Replace the comments on your WordPress blog posts with topics from an integrated bbPress install
Adds an option to the Discussion meta box to use a bbPress topic instead of WordPress comments, and displays that topic beneath the post on your site.
You can let the plugin create a new topic for you in the forum of your choice, or specify an existing topic to attach to the post.
A topic can be attached to as many posts as you’d like, but only one topic can currently be attached to a post.
Screenshots
The post Discussion meta box
Default post settings on the Discussion page
Comment bubble replaced with the number of forum posts
I don’t see the Discussion meta box. Where is it?
See this article for a quick tip on how to toggle the Discussion meta box.
ChangeLog
2.2.7
*updated to correct errors on saving drafts and fix isssues where the ‘classic editor’ plugin was being used
2.2.4
*further updated prior to re-open
2.2.3
*further updated prior to re-open
2.2.2
*updated prior to re-open
2.2.1
*corrected error on update comments on import
2.2.0
*corrected error on update post when topic slug not numeric
2.1.9
*reverted to == for most compare functions from ===
*replaced ‘create_function’ which was deprecated in php 7.2 and removed in php8 for line 355 and 408
2.1.8
*bug fix for post update – to correctly update the relared topic
2.1.7
*allow for topic deletion and remove post meta
2.1.6
*amended error in custom post types to ensure listing on upgrade
2.1.5
*added support for custom post types
1.9.5
*an automatic cache purge for wp-rocket and w3Total Control has been added
1.9.4
*corrections to apply filters on line 77 to take out syntax error
1.9.3
*Amend if(jQuery(this).attr(‘checked’)) { to if(jQuery(this).prop(‘checked’)) { to resolve jquery issue
1.9.2
*Localise messages
1.9.1
*Corrections to ‘do this for existing posts’ to re-enable
1.9.0
*Improved settings display
1.8.9
*added the ability to choose post and page types for display
1.8.8
*added the ability to show reply count in topic link
1.8.7
*minor amendment to prevent error on processing update
1.8.6
*minor amendment to prevent undefined variable warning
1.8.5
*prevent duplicate topic creation on post update during post creation
1.8.4
*amended bbppt_activate get_options to correctly load on null value (new installation)
1.8.3
*commented out filter in comment-bbpress.php line 15 as no longer needed and causing pagination to fail
1.8.2
*fixed call to deprecated function in comment-bbpress.php line 15
*amended index.php to allow for gutenberg page and post meta boxes
1.8.1
- Fixed: Posts with draft settings did not have topics created under certain circumstances – thanks, Opinynated
- Fixed: PHP notice when editing global settings for the first time
- Changed: Updated default templates to look better with twentythirteen theme
1.8
- Added: Anchor for “Respond” / “Leave a reply” links in post listings
- Fixed: Post titles appeared blank when saving under certain circumstances – thanks, Keiser Media and nosignal
- Fixed: Saved draft settings were not reflected when editing the post under certain circumstances – thanks, RobJustice777
- Fixed: A couple other PHP warnings
1.7
- Fixed: Multiple topics created for posts under certain circumstances – thanks, Erlend Sogge Heggen!
- Fixed: Draft settings not properly deleted when publishing posts
- Changed: Silenced a bunch of warnings for a cleaner debug experience
1.6
- Changed: Will now create topics for posts marked ‘Private’ when selected – thanks, dhtc
- Fixed: PHP warning about uninitialized
$bbp object
- Fixed: topic “Freshness” did not match post date for imported posts- thanks, Justin Mason
- Fixed: comment bubble count didn’t match reply count when importing existing comments
- Fixed: post settings for copying tags and comments did not reflect defaults
1.5
- Added: Can import comments when bulk processing posts (with new default setting)
- Added: Broad support for scheduled posts and those made by plugins
- Added: Delete forum topics when deleting last associated post
- Added: Template functions for integrators / theme developers
- Added: much-needed action hooks — more to come!
- Added: Debug hooks for diagnosing issues when processing new topics
- Changed: dropped
$bbp for carrying topic ID to template files — copies of comments-bbpress.php must be updated
- Changed: Bulk processing now includes posts with topics attached (to copy tags and import comments)
- Changed: Skip ineligible post types during bulk processing – thanks, Gawain Lynch
- Changed: Skip pages during bulk processing (can use filter to include them)
- Fixed: Make path to admin script MU-compatible
- Fixed: Make topic date match post date when importing old posts (or setting post date in the interface) – thanks, casewolf
1.4
- Fixed: duplicate topics created when updating posts with a default forum set – thanks, nchiari
- Fixed: could not access multiple pages of replies from post – thanks, oddcopter
- Added: bulk create topics for existing posts from the Discussion settings page
1.3
- Added: support for copying existing comments to bbPress topic – generously contributed by javiarques!
- Added: support for loading template files from theme directory
- Changed: cleaned up the Discussion meta box a bit
- Changed: moved away from $bbp since it has been dropped in bbPress 2.1
- Fixed: not all forums appeared in dropdowns in some cases – thanks, javiarques
1.2
- Added: support for copying tags from post to topic
- Added: support for creating topics for XML-RPC posts (only if creating a topic is set in defaults)
- Added: translation support – thanks, efedoso
- Changed: addslashes to topic body, fixing some topic content issues – thanks, sangil
1.1
- Added: support for bbPress 2.1
- Fixed: Bug that broke “Link to topic” option until default discussion settings were saved
1.0
- Changed: default topic text is processed with kses
- Fixed: bug that could prevent going back to custom settings once defaults were selected
- Fixed: short_open_tag issues – thanks, dalekoop and drsim
- Fixed: error when default discussion settings hadn’t been saved – thanks, richardjay
0.9.5
- Added: option to display only link to topic under post
- Added: option to display newest/oldest x replies under post
- Added: change the content of the new topic from the Discussion settings page
- Added: option to “Use default settings” to keep topic display uniform
- Changed: added placeholder text to make existing topic selection more intuitive – thanks, qgil
- Changed: internal settings storage, for easier future changes
0.9
- Fixed: bug preventing access to edit posts / pages under some conditions – big thanks, KaiSD
0.8
- Changed: topic creation runs only when post is published, not when saving a draft
0.7
- Added: strip shortcodes from excerpt in topic – thanks, wpforchurch
- Added:
bbppt_topic_content_before_link filter to change topic content without processing the link
- Changed: stopped using deprecated function for excerpt generation
0.6
- Added:
bbppt_topic_content filter to let others change the content of new topics
- Changed: Made error strings more detailed when creating or assigning a topic fails
- Fixed: translation function error (used
_( instead of __( – D’oh!) – thanks, justin-mason and David100351
0.5
- Added: can set creating a bbPress topic for discussion as default for new posts
- Changed: post meta format
0.4
- Added: option to show only replies on the post / page
- Fixed: link in forum topic was to nowhere – thanks, justin-mason
- Fixed: could not select child forums when creating a new topic – thanks, justin-mason
0.3
- Added: show reply count instead of comment count for posts with an attached forum topic
- Changed: display an error if bbPress is not detected instead of failing silently
- Changed: how bbPress is detected
0.2
- Added: can use a topic ID or topic post_name/slug for existing topic
- Added: better handling of bbPress environment
- Fixed: use existing topic now works as expected
- Fixed: finally settled on a name
0.1
Initial Release
