[enkoes]

Hi, I recently saw this topic and it helps me solve one problem.

I can finally use this CSS to disable the grey-out effect when the topic is closed:

#bbpress-forums .status-closed,
#bbpress-forums .status-closed a {
color: #000 !important;
}

From this previous topic also, CSS can do equally well to add [Closed] label beside the closed topic title in topic list page:

#bbpress-forums .status-closed > li.bbp-topic-title > a.bbp-topic-permalink:after {
	content: "[Closed]";
	text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 #ffffff;
	color: #ff0000;
	margin-right: 5px;
}

I wonder if we can use CSS (instead of PHP codes) to add another [Closed] label beside the topic title in single topic page. Any solution?
See https://paste.pics/N5WS0

Also, I’m still searching for ways to disable the defaulted pink font highlight when the topic is closed. Hope somebody can help.
See https://paste.pics/N8U5T

Regards.

[Robin W]

Thanks for that – very useful.

Wordpress has a bewildering set of names including username, user display name and user nicename

As far as I can see, bbpress seems to be using the user database setting for user nicename.

So can you try adding this code

add_filter( 'manage_users_columns', 'rew_add_user_nicename', 20, 1);
add_filter( 'manage_users_custom_column','rew_add_user_row', 20, 3 );

function rew_add_user_nicename($columns)  {
	$new = array();
  foreach($columns as $key => $title) {
	 $new[$key] = $title;
	 //add the 2 columns after the forum role column
    if ($key=='bbp_user_role') {
	$new['nicename'] = 'Nicename';
	}
    
  }
 return $new;
}

function rew_add_user_row($retval = '', $column_name = '', $user_id = 0) {
	if ($column_name == 'nicename') {
		$user_info = get_userdata($user_id);
		$user_nicename = $user_info->user_nicename;
		$retval = '-->'.$user_nicename.'<--';
	}
return $retval ;
}

Put this in your child theme’s function file –

ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/functions.php

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

or use

Code Snippets

This will add a column to the dashboard>users table to show you exactly what is set as the user nicename. I have enclosed it in arrows eg

–>name here<–

so you can see if there are leading or trailing spaces.

try adding that name to the moderators and see if that works?

[zactix]

Hi there

I’m still having this issue unfortunately.

I contacted ThemeMyLogin support and they sent me to this link:
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-a-variable-mismatch-has-been-detected-2/#new-topic-0

Adding the code snippet above isn’t resolving the issue.

Can you please advise.

Thanks

Thanks

[evanhgh]

Hi @robin-w,

Has this feature been changed/removed in your plugin?

I’ve just updated to the latest version and I can’t seem to find it.

I’ve just come across this same issue, where if I navigate to “View Latest Topics” (https://snipboard.io/wTzMvL.jpg)

it loads and reloads additional versions of the content infinitely until the browser runs out of ram.
https://homesteadacademy.com/forums/view/latest-topics/

I have tried the snippet you kindly provided in the “code snippet” plugin but no luck.

Any advice for me?

[Robin W]

thanks for that, now totally understand.

Given that you have about 100 to do and they are in separate files, it would take longer to write the code, transfer the files and then run the code through them, than to just manually copy/paste into topics.

sorry, I know it is boring, but it is probably the best way.

do 10 in the morning and 10 in the evening each day, and in a week it’ll be done

[dozza]

I have a memberpress/bbPress/Wordpress site with about 100 members. I was trying to make a user a moderator of a particular forum. I was able to change her role to a moderator by editing her user profile OK. But when I add her username to the moderator field within the edit forum screen it spins on update but never registers the username as moderator.

I then notice the username in question is of the format ‘firstname dot space secondname’

I didn’t think WP allowed usernames with spaces or dots (periods) but apparently, it does and the username is created when they register via a Memberpress form. By default, they are made forum participants upon registering. I want to upgrade this user to be a moderator of a specific forum.

The user HAS managed to post a topic in a forum already as a participant.

So i’m assuming that the problem lies in bbPress NOT allowing spaces in usernames when you try to assign them to be a moderator of a specific forum?

I was reading a 15 year old thread here where @howtogeek provides some plugin code. I tried saving this to a zipped .php file and adding it as a plugin but Wordfence said that wasn’t a good idea, so I’m not confident using 15-year old code is such a good workaround.

