In the BBpress 2.0 plugin, single replies show the exact date posted instead of X hours ago/freshness format. How can I switch this back to freshness format?

[@johnjamesjacoby Keymaster 12 years, 9 months ago]

It’s always been like this. You’ll need to create a custom template tag to output a formatted time to your liking.

[@highexistence Participant 12 years, 9 months ago]

Then why is it functioning like that on BBpress.org, but not in the plugin? Can you post that template tag?

[@highexistence Participant 12 years, 9 months ago]

Anyone else interested, place this in your functions.php file:

function bbp_get_reply_last_active_time( $reply_id ) {



$last_active = get_post_field( 'post_date', $reply_id );



$last_active = !empty( $last_active ) ? bbp_get_time_since( bbp_convert_date( $last_active ) ) . ' ago' : '';



return $last_active;



}

and then call it in loop-single-reply.php

[@goodintoday Member 12 years, 4 months ago]

Okay. I’ve added this to my functions.php and I’m calling it but I’m not certain of how exactly to call it, evidently, as it’s not working. I’ve tried a couple of different variations so umm, how exactly are you calling this?

[@johnjamesjacoby Keymaster 12 years, 4 months ago]

Most likely directly in a custom theme’s template file, where ever it’s appropriate.

/bbpress/loop-single-reply.php

maybe?

[@goodintoday Member 12 years, 4 months ago]

Wow. Thanks for responding so FAST. I guess I worded my question badly. I knew to place it in that file, I’ve already done so, what I mean is that I’ve tried several variations of calling the function and it returns nothing so I’m evidently not calling it correctly. For instance, my last effort was…

$reply_id = bbp_get_reply_id(); bbp_get_reply_last_active_time( $reply_id );

… and I’ve also tried to call it with just…

bbp_get_reply_last_active_time( $reply_id );

… which also returned nothing at all.

[@goodintoday Member 12 years, 4 months ago]

No go? No idea how to call this properly?