I am working with a site that has bbPress. Its an old site and I was only recently informed of issues. One I’m currently trying to fix is an issue where I’m seeing my Gravatar appear in Topics and Replies. But I have never participated in this forum.

However, I see my Gravatar and username in Topics and Replies which makes no sense. My client said he was seeing similar issues with his Gravatar. But for now I can only address mine.

• I tried updating all plugins
• Used the Tools>Forums> Repair Forums I selected each relationship to repair one at a time but no luck.
• Turned off all the plugins except for bbPress.
• Deactivated the theme and activated Twenty Thirteen. No change.
• Logged in as a different Admin and still see MY Gravatar and my username.

WordPress: v. 4.0
bbPress: v. 2.5.4
URL: http://icmmaca2.wpengine.com/forums/forum/mmaca

I’m stumped. Any ideas or similar experiences?
Thanks

[@robin-w Moderator 10 years, 2 months ago]

ok, you’re going to have to help us further here

I’ve just looked at the site, and there seem to be lots of avatars and they seem to belong to relevant authors.

Can you specify exactly what you are seeing maybe with what you should be seeing !

[@pcgs51 Participant 10 years, 2 months ago]

Thanks collecting details for you now.

[@pcgs51 Participant 10 years, 2 months ago]

I am an Admin on this site. I am seeing my username and Gravatar applied to Topics and Posts I did not create. I’ve never participated in this forum. The authors are relevant but the gravatar and username assigned to their posts is mine not theirs.

Here is a perfect example. If you visit this page it probably looks normal.
http://icmmaca2.wpengine.com/forums/forum/mmaca

Next I offer this page:
http://icmmaca2.wpengine.com/forums/topic/your-gym-or-business-featured-on-mmaca-site

Please compare what you see to this screenshot which is see what I see.
http://icmmaca2.wpengine.com/images/bbpress-example.png

My user name is indeed pcgs51 and that logo is my official Gravatar but the posts are from other members of the site. My Gravatar all over this forum but these items are not from me.

Steps taken:
All plugins except for bbpress are now turned off but issue continued
I tried using the theme Twenty Thirteen but issue continued
Contacted WPEngine and had a caching exception applied to the site to ensure their agressive caching was not the issue. No luck.
Try viewing this in Incognito. Issue continues.

I don’t know what else to share with you. Please let me know. Thanks.

[@robin-w Moderator 10 years, 2 months ago]

Thanks for that great problem definition – that really helped.

Given all that you’ve done, I’d guess that someone has been deleting users.

When they do this, there is a prompt to either delete that users content, or attribute all content to another – can’t remember how it picks this another, but I’d see who has permission to delete users, and go ton them to see what they have been doing.

[@pcgs51 Participant 10 years, 2 months ago]

Thanks for your reply robin-w. That is a very good assumption but I am not aware of anyone removing users. These are paid membership sites that do not expire so doubtful anyone has been removed. Certainly not in the numbers I’m seeing in the forum. But I will ask the other admins about this. Thanks.

[@robin-w Moderator 10 years, 2 months ago]

Ok, apart from that I am stumped !