I’m writing a theme function which automatically creates a discussion forum for a post on publish. I can create a forum and a topic, but linking the two has proven difficult. Here is what I have:

$forum_topic = array(

'post_title' => $post->post_title . ' - test. ',

'post_content' => $post->post_title . ' test',

'post_name' => $post->post_title . 'test',

'post_status' => 'publish',

'post_parent' => $created_forum_id,

'post_type' => 'topic',

);

$posted_topic_id = wp_insert_post($forum_topic);

Then, making it sticky, this is what I’ve attempted:

`update_post_meta( $created_forum_id, ‘_bbp_sticky_topics’, array($posted_topic_id) );`

Both the forum and topic are created, but the parent and sticky are not assigned. How can I do this?

[John James JacobyKeymaster @johnjamesjacoby 4 months, 3 weeks ago]

Try bbp_insert_topic(), bbp_insert_forum(), and bbp_stick_topic()

[Leo BlanchetteParticipant @leoclipartillustrationcom 4 months, 3 weeks ago]

Great, will do! Then when I do update_post_meta it should work as expected? or are there any other details? I appreciate the answer.

[Leo BlanchetteParticipant @leoclipartillustrationcom 4 months, 3 weeks ago]

Nevermind – I missed your “stick_topic” suggestion. Thanks.