[BillOsuch]

I attempted deactivating the plugin, and it took my entire site offline! Trying to load any page just gives a blank screen – no error message, no code. I reactivated the plugin, but the forum menus in admin are no longer there, so I can’t run the “reset forums” that people have mentioned.

This is a production site, with 8000+ hits daily, so I’m not able to start deactivating plugins and changing themes like other posts have suggested.

Help?

[Robin W]

If you haven’t already, suggest you contact your host provider for a backup.

Deactivating the plugin should not take down your site – sounds like the site bugged whilst deactivating.

Whether you run bbpress or not, if your site is that busy, the you really need a development/backup site – suggest you invest time in creating one see

https://codex.bbpress.org/creating-a-test-site/