Title: Robkk's Replies | WordPress.org --- # Robkk [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 57 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/replies/page/3/?output_format=md) [4](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/replies/page/4/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) * Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/) In reply to: [[bbPress] May not work if you have custom post types.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/may-not-work-if-you-have-custom-post-types/) * [Robkk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/) * (@robkk) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/may-not-work-if-you-have-custom-post-types/#post-8034447) * Hi, I see that you registered to this site, just to make this review on the same day. * For your issue, bbPress should work fine with other custom post types that you may have created. * Do you mind and walking me through the issue you are getting so I can reproduce it? * If it is custom post types created in a theme link me to the theme, or if it is a plugin link me to the plugin, or paste the custom code you may be using in this topic so that I could see if there is an issue. * If you need any further with anything else, please create a topic on [https://bbpress.org/forums/](https://bbpress.org/forums/) * Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/) In reply to: [[bbPress] Notifications do not work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/notifications-do-not-work/) * [Robkk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/) * (@robkk) * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/notifications-do-not-work/#post-8026632) * Thanks for leaving your one star review after just leaving a reply to a topic a couple of hours before. * [https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/email-notifications-not-working-looking-for-help/page/2/#post-168596](https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/email-notifications-not-working-looking-for-help/page/2/#post-168596) * > bbpress notifications and emails do not work. * They do work, it just some issues with using BCC on some hosts that have a limit of about 500 emails to be sent. * > When you go to support they refer you to a third party and do not support. * Since I think you are referencing the same topic that I linked to above. A regular participant user said that they recommended asking help from a mod, who was a moderator before I was on the support forums. * And the user also shared the advice given from the moderator they contacted privately, their recommendation of using an smtp sending service is fine to use if you are sending a high amount of subscription emails a day. * > and do not support * I helped on numerous topics just like the one you are referencing, I even tried to help a user on the topic to try to pinpoint the issue, but they did not reply back to help solve the issue. * Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/) In reply to: [[bbPress] plugin does not work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-not-work-62/) * [Robkk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/) * (@robkk) * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-not-work-62/#post-8021314) * Have you tried some troubleshooting?? You can try to find a plugin conflict between BuddyPress and bbPress. * [https://codex.bbpress.org/getting-started/troubleshooting/](https://codex.bbpress.org/getting-started/troubleshooting/) * What versions of bbPress and BuddyPress are you using? * Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/) In reply to: [[bbPress] Basic issue left unresolved for a year and a half…and counting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-issue-left-unresolved-for-a-year-and-a-halfand-counting/) * [Robkk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/) * (@robkk) * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-issue-left-unresolved-for-a-year-and-a-halfand-counting/#post-8014600) * I did help a user on this kind of issue about 6 months ago. The topic leads to a fix to the issue. This also seems to not work on a couple other plugins when I tested it out before. * [https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/viewing-forum-pages-makes-blog-menu-item-the-current_page_parent/](https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/viewing-forum-pages-makes-blog-menu-item-the-current_page_parent/) * Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/) In reply to: [[bbPress] great plugin with one problem](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-with-one-problem/) * [Robkk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/) * (@robkk) * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-with-one-problem/#post-8010671) * A forum description should show up where you would see the forum in a list like in the forum index, or in another forum if you have a hierarchy of forums. * You can switch to a default WordPress theme to see if possibly your theme author has added custom bbPress templates and left out the forum description code. * If you encounter any other issues make sure to go to [https://bbpress.org/forums/](https://bbpress.org/forums/), login with your WordPress credentials, then create a topic in one of the forums. * Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/) In reply to: [[bbPress] just the basics,otherwise plugins and hours in configuration](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-the-basicsotherwise-plugins-and-hours-in-configuration/) * [Robkk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/) * (@robkk) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-the-basicsotherwise-plugins-and-hours-in-configuration/#post-8005304) * > when people start calling it a “forum” one immediately compares it to dedicated“ > forum” scripts. and that’s when things become less shiny * I mean each of the forum software solutions are different in their own ways, of course bbPress is not the all in one solution like some, but it doesn’t need to be. There may be some drawbacks to installing plugins for bbPress, but most of the functionality some users may want are in the plugin you did mention. * > you need a few other