Can’t view any forums

[writerdreamer]

Hi! I’m trying to use ForumWP because it has integration with Ultimate Member, which we’re also using. However, even after deleting the plugin and its settings, reinstalling, having it redo all the pages, I still cannot get forums to show up on the web page. You can see that I have a forum in wp-admin, but I can’t get it to show up on [ redundant link removed ]. If I try to view it directly, I see errors.

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[Aswin Giri]

Hello @writerdreamer,

Can you please share the error messages you are getting when trying to view the forum?

[writerdreamer]

Warning: include(/home/themightypens/www/www/wp-content/themes/twentytwentythree/index.php): Failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/themightypens/www/www/wp-includes/template-loader.php on line 106

Warning: include(): Failed opening ‘/home/themightypens/www/www/wp-content/themes/twentytwentythree/index.php’ for inclusion (include_path=’.:/usr/local/php81/lib/php’) in /home/themightypens/www/www/wp-includes/template-loader.php on line 106

[writerdreamer]

That’s what I get when I go to the Forums page and click View on the one forum I’ve created. Screenshots: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AuQ_jowW9Bvhp6dEpW4KdiP7lrS2iw?e=NORi4e

[Aswin Giri]

Hello @writerdreamer

The warning message is related to theme, can you please try changing theme for a while and see if that fixes the issue.

Secondly, please check if you have set a default forum on wp-admin > Forums > settings > General > Forums

[writerdreamer]

I cannot change the theme as this is an active website for a program that has started this year already.

You can see in the picture forum4.png (same folder as above) that I do have a default forum (indeed our only forum). Do I need to add a shortcode to the forum page? The list of forums shows up, so that shortcode is working, it’s just an empty list.

I realize this is a free plugin, so I know your time is limited. If there’s no easy solution I can switch to bbPress, we were just hoping to use a plugin that played nicer with the Gutenberg editor (as we are using a block editor theme).

[Aswin Giri]

This plugin works fine with most of the themes but the issue you are having looks like a js related issue. I suggest you check your browser console, and set WP_DEBUG to true to see if you have any error messages. I also suggest you update your WordPress version to the latest. If you are not able to conduct a “plugins/theme” conflict test on your site, I suggest you try plugins like WP Staging to create a clone of your site where you can easily conduct a conflict test without affecting your live site.