My WordPress plugins directory is sym-linked to another folder on the server. So, the following path:
/wp-content/plugins

Is actually a symlink to /home/bayb_qa/shared/plugins

However, for some reason bbpress uses the absolute path (/home/bayb_qa/shared/plugins), rather than the relative path “/wp-content/plugins” when including its css and javascript, such as bbpress.css and editor.js.

This causes 404 problems loading the two files. Is bbPress not designed to handle a symlinked plugins dir?

[@robkk Moderator 9 years, 3 months ago]

Any testing for the issue in this ticket is greatly appreciated.

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2739

[@blakeage Participant 9 years, 3 months ago]

Thanks a bunch for the link.

The workaround posted there indeed fixes the problem.

[@robkk Moderator 9 years, 2 months ago]

Well I am glad the workaround fix worked for you.

Could you CC the trac ticket so you can be notified of any new patch added onto there so you might test it in the future.

Login using your WordPress.org credentials then scroll down to the bottom of the ticket then click the add to CC checkbox, then hit submit changes.