An empty forum page is usually related to the forum page setup rather than the forum data itself, the pages seem to load and fetch the forum titles without any issues.

Please check the following:

• Go to Forum - Integration -Page and Permalink
• Make sure the Forum Page is correctly assigned and possibly try attach the forum to another page

Quick test:

• Create a new page and call it anything
• Assign that page as the forum page under Integration - Page and Permalink

This helps confirm if the issue is related to the current page setup.

Follow up questions:

• Did the problem start around the time you changed theme? Newer themes can sometimes affect how the forum is displayed and may need some additional adjustments
• If possible, check for any PHP errors (or enable WP_DEBUG)

Best regards,
Joakim @ Simple:Press
Timezone: CET

for my hobby website I am using WordPress and the Simple:Press forum for like twenty years now.

Since the latest WordPress updates the forum is not visible anymore, there is only an empty page with menu, header, footer.

So I changed my old WordPress theme to a new one (Twenty-Five), upgraded Simple:Press from 5.x to the latest 6.x, changed the PHP on my website from the obsolete 7.x to 8.x, but all that did not change anything. The forum is still not visible.

I am no IT professional unfortunately.

Maybe someone in here can help me?

Thanks a lot in advance.

P.S.: Here is the link to the forum page:

https://www.classic-consoles-c.....r.at/forum

Sorry for the delay, and thanks for sticking with us!

No worries, this is an easy one. As long as you upgrade first to version 5.7.x, you’ll be fine. During 2024-2025 we have had quite a few upgrades from 5.7.x and they have all worked. But doing a test-run on a staging or test server is always a great idea.

You can grab the 5.7.5.3 version here: http://simple-press.com/upload......7.5.3.zip

Again, sorry for the hassle and the slow response.

Let us know if you run into any issues with upgrading to 5.7.5.3.

Best regards,
Joakim @ Simple:Press
Timezone: CET

Joan Alamo Vallejo said
Wordpress Theme

Hi!

Ok, thanks for letting us know.

Best regards,
Joakim @ Simple:Press
Timezone: CET

Joan Alamo Vallejo said
In that case, it might be the theme that is quite old

I switched back the php version and it worked

Hi!

Thanks for letting us know. Just to clarify, was it a Simple:Press Theme or WordPress theme that caused the issue?

Best regards,
Joakim @ Simple:Press
Timezone: CET

I switched back the php version and it worked

We are running Simple:Press on PHP 8.4 without issues. Do you have any logs, error messages or similar to help us narrow down the issue.

Best regards,
Joakim @ Simple:Press
Timezone: CET

Thanks for the reply. It is great to see that Simple:Press is still actively maintained.

Regards, Henk

Thanks for posting your initial reports and your continued investigations. We will have a look at this. Your debugging helps tremendously.

Best regards,
Joakim @ Simple:Press
Timezone: CET

Best regards,

Henk

In the latest update, the 'Do math to save' button gets grayed out when a guest user tries to add a new topic/post immediately if something is typed in the math answer field. The button is enabled before anything is typed in the math answer field. The forum is not used very often, the latest guest user that posted a message was a few weeks ago so I am not sure when this issue started.

I am happy to provide more detail about this problem when required.

Best regards,

Henk

Thanks for the update. Version 6.11.8 contains a fix for the search pagination that should solve your problem.

It would be great if you could install and verify.

Best regards,
Joakim @ Simple:Press
Timezone: CET