bbp_topic_author_link

bbp_topic_author_link

bbp_topic_author_link
Codex Home → bbp_topic_author_link
Description
The ‘bbp_topic_author_link’ function is used to display the current topic author’s user role, avatar and username linked to their profile
Where is it used
Templates: content-single-topic-lead.php
How to use it

$args (optional) – Accepts an array of arguments to configure display ( post_id, link_title, type, size, sep, show_role )
Uses bbp_get_topic_author_link()
Sample code example

Displays the linked avatar and username for the current topic author

‘, ‘show_role’ => true ) ); ?>
Displays the current topic author and user role separated by an HTML
element

‘, ‘show_role’ => true, ‘size’ => 32 ) ); ?>
Displays the current topic author and user role separated by an HTML
element and sets their avatar to a size of 32px wide and 32px tall

‘, ‘show_role’ => false, ‘type’ => ‘avatar’ ) ); ?>
Displays only the current topic author user’s avatar without their display name or user role

‘, ‘show_role’ => false, ‘type’ => ‘name’ ) ); ?>
Displays only the current topic author user’s display name without their avatar or user role
Related
bbp_author_link()
bbp_reply_author_link()
bbp_show_lead_topic()

Feature Plugins Tracking

Feature Plugins Tracking

Feature Plugins Tracking
Codex Home → Feature Plugins Tracking
Here are some bbPress plugins that we think are could enhance your forums and that we may consider adding to the core of the bbPress plugin.
You should also search through our plugin section here. If what you are looking for is not listed in the featured plugins below please note that since the latest version of bbPress is now a plugin of WordPress , that if a WordPress plugin does not mention bbPress or tag bbPress that doesn’t mean it’s not compatible with bbPress. For example any anti-spam plugin like Akismet , or any social registration/simple registration plugin in the WordPress repository should work fine with bbPress.
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Legend:
(U) – Link to trac ticket where this or similar functionality is being under consideration/discussed
(X) – might not work/ might need to be forked
(C) – Link to trac ticket where it is planned for Core
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bbPress – Numeric ID Permalinks
bbPress – Topic Lock
bbPress – Topic Count (C)
bbPress – Last Post (U)
bbPress – Canned Replies
bbPress – Notices
bbPress – Private Replies
Voter Plugin
WP ULike
bbPress – Ajax Replies and bbPress – Ajax Topics
bbPress – Additional Shortcodes
bbPress – Attachments (U)
bbPress – Tools (U)
bbPress – Quotes or bbPress – Direct Quotes (U)
bbPress – Avatar or Basic User Avatars
bbPress – Forum Redirect
bbPress – Report Abuse or bbPress – Report Content
bbPress – Ignore User
bbPress – Polls
bbPress – Messages
bbPress – HashBuddy
bbPress – Live Preview (U)
bbPress – Spam Cleaner (U)
Razz BBPress Suspension (U)
bbPress – Topics for Posts (C)
bbPress – user online status (U)
bbPress – Topic Subscribers

bbPress – Support Forums (U)

Buddy-bbPress Support Topic
EDD bbPress Support Dashboard
bbResolutions (GitHub)
bbPress – VIP Support (X) (GitHub fork with updates here, and here)
bbPress – Simple Support

bbPress – Unread / Mark as Read plugins (U)

bbPress – Pencil Unread
bbPress Go To First Unread Post
bbPress – Mark as Read
bbPress Unread Posts (forked version 2 of plugin here )
bbPress New Topics
djb bbPress last read plugin (X)

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This is just plugins to highlight for bbPress plugin/theme developers that have specific features for the development of bbPress.
bbPress – Development

bbPress – Slack Integration
bbPress – Monster Widget
Buddy-bbPress Visual Hooks
Query Monitor with Query Monitor bbPress & BuddyPress Conditionals
Debug Bar with Debug Bar bbPress

Official Logos and Icons

Official Logos and Icons

Official Logos and Icons
Codex Home → Official Logos and Icons
Transparent PNG:
bbPress – Logo Large 1259px x 363px

bbPress – Logo 2x 416px x 130px

bbPress – Logo 208px x 65px

Dashicons Icons:

bbPress Logo: content: “f477″; – class=”dashicons dashicons-bbpress-logo”
Forums/Hive: content: “f449″; – class=”dashicons dashicons-bbpress-forum”
Topics/Honey: content: “f450″; – class=”dashicons dashicons-bbpress-topic”
Replies/Bee: content: “f451″; – class=”dashicons dashicons-bbpress-reply”
Note: The dashicons CSS classes will only work with WordPress 3.9 or newer.

