Hi,
I want to remove “e-mail” field from the replay form of anonymous users.
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/form-anonymous.php

I removed the website field and it works, I’m trying now to remove the e-mail field too but because it’s require filed it doesn’t work!
If i press “submit” nothing happen at all.

Okay from what I know i should remove this code

<p>
<label for="bbp_anonymous_email"><?php esc_html_e( 'Mail (will not be published) (required):', 'bbpress' ); ?></label><br />
<input type="text" id="bbp_anonymous_email"   value="<?php bbp_author_email(); ?>" size="40" name="bbp_anonymous_email" />
</p>

after that what should I do?! 🙂

[@robin-w Moderator 7 years, 3 months ago]

untried, but try adding this to your functions file

add_filter ('bbp_before_filter_anonymous_post_data_parse_args' , 'rew_remove_mail' ) ;

function rew_remove_mail ($args) {
	$args ['bbp_anonymous_email'] = true ;
return $args ;
}

[@neon67 Participant 3 years, 9 months ago]

Hola!
Someone knows the full code for bbpress – remove the site field in anonymous form?

I’ve tried something like this (for the whole WP) but it doesn’t work

 function remove_url_from_comments($fields) {
    unset($fields['url']);
    return $fields;
}
add_filter('comment_form_default_fields', 'remove_url_from_comments');

Thank!

[@robin-w Moderator 3 years, 9 months ago]

These fields are in a bbpress template so you need to amend that

find
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/form-anonymous.php

transfer this to your pc and edit

remove

<p>
<label for=”bbp_anonymous_website”><?php esc_html_e( ‘Website:’, ‘bbpress’ ); ?></label><br />
<input type=”text” id=”bbp_anonymous_website” value=”<?php bbp_author_url(); ?>” size=”40″ maxlength=”200″ name=”bbp_anonymous_website” />
</p>

and save

create a directory on your theme called ‘bbpress’
ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

Then transfer the file you saved above and put in in the directory called bbpress that you created above, so you end up with
wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress/form-anonymous.php

bbPress will now use this template instead of the original

[@neon67 Participant 3 years, 9 months ago]

Thanks for the detailed answer! It works )))

..I aspire a universal solution now (for a wp and bb) – apparently need to act separately

[@teresaanderson Participant 6 months, 3 weeks ago]

I know that this is an old thread but I’m hoping to still get a reply. I’m having the same issue trying to disable the name, email and website fields in a bbpress forum. Can someone tell me where/how to “find” the following code? wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/form-anonymous.php

I don’t know where to go to find and replace as the instructions state. Thanks for your help!

[@robin-w Moderator 6 months, 2 weeks ago]

This requires you to be able to FTP – do you know how to do this?

[@teresaanderson Participant 6 months, 2 weeks ago]

Thanks for the response!!! I do not know how to FTP. But if it’s something I can learn watching a few YouTube videos I’m happy to do so. Removing the name and email fields are must haves for my site. I’ll put in whatever work is necessary to learn how to remove them.

[@robin-w Moderator 6 months, 2 weeks ago]

I’ve added that capability to my style lack plugin, so add this to your site

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>Topic/Reply Form

and you will see options for this in items 19,20 & 21

[@teresaanderson Participant 6 months, 2 weeks ago]

Apologies for the delayed response. I can’t thank you enough for your help! The updates worked and I no longer see those three fields on my site. Oddly, when I try to post a new topic, it now doesn’t register. When I hit submit, there’s no record of the topic or post ever being created. I’ll continue trying to solve for that issue.
If you’d like to share your cashapp, venmo, etc (not sure if there’s a way to provide that privately). I’d love to buy you a cup of coffee/lunch for your help. I never would have figured it out on my own. Thanks again!

[@robin-w Moderator 6 months, 1 week ago]

hmm… I think I have not fixed it enough !!

part of removing those fields was also getting passed the subsequent checks that bbpress does before allowing the topic to be posted. Looks like it is failing one of those if you are not getting posts saved and displayed.

can you try disabling one at a time and see if it never works on posting or doesn’t when x field is missing

[@teresaanderson Participant 6 months, 1 week ago]

I’ve disabled one at a time until all were deactivated and still the post doesn’t register. Any ideas? Thanks again for your help!!!

[@robin-w Moderator 6 months, 1 week ago]

ok, thanks, i am on holiday at the moment, but if I get some time, I’ll take another look.

I presume you get no errors when you try and post – it is worth scrolling down to the form itself to check that nothing is displayed

[@teresaanderson Participant 6 months, 1 week ago]

Correct. I don’t get any errors and I see no evidence of the submitted post anywhere on the site – lower on the page, on the forums landing page, etc. It doesn’t show up on the topic count either.

Enjoy your vacation!

[@robin-w Moderator 6 months, 1 week ago]

so quick question – do you have any of the code above active – it should not be, as my plugin should work in its place

[@teresaanderson Participant 6 months, 1 week ago]

I just checked. It doesn’t look like I have the code from the previous posts anywhere on the site. I checked all of the custom CSS screens.

[@teresaanderson Participant 6 months ago]

Hi – Just wanted to follow up to see if you have any suggested fixes. DO I need to start over and rebuild the site from scratch? Thanks!

[@robin-w Moderator 6 months ago]

I cannot replicate the problem, I’m not sure what is causing the issue for you.

Starting from scratch is unlikely to get you further.

can you go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>plugin information and scroll down until you find the topic/reply form settings and copy to clipboard and paste in this thread

[@teresaanderson Participant 6 months ago]

I copied the entire page. Please let me know if there’s something else you need. Thanks!

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[@teresaanderson Participant 6 months ago]

I just went back to my test site and it looks like I’m no longer having the issue. I didn’t make any changes to the code, so I’m not sure why it’s working now, but thanks again!

[@robin-w Moderator 6 months ago]

that’s good news – hope it stays fixed !!