[Robin W]

add_filter( 'bbp_get_reply_post_date', 'rew_show_time_since' , 10 , 6) ;
add_filter( 'bbp_get_topic_post_date', 'rew_show_time_since' , 10 , 6) ;

function rew_show_time_since ($result, $reply_id, $humanize, $gmt, $date, $time ){
	$gmt_s  = ! empty( $gmt ) ? 'G' : 'U';
	$date   = get_post_time( $gmt_s, $gmt, $reply_id );
	$result = bbp_get_time_since( $date );
return $result ;	
}

Put this in your child theme’s function file –

ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/functions.php

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

or use

Code Snippets

[Robin W]

so is this with this function installed?

add_filter ('bbp_get_topic_post_date' , 'rew_change_to_freshness', 10 , 6) ;
add_filter ('bbp_get_reply_post_date' , 'rew_change_to_freshness', 10 , 6) ;

function rew_change_to_freshness ($result, $topic_id, $humanize, $gmt, $date, $time) {
	$result = bbp_get_time_since( bbp_convert_date( $time ) ) ;
	
return $result ;
}

[Robin W]

you can leave the template for time unchanged.

add_filter ('bbp_get_topic_post_date' , 'rew_change_to_freshness', 10 , 6) ;
add_filter ('bbp_get_reply_post_date' , 'rew_change_to_freshness', 10 , 6) ;

function rew_change_to_freshness ($result, $topic_id, $humanize, $gmt, $date, $time) {
	$result = bbp_get_time_since( bbp_convert_date( $time ) ) ;
	
return $result ;
}

Put this in your child theme’s function file –

ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/functions.php

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

or use

Code Snippets

[Robin W]

untested, but this should work

add_filter( 'bbp_get_topic_post_date', 'rew_date_only' , 20, 6) ;

function rew_date_only ($result, $topic_id, $humanize, $gmt, $date, $time ){
		$topic_id = bbp_get_topic_id( $topic_id );

		// 4 days, 4 hours ago
		if ( ! empty( $humanize ) ) {
			$gmt_s  = ! empty( $gmt ) ? 'G' : 'U';
			$date   = get_post_time( $gmt_s, $gmt, $topic_id );
			$time   = false; // For filter below
			$result = bbp_get_time_since( $date );

		// August 4, 2012 at 2:37 pm
		} else {
			$date   = get_post_time( get_option( 'date_format' ), $gmt, $topic_id, true );
			$result = $date;
		}

		// Filter & return
		return apply_filters( 'rew_date_only', $result, $topic_id, $humanize, $gmt, $date, $time );
	}
}

Put this in your child theme’s function file –

ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/functions.php

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

or use

Code Snippets

[Robin W]

ok, try this

add_filter ('bbp_get_time_since' , 'rew_time_since_translate' ) ;
		
	
	function rew_time_since_translate ($output) {
		$output = preg_replace('/years/', 'new word', $output);
		$output = preg_replace('/year/', 'new word', $output);
		$output = preg_replace('/days/', 'new word', $output);
		$output = preg_replace('/day/', 'new word', $output);
		
		return $output ;
	}

so change ‘new word’ in each case for what you want to show

you can add as many lines as you need, but always do the plural first so ‘years’ followed by ‘year’

Put this in your child theme’s function file –

ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/functions.php

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

or use

Code Snippets

[Longbow]

I’m digging through php and can’t locate where the word “On” gets inserted.

bbpress/includes/replies/template/php

lines 660-680

	function bbp_get_reply_post_date( $reply_id = 0, $humanize = false, $gmt = false ) {
		$reply_id = bbp_get_reply_id( $reply_id );

		// 4 days, 4 hours ago
		if ( ! empty( $humanize ) ) {
			$gmt_s  = ! empty( $gmt ) ? 'G' : 'U';
			$date   = get_post_time( $gmt_s, $gmt, $reply_id );
			$time   = false; // For filter below
			$result = bbp_get_time_since( $date );

		// August 4, 2012 at 2:37 pm
		} else {
			$date   = get_post_time( get_option( 'date_format' ), $gmt, $reply_id, true );
			$time   = get_post_time( get_option( 'time_format' ), $gmt, $reply_id, true );
			$result = sprintf( _x( '%1$s at %2$s', 'date at time', 'bbpress' ), $date, $time );
		}

		// Filter & return
		return apply_filters( 'bbp_get_reply_post_date', $result, $reply_id, $humanize, $gmt, $date, $time );
	}

[wpturk]

You can remove everything between comma “,” and “ago” this way: (put in functions.php)

function short_time ($output) {
    $output = preg_replace( '/, .*[^ago]/', ' ', $output );
    echo $output;
}
add_action ('bbp_get_time_since', 'short_time') ;

[Robin W]

ok, the existing function is

function bbp_get_topic_post_date( $topic_id = 0, $humanize = false, $gmt = false ) {
		$topic_id = bbp_get_topic_id( $topic_id );

