Hi,
I’m currently running bbPress 2.6-beta-2 and WordPress 4.8 (I switched to the beta because it solved an issue that I ran into earlier during development).

I’m attempting to import bbPress forum content from an old SQL database into bbPress forums using a hand-rolled Perl script that maps the exported CSV fields to the fields in wp_posts and key/value pairs in wp_postmeta.

The Results and Issue
1. On the admin Topics page, my Topic is shown connected to the correct parent forum.
2. I can also view the topic page and comment on the topic.
3. But the imported Topic doesn’t appear in the forum when displayed on the site.

Here are the fields that I’ve successfully imported data into:

FOR FORUMS wp_posts:
post_author
post_date
post_date_gmt
post_content
post_title
post_status
post_name
post_type

FOR TOPICS wp_posts:
post_author
post_date
post_date_gmt
post_content
post_title
post_status
post_name
post_type
post_parent

FOR TOPICS wp_postmeta:
_bbp_forum_id
_bbp_topic_id

When I update the Topic and the forum, WordPress creates additional meta_keys/values for each entry, but the Topic still doesn’t appear in the forum.

Questions: Are there other meta-keys/values I need in wp_postmeta, or any other key/values in any other table to get the Topic to appear? What am I missing?

Thanks in advance

Angela

[@robin-w Moderator 7 years, 5 months ago]

may not work, but try

dashboard>tools>forums>repair forums

[@highgatecreative Participant 7 years, 5 months ago]

Thank you so much! It worked! I just have to refresh each page to get the forums working now.

[@robin-w Moderator 7 years, 5 months ago]

great – glad you are fixed !!