I’m having some issues with this plugin. Hopefully someone here can help.

I’ve installed on a local installation, using Instant WordPress.

I’ve read everything on here about this error and it’s all about ports but I do not know how to make a change to a) Instant WordPress or b) bbpress to fix the issue.

My error is ERROR: Are you sure you wanted to do that?

Yes. Yes I am.

Can anyone offer some insight? Explain it like I’m 5, because the existing answers do not seem to work for me.

I have the most recent versions of WordPress and bbpress installed. I can create forums and topics with the WordPress dashboard, but not replies. I cannot create forums, topics or replies using the plugin at all.

Thank you!

[@enewsdigest Participant 10 years, 12 months ago]

Dear April,

I am having the same issue. I also am deploying and testing in Instant WordPress. Have the same problem. Pity no one has come to rescue till now.

[@morisu Participant 10 years, 10 months ago]

I think this has to do with the fact that we are developing on a local machine and not on an actual server. I have seen multiple issues opened because of this error, but no one seems to want to resolve this issue at all. I resolved it by just uploading it to an actual server and working from there. Yes it’s more tedious, but until someone comes forward with how to fully resolve this issue on local machines, you’re stuck with that solution. For styling, I ended up doing the above, throwing in a lot of replies and topics, then dumped the html into a stand-alone html file. Then styled from there on the local machine and re-uploaded the css afterwards. It more than triples the time and work, but it works. If you have a client, just let them know that is the only way as for now. As for why you’re getting the error, I understand it that bbPress logs the ip from the user each creation of a topic/reply and does not recognize 127.0.0.1 or localhost as valid ip’s (which is what most MAMP/WAMP installs use). WordPress is fine with it, but not bbPress, or so I understand it.

[@donutz Participant 10 years, 10 months ago]

Bumped into this while developing locally, a solution is to filter the requested url in bbp_verify_nonce_request:

add_filter( 'bbp_verify_nonce_request_url', 'my_bbp_verify_nonce_request_url', 999, 1 );
function my_bbp_verify_nonce_request_url( $requested_url )
{
    return 'http://localhost:8888' . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
}

[@robin-w Moderator 10 years, 10 months ago]

@donutz – thanks for sharing that, I’ll add it to the codex when I get a moment !

[@moxie Participant 10 years, 6 months ago]

Where do I have to add that code? I just tried adding it in my functions.php, but that doesn’t seem to work. I’m also working locally, using Bitnami.

[@roodigi Participant 10 years, 5 months ago]

Hello, same question here… Where should we add the code shown in Peter J. Herrel’s post? I searched and couldn’t find a reference to this in the codex. Thanks!

[@mchl Participant 10 years, 4 months ago]

thanks @Peter J. Herrel worked a treat.

@roodigi you add it to your functions file.

[@ajalon Participant 9 years, 10 months ago]

Many thanks to all on this post.
Adding the filter to the functions.php file as in this solution worked for me.

[@dyrer Participant 9 years, 10 months ago]

Thanks for sharing

[@gimmiefreebies Participant 9 years, 10 months ago]

Whenever that’s happened to me it’s because I’ve had the page open too long, or opened in another window (often on another computer). The page changed elsewhere and I’m trying to make changes to an old draft. Not sure that’s the case here, but it did just happen yesterday for that very reason. Refreshing the page and then making edits always fixes for me.

[@tiquality Participant 9 years, 7 months ago]

@donutz Hy Peter, where can I Insert the code you wrote?

My site is in a internal server, and i didnt understand where I insert this code.

tks!

[@tiquality Participant 9 years, 7 months ago]

I found the solution… the fix for this was in the function.php of another theme, and I changed it.
Now I inserted the cde on the bp-custom.php and its safe no more loose this fix.

Thank you guys

[@jethro554 Participant 9 years, 7 months ago]

Thanks for sharing 🙂

[@pravdamien Participant 9 years, 6 months ago]

hey guys. thanks so much for this fix on localhost. Works perfectly

[@rizkyandika88 Participant 9 years, 5 months ago]

i have problem error are you sure you wanted to do that on xampp. please help me.. thanks guys

[@ghos7 Participant 9 years, 2 months ago]

I’m running a local host with xampp and getting this error when trying to run a test forum. I have done all the forum repairs and still have the same issue.

Can anyone explain on what line exactly this function code should be applied and how it should look. Screen shot perhaps? I have no experience in php but doing everything I can to learn as much as possible.

[@robkk Moderator 9 years, 2 months ago]

You add the php code snippet to your child themes functions.php or in a functionality plugin that can hold custom code snippets to fix this issue if you have a port number in the urls while using xampp server.

ERROR: Are you sure you wanted to do that?

[@ezhikorn Participant 9 years, 1 month ago]

Added it in functions.php and it works, saving me to get nuts!

Thx!

[@brad3n Participant 8 years, 10 months ago]

@ezhikorn There are a lot of different functions.php files I’m seeing a lot of different folders within the bbPress plugin. Which one specifically do I add it to?

[@casiepa Moderator 8 years, 10 months ago]

Hi @brad3n,
When there is a mention of functions.php to add code, it’s always referring to the functions.php of your (child) theme, never inside a plugin.

https://codex.bbpress.org/functions-files-and-child-themes-explained/

Pascal.

[@r083r7 Participant 8 years, 6 months ago]

copy and pasted into my child-theme function.php file

add_filter( 'bbp_verify_nonce_request_url', 'my_bbp_verify_nonce_request_url', 999, 1 );
function my_bbp_verify_nonce_request_url( $requested_url )
{
    return 'http://localhost:8888' . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
}

ERROR: Are you sure you wanted to do that? is still there.

Any other ideas?

[@smithcreate Participant 8 years, 4 months ago]

I’m having this error on my production website.

I added the code in my functions.php file of my child theme which causes the site to not load. With the exception that I changed the return value:

add_filter( 'bbp_verify_nonce_request_url', 'my_bbp_verify_nonce_request_url', 999, 1 );
function my_bbp_verify_nonce_request_url( $requested_url )
{
    return 'http://www.ccghpa.com' . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
}

Any other fixes?

[@smithcreate Participant 8 years, 4 months ago]

I solved this. The code above was already in the functions file. I removed it and all is well.

[@sunshineday77 Participant 10 months, 2 weeks ago]

Interesting. I see this post is 10+ years old, but a user reported encountering this error (and provided a screenshot) the other day.

[@robin-w Moderator 10 months, 2 weeks ago]

this error can be produced by several things, it is a usually related to permissions.

The 10 years old post related to a previous version of bbpress that is very different from todays version.

two cars stopped at the side of the road with their hoods up doesn’t mean that they both have the same problem 🙂