Hi I’m planning to auto-close topic probably after it has been idle for 3 months.

Thus I need to adjust the role capability of moderators so that they can only OPEN a closed topic but cannot close a topic.

From the frontend, I would HIDE the admin link “close” for a logged in moderator, but DISPLAYING the admin link “open” for any closed topic. Can we do that?

Regards.

[@robin-w Moderator 1 year, 4 months ago]

on holiday at the moment, so untested solution !!

But try

add_filter( 'bbp_topic_admin_links' , 'rew_no_close', 10 , 1) ;

function rew_no_close ($r) {
	if (!bbp_is_user_keymaster() && bbp_is_topic_open()) {
		unset ($r['close']) ;
	}
return $r ;
}

This should ensure that only keymasters can close topics (assumes moderators have no backend access)

Put this in your child theme’s function file –

ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/functions.php

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

or use

Code Snippets

[@enkoes Participant 1 year, 4 months ago]

Thanks for replying me on yr holiday. 🙂

I applied yr given code with minor correction of syntax error:
unset($r['close']) ;

The code however return generic critical error message in the webpage. Anything wrong?

Regards

[@robin-w Moderator 1 year, 4 months ago]

the keymaster function was wrong, revised code is above.

[@enkoes Participant 1 year, 4 months ago]

Simple codes do the tricks. Thanks for your kind support!

[@robin-w Moderator 1 year, 4 months ago]

great – glad you are fixed