Reply To: Rating and Sorting plugin.
great -besy way to learn, I knew nothing of bbpress two years ago !
Come back if you get stuck, and if I can help with quick pointers I will.
In the spirit of community, it would also be great if you shard the solution if you get there, this is occasionally asked for, and I’ll add it to the codex.
key bit is on the topics widget for most recent replies, which you would copy and use
// Order by most recent replies
case ‘freshness’ :
$topics_query = array(
‘post_type’ => bbp_get_topic_post_type(),
‘post_parent’ => $settings[‘parent_forum’],
‘posts_per_page’ => (int) $settings[‘max_shown’],
‘post_status’ => array( bbp_get_public_status_id(), bbp_get_closed_status_id() ),
‘ignore_sticky_posts’ => true,
‘no_found_rows’ => true,
‘meta_key’ => ‘_bbp_last_active_time’,
‘orderby’ => ‘meta_value’,
‘order’ => ‘DESC’,
);
break;
that’s where the meta key bit is, so if your plugin stores as ‘_rating’, then that’s what would go in the meta_key line.
