[sgrenholm]

I (new to WP and bbPress) am trying to create forums and topics.
But always, both in my local env and a hosted env, they come up completely blank:
absolutely nothing on the page (as seen in browser page source.

I don’t doubt I’m doing something stupid, but I can’t see what. Any ideas?
I’m following the bbPress steps for creating forums and topics.

Site: dev.californiahcvtaskforce.org
A sample forum: http://dev.californiahcvtaskforce.org/forums/forum/this-is-a-forum-created-on-firefox/
bbPress 2.6.9

I have replicated this problem both on my local env (Windows, various browsers) and my hosted dev site.
I have tried various browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox)
I have run the Health Check & Troubleshooting plugin. The problem persists even if every other plugin is disabled.

Ideas?

Thanks, Stephen

[Robin W]

I’d suspect That you are using one of the new FSE themes, so you need a fix to work with bbpress.
installation.

Install this additional plugin

bbp style pack

once activated, navigate to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack, and you should see the first tab called ‘Theme Support’ – if you don’t see this, come back.

In that tab, select

Enable Theme Support

and save

The forums should then display

[sgrenholm]

Yay!
Thanks for the quick reply. Yes, that fixed the issue.

I look at my post and find that I forgot to specify my FSE Theme (Twenty-Twenty-Three).

[Robin W]

no problem, glad you are fixed !