I’d be tempted to just clone the bbp_has_topics function
eg
add this to your functions file
function babblebey_has_topics( $args = '' ) {
global $wp_rewrite;
/** Defaults **************************************************************/
// Other defaults
$default_topic_search = !empty( $_REQUEST['ts'] ) ? $_REQUEST['ts'] : false;
$default_show_stickies = (bool) ( bbp_is_single_forum() || bbp_is_topic_archive() ) && ( false === $default_topic_search );
$default_post_parent = bbp_is_single_forum() ? bbp_get_forum_id() : 'any';
// Default argument array
$default = array(
'post_type' => bbp_get_topic_post_type(), // Narrow query down to bbPress topics
'post_parent' => $default_post_parent, // Forum ID
'meta_key' => '_bbp_last_active_time', // Make sure topic has some last activity time
'orderby' => 'meta_value', // 'meta_value', 'author', 'date', 'title', 'modified', 'parent', rand',
'order' => 'DESC', // 'ASC', 'DESC'
'posts_per_page' => -1, // Topics per page
'paged' => bbp_get_paged(), // Page Number
's' => $default_topic_search, // Topic Search
'show_stickies' => $default_show_stickies, // Ignore sticky topics?
'max_num_pages' => false, // Maximum number of pages to show
);
// What are the default allowed statuses (based on user caps)
if ( bbp_get_view_all() ) {
// Default view=all statuses
$post_statuses = array(
bbp_get_public_status_id(),
bbp_get_closed_status_id(),
bbp_get_spam_status_id(),
bbp_get_trash_status_id()
);
// Add support for private status
if ( current_user_can( 'read_private_topics' ) ) {
$post_statuses[] = bbp_get_private_status_id();
}
// Join post statuses together
$default['post_status'] = implode( ',', $post_statuses );
// Lean on the 'perm' query var value of 'readable' to provide statuses
} else {
$default['perm'] = 'readable';
}
// Maybe query for topic tags
if ( bbp_is_topic_tag() ) {
$default['term'] = bbp_get_topic_tag_slug();
$default['taxonomy'] = bbp_get_topic_tag_tax_id();
}
/** Setup *****************************************************************/
// Parse arguments against default values
$r = bbp_parse_args( $args, $default, 'babblebey_topics' );
// Get bbPress
$bbp = bbpress();
// Call the query
$bbp->topic_query = new WP_Query( $r );
// Set post_parent back to 0 if originally set to 'any'
if ( 'any' === $r['post_parent'] )
$r['post_parent'] = 0;
// Limited the number of pages shown
if ( !empty( $r['max_num_pages'] ) )
$bbp->topic_query->max_num_pages = $r['max_num_pages'];
/** Stickies **************************************************************/
// Put sticky posts at the top of the posts array
if ( !empty( $r['show_stickies'] ) && $r['paged'] <= 1 ) {
// Get super stickies and stickies in this forum
$stickies = bbp_get_super_stickies();
// Get stickies for current forum
if ( !empty( $r['post_parent'] ) ) {
$stickies = array_merge( $stickies, bbp_get_stickies( $r['post_parent'] ) );
}
// Remove any duplicate stickies
$stickies = array_unique( $stickies );
// We have stickies
if ( is_array( $stickies ) && !empty( $stickies ) ) {
// Start the offset at -1 so first sticky is at correct 0 offset
$sticky_offset = -1;
// Loop over topics and relocate stickies to the front.
foreach ( $stickies as $sticky_index => $sticky_ID ) {
// Get the post offset from the posts array
$post_offsets = wp_filter_object_list( $bbp->topic_query->posts, array( 'ID' => $sticky_ID ), 'OR', 'ID' );
// Continue if no post offsets
if ( empty( $post_offsets ) ) {
continue;
}
// Loop over posts in current query and splice them into position
foreach ( array_keys( $post_offsets ) as $post_offset ) {
$sticky_offset++;
$sticky = $bbp->topic_query->posts[$post_offset];
// Remove sticky from current position
array_splice( $bbp->topic_query->posts, $post_offset, 1 );
// Move to front, after other stickies
array_splice( $bbp->topic_query->posts, $sticky_offset, 0, array( $sticky ) );
// Cleanup
unset( $stickies[$sticky_index] );
unset( $sticky );
}
// Cleanup
unset( $post_offsets );
}
// Cleanup
unset( $sticky_offset );
// If any posts have been excluded specifically, Ignore those that are sticky.
