Title: bbPress WP Tweaks Author: veppa Published: 14, Xineru de 2012 Last modified: 10, Avientu de 2025 --- Guetar plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/bbpress-wp-tweaks/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1785516) ![](https://ps.w.org/bbpress-wp-tweaks/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev=1784963) # bbPress WP Tweaks By [veppa](https://profiles.wordpress.org/veppa/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/bbpress-wp-tweaks.1.5.1.zip) * [Details](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-wp-tweaks/#description) * [Reviews](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-wp-tweaks/#reviews) * [Installation](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-wp-tweaks/#installation) * [Development](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-wp-tweaks/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbpress-wp-tweaks/) ## Description bbPress WP Tweaks replaces regular sidebar with forum specific “bbPress sidebar”. [Watch plugin overview on YouTube](https://youtu.be/7LVt41oLscs) To setup forum specific sidebar you should first select correct forum wrapper file which has sidebar. Then select what action perform with existing sidebar: replace, prepend or append. Then select which sidebar to target with this action. You can also choose “none” option for target sidebar, in that case no bbPress sidebar will not be added to wordpress. If nothing in forum sidebar then regular sidebar will be shown. You can choose which forum wrapper template to use in plugin settings page or specify other custom wrapper file that exists in your theme. Plugin tested with PHP version 5.6, 7.x and up to 8.4. #### Features: * bbPress specific sidebar instead of default blog sidebar. * Change default wrapper for forum pages * bbPress login links widget * bbPress users widget * Login and register links under forum * Show forum description * Forum related columns for users view in admin area **bbPress specific sidebar** (works only on Classic themes) — you can use different sidebar on forum pages. You can choose which sidebar to replace, append or prepend to. Appending or prepending is useful if you only need to add couple forum related widgets. Custom sidebar will be used in all forum related pages including forum, topic, reply,and user profile pages. **Default wrapper for forum pages** (works only on Classic themes) — bbPRess uses wrapper file in your theme in this order: ‘bbpress.php’, ‘forum.php’, ‘page.php’,‘ single.php’, ‘index.php’. First existing template file will be used. You can choose which template file to check first. Most themes don’t have sidebar in ‘page.php’,‘ single.php’ files, if you choose them then no sidebar will be shown in forums. On the other hand most themes ‘index.php’ file always has sidebar. If you cannot see forum sidebar then change this value to index.php in plugin settings (settings - > bbPress WP Tweaks ) page. If your theme has other non standard template files like “page-fullwidth.php” for example then you can use it by selecting “custom” option and writing page-fullwidth.php in text input field. If that file exists then it will be used as forum wrapper. **Font size** — Simple switch to fix forum font size. Available sizes: XL, L, M, S, XS. **bbPress login links widget** — if you want to display login and register links instead of login form in your sidebar then use this widget. By default bbPress will not show login links to visitors if they want to post in forum. Use this widget instead of login form in your bbPress sidebar. **bbPress users widget** — used to display users linking to their profile pages ordered by: * most topics with count * most replies with count * recently active with time * online users with time * new users with registration time * old users with registration time **Login and register links under forum** — will add login and register links where“ You must be logged in to create new topics.” and “You must be logged in to reply to this topic.” messages shown. By default you will see above mentioned messages with no login or register links. With this options selected you will see under those messages login links and will be redirected back to that topic or forum after logging in using those links. Login and register links can be customized with custom HTML code to match your website design. **Show forum description** — By default forum description is shown only on where forums are listed, not in forum page. With this options enabled you will show forum description on Forum page, on sub forums, on topics, on replies. So user will know what this forum about. If it is a product forum then you can add product image, links or buttons to product page, pricing/purchase page etc. This will make navigation between product and forum a lot easier. **Forum related columns for users view in admin area** — is must have feature to have for any forum administrator. With this option enabled you will have forum related sortable columns “number of topics”, “number of replies”, “registration date”, “ last active date” in “Users” admin page. Topic and reply counts are linked to user profile pages. You can sort by those columns and see latest registered users or users with most topics. Each column seperately can be switched off using “Screen Options” inside users page. **Disable not used features of plugin** — you can disable sidebar by selecting “ none” as target sidebar. Disable widgets by unchecking relaed checkboxes in plugin options page. All other features also can be individually enabled or disabled in plugin options page. **Attention:** Sidebar and Wrapper options do not work in FSE (Full Site Editing) themes. #### Demo Check out one of