[buddypress-trac] [BuddyPress Trac] #9140: "Discourage search engines from indexing this site" prevents bbPress activity to be recorded.

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#9140: "Discourage search engines from indexing this site" prevents bbPress
activity to be recorded.
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 Reporter:  Lorangeo      |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:
Component:  Core          |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:  reported-upstream
 Keywords:                |
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Comment (by petrkorolevth9):

 A recent issue has surfaced where enabling the "Discourage search engines
 from indexing this site" setting in WordPress's Reading settings
 unexpectedly stops the recording of bbPress forum activity in the activity
 feed. This seems illogical as the two functionalities—search engine
 visibility and activity logging—appear to be unrelated. Why might enabling
 this privacy setting impact the functionality of bbPress activity
 recording, and how can this be addressed without compromising site
 privacy?

 In WordPress, the option to discourage search engines is intended to
 prevent the site from being indexed but not to interfere with internal
 functionalities such as activity tracking. However, users have noticed
 that upon enabling this setting, no new entries are logged in the bbPress
 activity feed, which is critical for community engagement and monitoring.

 The issue has been redirected to the bbPress developers, suggesting it may
 be an internal handling within the bbPress plugin that inadvertently ties
 activity logging to site visibility settings. A temporary workaround
 involves using the `add_filter( 'bbp_is_site_public', '__return_true' );`
 snippet in the site's customization files to force bbPress to recognize
 the site as public regardless of the WordPress search engine visibility
 setting.

  How can developers ensure that changes to visibility settings do not
 unintentionally impact other site functionalities?

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