When I use bbp_get_forum_title to pull the forum title for display on the front page of my website, it pulls the topic title instead.

The idea is to display the forum title like categories are displayed in wordpress.

To do this I’m using breadcrumbs, so my code looks like..

<?php $show_sep = false; ?>

<?php if ( 'forum' == bbp_get_forum_post_type() ) : ?>

<?php

$breadcrumbs = '<a href="' . bbp_get_forum_permalink( $parent->ID ) . '">' . bbp_get_forum_title( $parent->ID ) . '</a>';

if ( $breadcrumbs ) :

?>

<span class="cat-links">

<?php printf( __( '<span class="%1$s">Posted in</span> %2$s ' ),'', $breadcrumbs);

$show_sep = true; ?>

</span>

<?php endif; // End if $breadcrumbs ?>

It’s not working, it’s displaying the topic title instead. In fact I went through several variations of this, several of them not using breadcrumbs, but every time I would use bbp_get_forum_title, or bbp_get_topic_forum_title, and I just couldn’t get it to work.

I’m wondering if there is something wrong with my code, or if anyone knows any other reason why bbp_get_forum_title would display the topic title instead.

I really just started learning all this stuff recently, so I could really use a hint or two..

Thanks for any help anyone can offer.

[@aravoth2011 Participant 13 years, 1 month ago]

I have noticed that my permalink structure when viewing a forum topic looks like this http://test.website.com/topic/topic-title,

could this have something to do with it? Shouldn’t the permalink look like..

http://test.website.com/forum-title/topic-title ?

Honestly I’m kinda baffled. even bbp_get_topic_forum_title only pulls the topic title.

[@aravoth2011 Participant 13 years, 1 month ago]

you can see an example of what I’m trying to pull off at http://test.objectsinmotion.org

The area in question is the meta data for the post that is situated just below the featured slider. You’ll see an area that reads “posted in”. It should say “posted in General Discussion”, rather than “posted in whatever the topic title is”

[@johnjamesjacoby Keymaster 13 years, 1 month ago]

You need to actually do your query loop, probably using bbp_has_posts()

The if ‘forum’ == bit will always equal true, so you can remove it.

[@rescuethemes Participant 10 years, 6 months ago]

Really old thread but sharing my solution in case it’s helpful for anyone else. I used:

<?php single_post_title(); ?>

Instead of:

bbp_get_forum_title