I know there is a widget to show somewhere on the page if there is new activity in the forums. But is there a possibility (maybe a shortcode?) to show only an icon when there is new activity in any forum? Or better yet an info with the number of new posts?

[@regnalf Participant 3 years, 3 months ago]

as no one answer this, i tried it by myself. i found a function in bbp-style-pack plugin for that.

if (function_exists('bsp_is_forum_unread_amount'))
{
	
	add_shortcode( 'bbp_count_new', 'bbpress_count_new' );
	function bbpress_count_new( $atts )
	{
		
		$output = "";
		$count_new = 0;
		

		$query_foren = new WP_Query(array( 'post_type' => 'forum' ));
		
		
		while($query_foren->have_posts())
		{
			$query_foren->the_post();
			
			$post_id = get_the_id();
			
			$bbp_forum_privategroups = get_post_meta( $post_id, '_private_group');			
			$bbp_user_privategroups = preg_split('/\*/', get_user_meta (get_current_user_id(), 'private_group', true), -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
			
			if ( count( $bbp_forum_privategroups ) == 0 )
			{
				$amount_unr = bsp_is_forum_unread_amount( $post_id );
				$count_new += $amount_unr->amount;
			}
			else
			{
				if ( count( array_intersect( $bbp_forum_privategroups, $bbp_user_privategroups )) > 0 )
				{
					$amount_unr = bsp_is_forum_unread_amount( $post_id );
					$count_new += $amount_unr->amount;
				}
			}
		}
		
		if ($count_new > 0 )
		{
			ob_start();
			?><span style="margin-left: 0.3rem; font-size: 0.8rem; padding: 0.4rem;"> <?php echo($count_new); ?></span><?php
			$output = ob_get_contents();
			ob_end_clean();
		}
		
		return $output;
	}

	
}

i hope i didn’t oversee something, because it is also combined with private forum groups!