WP 4.0 — Search Exclude / bbPress conflict

Hi there. There is some conflict between Search Exclude and bbPress in WP 4.0.

This is copied from my reply in the bbPress support forums:

Okay, another data point here.

After receiving an auto-update to WP 4.0, bbPress was a mess. The forum index was visible, but each forum was empty of topics (except for a super sticky topic; for some reason, that was still visible). All topics/replies still visible in wp-admin, and freshness on the front-end reported properly. Basically, everything was still there, but not visible for some reason.

Through process of elimination, I found that the Relevanssi plugin was preventing topics/replies from showing on the front end of the site.

Disabling that plugin fixed that problem. I believe they updated their plugin last night, but the current version still conflicts with bbPress.

After this, I realized that the FIRST/ORIGINAL post in every topic was still missing. Again, through process of elimination, I found that the Search Exclude plugin was creating this problem.

Disabling Search Exclude solved the missing first post problem.

I have no idea what the conflicts are, but I will be adding this reply and a link to this discussion in the support forums for these two plugins.

Full discussion here: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/first-post-missing-in-topic-after-upgrade-to-wordpress-4-0-urgent/