There was another old thread from 8yrs here ago where @joop.stringer suggests tweaking permalinks but I can’t seem to figure that out either.

I’ve come across this which will maybe help me prevent this from happening again.

But can anyone confirm that the space in the username IS the reason I can’t assign a moderator
role user to be the moderator of a specific forum, and if there is any more recent knowledge on this issue? i.e. does bbPress actually allow spaces in usernames now?

[Rough Pixels]

Thanks, Robin for the plugin suggestion, but it’s more of the core of bbPress which seems quite outdated and a little messy with code. Plus, doing template overrides, there are things which hoped would be there that I can override. Some styles are using!important, some styles are reused in ways they shouldn’t be, so I had to get creative with overrides…I had to use javascript to remove/change/add classes to select elements: ie buttons.

Then, on the bbpress plugin page at .org, this shows up as a notice:

This plugin hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.

Time to revamp this plugin and bring the coding and features up-to-date–plus capabilities. Even here in this forum, the font size is just 12 px. Time to move it up a bit, especially for accessibility 🙂

[wpturk]

Here we go:

function rew_add_close_to_topics () {

        if ( bbp_is_topic_closed()) {
                echo '<span style="color:red">[Closed]</span> ' ;
        }
}
add_action ('bbp_theme_before_topic_title' , 'rew_add_close_to_topics', 15);

[enkoes]

You’re right. This code does not work in my theme. Well, think we just put this part on hold first.

Next, I want to change font label [Closed] to RED colour. Can we do that?

Regards.

[wpturk]

Hi, I am glad the code helped you.

To attach label to the topic title on the topic page, you can try @robin ‘s code with a minor change. (below) This may not work in all themes since the title is coming from a template file.

function rew_add_close_to_the_topics ($title) {

        if ( bbp_is_topic_closed()) {
                $closed = '[Closed]' ;
                $sep = ' ' ;
                $position = 'after' ;
                if (($position == 'before') && !str_contains($title, $closed)) $title = $closed.$sep.$title ;
                if (($position =='after') && !str_contains($title, $closed)) $title = $title.$sep.$closed ;
        }
return $title ;
}
add_filter ('single_post_title' , 'rew_add_close_to_the_topics');

[Robin W]

sorry, that reads as being rude, it is not intended to be – written to try and be helpful whilst buried in code 🙂

Please do report back, I’ll try and make a note here when I release it, but probably a week or so’s time .

[Robin W]

it would, but I am just a man in his kitchen, I’m not a bbpress author.

Style pack is much more than just styling (it may have been mostly that when you tried it), and you don’t need to use the styling bits to take advantage of the functionality.

Anyway it’s free and what I write, so that’s where the blocks will be.

If you just want to use blocks in the custom post types, then just add this filter

add_filter ('bbp_register_forum_post_type', 'rew_gutenberg_editor') ;
add_filter ('bbp_register_topic_post_type', 'rew_gutenberg_editor') ;
add_filter ('bbp_register_reply_post_type', 'rew_gutenberg_editor') ;

function rew_gutenberg_editor ($settings) {
	$settings['show_in_rest'] = true ;
	return $settings ;
}

If you want to impose blocks on your users in topics and replies, then use the ‘blocks everywhere’ plugin.

If you want block widgets, that is what will be in style pack when I have finished writing it.

If you want bbpress in FSE themes, that will also be in style pack in due course

[Robin W]

instructions for them

find
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/form-topic.php

transfer this to your pc and edit

go to line 248 and change

? esc_html_e( 'You cannot create new topics.', 'bbpress' )

to

? esc_html_e( '', 'bbpress' )

and save

create a directory on your theme called ‘bbpress’
ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

Then transfer the file you saved above and put in in the directory called bbpress that you created above, so you end up with
wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress/form-topic.php

bbPress will now use this template instead of the original

[enkoes]

Hi, thanks a lot! … feel amazed to see how coding can do the changes to our forum layout.

This code just works fine in topic listing page.

For topic page, it would be perfect if user can still see the [Closed] label beside the topic title.
See https://paste.pics/N5WS0

Regards.

[wpturk]

You can create a new page and put [bbp-forum-index] in it. This way, it will be your forum root page and you can edit this page.

