions would need to be periodically updated as security issues arise and other often connected bbPress functionality is updated, as well. This wouldn’t be a set-up once and forget it modification.

Good luck,
Chad

[jvolavka]

The error is new since we last updated plugins (though another site manager updated them so I’m not sure what all ran updates). The error goes away when I deactivate the private groups plugin. This is what I get when I try to add a new blog post:

This page isn’t working

geekgirlpenpals.com is currently unable to handle this request.
HTTP ERROR 500

WordPress version 4.7.5
bbpress version 2.5.12
private groups version 3.4.8

[mktunicus]

Hello Robin,

Rules of the Road — Forum Guidelines

Above url i got from your bbpress forum example list, on that you can see that the heading is appearing eg: “Rules of the Road — Forum Guidelines”. I have not updated the plugin on my website.

[Edeezine]

Hi,
I browsed through your forum to find out if there was a solution to my problem but didn’t find any suitable answer.

My website for the forum-section is : http://cdf-lardy.fr/forums which results in a blank screen. In the back-office, i can simply create new forums but cannot access the “forums” or “All forums”-view, giving the same blank screen.

Version :
WP : 4.7.4
bbPress : 2.5.2
PHP version is 7.1

All other plugins are updated, i tried to disable them all, no changes.

I enabled debug function and got following message :

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: [] operator not supported for strings in /customers/4/9/2/cdf-lardy.fr/httpd.www/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/forums/functions.php:1800 Stack trace: #0 /customers/4/9/2/cdf-lardy.fr/httpd.www/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(298): bbp_pre_get_posts_normalize_forum_visibility(Object(WP_Query)) #1 /customers/4/9/2/cdf-lardy.fr/httpd.www/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(323): WP_Hook->apply_filters(”, Array) #2 /customers/4/9/2/cdf-lardy.fr/httpd.www/wp-includes/plugin.php(515): WP_Hook->do_action(Array) #3 /customers/4/9/2/cdf-lardy.fr/httpd.www/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php(1681): do_action_ref_array(‘pre_get_posts’, Array) #4 /customers/4/9/2/cdf-lardy.fr/httpd.www/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php(3238): WP_Query->get_posts() #5 /customers/4/9/2/cdf-lardy.fr/httpd.www/wp-includes/class-wp.php(617): WP_Query->query(Array) #6 /customers/4/9/2/cdf-lardy.fr/httpd.www/wp-includes/class-wp.php(735): WP->query_posts() #7 /customers/4/9/2/cdf-lardy.fr/httpd.www/wp-includes/functions.php(955): WP->mai in /customers/4/9/2/cdf-lardy.fr/httpd.www/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/forums/functions.php on line 1800

Does anyone have a clue ?

Many thanks in advance
Edeezine

[PrancingHorse]

Hello,

Is there a way to remove the wordpress dashboard for participants/subscribers? Right now the participant/subscriber can see plugins that need to be updated for example and other information like Maintenance and Security Releases.

Thank you,
Diana