[Editor Mike]

I have run all the tools and checked the cache.
At one point it appeared that the forum was reporting freshness based on the latest topic, not the latest reply.
But it is so all over the place, I am not sure that is the case anymore.

Here is a screen shot that shows a typical error.

Here is a link to the above forum:

https://www.thewargameswebsite.com/forums/forum/general-discussion-3/game-design/

The thing that baffles me, is that the freshness URL is correct.
So why is the bbpress forum itself not reflecting this?

https://www.thewargameswebsite.com/forums/view/topics-freshness/

Here is the site, please do have a look around in the various forums and you will see the freshness is a mess.

If anyone can help I will be very appreciative.

https://www.thewargameswebsite.com/

WordPress 5.3.2
BBpress 2.6.3

[Robin W]

Freshness doesn’t seem to update as quickly any more?

and in particular

bbp Refresh Last Active Time

[Editor Mike]

Tried that, did not help.
Tried excluding forums from cache, turning cache off…

[Editor Mike]

So, only some forums are incorrect based on this display:

It seems this bar is having issues pulling its data?

At a push, can this bar be hidden?

[Robin W]

try

dashboard>tools>forums>repair forums and run one at a time

[Robin W]

that bar can be hidden

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>Forum Display

[Mike Witt]

I’m having this problem too (on v 2.6.3). Running the “repair” scripts above does fix the freshness, but you have to run them every time there’s a new reply. So there must still be a bug there, right?

[Editor Mike]

The tools did not repair it for me, however I have installed the bbp Refresh Last Active Time plug in.

In the few days since reporting this and installing the plugin, there have been enough new topics and new replies to bury the incorrect data.
So for the most part the forum is up to date.
Hopefully no more BBPress updates for a while!

😀

[ericsims]

This is still not working for me. I repaired the forum about a week ago, which worked temporarily, but now it’s wrong again. I repaired it again, but I can’t do it every day.

[Mike Witt]

Still not working for me either, bbPress 2.6.4.

[Mike Witt]

Sorry, I guess this is still an open ticket, right?
https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3297

[Robin W]

yes

[webcreations907]

I’m working on a fix/solution for this, will post it up here in a bit so you can all try it out.

[webcreations907]

The below should update the “Topic” page and the main “Forum” page.

Once you add the code, you’ll have to add a reply to a topic for it to update. Or run the forum repair Robin W mentioned above.

Add the below code to your functions.php file of your theme (preferably child theme), or use the code snippet plugin.

if(!function_exists('ticket3297_bbpress_update_latest_activity')){
	function ticket3297_bbpress_update_latest_activity( $reply_id, $topic_id, $forum_id ){
		
		$new_time = get_post_field( 'post_date', $reply_id );
		
		if ( ! empty( $new_time ) ) {
			update_post_meta( $forum_id, '_bbp_last_active_time', $new_time );
		}
		update_post_meta( $forum_id, '_bbp_last_active_id', $reply_id);
		update_post_meta( $forum_id, '_bbp_last_reply_id', $reply_id );

		$forum_obj = get_post( $forum_id );
		if( $forum_obj && $forum_obj->post_parent !== 0 && bbp_is_forum_category( $forum_obj->post_parent ) ){
		
			update_post_meta( $forum_obj->post_parent, '_bbp_last_active_id', $reply_id );
			update_post_meta( $forum_obj->post_parent, '_bbp_last_reply_id', $reply_id );
			if ( ! empty( $new_time ) ) {
				update_post_meta( $forum_obj->post_parent, '_bbp_last_active_time', $new_time );
			}
		}

	}
	add_action( 'bbp_new_reply', 'ticket3297_bbpress_update_latest_activity',10,3 );
}

if(!function_exists('ticket3297_bbpress_delete_update_latest_activity')){
	function ticket3297_bbpress_delete_update_latest_activity(){
			$reply_id = bbp_forum_query_last_reply_id();
			
			ticket3297_bbpress_update_latest_activity( $reply_id, bbp_get_reply_topic_id( $reply_id ), bbp_get_reply_forum_id( $reply_id ) );

	}
	add_action('bbp_deleted_reply','ticket3297_bbpress_delete_update_latest_activity');
	add_action('bbp_trashed_reply','ticket3297_bbpress_delete_update_latest_activity');
}

That should run when replying, deleting, and trashing replies.

[Alexander Agnarson]

Same issue here.

Discussed here too: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/after-upgrade-to-2-6-x-latest-reply-is-not-the-latest-one-index-only/#post-208975

[ericsims]

Alright, I pasted it in to functions.php, and it seems to be working so far. Thanks so much for sharing! I’ll keep an eye on it over the coming days and hope it keeps working.

Will I need to remove this code if/when bbPress is updated to incorporate this fix?

[webcreations907]

No problem, glad that’s working out for you so far. 🙂

You can remove the code when bbpress releases a fix for it, it’s just a temporary solution until it gets worked out.

[ncarring]

A recent plugin update (unfortunately I can’t pinpoint it because a colleague ran the updates and didn’t record which ones they were), has killed this fix. Currently the situation is that new topics update the freshness on the front page, but replies don’t. The fix is still there in the theme, but it doesn’t seem to be being triggered. Any ideas?

[Robin W]

try dashboard>tools>forums>repair forums

and run as needed.

this may get it back, and then use

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>bug fixes and use that fix.

[masoud180]

Thanks it worked for me

[Robin W]

great !