[olandir]

When I post in my forum, strange numbers are appearing under the avatar on the left hand side instead of whatever is supposed to be there.

I’ve already tried
– Posting as different users
– Completely resetting bbPress
– Loading the default theme
– Disabling every other plugin

It’s still the same every time I post. I’m at a loss

[Robin W]

that is the users IP number – their computer’s number.

It is only seen by moderators and keymasters.

It lets them see if someone has multiple usernames but is using one computer

[olandir]

Thank you for the quick reply, I am not used to looking at IP6 addresses so it completely flew over my head.

Follow-up question: one of the reasons I was confused is because on other bbPress installs (like this one) I see their @handle and how long ago their posted under the avatar.

How do I get those to appear as well, or do they appear just not to keymasters?

[Robin W]

neither is standard in bbpress, maybe in buddypress or buddyboss, I don’t know.

for the handle, you’ll need to add

/**
* Add @mentionname after bbpress forum author details
*/

add_action( 'bbp_theme_after_reply_author_details', 'mentionname_to_bbpress' );
function mentionname_to_bbpress () {
$user = get_userdata( bbp_get_reply_author_id() );
if ( !empty( $user->user_nicename ) ) {
$user_nicename = $user->user_nicename;
echo "@".$user_nicename;
}
}

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

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