It was annoying me that by default bb_title() on the topic page didn’t include the name of the forum in it. I wanted

Topic name < Forum name < Site name

but bb_title() default is:

Topic name < Site name

So I wrote this little plug-in and now I’m happier.

<?php

/*

Plugin Name: Better Topic Titles

Plugin URI:

Description: Add the forum (category) name to the topic title in <title> for the love of SEO!

Author: Phil Thompson

Version: 1.0

Author URI: http://imgiseverything.co.uk/

*/

function better_topic_titles($title){

$separator = ‘«’;

$forum_name = get_forum_name();

if(!empty($forum_name) && strpos($_SERVER, ‘topic’) !== false){

$title = str_replace($separator, $separator . ‘ ‘ . $forum_name . ‘ ‘ . $separator, $title);

}

return $title;

}

add_filter(‘bb_title’, ‘better_topic_titles’);

?>

I’ve not found any issues with using it but I’m sure someone can have a look and improve it; if they think it’s necessary.

[@chrishajer Participant 14 years, 10 months ago]

I suggest you add this plugin to the bbPress plugin repository. Seems like it would be useful to some. Thank you.

https://bbpress.org/plugins/requests/