I wanted to forums to show New topics on top and the forum index below so I did the following as instructed by Robkk:

Go to Settings > Forums and change the forum root to show Topics by Freshness.

Then add this function to your child themes functions.php or into a functionality plugin.
function recent_bbpress_topics() {
echo do_shortcode(“[bbp-forum-index]“);
}

add_action(‘bbp_template_after_topics_index’,’recent_bbpress_topics’);

Now I have noticed that the Forum Index which is below the most recent topics does not display the proper time and date in the “freshness” column.

Any thoughts?

[@robkk Moderator 9 years, 3 months ago]

Does clearing any cache help solved the issue?? THis could be from server cache, cloudflare cache, or regular caching plugins for WordPress.

[@gptxffa Participant 9 years, 3 months ago]

not sure what changed, i didnt do anything as far as i know, but it just started working again

[@robkk Moderator 9 years, 3 months ago]

Weird that it fixed itself…

Glad you are resolved though.