		// 4 days, 4 hours ago
		if ( !empty( $humanize ) ) {
			$gmt_s  = !empty( $gmt ) ? 'U' : 'G';
			$date   = get_post_time( $gmt_s, $gmt, $topic_id );
			$time   = false; // For filter below
			$result = bbp_get_time_since( $date );

		// August 4, 2012 at 2:37 pm
		} else {
			$date   = get_post_time( get_option( 'date_format' ), $gmt, $topic_id, true );
			$time   = get_post_time( get_option( 'time_format' ), $gmt, $topic_id, true );
			$result = sprintf( _x( '%1$s at %2$s', 'date at time', 'bbpress' ), $date, $time );
		}

		return apply_filters( 'bbp_get_topic_post_date', $result, $topic_id, $humanize, $gmt, $date, $time );
	}

so we can filter this as follows :

add_filter ('bbp_get_topic_post_date' , 'rew_date' , 10 , 6) ;

function rew_date ($result, $topic_id, $humanize, $gmt, $date, $time) {
	$result = 'hello' ;

return $result ;
}

This should then say ‘hello’ so all we want to do is change $result to read whatever you want – so what do you want it to say ?

[siparker]

Hi,

The function bbp_get_time_since in includes/common/formatting.php always returns “right now”.

bbPress Version: 2.6 release candidate 6

[lflier]

Here is a straightforward approach to abbreviating the time. Just put it in your functions.php file. You can modify the abbreviations as you wish:

add_filter( 'bbp_get_time_since', 'abbreviate_time' );
function abbreviate_time ( $output ) {
    $output = str_replace( 'minutes', 'min', $output );
    $output = str_replace( 'minute', 'min', $output );
    $output = str_replace( 'hours', 'hr', $output );
    $output = str_replace( 'hour', 'hr', $output );
    $output = str_replace( 'weeks', 'wk', $output );
    $output = str_replace( 'week', 'wk', $output );	
    $output = str_replace( 'months', 'mo', $output );
    $output = str_replace( 'month', 'mo', $output );    
    $output = str_replace( 'years', 'yr', $output );
    $output = str_replace( 'year', 'yr', $output );    
    return $output;
}

[Pascal Casier]

2 tips:
– Install my bbP Toolkit
– Use the code below:

// Change freshness time by removing the last part, so '1 month, 3 days ago' becomes '1 month ago'
function casiepa_shorten_freshness_time($return) {
	$return = preg_replace( '/, .*[^ago]/', ' ', $return );
	return $return;
}
add_filter( 'bbp_get_time_since', 'casiepa_shorten_freshness_time' );
add_filter( 'bp_core_time_since', 'casiepa_shorten_freshness_time');

PS. Ben je niet op https://wpnl.slack.com ?

[Pascal Casier]

Well, for your specific case, you would probably go with:

function bbptoolkitpc_shorten_freshness_time($return) {
	$return = str_replace( "hour", "hr", $return );
	$return = str_replace( "minutes", "min", $return );
	return $return;
}
add_filter( 'bbp_get_time_since', 'bbptoolkitpc_shorten_freshness_time' );
add_filter( 'bp_core_time_since', 'bbptoolkitpc_shorten_freshness_time');

Pascal.

[Pascal Casier]

Hi,
The section is fine 🙂

You will have to change the regular expression inside, but the basic function would look like this:

function bbptoolkitpc_shorten_freshness_time($return) {
	$bbptoolkit_short_fresh = get_option('bbptoolkit-short-fresh', false);
	if ($bbptoolkit_short_fresh) {
		$return = preg_replace( '/, .*[^ago]/', ' ', $return );
	}
	return $return;
}
add_filter( 'bbp_get_time_since', 'bbptoolkitpc_shorten_freshness_time' );
add_filter( 'bp_core_time_since', 'bbptoolkitpc_shorten_freshness_time');

Pascal.

[Robin W]

ok, so

//function to remove the comma
function change_comma_time($output) {
$output = preg_replace( ‘/[,]/’ , ‘ ‘ , $output );
return $output;
}
add_filter( ‘bbp_get_time_since’, ‘change_comma_time’ );
add_filter(‘bp_core_time_since’, ‘change_comma_time’);

will take out the commas. You need to add this to your functions file and

‘function custom_get_forum_freshness_link() {
$time_since = bbp_get_forum_last_active_time( $forum_id );
$anchor = $time_since ;
return $anchor ;
}

add_filter( ‘bbp_get_forum_freshness_link’, ‘custom_get_forum_freshness_link’ );’

will take out the link

You will need to add these to your functions file.

Come back if you need further help

[Robin W]

so the answer is

function short_freshness_time( $output) {
$output = preg_replace( '/, .*[^ago]/', ' ', $output );
return $output;
}
add_filter( 'bbp_get_time_since', 'short_freshness_time' );
add_filter('bp_core_time_since', 'short_freshness_time');

Drop this into your functions file

[Stephen Edgar]

Don’t forget to search the site here 😉

https://bbpress.org/forums/search/bbp_get_time_since/

I want bbPress to look like every other forum on the planet

[virusek89]

bbp_get_time_since

I found it in these files

bbpress\includes\topics\template-tags.php
bbpress\includes\replies\template-tags.php
bbpress\includes\forums\template-tags.php
bbpress\includes\common\widgets.php
bbpress\includes\common\functions.php

Now what I need to edit to remove the rest of the decimal?

