[ChrisOGwynne]

Is there anyway to display within front-page.php who was the last to post in a category?

It works for topics, but not catergories.

[ChrisOGwynne]

Anybody?

[Brandon Allen]

There isn’t a function that does this for you, and that info is not currently stored. You would have to write a function to store this info, then write another to retrieve it.

[John James Jacoby]

You can use bbp_get_forum_last_active_id() to get the post ID of the latest topic or reply. From there you’ll have to use WordPress functions to get out what you need.

(This, of course, is assuming you’re using bbPress 2.0 or beyond)