my sites’ [bbPress forum page](https://veppa.com/forums/). #### Plugin home page [bbPress wp tweaks plugin page & Documentation](https://veppa.com/bbpress-wp-tweaks/). #### What is next * [WP_HTTP Requests Manager plugin](https://veppa.com/http-requests-manager/) * [Native Share Button – without plugin](https://veppa.com/share-button/) * [Improve PageSpeed](https://veppa.com/improve-pagespeed/) ## Screenshots * [[ * Plugin options page * [[ * Plugin options page continued * [[ * Forum has separate sidebar with different widgets. You can select which sidebar to target and replace/append/prepend widgets to that sidebar on forum pages. * [[ * Sidebar and widgets editable in widgets admin area and in theme customizer when navigated to forum pages. * [[ * bbPress related sortable columns (number of topics, number of replies, registration date, last activity date) added to users admin area. * [[ * Forum description can be shown in top of related forum, sub forums, topics, and replies. Login links can be shown under the forum for adding new topic or reply. ## Installation ### Updgrading From A Previous Version To upgrade from a previous version of this plugin, delete the entire folder and files from the previous version of the plugin and then follow the installation instructions below. ### Installing The Plugin Extract all files from the ZIP file, making sure to keep the file structure intact, and then upload it to `/wp-content/plugins/`. This should result in the following file structure: ``` - wp-content - plugins - bbpress-wp-tweaks | bbpress-wp-tweaks.php ``` | readme.txt | style.css Then just visit your admin area and activate the plugin. Or use plugin installer by navigating to “Plugins” -> “Add new” page and search for “bbPress wp tweaks”. Then click install and then activate buttons for related plugin. **See Also:** [“Installing Plugins” article on the WP Codex](https://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Installing_Plugins) ### Using The Plugin * Add bbPress login links and other bbPress related widgets to bbPress sidebar in “Appearence” -> “Widgets” page * Select forum wrapper file in plugin settings page (“Settings” -> “bbPress WP Tweaks”) * Check other options for tweaking your forum ## FAQ ### Does bbPRess sidebar work with FSE (Full Site Editing, Block) themes? No, it does not. Because there is no `sidebar` or `widgets` in FSE themes. “bbPRess sidebar” only works with Classic Themes. Even if you can see and edit widgets in admin area, FSE themes does not support sidebars and widgets. ### How to fix “white screen” error on bbPress Forum page while using FSE themes? Use “[Enable bbPress for Block Themes](https://wordpress.org/plugins/enable-bbp-block-theme/)” plugin to fix “white screen” error for bbPRess forums in FSE themes. Important: This fix will not enable “bbPress sidebar” for your forums. ### How to know if I am using Classic or FSE (Full Site Editing) theme? Navigate to “Settings” “bbPRess WP Tweaks” page. You will see one of following messages: * You are using: ✓ Classic theme. * You are using: FSE (Full Site Editing) theme. ### Does this plugin support other languages? Yes, it does. See the [WordPress Codex](https://codex.wordpress.org/Translating_WordPress) for details on how to make a translation file. Then just place the translation file, named `bbpress-wp-tweaks-[value in wp-config].mo`, into the plugin’s /languages/ folder. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f2949e1420c186ba7fe9eafb8f5c406b6b29ddebb639e7c7da6f93d39b784643? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very helpful](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-helpful-1055/)󠁿 [Martin Sauter](https://profiles.wordpress.org/martinsauter/) 3, Abril de 2021 Being new to bbPress, this plugin helped me to set up my forum quickly. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/eab24f128cf1d931e6475711cce751e213ceae1d092ee8ed541f30a831ec0d12? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Worked and then didn’t](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/worked-and-then-didnt/)󠁿 [summoner12](https://profiles.wordpress.org/summoner12/) 8, Mayu de 2019 I installed this and then it stopped working for me. I am not really sure why or how. The “not working” part is that once I activate this plugin my forums no longer show. You can see the root forum on the main forum page, but once you click on any of those forums you land on the intended page, but it’s empty. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a0dbe650767d4e528917aab765e8634b0d35f375f4ced92c8eb3f4eb045fab0c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Good plugin 🙂](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-plugin-3139/)󠁿 [Aida711](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aida711/) 13, Ochobre de 2018 We’ve used it for the forum login, registration and Lost password – I needed to follow a video on youtube on how to set it up but it works really well. It appears to have other functionality but beyond my capabilities – would be great to have video tutorials showing how to do everything! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ebd974130c49f909afbf6a1aa635a00bde7e8fb00403cdbb1b63d8d85cbed7b7? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[¡¡¡Awesome!!!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awesome-5841/)󠁿 [MCD Diseño Web](https://profiles.wordpress.org/macsgv/) 29, Xunetu de 2018 Hi, thanks for this excellent plugin. It works perfectly. Regards 🙂 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/283de647f35fb63b00e199571d1ca045fb3401b8983d9cd85755f54b3a87bac4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[The greatest!