WordPress users integration with phpBB forum
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Hi team, I have below questions
1. After plugin setup, If we import all the WordPress users into phpbb forum, will that overwrite the existing users or add in new users?
2. Will this plugin assign the previous posts to the new users or not?
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Hello: the inline hint say
If there is an existent same username on phpBB, his email address and password are overwritten by the email address and password of the transferred WP user. The process exclude both WP and phpBB default install admins. All users are transferred on phpBB as registered users if they have a role on WP, as deactivated in phpBB if no roles on WP.
note that at this point, users have to login in WP or reset their password, because with the WP password, the transferred user, will not be able to login into phpBB until his password has not been updated (while with the plugin installed, any password is recognized into WP, both WP and phpBB hashes).
This feature (recognize WP pass hash in phpBB) may will be added into the next version of the phpBB WordPress integration extension v2
https://www.axew3.com/w3/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1783
transfer and check easy tools are rude, but are working fine and can accomplish with all the strictly required; read inline hints and helps and if any trouble just post
ps … yes… the hint will be rewritten in better Eng and more extensive, on next coming version
The answer is Yes, but not because the plugin do something special!
the plugin link user’s login, change passwords, but nothing more than this: you have to think that WP and phpBB are completely separated. Same user (with same email) of course will result to have his posts in phpBB, but not because it is in some way linked by the plugin or the phpBB extension (whenever used) but because his login is the same in both phpBB and WP.
So it is natural that an user logged with an email in WP same as on phpBB, will be logged in phpBB as the same user, so he will be able to manage their posts (and their posts will results to be assigned to him into last posts widgets etc).
I think your question come due to a little confusion abut the fact that CMS with this plugin runs like one, but are completely separated in effect and you can stop the integration in any moment without any problem (except the required WP pass reset if the hash is the one of phpBB: without the plugin active the phpBB hash will not be recognized).
Once you’ll understand the plugin and how it work, you’ll understand that you can do all what you want, and even much more.
I will be glad to show you the way to accomplish with everything that’s possible, that’s maybe not immediately arguable: just post a question if there is some trouble, i will answer asap!
Answers:
- No new user will be created if another one already exist with same email. And if there is an user MarcoAurelio in WP, that have same email of GiulioCesare in phpBB, in WP he will be logged as Marcoaurelio but in phpBB will result to be logged as GiulioCesare, and viceversa.
- I don’t understand so the second question, due to the previous answer. I assume the answer is yes, of course!
… i just read again my answers: the answer to the second question is obviously yes, in any case.
If phpBB user have 20 posts and after migration his/her credential info will be updated/overwritten. Will he/she still mapped to those 20 posts and can access the same or these 20 posts will be lost for him/her
Yes. phpBB users remains the same if you do not change them. Only email and password are overwritten when an username is found the same as in WP, during the transfer process WP-> phpBB. But/While the user will not be created/updated if the attempted transferred email belong already to another phpBB user.
As per your last answer what I understood is that user credentials will be overwritten based on email address means password, etc will be updated. But as per your first answer email address and password will be overwritten based on username to get clarified on this let’s understand it by a example
Exactly: credentials mean the password in this case and the email, IF an username is found the same as in WP. BUT the user will not be updated,if another username in phpBB own the same email. A warning will display for the user that has not been transferred or updated, because the email belong to another username.
So that after, using provided tools (very raw and with bad layout but that are working quite fine) you can fix all and any problem.
No, the username is not updated! The phpBB user that own his post, of course!!! will follow to own his posts!
And look that you should not, as specified into installations steps
https://www.axew3.com/w3/wordpress-phpbb-integration-install/
that you should set phpBB TO NOT allow usernames changes or same email sharing between users, even if this can be absolutely ok if you know what it mean.
To integrate phpBB and WP with this is very easy and let you have the complete control, without compromising WP or phpBB databases and files. It can result hard until you do not understand the fundamental concept that phpBB and WP are running completely separated. They are linked by a cookie and some mysql instructions, these that retrieves and/or update (if required) user’s data. And just until the plugin is active. You’ll be free to return back in any moment without any problem just disabling the plugin.
ps NOTE that transferred WP users in phpBB, if they try to login in phpBB, will have to reset the password (in WP or phpBB, that so will be recognized both in WP and phpBB), because until not updated, the WP hash is not recognized in phpBB (that use another pass hash way). IF you let users login also in phpBB, you may have to be noticed about this. Read install steps, and inline hints, it is all explained and if still in trouble just post! Cheers
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