[MiltonBC]

Hi, I just installed bbpress and have the latest version of wordpress (5.4). I see “voices” and “posts” but no “views”.

Is this standard? I would like to see the number of views by topic.

Is there a simple fix for a non-programmer type guy?

[Robin W]

do you mean the number of times a topic has been viewed?

[MiltonBC]

Yes!

[Robin W]

I can’t see one that works with bbpress currently – I’ll try and take a look over the weekend if I get a chance

[John James Jacoby]

Topic views are not standard in bbPress.

By default, the problem with Views is they trigger database writes on pages that should only be performing database reads.

We’ve considered ways of circumventing this, but have never seriously attempted to build it.

Is there a simple fix for a non-programmer type guy?

You could try installing: https://wordpress.org/plugins/gd-bbpress-tools/

I forget if it offers it, but it does so much other stuff that maybe it will tide you over? 😁

[MiltonBC]

Thanks John !!!

Good explanation for why it’s not there too…