bbPress Codex

bbPress 1.x To import the old bbPress 0.x/1.x standalone forums to bbPress 2.x you must upgrade to bbPress 1.2. A good starting point on how to this is in the following topic.

Invision IPB v3.1x, v3.2x, v3.3x & v3.4x Importer for bbPress FAQ & Known Issues Forums Forum visibility such as moderator or admin only forums will be publicly visible after importing and you need to secure these manually. ‘Link Forums’ will be imported as a standard forum without any URL redirect link. ‘Locked Forums’ will be […]

Mingle Forums WordPress Plugin v1.0.33.3 Importer for bbPress FAQ & Known Issues Forums Forum ‘Categories’ are not imported from wp_forums_groups you will need to manually create these ‘parent forums’ and assign the forums to these after the import and recounts have finished. Topics & Replies Sticky topics ‘topic status’ are not set during import, manually […]

Simple Press v5.x Importer for bbPress FAQ & Known Issues Versions Latest tested version: v5.5.2 – Build 12017 Forums Forum ‘Categories’ are imported as a ‘Forum’ – You must manually configure the forum types for ‘category’ forum type after the import and recounts have finished. ‘Locked Forums’ will be imported as like a normal open […]

vBulletin v4.x Importer for bbPress FAQ & Known Issues Known Issues: Users must reset their password manually using /wp-login.php?action=lostpassword See #1969 for detailed password information. Forums Forum visibility such as moderator or admin only forums will be publicly visible after importing and you need to secure these manually. ‘Link Forums’ will be imported as a […]

phpBB v3.x Importer for bbPress FAQ & Known Issues Forums Forum visibility such as moderator or admin only forums will be publicly visible after importing and you need to secure these manually. ‘Link Forums’ will be imported as a standard forum without any URL redirect link. Topics & Replies ‘Announcement’ and ‘Global’ stickies are imported […]

Like WordPress, bbPress has the built in capability to be used in any language. The instructions below assume you have already configured WordPress in Your Language and Installing WordPress in Your Language. Like WordPress, you don’t have to lift a finger to apply bbPress translations or translation updates. Most sites are now able to automatically […]

bbPress keeps track of relationships between forums, topics, replies, and topic tags, and users. Occasionally these relationships become out of sync, most often after an import or migration. The ‘Repair Forums’ tools are located in your WordPress Dashboard -> ‘Tools’ -> ‘Forums’ -> ‘Repair Forums’ (/wp-admin/tools.php?page=bbp-repair) These tools create substantial database overhead so only run […]

Description The ‘bbp_author_link’ function is used to display the most recently active author’s avatar and username linked to their profile How to use it $args (optional) – Accepts an array of arguments to configure display ( post_id, link_title, type, size ) Uses bbp_get_author_link() Sample code example Displays the linked avatar and username for the most […]

Overview bbPress comes built in with user Roles that give the website owner the ability to tailor user access to their website. This page details the bbPress capabilities that each role has. You manage bbPress users roles in the same way you manage WordPress user roles. (/wp-admin/users.php) Under the hood details of the roles and […]