Custom bbpressRecent replies shortcode - optimized.

bbpress_recent_replies-shortcode-optimized.php

<?php

/*
 * Get the most recently replied-to topics, and their most recent reply
 */
function custom_bbpress_recent_replies_by_topic($atts){
  $short_array = shortcode_atts(array('show' => 5), $atts);
  extract($short_array);
  
  // get the 5 topics with the most recent replies
  global $wpdb;
  $reply_ids = $wpdb->get_col($wpdb->prepare("SELECT pm.meta_value FROM {$wpdb->postmeta} as pm LEFT JOIN {$wpdb->posts} as p on pm.post_id = p.ID where p.post_type = 'topic' AND p.post_status = 'publish' AND pm.meta_key = '_bbp_last_reply_id' order by pm.meta_value * 1 DESC LIMIT %d", $show));
  
  // get the actual replies themselves
  $args = array(
    'posts_per_page' => $show,
    'post_type' => array('reply'),
    'post_status' => 'publish',
    'post__in' => $reply_ids,
    'orderby' => 'date',
    'order' => 'DESC',
    // performance
    'no_found_rows' => true,
    'cache_results' => false,
  );
  
  $query = new WP_Query($args);
  ob_start();
    // loop through results and output our rows
    while($query->have_posts()){
      $query->the_post();
      
      // custom function for a single reply row
      custom_bbpress_recent_reply_row_template( $query->current_post + 1 );
    }
    wp_reset_query();
  $output = ob_get_clean();
  return $output;
}
add_shortcode('bbpress_recent_replies_by_topic', 'custom_bbpress_recent_replies_by_topic');

/*
 * Executed during our custom loop
 *  - this should be the only thing you need to edit
 */

/*
 * Executed during our custom loop
 *  - this should be the only thing you need to edit
 */
function custom_bbpress_recent_reply_row_template( $row_number ){
  // get the reply title
  $title = get_the_title();
  
  // optional title adjustments -- delete or comment out to remove
  // remove "Reply To: " from beginning of title
  $title = str_replace('Reply To: ', '', $title);
  
  // trim title to specific number of characters (55 characters)
  $title = substr( $title, 0, 55);
  
  // trim title to specific number of words (5 words)...
  $title = wp_trim_words( $title, 5, '...');
  
  // determine if odd of even row
  $row_class = ($row_number % 2) ? 'odd' : 'even';  
  ?>
    <div class="bbpress-recent-reply-row <?php print $row_class; ?>">
      <div><?php print $title; ?></div>
      <div>Excerpt: <?php the_excerpt(); ?></div>
      <div>Author: <?php the_author(); ?></div>
      <div>Link To Reply: <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">view reply</a></div>
      <div>Link To Topic#Reply: <a href="<?php print get_permalink( get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), '_bbp_topic_id', true) ); ?>#post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">view reply</a></div>
      <div>Link To Topic/page/#/#Reply: <a href="<?php bbp_reply_url( get_the_ID() ); ?>">view reply paged</a></div>
      <div>Date: <?php the_date(); ?></div>
      <div>Avatar: <?php print get_avatar( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ); ?></div>
      <div>Time Ago: <?php print human_time_diff( get_the_time('U'), current_time('timestamp') ) . ' ago'; ?></div>
      <div>bbPress Profile Link: <?php print bbp_user_profile_link( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ); ?></div>
      <div>Avatar linked to bbPress Profile:<a href="<?php print esc_url( bbp_get_user_profile_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ); ?>"><?php print get_avatar( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ); ?></a></div>
    </div>
  <?php
  
  // Refs
  // http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags#Post_tags
  // http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_avatar
  // http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/human_time_diff
  // (template tags for bbpress)
  // https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/src/includes/users/template.php  
  // https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/src/includes/replies/template.php
}

// allow shortcodes to run in widgets
add_filter( 'widget_text', 'do_shortcode');
// don't auto-wrap shortcode that appears on a line of it's own
add_filter( 'widget_text', 'shortcode_unautop');

if ( get_the_author() ) {
$bbp_author = get_the_author();
}
else {
$bbp_author = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), '_bbp_anonymous_name', true);
}