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Hello bbPress Support Team,

https://oudmajlis.net/forum/

I am having an issue with my bbPress forum on my WordPress site. When I try to open the forum, it displays a blank white page.

I also received a warning about a potential slug conflict:
“Potential bbPress conflict: Forum slug”

Here is what I have tried so far without success:

Changing the forum slug

Deactivating and reactivating bbPress

Checking for conflicting pages or posts

Flushing permalinks

Clearing browser and server cache

The forum contains important data (topics, replies, users) that I cannot afford to lose.

Could you please advise how to resolve the blank page issue and the slug conflict safely while keeping all forum data intact?

Thank you very much for your help.

https://oudmajlis.net/forum/

Hi All,

I’m a newbie here, but willing to give it a go!

Setting up a simple forum.

Need help, there is not adequate padding/line breaks before the bbPress plugin.

So the ‘Subscribe’ button gets chopped off at the top.

Wish I could post an image or link for you, but the forum is members only.

Have tried this in the theme Customize CSS section:

BBPress Top Margin:

.bbp-the-content-wrapper {
margin-top: 16px; */
}

.bbp-submit-wrapper {
padding: 16px 0;
overflow: hidden; /* Fixes container issues */
}

Thanks in advance, your help massively appreciated.

Warmly, Pasha

I’ve noticed some strange behavior and I’m not sure if it’s intended. When a topic is approved after being sent to moderation, and the user subsequently edits that topic, the revision log displays two revisions instead of one. Ideally, the log should only display the specific edit the user marked for logging, rather than all revisions.

I found this line of code which appears to accept any revision, including those not typically found in the bbPress log. Ideally, it should skip any IDs that are not explicitly present in the bbPress log.

Hi, I have a somewhat unusual question. On my site, I have a specific post with 78 comments. Now that I’ve set up bbPress, I’d like to move the entire discussion—including the post and all comments—into a forum as a topic with replies.

I haven’t found a ready-made way to do this. Using WP-CLI, I exported all 78 comments to a CSV file in the following format:

“author_id”,”date_time”,”comment_text”

I then tried creating a shell script that uses tail on the file, processes it with sed and cut to separate the columns, and then loops through an import with wp cli post create using post_type=reply and post_parent set to the main post (which I can easily create manually).

But with my very basic knowledge, I haven’t been able to get it to work, so I’m giving up trying on my own. 🙂

I only want to do this operation for this specific post, and maybe one more with 12 comments. It would be wonderful to have it moved as a topic in the bbPress forum.

Does anyone happen to have a ready solution, or a bit of time to help me out? 🙂

I’m encountering a strange behavior in my new bbPress installation. Here’s what happens:

Setup:
• Forum: “General”
• Sticky post in this forum containing the rules (closed for replies)
• A test topic: “Now I’m drinking coffee”
• A reply added to the test topic

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create the topic “Now I’m drinking coffee” in the “General” forum.
2. Add a reply to this topic. Everything works as expected.
3. Go to wp-admin → Topics → All Topics.
4. Move the “coffee” topic to the trash.

Observed Behavior:
• The reply added to the trashed topic also goes to the replies trash.
• Its post_parent changes from the “coffee” topic to the sticky rules post (still published).
• If I restore the topic from the trash, the reply is no longer associated with the topic.

Expected Behavior:
• The reply’s post_parent should remain linked to the original topic.
• When emptying the topics trash, the reply should be deleted along with the topic, similar to how comments are handled with regular posts.

Environment:
• bbPress latest version
• WordPress latest version
• No child theme active
• Plugin: “Enable bbPress for Block Themes”

Has anyone else experienced this, or is there a fix/workaround?

I have a link in a post,
“https://[address]/myUrl ”
in frontend gets converted to

“https://[address]/myUrl”

The string is linked correctly, but the final quote becomes an entity.
How to avoid this? I see this happens also in this installation, I had to add a space before the quote
My bbPress version is 2.6.14 on wp 6.9

Thanks a lot

Hi,
One of the things we would like our forum members to be able to do on our website is access the profile of other users.

For example, if I saw a post from someone in the forum I might want to click on there profile to find out there direct contact details. At the moment, if I click on there name on a forum post it would link to my own profile. Is it possible to link to another member profile with limited details e.g. name, contact email, contact telephone, Hospice name?

Thanks

I tried to follow the bbPress Codex set up instructions.

However, when I used Method 1 and created a page called “Forums”, the link sent me to a page with just the word “Forums” and nothing else. But once I deleted the “Forums” page, the link worked by showing the forum index. Is this the right way and the instructions are outdated?

2nd problem is that if I use Method 2 to create another forum style using another page and use shortcodes to show the forums, e.g. website.com/chats, if I type website.com/forums, I can still access the forums in that way, which is something that I do not want. I tried changing the “Forum Root” under Settings > Forums but it messed up the layout of the “Chats” page that I created using shortcodes. Is there any way to use Method 2 and still not let people access the forums using /forums?

Edit:
Lastly, is there a list of all the shortcodes that I can use for the forum? I know there is a list in bbp style pack and bbp Private Groups. Are there more shortcodes that I can use or is that all there is?

Hi there 👋

We’re using bbPress on a WordPress site and we’ve noticed that the forum administrator is not receiving email notifications when someone creates a new topic or replies to an existing one.

Here’s what we’re seeing:
• WordPress email is working fine — we’re using SMTP and other emails are being delivered correctly.
• Users who subscribe to forums or topics do receive notifications with no issues.
• The only problem is with the forum administrator / super admin, who does not receive any notification emails at all.

Environment:
• WordPress: 6.9
• bbPress: 2.6.14

Our questions:
1. Does bbPress send notifications to administrators automatically?
2. Is there a specific role, setting, or filter we should enable so administrators receive all notifications?

We need the admin to be notified so they can reply within 24 hours, but without email notifications this becomes difficult.

Any help or guidance would be much appreciated — thank you!

Bonjour,

Je me permets de vous contacter concernant un problème d’accessibilité sur le forum BBPress du site rayons.handivelo.fr. Plus précisément, j’utilise le shortcode

Problème rencontré :
– Je parviens à lire les champs du formulaire avec mon interface vocale, mais la liste déroulante des forums/catégories n’est pas accessible.
– Mon lecteur d’écran indique qu’il y a 19 éléments dans la liste, mais je ne peux pas les lire ou les sélectionner correctement.
– Pour information, je suis non-voyant et j’utilise un logiciel de synthèse vocale pour naviguer.

Questions :
1. Existe-t-il un autre shortcode ou une alternative pour rendre cette liste déroulante accessible ?
2. Serait-il possible de remplacer la liste déroulante par des boutons radio ou des cases à cocher pour faciliter la sélection ?
3. Avez-vous des bonnes pratiques ou des plugins à recommander pour améliorer l’accessibilité des formulaires BBPress ?

Contexte technique :
– Site : rayons.handivelo.fr https://rayons.handivelo.fr
– CMS : WordPress + BBPress
– Interface utilisée : Lecteur d’écran (ex : JAWS, NVDA)

Je reste à votre disposition pour tester toute solution que vous pourriez proposer. Merci par avance pour votre aide, et je vous souhaite une excellente année 2026 !

Bien cordialement,
Christophe