if ( !empty( $stickies ) && !empty( $r['post__not_in'] ) ) {
$stickies = array_diff( $stickies, $r['post__not_in'] );
}
// Fetch sticky posts that weren't in the query results
if ( !empty( $stickies ) ) {
// Query to use in get_posts to get sticky posts
$sticky_query = array(
'post_type' => bbp_get_topic_post_type(),
'post_parent' => 'any',
'meta_key' => '_bbp_last_active_time',
'orderby' => 'meta_value',
'order' => 'DESC',
'include' => $stickies
);
// Cleanup
unset( $stickies );
// Conditionally exclude private/hidden forum ID's
$exclude_forum_ids = bbp_exclude_forum_ids( 'array' );
if ( ! empty( $exclude_forum_ids ) ) {
$sticky_query['post_parent__not_in'] = $exclude_forum_ids;
}
// What are the default allowed statuses (based on user caps)
if ( bbp_get_view_all() ) {
$sticky_query['post_status'] = $r['post_status'];
// Lean on the 'perm' query var value of 'readable' to provide statuses
} else {
$sticky_query['post_status'] = $r['perm'];
}
// Get all stickies
$sticky_posts = get_posts( $sticky_query );
if ( !empty( $sticky_posts ) ) {
// Get a count of the visible stickies
$sticky_count = count( $sticky_posts );
// Merge the stickies topics with the query topics .
$bbp->topic_query->posts = array_merge( $sticky_posts, $bbp->topic_query->posts );
// Adjust loop and counts for new sticky positions
$bbp->topic_query->found_posts = (int) $bbp->topic_query->found_posts + (int) $sticky_count;
$bbp->topic_query->post_count = (int) $bbp->topic_query->post_count + (int) $sticky_count;
// Cleanup
unset( $sticky_posts );
}
}
}
}
// If no limit to posts per page, set it to the current post_count
if ( -1 === $r['posts_per_page'] )
$r['posts_per_page'] = $bbp->topic_query->post_count;
// Add pagination values to query object
$bbp->topic_query->posts_per_page = $r['posts_per_page'];
$bbp->topic_query->paged = $r['paged'];
// Only add pagination if query returned results
if ( ( (int) $bbp->topic_query->post_count || (int) $bbp->topic_query->found_posts ) && (int) $bbp->topic_query->posts_per_page ) {
// Limit the number of topics shown based on maximum allowed pages
if ( ( !empty( $r['max_num_pages'] ) ) && $bbp->topic_query->found_posts > $bbp->topic_query->max_num_pages * $bbp->topic_query->post_count )
$bbp->topic_query->found_posts = $bbp->topic_query->max_num_pages * $bbp->topic_query->post_count;
// If pretty permalinks are enabled, make our pagination pretty
if ( $wp_rewrite->using_permalinks() ) {
// User's topics
if ( bbp_is_single_user_topics() ) {
$base = bbp_get_user_topics_created_url( bbp_get_displayed_user_id() );
// User's favorites
} elseif ( bbp_is_favorites() ) {
$base = bbp_get_favorites_permalink( bbp_get_displayed_user_id() );
// User's subscriptions
} elseif ( bbp_is_subscriptions() ) {
$base = bbp_get_subscriptions_permalink( bbp_get_displayed_user_id() );
// Root profile page
} elseif ( bbp_is_single_user() ) {
$base = bbp_get_user_profile_url( bbp_get_displayed_user_id() );
// View
} elseif ( bbp_is_single_view() ) {
$base = bbp_get_view_url();
// Topic tag
} elseif ( bbp_is_topic_tag() ) {
$base = bbp_get_topic_tag_link();
// Page or single post
} elseif ( is_page() || is_single() ) {
$base = get_permalink();
// Forum archive
} elseif ( bbp_is_forum_archive() ) {
$base = bbp_get_forums_url();
// Topic archive
} elseif ( bbp_is_topic_archive() ) {
$base = bbp_get_topics_url();
// Default
} else {
$base = get_permalink( (int) $r['post_parent'] );
}
// Use pagination base
$base = trailingslashit( $base ) . user_trailingslashit( $wp_rewrite->pagination_base . '/%#%/' );
// Unpretty pagination
} else {
$base = add_query_arg( 'paged', '%#%' );
}
// Pagination settings with filter
$bbp_topic_pagination = apply_filters( 'bbp_topic_pagination', array (
'base' => $base,
'format' => '',
'total' => $r['posts_per_page'] === $bbp->topic_query->found_posts ? 1 : ceil( (int) $bbp->topic_query->found_posts / (int) $r['posts_per_page'] ),
'current' => (int) $bbp->topic_query->paged,
'prev_text' => is_rtl() ? '→' : '←',
'next_text' => is_rtl() ? '←' : '→',
'mid_size' => 1
) );
// Add pagination to query object
$bbp->topic_query->pagination_links = paginate_links( $bbp_topic_pagination );
// Remove first page from pagination
$bbp->topic_query->pagination_links = str_replace( $wp_rewrite->pagination_base . "/1/'", "'", $bbp->topic_query->pagination_links );
}
// Return object
return apply_filters( 'babblebey_has_topics', $bbp->topic_query->have_posts(), $bbp->topic_query );
}
which is just bbp_has_topics’ renamed with pagination changed to -1
and then call that
