[Adam Harley (Kawauso)]

function bb_get_admin_link( $args = '' ) {

if ( !bb_current_user_can( 'moderate' ) )

return;

if ( $args && is_string($args) && false === strpos($args, '=') )

$args = array( 'text' => $args );



$defaults = array('text' => __('Admin'), 'before' => '', 'after' => '');

$args = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );

extract($args, EXTR_SKIP);



$uri = esc_attr( bb_get_uri('bb-admin/', null, BB_URI_CONTEXT_A_HREF + BB_URI_CONTEXT_BB_ADMIN) );



return apply_filters( 'bb_get_admin_link', $before . '<a href="' . $uri . '">' . $text . '</a>' . $after, $args );

}

So if you don’t mind bypassing the moderation ability check, just use

esc_attr( bb_get_uri('bb-admin/', null, BB_URI_CONTEXT_A_HREF + BB_URI_CONTEXT_BB_ADMIN) );

or

bb_get_uri('bb-admin/', null, BB_URI_CONTEXT_A_HREF + BB_URI_CONTEXT_BB_ADMIN);

depending if you’ll be escaping the URL later.

To keep the check, use if ( bb_current_user_can( 'moderate' ) )