Category: bbPress

By default, if the title is longer than 80 characters, an error will occur and you won’t be able to post, so I looked into ways to increase the length limit. Just put the following code in functions.php.

// Increase bbPress topic title length limit
add_filter ('bbp_get_title_max_length','change_title') ;

Function change_title ($default) {
$default=120 ;
Return $default ;
}

Expanding your bbPress forum membership requires a strategic approach that focuses on content, engagement, and community management. Here are five effective strategies to help you increase your forum’s membership:

If you use bbPress in a block-based theme like Twenty Twenty Four, the screen will become completely white. As a temporary solution, it seems that you can fix it by installing and configuring the bbp style pack.

The setting method is below.

1. Install and activate bbp style pack.
2. Go to Theme Support tab, turn on Enable advanced FSE theme support and save.
3. Create a dummy page
4. Create a new page at Dashboard > Pages > Add new. You can give this page a title of your choice. It is not possible to have a slug set in Forums, Forums, Topics, Replies, or Dashboard > Settings > Forums > Slug.

4.1. Enter data on the page
This page can be designed to contain any content, but requires one block, which is a shortcode block. That block is,

[bbp-forum-index]

shortcode.

4.2. Forum pattern
There are two patterns available that allow you to easily add left and right sidebars.

Add a block by clicking + on a page’s block
Select a pattern (middle of Blocks | Patterns | Media)
Select “bbp Style Pack Forum Pattern”
Choose left or right sidebar version
Once added, you can easily change the widgets to display, the displayed content, and change the column width.

5. For more information about the block widgets available within the Style Pack plugin, see the Block Widgets tab.

6. Configure advanced theme support and configure template pages
In the settings above, click the “Enable advanced FSE theme support” selection.
With the above settings, set “bbPress template page for advanced FSE theme support” to the page set in 3. above.

Use bbPress.

Problems with using Japanese URLs include decreased browser compatibility and negative effects on SEO. The solution is to use Post ID. Then, the URL will not contain Japanese characters, and the uniqueness of the URL will be guaranteed.

The implementation method is to use the Custom Post Type Permalinks plugin and specify %post_id% in the permalink settings. However, the Custom Post Type Permalinks plugin is old, so use it with caution. If you have any other new plugins, please let me know.

First, edit the message “You must be logged in to create new topics.”

To change the “You must be logged in to create new topics.” message in bbPress, you can do the following:

1. Create a child theme (if you don’t already have one).
2. Create a “bbpress” folder inside the child theme folder.
3. Create a “form-topic.php” file in the “bbpress” folder. (The original file is in the “Default” folder in the wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates directory, so copy it to the bbPress folder in the child theme.)
4. In the child theme’s form-topic.php file, use search to find a line similar to the following: “You must be logged in to create new topics.”
5. Edit this line and change it to your desired message.

If you want to add a registration link, do the following:

_e( 'You must be logged in to create new topics.', 'bbpress' );

Change this part as follows.

printf( __( 'You must be logged in to create new topics. If you do not have an account, <a href="%s">register here.</a>', 'bbpress' ), esc_url( 'Registration URL here' ) );

From a security perspective, this method (using the esc_url() function) is the most recommended. This method ensures that URLs are properly escaped and prevents potential vulnerabilities.

Next, edit the message “You must be logged in to reply to this topic.”

1. Create a “form-reply.php” file in the “bbpress” folder in the child theme’s folder. (The original file is in the “Default” folder in the wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates directory, so copy it to the bbPress folder in the child theme.)
2. In the child theme’s form-reply.php file, use search to find a line similar to the following: “You must be logged in to reply to this topic.”

Find the message below.

_e( 'You must be logged in to reply to this topic.', 'bbpress' );

Replace this with the following.

printf( __( 'You must be logged in to reply to this topic. If you do not have an account, <a href="%s">register here.</a>', 'bbpress' ), esc_url( 'Registration URL here' ) );

Summary

This way, you can safely make customizations without being affected by updates to WordPress’ parent theme or bbPress. Rather than bringing the entire bbPress Default folder to the child theme, it is best to copy only the necessary files and make changes.