plugins for common things like private messaging and user > avatar (that’s when buddypress comes in to the rescue), role management, media > attachment, notifications or social login. > And each one has a learning curve, > and sometimes don’t play along with each other. * BuddyPress allows the ability for private messaging, user avatar upload, media attachments are possible with the new Attachments API and through the BuddyPress Forum Editor plugin, and notifications although bbPress has subscriptions. * Within BuddyPress you should be able to just active a component just by just selecting a checkbox in the plugins settings. * Learning how to use each of the components should seem natural and easy to learn how to do things. One might say, “How do I change my profile photo”, and you should naturally just go to your profile and look for something that might say Change Profile Photo. Anything that you may be really unsure how something works or how to do something specific you can always contact the support team. * Role management may be in bbPress, I guess it really depending on what you talking about. You are able to change users roles in the Users section. Allowing users to have custom capabilities may need a plugin like bbPress Capabilities, which is created by the lead developer of bbPress. Creating custom roles is possible, not really to difficult too. * I know Social Login is important for some users and there are plenty of plugins free/paid that can add this. It may be a learning curve on this also, but it is most likely just inputting keys and redirect urls. * > Simple things like bulk moving topics or creating default “catchall” forum > don’t exist * You are right, you cannot bulk move multiple topics as of now, it may be simple to do though to the topics list in Topics > All Topics bulk selecting then editing then just changing the Parent Forum. I will need to suggest that to the devs later, it might of crossed their minds. * I am not sure what exactly you are talking about when you say a Catchall forum. I have an idea, but I want to make sure. * > support is not responsive, there are a lot of unanswered questions and sometimes > takes ages to get a reply. * I mean I get most of the topics in the past few months since I became a moderator. I cannot speak for the past few years though, but I tried to help a lot the best I can in the past year. I think if you go past a day in the support forums and back most of the last posters were possibly me, and the topics may be mostly resolved (I don’t mark them all resolved, but they are resolved). I might need a break here and there though, but who doesn’t need one sometimes. * If you needed help you should have created a topic on bbpress.org, I will reply to you if you need any help setting up bbPress. * > if you just need the basics or are willing to spend time configuring, tuning > and coding, then bbpress is quite OK. * You probably do not need to spend most of your time configuring things. What did you have trouble with in bbPress? It is usually quite easy when you get the hang of how everything is set up. * > if you need some additional features or are not a geek in WP API (no pun intended), > maybe you’ll be better off with another solution * I feel like some users may not know what plugins they could install, or what are the best plugins for this, this, and this. If you need help finding something, I can probably help you find a plugin. * If you are trying to custom develop something for bbPress, I can somewhat help you here, but it depends on what it is. * Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/) In reply to: [[bbPress] Lack of flexibilities and not 100% cleaned after uninstallation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lack-of-flexibilities-and-not-100-cleaned-after-uninstallation/) * [Robkk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/) * (@robkk) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lack-of-flexibilities-and-not-100-cleaned-after-uninstallation/page/3/#post-7969084) * > As for the BuddyPress, it’s possible to install both bbPress and BuddyPress > at a time on 1 WordPress website? * Since you put this into a question, yes, they are compatible plugins. bbPress has integrations to be able to have Group Forums when BuddyPress is also installed. * [https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/](https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/) * Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/) In reply to: [[bbPress] Lack of flexibilities and not 100% cleaned after uninstallation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lack-of-flexibilities-and-not-100-cleaned-after-uninstallation/) * [Robkk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/) * (@robkk) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lack-of-flexibilities-and-not-100-cleaned-after-uninstallation/page/3/#post-7969082) * > I’m not trying to make the team to work like others, but I want to know is > the team actually working? * Of course they are. Some important tickets may take awhile, because some of the improvements needed are very complex to achieve and insert into the plugin. There are also some areas where they see improvements and they have ideas but have to find a way where it doesn’t break backwards compatibility. * Some tickets that I see have taken awhile,but now are completed, may have set new possibilities for such features to be implemented by core devs or for plugin authors to take advantage of. Some of the features that you have listed could take advantage of such ticket. * **(custom) roles and permissions** * This is definitely possible already, to only change permissions for only specific users, use the bbPress advanced capabilities plugin. * [https://codex.bbpress.org/custom-capabilities/](https://codex.bbpress.org/custom-capabilities/) * **warning system** * This is probably possible to create in a plugin. I will take a look into creating something like this in the near future. There use to be an old bbPress v1 plugin that had this, I would like to see it resurrect. I think personally it might be best as a plugin. Any user notes that I think myBB does is possible through a plugin though. * **threads/posts pending moderator’s approval** * Something like this I think is already possible to do alrady with bbPress. There might be plugins that take advantage of this like bbPress moderation. This has been enhanced somewhat already in 2.6. * **user groups** * BuddyPress adds this feature, and also bbP – Private Groups does this too but a different take then what BuddyPress does. * **forum based on roles/user groups** * I think bbP – Private Groups can add this functionality already. I have contacted the devs about this since it is a very common feature request though about implementing some other plugins functionality since it is very simple to possibly add with a metabox in each forum. * **Shared theme with WordPress plays the biggest role in this case too.