Frequently Asked Questions
How to’s
How to allow users to register to the site’s forum?
How to stop users from entering the WordPress backend?
How to enable registration?
How to install bbPress themes?
How to redirect users after login?
How to create a Child Theme?
How to change my user avatar in bbPress?
How to import from some other forum software?
How to find a posts ID?
How to set up my forums?
How to delete bbPress and remove all of its content?
How to create content?
How to translate bbPress?
How to customize bbPress?
How to allow users register to the site’s forum?
bbpress is integrated with WordPress, registration for users participating in the forum is the same for all users on your WordPress site. They can register using the default registration pages WordPress provides, or you can use the supplied registration form shortcode for a frontend form. Once a user is registered to your site, they will be able to participate in the forums.
How to stop users from entering the WordPress backend?
All users are able to go to the WordPress backend, if certain users have the capability to manage other options of your site they will see new menu items in the dashboard to do so, by default low level roles like the Participant/Subscriber role can only edit their profile. Moderators are able to manage topics and replies through the areas in the backend. Some people dislike anyone except users with Admin permissions to go to the WordPress backend, if you are one of them you may control who can enter the WordPress backend using this code snippet, or install a plugin like WP Admin No Show.
How to enable registration?
By default in WordPress registration is disabled, you can however change this by logging into the WordPress backend of your site, then go to Settings > General then enable Allow Anyone to Register.
How to install bbPress themes?.
Read Installing Themes in the codex.
How to redirect users after login?
To have a custom url that the users be redirected after logging into your site, you can use this custom code snippet, or Install a plugin that can add the same functionality like Peter’s Login Redirect.
How to create a Child Theme?
Follow the codex guide Child Themes.
How to change my user avatar in bbPress?
Follow the codex guide, How to change my user avatar?.
How to import from some other forum software?
Read this bbPress codex section Import Forums for any information about importing from other forum software.
How to find a posts ID?
To find the post ID of a bbPress custom post type for lets say the shortcodes, near the topic or reply post you will see a number sort of like this #12 by each post, that is the posts ID number. Installing a plugin like Reveal IDs you will see each post and user ID in their respective areas in the WordPress backend. There are also other ways to find the post ID of a post without needing a plugin by reading this piece in a WordPress Codex Guide.
How to set up my forums?
There are two main procedures to set up your forums, configure the forum settings and creating some content. If you need to set up other process of bbPress please see the Getting Started section of the bbPress codex.
How to delete bbPress and remove all of its content?
IF you need to remove bbPress and all of its content, follow the instructions listed in the guide Deleting bbPress.
How to create content?
To learn how to create forums, topics, and replies in bbPress, read the following guide Creating Content.
How to translate bbPress?
To learn how to translate your bbPress forums, read the following guide bbPress in your Language (Localization).
To learn about ways to customize and extend bbPress, read the codex guide Customizing.
Troubleshooting
My Forum posts are returning 404 messages. How can I fix this?
None of the Plugins on bbPress.org seem to work. What’s going on?
Layout & CSS Issues?
Plugin Conflicts
My Forum posts are returning 404 messages. How can I fix this?
This could be an issue with your rewrite rules. To fix this try resetting your permalinks. In your WordPress Administration Screens navigate to Settings > Permalinks, select a different permalink structure and save. Then select your preferred permalink structure and save again.
None of the Plugins on bbPress.org seem to work. What’s going on?
The plugins listed on bbPress.org are for pre-2.x installs, soon they will be moved and archived. All the plugins for the latest version of bbPress (2.x) can be found on WordPress.org with the bbPress tag – check them out!
Layout & CSS Issues?
If you are having layout or CSS issues get started by using Firebug or any of the major browsers have built in ‘Developer Tools’ Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer & Opera.
Plugin Conflicts
To try and resolve conflicts with other plugins please disable all your plugins except bbPress to see if the error persists. Re-enable each plugin one at a time and if things break again you should be able to now know which other plugin is causing the conflict.
Management
How do I make a user a Moderator?
How do I make a sticky Topic?
How can I show the recent Topics from specific Forums in a Page?
How do I make a user a Moderator?
Visit Users > All Users and select the user you wish to make a moderator. From the Change role to… dropdown menu select Forum Moderator, and click Save.
A stick Topic is a Topic that sticks to the top of a Forum. To make a sticky Topic, select Sticky from the Topic Type dropdown menu when you create your Topic. You can make a Topic stick to all of your Forums by making it Super Sticky.
How can I show the recent topics from specific forums in a Page?
You can display recent topics by inserting a shortcode into your page. A list of bbPress shortcodes can be found here.
