[Tanya]

I’m trying to change the pagination to Next and Prev

In plugins -> bbpress -> bbp-includes.php -> bbp-reply-template.php

I have found that you can replace
‘prev_text’ => ‘←’,
‘next_text’ => ‘→’,
with
‘prev_text’ => ‘Prev;’,
‘next_text’ => ‘Next’,

I know you’re not meant to hack the core, so how do I do this in my own theme?

Using WordPress 3.4.1, bbPress 2.1.2 and my forums are a current work-in-progress at http://netballscoop.com/forums/

[kraigg]

I’m also looking for a solution to this, without hacking the core bbPress files.

The forward and back arrows (‘←’ and ‘→’) are not very accessible to people who use screenreaders.

[Rasheed Bydousi]

Same issue here. Hope someone can help.

• This reply was modified 12 years, 2 months ago by Rasheed Bydousi.

[Tanya]

Use bbPress String Swap plugin: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-string-swap/

[scottpoulin]

I had a feeling there would be an easier way than a new plugin. Add this to your theme’s functions.php:

function my_pagination( $args ) {
	$args['prev_text'] = 'previous';
	$args['next_text'] = 'next';
	return $args;
}
add_filter( 'bbp_topic_pagination', 'my_pagination' );

[scottpoulin]

also add:
add_filter( 'bbp_replies_pagination', 'my_pagination' );
add_filter( 'bbp_search_results_pagination', 'my_pagination' );

Though I couldn’t get the search results piece to work – those don’t seem to paginate at all, could be a plugin conflict or something though.