** * I already told you before in this topic how themes work with bbPress. It is about the same how themes work with other plugins like woocommerce. If you install a theme like BuddyBoss you should be set. * > If these plugins cover all features of vBulletin, then it’s my fault. Otherwise, > they aren’t enough for me. > Otherwise, they’re some kind of salesmen to me as said. * BuddyPress can do most of the social network features vBull does, and their could more possible through adding plugins for bbPress or BuddyPress from there. And that is not what I meant for salesmen talk before, because there are plugins that can add functionality to bbPress to achieve something similar to vBull. * This line is basically what I was talking about when I said saleman talk, the rest of the plugin description explain bbPress’s approach at being forum software. * > Have you ever been frustrated with forum or bulletin board software that was > slow, bloated and always got your server hacked? * Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/) In reply to: [[bbPress] Lack of flexibilities and not 100% cleaned after uninstallation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lack-of-flexibilities-and-not-100-cleaned-after-uninstallation/) * [Robkk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/) * (@robkk) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lack-of-flexibilities-and-not-100-cleaned-after-uninstallation/page/3/#post-7969077) * > It’s sounds better/more powerful than vBulletin Board. So my expectation isn’t > unrealistic since the features I need are available with vBulletin Board. * It depends on how you interpret the description. I see it as sort of salesmen talk in the beginning, then it basically tells you its approach here. * > We’re keeping things as small and light as possible while still allowing for > great add-on features through WordPress’s extensive plugin system. What does > all that mean? bbPress is lean, mean, and ready to take on any job you throw > at it. * Which goes back to what I was saying that bbPress lays most of the groundwork. Its not like what you are saying with your vehicle analogy, it is not that minimum * > I don’t know what the developers are busy with within the past few years since > it doesn’t improve to be like MyBB at all. * I do not think the team is not really trying to be like others. Are MyBB trying to be like Discourse?? What about something similar to FluxBB?? The bbPress contributers have their own approach of what the plugin should be like. They might gain inspiration from others here and there though, but just because one has a feature, it doesn’t mean it should be present everywhere else in the core of it. * One of the advantages of bbPress over any other forum software is the WordPress community. **Tons** of high quality plugins to choose from to optimize your site, without needing different plugins that may do the same task for your forums and your site, one plugin should work on both, like bbPress. Some plugins may even do what features may be in other forum software. **Tons** of high quality theme frameworks to choose from, this may not be limited to about to at least 25 free themes, but maybe about a thousand on wordpress.org itself and many more on other marketplaces.And also all you would need is one theme, not one for your forums and one for your site. And WordPress itself, for creating something great for bbPress to build upon, with adding a bunch of possibilities to your site. The devs of bbPress also contribute heavily to many aspects of WordPress too. * Like I said there are features that the bbPress devs are considering and are busy creating. It may not be something exactly like other forum software, but it stands on its own, with its approach, and the WordPress community. * Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/) In reply to: [[bbPress] awful](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awful-20/) * [Robkk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/) * (@robkk) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awful-20/#post-7951595) * The devs have figured out that your post and also another users had the status of pending which needed your post to be approved to be visible to the public. * You might have been caught by some solution to stop spam, with that either being Akismet, the commment blacklist, or the link limit on posts. * Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/) In reply to: [[bbPress] Does Not Uninstall Cleanly, Seems Intentionally Difficult to Remove User Roles](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-uninstall-cleanly-seems-intentionally-difficult-to-remove-user-roles/) * [Robkk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/) * (@robkk) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-uninstall-cleanly-seems-intentionally-difficult-to-remove-user-roles/#post-7953824) * [@bvsiness](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bvsiness/) [@mai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mai/) * > Those highly-rated plugins will completely uninstall, or an official solution > provided. * Sorry for the late reply, I did not subscribe to this topic before, but I created this codex page awhile back though to help users like yourselves. bbPress has an option to remove its data in the tools section. The only bug currently is the bbPress roles staying, everything else can be removed from your database. Also you do not need to install the delete roles