Color:

bbPress Green #2d8e42

SimplePress

SimplePress

SimplePress
Codex Home → Getting Started → Importing Data → Import Forums → SimplePress
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 forum, again you can close/lock these via the forums panel in wp-admin and setting the forum attributes status to closed.

Topics & Replies

Sticky topics ‘topic status’ are not set during import, manually ‘stick’ any topics after import and recounts are complete. (See trac ticket #2126)
Custom BBCodes are not supported eg. [youtube] – You will have to manually change these yourself after importing into bbPress using phpMyAdmin.
Smilies are rendered as images if contained in ‘code’ tags eg. :)
You may find extra page breaks
and paragraph

elements in topics and replies and is less than ideal and is from the way the BBCodes are converted during the forum import conversion. You will find these primarily around ‘blockquotes’ and ‘lists’
If you are using bbPress ‘Show Lead Topic’ some of the formatting will be broken, it has been converted correctly and is an issue with the content-single-topic-lead.php template, see trac # (Ticket to follow).
elements seem to be a hit and miss at the moment, they render sometimes and sometimes not depending on the import. (not very helpful I know, still digging around this issue)
are not currently enabled to be embedded inline in bbPress by default with topics and replies, everything was converted correctly and we just need to throw some switches and push some buttons before the next release of bbPress to make it work, watch this space.
Topic Tags are not imported as this is a paid extension of SimplePress
File attachments are left as is in the WordPress media library, any posts with attachments the URL’s will have to be manually updated after import.

Users

If you are going to use the same WordPress install for your import you do not need to import the users as they are already in the WordPress wp_users table. If you are setting up a fresh install of WordPress simple check the ‘convert users’ option before you start your import.
Any custom SimplePress Moderators or Groups are not converted, any users you wish to make ‘moderators’ or ‘keymasters’ you will have to assign these roles manually via the main WordPress Admin User panel (/wp-admin/users.php).
User ‘Favourites’, ‘Subscribed Topics’ or ‘Personal Messages (PM’s) are not supported or imported.

References
Notes
Redirecting from your old forum to your new
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/v2-simple-press-importer-and-first-thoughts/page/2/#post-124953 by @shrewdies

phpBB

phpBB

phpBB
Codex Home → Getting Started → Importing Data → Import Forums → phpBB
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 as bbPress ‘Super Stickies’, standard forum ‘stickies’ are imported as bbPress ‘Stickies’.
Custom phpBB BBCodes are not supported eg. [youtube] – You will have to manually change these yourself either before importing in phpBB or after importing into bbPress using phpMyAdmin.
Smilies are rendered as images if contained in ‘code’ tags eg. :)
No file attachments are imported.
All ‘Ordered Lists’

    will be displayed as numerical lists.
    You may find extra page breaks
    and paragraph

    elements in topics and replies and is less than ideal and is from the way the BBCodes are converted during the forum import conversion. You will find these primarily around ‘blockquotes’ and ‘lists’
    If you are using bbPress ‘Show Lead Topic’ some of the formatting will be broken, it has been converted correctly and is an issue with the content-single-topic-lead.php template, see trac # (Ticket to follow).
    elements seem to be a hit and miss at the moment, they render sometimes and sometimes not depending on the import. (not very helpful I know, still digging around this issue)
    are not currently enabled to be embedded inline in bbPress by default with topics and replies, everything was converted correctly and we just need to throw some switches and push some buttons before the next release of bbPress to make it work, watch this space.

    Users

    phpBB does not support user profile support for ‘First Name’ and ‘Last Name’ only ‘member_name’ and that will be the WordPress Username.
    Existing passwords are converted during the import so users can login to WordPress/bbPress as soon as the import and recounts have finished.
    phpBB Moderators, Groups, Ranks are not imported, any users you wish to make ‘moderators’ or ‘keymasters’ you will have to assign these roles manually via the main WordPress Admin User panel (/wp-admin/users.php).
    User ‘Personal Messages (PM’s) are not supported or imported.
    User ‘Avatars’ are also not supported ‘out of the box’ by either WordPress or bbPress, if the users email address is registered with a ‘Gravatar this will automatically be used by WordPress and bbPress, otherwise this is plugin territory. (See Note #1 below)
    phpBB Signatures, Location, Occupation and Interests custom profile fields are also not supported by WordPress or bbPress ‘out of the box’. (See Note #2 below)

    References
    https://www.phpbb.com/community/faq.php?mode=bbcode
    Notes
    Note #1 – phpBB User Avatars
    The phpBB avatar filename used in phpBB user avatars is imported and stored in the wp_usermeta table as ‘_bbp_phpbb_old_user_avatar_filename’. phpBB stores user avatars in /phpbbv3/images/avatars/upload/ and with some tom foolery I am quite sure these can be imported into WP’s media library and with the right plugin enabled quite easily.
    Note #2 – phpBB custom user profile fields stored in wp_usermeta.
    The following custom profile fields are imported into wp_usermeta and as you build your community with WordPress and bbPress, maybe BuddyPress also this should help down the road in converting these values to whatever plugins and profile extensions you decide to use.