I want to ask because I am a beginner in php

[John James Jacoby]

You’ll want to filter the output of bbp_get_time_since; it’s the function responsible for humanizing timestamps. You’ll probably want to perform a string replacement starting at the comma, and append your own ‘ago’ at the end.

[Majijiboo]

@koendb

Which bbpress file should I add the below filter to to get that feature? Thanks.

function short_freshness_time( $output) {
$output = preg_replace( '/, .*[^ago]/', ' ', $output );
return $output;
}
add_filter( 'bbp_get_time_since', 'short_freshness_time' );
add_filter('bp_core_time_since', 'short_freshness_time');

[koendb]

Ah, sorry @shmoo or @macpress: forgot to add the filters:

add_filter( 'bbp_get_time_since', 'short_freshness_time' );
add_filter('bp_core_time_since', 'short_freshness_time');

[koendb]

Thanks Shmoo!
I added this filter, don’t remember where I found it:

function short_freshness_time( $output) {
$output = preg_replace( '/, .*[^ago]/', ' ', $output );
return $output;
}

add_filter( 'bbp_get_time_since', 'short_freshness_time' );
add_filter('bp_core_time_since', 'short_freshness_time');

Shall we leave this thread to Mycelus now? Feel free to PM me or open your own.

[blg002]

@thesnowjunkies @johnjamesjacoby @undyingearth @olivier-lettinga So here’s what I did, it looks to work but I haven’t fully put it through its paces. I’m also kind of a n00b with this PHP WordPress thing so hopefully this isn’t a terrible idea. I basically used an add filter on bbp_get_time_since and did a regex string replacement on the output removing anything from the first comma up to ‘ago’.

function short_freshness_time( $output, $older_date, $newer_date ) {
  $output = preg_replace( '/, .*[^ago]/', ' ', $output );
  return $output;
}
add_filter( 'bbp_get_time_since', 'short_freshness_time' );

[gingerngo]

Hi,

I’m wondering how I can create a function that will allow me to output just 1 time chunk in the freshness column instead of 2.

So instead of “3 months, 1 hour” it will just be “3 months” and “4 hours, 23 minutes” will just be “4 hours.”

I found the bbp_get_time_since() function, but I’d like to create a separate function so I don’t edit the plugin files. Is this possible?

[undyingearth]

I’ve almost got this working, but my PHP-fu skills are not quite strong enough. @johnjamesjacoby and @thesnowjunkies pointed me in the right direction, but I feel like I must be making a basic mistake in the implementation.

I found the function bbp_get_time_since in /plugins/bbpress/includes/common/functions.php

I managed to achieve the desired effect by deleting the following:

`
// Step two: the second chunk
if ( $i + 2 $since ) {
$output = $unknown_text;

// We only want to output two chunks of time here, eg:
// x years, xx months
// x days, xx hours
// so there’s only two bits of calculation below:
} else {

// Step one: the first chunk
for ( $i = 0, $j = count( $chunks ); $i < $j; ++$i ) {
$seconds = $chunks[$i][0];

// Finding the biggest chunk (if the chunk fits, break)
$count = floor( $since / $seconds );
if ( 0 != $count ) {
break;
}
}

// If $i iterates all the way to $j, then the event happened 0 seconds ago
if ( !isset( $chunks[$i] ) ) {
$output = $right_now_text;

} else {

// Set output var
$output = ( 1 == $count ) ? '1 '. $chunks[$i][1] : $count . ' ' . $chunks[$i][2];

// Step two: the second chunk
if ( $i + 2 < $j ) {
$seconds2 = $chunks[$i + 1][0];
$name2 = $chunks[$i + 1][1];
$count2 = floor( ( $since – ( $seconds * $count ) ) / $seconds2 );

// Add to output var
if ( 0 != $count2 ) {
$output .= ( 1 == $count2 ) ? _x( ',', 'Separator in time since', 'bbpress' ) . ' 1 '. $name2 : _x( ',', 'Separator in time since', 'bbpress' ) . ' ' . $count2 . ' ' . $chunks[$i + 1][2];
}
}

// No output, so happened right now
if ( ! (int) trim( $output ) ) {
$output = $right_now_text;
}
}
}

// Append 'ago' to the end of time-since if not 'right now'
if ( $output != $right_now_text ) {
$output = sprintf( $ago_text, $output );
}

return apply_filters( 'bbp_get_time_short', $output, $older_date, $newer_date );
}

`

This almost works. It cuts off the extra chunk. The problem is, it also returns a freshness value that is several years off. Instead of saying "10 minutes ago", it gives me "12 years ago"!

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? I can achieve what I want by editing the core plugin, but I'd really like to update-proof this.

Thanks!

J.S.

[John James Jacoby]

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