plugin, but it just might be easier for some users instead of placing PHP code in in their child theme or functionality plugin. * [https://codex.bbpress.org/getting-started/installing-bbpress/deleting-bbpress/](https://codex.bbpress.org/getting-started/installing-bbpress/deleting-bbpress/) * Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/) In reply to: [[bbPress] Lack of flexibilities and not 100% cleaned after uninstallation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lack-of-flexibilities-and-not-100-cleaned-after-uninstallation/) * [Robkk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/) * (@robkk) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lack-of-flexibilities-and-not-100-cleaned-after-uninstallation/page/2/#post-7969073) * [@mai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mai/) * > I don’t need such complicated features, so this scenario makes more sense: > A so-called “simple” car has no air condition, roof, windscreen, lights, etc. > And it has only 1 seat. > After throwing it away, the chemicals will stick on me forever until I see > a doctor. * Haha there are always vehicle analogies for comparing forums software for some reason. I don’t see it like that, bbPress gives users what they need in a forum, its not just simple back and forth posts. If I had to make a car analogy I would say bbPress is not a car with spoilers, a Jackhammer subwoofer, and scissor doors, but something reliable day to day that could be pimped out with some plugins/ themes. I have seen bbPress molded into a site platform that functions similar to Reddit does, but bbPress by default has most of the groundwork done for most users. * There are other forum software that is comparable to bbPress though like Fluxbb. * There are features that the devs are considering and would love to see in the bbPress plugin in the future though. If you have anything to suggest you can comment a list here if you want, then we can talk about it from there if you want. * > To add fuel to the fire, it has a customer service. But the door is just locked > and (she) can’t get in to get support although she can see what’s happening > inside. * I am pretty sure I said [@celtic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/celtic/) could post on her review as the issue is being looked over. She is also able to post on the wordpress.org support forum as well. * > It is being looked over why you cannot post on bbpress.org, but you can post > your issues here or on your own review. * [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lack-of-flexibilities-and-not-100-cleaned-after-uninstallation?replies=28#post-7206540](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lack-of-flexibilities-and-not-100-cleaned-after-uninstallation?replies=28#post-7206540) * Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/) In reply to: [[bbPress] Lack of flexibilities and not 100% cleaned after uninstallation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lack-of-flexibilities-and-not-100-cleaned-after-uninstallation/) * [Robkk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/) * (@robkk) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lack-of-flexibilities-and-not-100-cleaned-after-uninstallation/page/2/#post-7969069) * Just making sure, because some sites seem to put some sites into a 100% full width iframe and I think maybe that could cause an issue. * Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/) In reply to: [[bbPress] Lack of flexibilities and not 100% cleaned after uninstallation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lack-of-flexibilities-and-not-100-cleaned-after-uninstallation/) * [Robkk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/) * (@robkk) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lack-of-flexibilities-and-not-100-cleaned-after-uninstallation/page/2/#post-7969067) * I don’t think profile builder is causing the issue, if it doesn’t show up in the menu, you probably need custom code for your theme. The code should work for most default themes though. You can test it out if you switch to a default theme real quick. * Oh and about you not posting on bbPress and BuddyPress. We tried to find out why you may have trouble posting and couldn’t come across any possible issues yet. One of the moderators retyped your whole post and did not have an issue posting it, and also that your user role has not changed to something that would restrict posting like the blocked role. Only thing I can say is make sure you go to the actual bbPress or BuddyPress support forums at [https://bbpress.org/forums/](https://bbpress.org/forums/) and [https://buddypress.org/support/](https://buddypress.org/support/). We will still keep looking over why you cannot post though. * Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/) In reply to: [[bbPress] Lack of flexibilities and not 100% cleaned after uninstallation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lack-of-flexibilities-and-not-100-cleaned-after-uninstallation/) * [Robkk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/) * (@robkk) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lack-of-flexibilities-and-not-100-cleaned-after-uninstallation/page/2/#post-7969065) * > I need to be able to add more fields to the registration but I can’t unless > I pay for it. I would really like to find one that is free as this is not a > paid job and I am donating this project for the mental health community. * There are a couple of plugins that can do this that are definitely free like BuddyPress or Cimy User Extra Fields. * > I would like to add a link to edit Forum Profile where I want to add it on > the menu … So it can be found more easily. * [https://codex.bbpress.org/layout-and-functionality-examples-you-can-use/#8-add-edit-profile-to-a-wordpress-menu](https://codex.bbpress.org/layout-and-functionality-examples-you-can-use/#8-add-edit-profile-to-a-wordpress-menu) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 57 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/replies/page/3/?output_format=md) [4](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/replies/page/4/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robkk/replies/page/2/?output_format=md)