[Cory]

I’m trying to create a version of the Popular Topics widget that will only display posts that are less than a certain age.

I’ve been able to query popular posts with this:

$query = new WP_Query( array(
'posts_per_page' => 5,
'post_type'      => 'topic',
'meta_key'       => '_bbp_reply_count',
'orderby'        => 'meta_value',
'order'          => 'DESC'
);

But I would like to weed out any posts that are, let’s say, older than 1 week.

Is it possible to do this?
Can I somehow use an additional meta query and access each topic’s freshness?

[Stephen Edgar]

Take a look at the Data Parameters of WP_Query https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Date_Parameters

You can also create custom views in bbPress eg.

function ntwb_register_custom_views() {
	bbp_register_view( 'popular-topics', __( 'Popular Topics' ), array( 'meta_key' => '_bbp_reply_count', 'orderby' => 'meta_value_num' ), false );
	bbp_register_view( 'unpopular-topics', __( 'Unpopular Topics' ), array( 'meta_key' => '_bbp_reply_count', 'orderby' => 'meta_value_num', 'order' => 'asc' ), false );
	bbp_register_view( 'random-topic', __( 'Random Topic' ), array( 'orderby' => 'rand' ), false );
	bbp_register_view( 'closed', __( 'Recently Closed' ), array( 'post_status' => 'closed' ), false );
	

}
add_action( 'bbp_register_views', 'ntwbc_register_custom_views' );

[Cory]

Thanks, Stephen. I’ll take a look at these. Appreciate your help.

[arivuword]

Kindly help me. How to filter the topic using the custom fields.

I have created the custom fields using the GD Custom posts and taxonomy tools. I need to filter. I have followed this step but its not working.

http://internet-alacarte.com/adding-custom-fields-to-bbpress-topics-then-filtering-topics-by-custom-fields-using-views/

Thanks in advance.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-views/