I have read the whole ‘Roles and Capabilities in bbPress 2.2’ thread but still not sure if there is a way of adding new forum roles.

I’ve got groups of people answering members questions and I want them to be identified by their expertise (ie. Mentor, Advisor, …) to know how reliable is the answer.

Is it possible?

Thanks!

[@johnjamesjacoby Keymaster 11 years, 10 months ago]

• Filter the results of `bbp_get_dynamic_roles()` to add the role.
• Filter the results of `bbp_get_caps_for_role()` to set the capabilities for that role.

[@anallabres Participant 11 years, 9 months ago]

Thanks for the answer John.

Just not sure… where should I do that???

Thanks again!

[@graemeviljoen Participant 11 years, 9 months ago]

Edit the file in wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/core

the file to edit is called capabilities.php

[@johnjamesjacoby Keymaster 11 years, 9 months ago]

Edit the file in wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/core

the file to edit is called capabilities.php

Incorrect; *never* edit any files in bbPress’s directory; you’ll lose those edits when software updates come in.

@anallabres – Research how WordPress’s actions/filters/plugins work. It’s a little dizzying at first, but a few lines of code can get you up and running.

[@greenshady Participant 11 years, 9 months ago]

Add new roles with a roles plugin. You don’t have to use code. See: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/members

[@azureninja99 Participant 11 years, 7 months ago]

@greenshady Doesn’t that plugin make WordPress groups, not BBPress forum roles? I’m trying to do the same thing too.

[@blg002 Participant 11 years, 5 months ago]

wondering if anyone has a quick snippet of code that answers @anallabres initial question.

[@blg002 Participant 11 years, 5 months ago]

For posterities sake, i think i figured this out thanks to this article. I was close just had few things I didn’t know about, hopefully I’m not doing anything too terrible.

function add_custom_role( $bbp_roles ) {
  $bbp_roles['my_custom_role'] = array( 
    'name' => 'My Custom User',
    'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_participant_role() ) // i just want them to have the same capabilities as participants
  );

  return $bbp_roles;
}   
add_filter( 'bbp_get_dynamic_roles', 'add_custom_role', 1 );

[@janhoos Participant 11 years, 5 months ago]

Cool! Where did you add that? Did you download a plug-in that lets you create simple plugins? Or did you add that to a functions file somewhere?

Whats the safest place? Cause I know a few ways of adding this in 😛

[@blg002 Participant 11 years, 5 months ago]

@janhoos i just added it to functions.php

However, this didn’t end of completely working for me. I would save and the role would not be saved, i believe.

[@janhoos Participant 11 years, 5 months ago]

Hi Blg002,

It worked for me! Added it to the theme functions and changed the function to add in 3 more roles.

Can probably optimise it but it works like this right now:

function add_custom_role( $bbp_roles ) {
$bbp_roles[‘my_custom_role’] = array(
‘name’ => ‘ACN Lid’,
‘capabilities’ => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_participant_role() ) // i just want them to have the same capabilities as participants

);
$bbp_roles[‘my_custom_role2’] = array(
‘name’ => ‘ACN Aspirant’,
‘capabilities’ => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_participant_role() ) // i just want them to have the same capabilities as participants

);
$bbp_roles[‘my_custom_role3’] = array(
‘name’ => ‘ACN Lid admin’,
‘capabilities’ => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_keymaster_role() ) // i just want them to have the same capabilities as participants

);

return $bbp_roles;
}
add_filter( ‘bbp_get_dynamic_roles’, ‘add_custom_role’, 1 );

[@janhoos Participant 11 years, 4 months ago]

Is there a way to give a custom role a custom set of capabilities?

Like the ones found on the capabilities.php file?

// Primary caps
‘spectate’ => true,
‘participate’ => true,
‘moderate’ => false,
‘throttle’ => false,
‘view_trash’ => false,

// Forum caps
‘publish_forums’ => false,
‘edit_forums’ => false,
‘edit_others_forums’ => false,
‘delete_forums’ => false,
‘delete_others_forums’ => false,
‘read_private_forums’ => true,
‘read_hidden_forums’ => false,

// Topic caps
‘publish_topics’ => true,
‘edit_topics’ => true,
‘edit_others_topics’ => false,
‘delete_topics’ => false,
‘delete_others_topics’ => false,
‘read_private_topics’ => false,

// Reply caps
‘publish_replies’ => true,
‘edit_replies’ => true,
‘edit_others_replies’ => false,
‘delete_replies’ => false,
‘delete_others_replies’ => false,
‘read_private_replies’ => false,

// Topic tag caps
‘manage_topic_tags’ => false,
‘edit_topic_tags’ => false,
‘delete_topic_tags’ => false,
‘assign_topic_tags’ => true,

Using the code above, I don’t know where to put the capabilities.

[@arno8 Participant 10 years, 3 months ago]

I used this code, and added a few new ones but when i try assignem them it only shows 1

[@joopstringer Participant 9 years, 10 months ago]

Hey guys,

Can you please explain me where to put the functions.php file ?
If I put it in the child theme directory,my whole site goes blank …

<?php
/**
 * Functions .. additional to all the programs
 *
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage Twenty_Fourteen
 * @since Twenty Fourteen 1.0
 */

function add_custom_role( $bbp_roles ) {

	$bbp_roles['DDC Member'] = array(
	'name' => 'DDC Member',
	'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_participant_role() ) // i just want them to have the same capabilities as participants );

	$bbp_roles['Forumlid'] = array(
	'name' => 'Forumlid',
	'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_participant_role() ) // i just want them to have the same capabilities as participants );

	$bbp_roles['DDC Bestuur'] = array(
	'name' => 'DDC Bestuur',
	'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_keymaster_role() ) // i just want them to have the same capabilities as participants ); 

	return $bbp_roles;
}

add_filter( 'bbp_get_dynamic_roles', 'add_custom_role', 1 );

?>

[@sam-rohn Participant 9 years, 10 months ago]

there is an excellent article here on using wordpress functions.php file

WordPress theme function files

sam

[@joopstringer Participant 9 years, 10 months ago]

Got it running now, thanks !!