    ICQ – ‘_bbp_phpbb_old_user_icq’
    MSN Messenger – ‘_bbp_phpbb_old_user_msnm’
    Occupation – ‘_bbp_phpbb_old_user_occ’
    User Insterests – ‘_bbp_phpbb_old_user_interest
    Location ‘_bbp_phpbb_old_user_location’
    Signature ‘_bbp_phpbb_old_user_signature’ (All BBCode is also converted here into HTML)

vBulletin

vBulletin

vBulletin
Codex Home → Getting Started → Importing Data → Import Forums → vBulletin
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 standard forum without any URL redirect link.
‘Locked Forums’ will be imported as like a normal open forum, again you can close/lock these via the forums panel in wp-admin and setting the forum attributes status to closed.

Topics & Replies

No file attachments are imported.

Users

vBulletin does not support user profile support for ‘First Name’ and ‘Last Name’ only ‘username’ and that will be the WordPress Username.
vBulletin Moderators, Groups, Ranks are not imported, any users you wish to make ‘moderators’ or ‘keymasters’ you will have to assign these roles manually via the main WordPress Admin User panel (/wp-admin/users.php).
User ‘Personal Messages (PM’s) are not supported or imported.
User ‘Avatars’ are also not supported ‘out of the box’ by either WordPress or bbPress, if the users email address is registered with a ‘Gravatar this will automatically be used by WordPress and bbPress, otherwise this is plugin territory.
vBulletin MSN, Skype custom profile fields are also not supported by WordPress or bbPress ‘out of the box’. (See Note #1 below)

References
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/misc.php?do=bbcode
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13920322/vbulletin-to-bbpress-conversion-how-can-i-redirect-the-old-urls-to-the-new-one
Notes
Note #1 – vBulletin custom user profile fields stored in wp_usermeta.
The following custom profile fields are imported into wp_usermeta and as you build your community with WordPress and bbPress, maybe BuddyPress also this should help down the road in converting these values to whatever plugins and profile extensions you decide to use.

ICQ – ‘_bbp_vbulletin_user_icq’
MSN Messenger – ‘_bbp_vbulletin_user_msnm’
Skype’_bbp_vbulletin_user_skype’

Mingle

Mingle

Mingle
Codex Home → Getting Started → Importing Data → Import Forums → Mingle
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 ‘stick’ any topics after import and recounts are complete. (See trac ticket #2126)
Custom BBCodes are not supported eg. [youtube] – You will have to manually change these yourself after importing into bbPress using phpMyAdmin.
Smilies are rendered as images if contained in ‘code’ tags eg. :)
You may find extra page breaks
and paragraph

elements in topics and replies and is less than ideal and is from the way the BBCodes are converted during the forum import conversion. You will find these primarily around ‘blockquotes’ and ‘lists’
If you are using bbPress ‘Show Lead Topic’ some of the formatting will be broken, it has been converted correctly and is an issue with the content-single-topic-lead.php template, see trac # (Ticket to follow).
elements seem to be a hit and miss at the moment, they render sometimes and sometimes not depending on the import. (not very helpful I know, still digging around this issue)
are not currently enabled to be embedded inline in bbPress by default with topics and replies, everything was converted correctly and we just need to throw some switches and push some buttons before the next release of bbPress to make it work, watch this space.

Users
If you are going to use the same WordPress install for your import you do not need to import the users as they are already in the WordPress wp_users table. If you are setting up a fresh install of WordPress simple check the ‘convert users’ option before you start your import.
Any custom Mingle Moderators or Groups are not converted, any users you wish to make ‘moderators’ or ‘keymasters’ you will have to assign these roles manually via the main WordPress Admin User panel (/wp-admin/users.php).
User ‘Favourites’, ‘Subscribed Topics’ or ‘Personal Messages (PM’s) are not supported or imported.

References
Importing Mingle Forums into bbPress?