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-greatest-3/)󠁿 [evanevans333](https://profiles.wordpress.org/evanevans333/) 3, Setiembre de 2016 For 4 weeks, I had been searching and testing plugins and methods to get a global sidebar setup in my forums. In the meantime, I was going in and manually setting a sidebar on every topic and forum that was created. Finally, I came across this plugin, and right before trying it, I tried another one that promised the same. This other one didn’t work. So, I installed this one, with low hopes. Bam! It truly worked, and it did it perfectly, in flying colors. Kudos to the developer, he/she has their head screwed on straight! They know how to fix problems and do so elegantly. YES! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/97bbe4fe76251bd8de789468d4e055a2a38da2615beb64caba53e5aff6c24084? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great and favorited](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-and-favorited-1/)󠁿 [General Seed](https://profiles.wordpress.org/autocultivo/) 3, Setiembre de 2016 works fine, please keep updated. Thanks for it, saved to me tons of work [ Read all 11 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbpress-wp-tweaks/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “bbPress WP Tweaks” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ veppa ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/veppa/) “bbPress WP Tweaks” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/bbpress-wp-tweaks/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “bbPress WP Tweaks” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/bbpress-wp-tweaks) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bbpress-wp-tweaks/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/bbpress-wp-tweaks/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bbpress-wp-tweaks/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bbpress-wp-tweaks/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog **Version 1.5.1 (release date: 28.06.2025)** * Added: Shows current theme type, `Classic` or `FSE (Full Site Editing, Block)` theme. * Fixed: TypeError when calculating users’ last login date. Changed meta_key to unique value for avoiding conflicts. (Thank you for reporting) **Version 1.5 (release date: 27.06.2025)** * Added: Detection use of FSE theme. Shows instruction to fix theme compatibility. * Added: Fixing bbPress font size option. **Version 1.4.4 (release date: 13.01.2020)** * Checks if current post variable exists before using its ID * Plugin compatible with php8. **Version 1.4.3 (release date: 06.12.2018)** * Removed merging empty array **Version 1.4.2 (release date: 09.10.2018)** * Removed deprecated create_function directive **Version 1.4.1 (release date: 14.12.2017)** * Removed setting default value to forum wrapper. It was breaking forum for some themes that was generating excerpts when called index.php file. * Fixed error related to some php versions used in users widget * Translated plugin to Russian and Turkish. **Version 1.4 (release date: 12.12.2017)** * Chaneged sidebar auto detection to selecting in admin area * Added more forum wrappers and admin definable custom wrapper * Added Forum users widget * Fixed login links widget * Added login links to places where login required for adding new topic and reply. Added option formating those links. * Added option to show forum description * Added forum related columns to users table in admin area * Added last activity time usermeta value * Added option to disable not used widgets offered by this plugin * Added option to redirect 404 page for authors to related forum profile page * Changed minimum requred version WP 4.7, bbPress 2.5 * Made plugin php7 ready **Version 1.3.1** * Minor bugfixes **Version 1.3** * Added compatability to WordPress version 3.5 and greater **Version 1.2** * Added compatability to bbPress version 2.1 and greater * Displaying existing forum wrappers in bold in plugin settings. **Version 1.1** * Changed how main sidebar is detected. This adds compatability to more themes. **Version 1.0.0** * Initial release of my edition of the plugin. ## Meta * Version **1.5.1** * Last updated **4 meses ago** * Active installations **1.000+** * WordPress version ** 4.7 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-wp-tweaks/), [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-wp-tweaks/) y [Turkish](https://tr.wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-wp-tweaks/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/bbpress-wp-tweaks) * Tags * [bbPress](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/bbpress/)[forum](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/forum/) [login links](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/login-links/)[sidebar](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sidebar/) * [Advanced View](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-wp-tweaks/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.2 out of 5 stars. * [ 8 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbpress-wp-tweaks/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbpress-wp-tweaks/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbpress-wp-tweaks/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbpress-wp-tweaks/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 2 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbpress-wp-tweaks/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbpress-wp-tweaks/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbpress-wp-tweaks/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ veppa ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/veppa/) ## Support Got something to say? 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