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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 […]

Description The ‘bbp_show_lead_topic’ function is an alternate layout style where topics appear as “lead” posts, ahead of replies whereas by default topics are included in the reply loop. How to use it When set to $show_lead = true the ‘Lead Topic’ uses the single topic part content-single-topic-lead.php allowing you to style the lead topic separately […]

The bbp_list_forums function is commonly used to display a list of sub forums. You can customise the returned data by passing the function some arguments. The bbp_list_forums is a function located in \includes\forums\template.php. To filter this array use: add_filter( ‘bbp_before_list_forums_parse_args’, ‘your_filter_name’ ); An example list of arguments before The value you specify for ‘before’ will […]

Forum User Settings This area defines the privileges and restrictions for the bbPress forums. Disallow editing after Set this to the time (in number of minutes) to limit post editing. Once the time limit has been reached the forum post no longer be available for editing to forum participants. Administrators and bbPress Moderators can override […]