Hi Robin,

I’m writing some code to pay a little “reward points” bonus to the author of a forum topic, when that topic receives X number of replies.
All works fine, hooking to bbp_new_reply.
But I would like to exclude any replies by the author themself from the total replies count.
Total replies count is currently bbp_get_topic_reply_count( $topic_id )
So I need to subtract author_own_replies from that total.

I have $topic_id, $author_id, $reply_id, $forum_id

Any easy way to achieve this?

I’m trying to avoid SQL queries.

[@robin-w Moderator 3 weeks ago]

Very briefly tested as I am on holiday tomorrow, but try this

$r = array(
		'post_type'              =>bbp_get_reply_post_type(),   
		'post_parent'            => $topic_id,  
		'author__not_in' => array( $author_id)
		);
	$reply_posts = new WP_Query($r); 
	$count = $reply_posts->post_count;

[@thinlizzie Participant 2 weeks, 6 days ago]

Thanks Robin, tested, works perfectly, your help is very much appreciated.

[@robin-w Moderator 2 weeks, 6 days ago]

Great – glad you are fixed