[wrip]

We used to have an old version of bbPress on our website, which was uninstalled years ago. I’ve recently noticed some meta keys starting with “_bbp_” in the wp_postmeta table like these:
_bbp_last_active_time
_bbp_forum_subforum_count
_bbp_reply_count
_bbp_total_reply_count
_bbp_akismet_error
_bbp_akismet_history
_bbp_akismet_as_submitted
_bbp_akismet_user_result
_bbp_akismet_user

I believe these are all bbPress-related data. Is it okay to manually remove these from the database? Does bbPress store data in other core WP tables?

[Robin W]

if you are no longer using bbpress, then yes you can delete these manually from the database.

bbpress may additionally have some settings stored in wp_options table, again these will all have bbp in their name.

[wrip]

@robin-w
Thanks for your reply. I have also checked the wp_posts table.

SELECT * FROM wp_posts WHERE post_type = "forum" OR post_type = "topic" OR post_type = "reply"

I can see some posts with the following post types:

• forum
• reply
• topic

Are these post types part of bbPress? Are there any additional post types added by bbPress?

[Robin W]

yes these are the 3 bbpress post types, and they are the only post types.

[wrip]

So it is also safe to remove all the posts from wp_posts table that have these 3 post types? Is that correct?

[Robin W]

yes that should be fine