Here is the related documentation: 3. Creating a forum page -> Method 2

Step by step guide to setting up a bbPress forum – Part 1

[nextlevelg]

Just installed the plugin and it seems to have some issues with order tracking for woocommerce plugin since it is showing a shortcode of this last plugin on the forums root page (https://nextlevelgamingstore.com/forums/), and Im not even being able to edit this page or something. How can I fix that or just edit the forums root page? Also I would like to have the forums root in a page so I can edit it.

[wpturk]

No, you can not use the same snippet, since these are different hooks. You can use:

function rew_add_close_to_topics () {

        if ( bbp_is_topic_closed()) {
                echo '[Closed] ' ;
        }
}
add_action ('bbp_theme_before_topic_title' , 'rew_add_close_to_topics', 15);

[enkoes]

Hi, do u mean we replace
add_filter ('the_title' , 'rew_add_close_to_topics') ;

with
add_action ('bbp_theme_before_topic_title' , 'rew_add_close_to_topics', 15);?

[wpturk]

You can use

add_action ('bbp_theme_before_topic_title' , 'rew_add_close_to_topics', 15);

[Robin W]

I’ll add this functionality to style pack in a few days, but in the meantime

add_filter ('the_title' , 'rew_add_close_to_topics') ;

function rew_add_close_to_topics ($title) {
	if ( bbp_is_topic_closed()) {
		$closed = '[Closed]' ;
		$sep = ' ' ;
		$position = 'after' ;
		if (($position == 'before') && !str_contains($title, $closed)) $title = $closed.$sep.$title ;
		if (($position =='after') && !str_contains($title, $closed)) $title = $title.$sep.$closed ;
	}
return $title ;	
}

and amend words/position etc. as you wish.

Put this in your child theme’s function file –

ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/functions.php

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

or use

Code Snippets

and change the background of the closed block to match your theme

[Robin W]

so is this with this function installed?

add_filter ('bbp_get_topic_post_date' , 'rew_change_to_freshness', 10 , 6) ;
add_filter ('bbp_get_reply_post_date' , 'rew_change_to_freshness', 10 , 6) ;

function rew_change_to_freshness ($result, $topic_id, $humanize, $gmt, $date, $time) {
	$result = bbp_get_time_since( bbp_convert_date( $time ) ) ;
	
return $result ;
}

[wpturk]

Probably, your theme or one of your plugin is already modifying external links to add “nofollow” attributes etc … and simultaneously breaking target="_blank" … Difficult to say before checking your theme and all your plugins. I would remove target="_blank" if it’s not working.

[wpturk]

🙂

function add_custom_content($content) {

    $topic_id = bbp_get_topic_id();
    $user_id = bbp_get_topic_author_id( $topic_id );

    if ( bbp_is_user_keymaster($user_id) ) {

            $after ='<p><i>Still struggling with your website(s) speed? Click <strong><a href="https://example.com/" target="_blank">here</a></strong>.</i></p>';
            $content = $content . $after;
    }
    return $content;
}
add_filter ('bbp_get_topic_content', 'add_custom_content');

[wpturk]

you have to be careful with the quotation marks:

function add_custom_content($content) {

    $topic_id = bbp_get_topic_id();
    $user_id = bbp_get_topic_author_id( $topic_id );

    if ( bbp_is_user_keymaster($user_id) ) {

            $after ='<p><i>Still struggling with your website(s) speed? Click <a href="https://example.com/">here</a>.</i></p>';
            $content = $content . $after;
    }
    return $content;
}
add_filter ('bbp_get_topic_content', 'add_custom_content');

[wpturk]

You can change the $before and $after variables to whatever you like. For example an external link before all topics:

function add_custom_content($content) {

    $topic_id = bbp_get_topic_id();
    $user_id = bbp_get_topic_author_id( $topic_id );

    if ( bbp_is_user_keymaster($user_id) ) {

            $before ='<p>This is my <a href="https://bbpress.org/">EXTERNAL LINK</a>.</p>';
            $after ='<p>TEXT AFTER</p>';
            $content = $before . $content . $after;
    }
    return $content;
}
add_filter ('bbp_get_topic_content', 'add_custom_content');

For the excerpt issue you can give a try with another priority:

function filter_the_excerpt( ) {
    return ' ';
}
add_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'filter_the_excerpt', 999, 2 );