I was searching for an option to set the max topic length to 70 instead of default 80.

Now I think I’ve found the code inside the (Core files) bbp-core-options.php but I can’t change the core files because it will be overwritten when bbPRess updates.

So how could I place a filter? inside my functions.php to do this?

Just like this? (copy-/paste)

function bbp_title_max_length( $default = '70' ) {

echo bbp_get_title_max_length( $default );

}

[@adams21 Member 14 years ago]

function bbp_title_max_length( $default = ’70’ ) {

echo bbp_get_title_max_length( $default );

}

[@thetalltree Member 13 years, 7 months ago]

I am looking for the way to reduce the topic size too. 80 characters generates large ugly URLs. The above solution is not working. Would be cool if someone could help.

[@jaredatch Member 13 years, 7 months ago]

There is a filter in place you can use to tweak this, bbp_get_title_max_length

See bbp-core-options.php around line 370 or so.

[@omj-1 Participant 9 years, 11 months ago]

sorry to bump such a old topic, but can someone show the specifc code to add to child theme functions.php? still learning here…

I tried adding this to functions, but produced an error…

function bbp_title_max_length( $default = 90 ) {
	echo bbp_get_title_max_length( $default );
}
	/**
	 * Return the maximum length of a title
	 *
	 * @since bbPress (r3246)
	 * @param $default bool Optional. Default value 90
	 * @uses get_option() To get the maximum title length
	 * @return int Is anonymous posting allowed?
	 */
	function bbp_get_title_max_length( $default = 90 ) {
		return (int) apply_filters( 'bbp_get_title_max_length', (int) get_option( '_bbp_title_max_length', $default ) );
	}

thx!

[@robkk Moderator 9 years, 11 months ago]

Try this php code snippet. Add it to your child themes functions.php file or in a functionality plugin that can hold custom php code snipppets.

add_filter ('bbp_get_title_max_length','rkk_change_title') ;

Function rkk_change_title ($default) {
$default=90 ;
return $default ;
}

[@omj-1 Participant 9 years, 11 months ago]

thx Rob, that worked! I understand what u did, but I guess I was confused by Jareds post that stated there was already a filter in options.php for this.