[SSmeredith]

I have upgraded bbPress from 2.5.4 to 2.5.6.
All went ok, there was a core .css file directly edited that broke the sidebars, so have put the old one back in and site looks ok. Other than that, everything appears to be in order except for the topics Now not appearing.

http://www.yoga-teacher-training.org/forum/forums/yoga-teacher-training-forum-issues-concerns-and-questions-for-teachers/new-teacher-questions/

You can see that is says 500+ topics, etc. but blank under the heading. The data is in the database. I am tempted to upgrade the WP version and then some miracle it’s fixed… but in the real world, I think I really want to fix this first.

Any ideas? I am hoping it will be a simple fix.

bbPress v 2.5.6
WP v 3.9.3

Thank you in advance for your assistance!!

[Robkk]

do this first

General Issues
bbPress works with many themes and plugins, but it is impossible to test all combinations, and many issues are caused by conflicts with plugins and themes.
Therefore before posting, please test if your issue is resolved by the following

Plugins

Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. If it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

Themes

If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwelve, and see if this fixes.

If the above produces an issue:

If it is a paid theme or plugin, please contact the authors for resolution.
If free, do ask here, we may know of workaround.
PLEASE tell us you have done the tests above when posting.

OTHER COMMON FIXES
The following will do no harm, so are worth a try and can fix some issues
Dashboard>settings>permalinks. Don’t change anything, but just click save. This resets the permalinks, and can solve some 404 errors.
Dashboard>tools>forums>repair forums and run one at a time. Useful if you’ve got some stuff not showing – doesn’t often fix but occasionally does.

but when you do update

i say make a backup of your site using this plugin

https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/

maybe even a couple of backups for a safe measure

1 to your email , 1 on your host , and 1 on your cpu.

then update WordPress.