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[Solved] Deleting a post hides the topic from the forum.

Surlofia · 2022-10-02T10:17:45Z

First, could you see screenshots "WP Fastest Cache Exclude Setting of Cocoon.png".As you can see, we alrready exclude the forum from our cache pluginDeleting a post (or deleting a user of an approved post) hides the topic from the top of the forum. It seems to be restored when I write to the hidden topic with administrator privileges. I also tried deleting Cache from the forum dashboard, but no luck… Apparently, it is not possible to delete the most recent post by the user…. I will try to block spam users without deleting them. However, when I tried it today, the same thing happened with “delete spam posts” -> “block user”…=====However, we don’t think this setting has anything to do with the problem, because we disabled the plugin this time.We don’t remember from which version of wpForo the problem occurred.However, we are sure that it is v2.0.0 or later.We suspect that the conditions of the bug are as follows[condition #1]Deleting a post that has been "unapproved" ("waiting for approval") will cause the topic to disappear from the top of the forum.(We have created a similar environment and verified that the problem is reproduced here.)Or[condition #2]Deleting a user who holds a post that has been "unapproved" ("awaiting approval") will cause the topic to disappear from the top of the forum.(This is only speculation and we have not been able to reproduce the issue.)=========If there are spam submissions that have been "unapproved" and are "awaiting approval" (= under [condition #2]), the following steps may be necessary.Step 1Delete all spam submissions once written by pressing "Approve".Step 2Then delete the user.In the previous version, it was OK to just delete the user, but to avoid the problem, the following procedure is necessary, which may be quite troublesome....1. press "Approve2. Delete the spam postings3. Check if the spam user has any "waiting for approval" posts4. Delete the userThank you for reading our long article. WP-Fastest-Cache-Exclude-Setting-of-Cocoon.png

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Surlofia

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Oct 03, 2022 4:53 pm

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@robert

The only plugin is "wpForo".
No cache plug-ins, of course.

Since this is a local environment, there is no server-based cache.

We emphasize that
"all cache functions are reproduced in a local environment, even if they are not used."

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Robert

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Oct 03, 2022 4:54 pm

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Surlofia

@surlofia,

This is so specific issue. Why you make it unapproved, then delete it? Just delete it or just make it unapproved. I think this kind of behavior has not been even tested so this could be a small bug. We'll check it and fix in upcoming versions.

BTW, you can use other forum layouts, I think you'll not see such issue in other layouts.

In case you want to say thank you !)
We'd really appreciate and be thankful if you leave a good review on plugin page. This is the best way to say thank you to this project and support team.

Surlofia

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Oct 03, 2022 5:13 pm

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@robert

> Why you make it unapproved, then delete it? Just delete it or just make it unapproved.

"Deleting a post" hides a topic.

To avoid this trouble.

The title of this topic is "Deleting a post hides the topic from the forum."

Anyway, we are happy, you seemed understanding this phenomenon.

Ver. 2.x.x seems bringing this trouble.

Ver. 1.x.x worked well we think.

We are looking forward next version.

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Surlofia

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Oct 04, 2022 6:58 am

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@robert

The one just described is a demonstration, so it is done by a single user, but the actual operation is as follows.

A user who patrols the forum and has no deletion authority "unapproves" and hides posts that are deemed to be in violation of forum rules and etiquette.

After that, the Admin user does a final check and performs a "delete" or "approve" operation.

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Surlofia

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Oct 04, 2022 11:56 am

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@robert

I tested it in a newly created local development environment of WordPress, with only wpForo as a plugin.
It seems that there is one more condition to be hidden on the forum home page, and that is that the "Category Layout" of the top category must be set to "Extended".
When I deleted a post that had been disapproved under this condition, the problem was reproduced.

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