Notes

Invision

Invision

Invision
Codex Home → Getting Started → Importing Data → Import Forums → Invision
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 imported as like a normal open forum, again you can close/lock these via the forums panel in wp-admin and setting the forum attributes status to closed.

Topics & Replies
Announcement and Sticky topics ‘topic status’ are not set during import, manually ‘stick’ any topics after import and recounts are complete. (See trac ticket #2126)
Custom BBCodes are not supported eg. [youtube] – You will have to manually change these yourself either before importing in Invision/IPB or after importing into bbPress using phpMyAdmin.
BBCodes not converted: [post=’123′]abc[/post] & [topic=’456′]def[/topic]
Smilies are rendered as images if contained in ‘code’ tags eg. :)
Smilies NOT converted::huh:, :wacko:, ^_^, :wub:, -_-, <_ < & :ph34r:
No file attachments are imported.
All ‘Ordered Lists’

    will be displayed as numerical lists.
    You may find extra page breaks
    and paragraph

    elements in topics and replies and is less than ideal and is from the way the BBCodes are converted during the forum import conversion. You will find these primarily around ‘blockquotes’ and ‘lists’
    If you are using bbPress ‘Show Lead Topic’ some of the formatting will be broken, it has been converted correctly and is an issue with the content-single-topic-lead.php template, see trac # (Ticket to follow).
    elements seem to be a hit and miss at the moment, they render sometimes and sometimes not depending on the import. (not very helpful I know, still digging around this issue)
    are not currently enabled to be embedded inline in bbPress by default with topics and replies, everything was converted correctly and we just need to throw some switches and push some buttons before the next release of bbPress to make it work, watch this space.

    Users
    Invision does not support user profile support for ‘First Name’ and ‘Last Name’ only ‘name’ and ‘display_name’ and ‘name’ will be the WordPress Username.
    Existing passwords are converted during the import so users can login to WordPress/bbPress as soon as the import and recounts have finished.
    Invision/IPB Moderators, Groups, Ranks are not imported, any users you wish to make ‘moderators’ or ‘keymasters’ you will have to assign these roles manually via the main WordPress Admin User panel (/wp-admin/users.php).
    User ‘Favourites’, ‘Subscribed Topics’ or ‘Personal Messages (PM’s) are not supported or imported.

    References
    Notes

bbPress 1.x & BuddyPress Group Forums

bbPress 1.x & BuddyPress Group Forums

bbPress 1.x & BuddyPress Group Forums
Codex Home → Getting Started → Importing Data → Import Forums → bbPress 1.x & BuddyPress Group Forums
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.

Vanilla

Vanilla

Vanilla
Codex Home → Getting Started → Importing Data → Import Forums → Vanilla
Vanilla 2.0.18.1 Importer for bbPress
FAQ & Known Issues
Note: This is for the ‘stand alone’ Vannila Forums from vannilaforums.org, if you are trying to import from vanillaforums.com you will have to export your data and then perform a custom import.
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.
Forum visibility such as moderator or admin only forums will be publicly visible after importing and you need to secure these manually.
‘Locked Forums’ will be imported as like a normal open forum, again you can close/lock these via the forums panel in wp-admin and setting the forum attributes status to closed.

Topics & Replies
Announcement and Sticky topics ‘topic status’ are not set during import, manually ‘stick’ any topics after import and recounts are complete. (See trac ticket #2126)
You may find extra page breaks
and paragraph

elements in topics and replies and is less than ideal and is from the way the BBCodes are converted during the forum import conversion. You will find these primarily around ‘blockquotes’ and ‘lists’
If you are using bbPress ‘Show Lead Topic’ some of the formatting will be broken, it has been converted correctly and is an issue with the content-single-topic-lead.php template, see trac # (Ticket to follow).
elements seem to be a hit and miss at the moment, they render sometimes and sometimes not depending on the import. (not very helpful I know, still digging around this issue)
are not currently enabled to be embedded inline in bbPress by default with topics and replies, everything was converted correctly and we just need to throw some switches and push some buttons before the next release of bbPress to make it work, watch this space.
Not all smilies are converted, only the subset the WordPress has built in.

Users
User ‘Favorites’, ‘Subscribed Topics’ or ‘Personal Messages (PM’s) are not supported or imported.
User ‘Avatars’ are also not supported ‘out of the box’ by either WordPress or bbPress, if the users email address is registered with a ‘Gravatar this will automatically be used by WordPress and bbPress, otherwise this is plugin territory.

References
Notes
Customizing
Via bbpress.org if you are using the Vanilla2 ‘ReplyTo’ plugin you can add support for threaded replies to youur import via this customized version of the import script.