This small plugin adds various shortcodes to the bbpress plugin.
At present these include
[bbp-display-topic-index show='5' forum = '10']
Displays the latest topics, optionally from a forum or forums – see below for detailed explanation
[display-forum-index forum= '10,11' breadcrumb='no' search='no']
Displays the selected forum indexes – see below for detailed explanation
[display-newest-users show = '10']
Displays the newest users together with their joining date in a table – see below for detailed explanation
Download the plugin
Installation
1. Download this plugin using the link below
2. Go to Dashboard>plugins>add new
3. Click Upload, and select the file ‘bbpress-shortcodes’
4. Click install
5. and then activate
Display latest Topics
To change the number of topics displayed and optionally display from a single forum, show stickies, or have just the bare minimum.
Note : the ‘show’ attribute is mandatory, the other attributes are optional
use the shortcode
[bbp-display-topic-index show='5']
where 5 is the number of posts you want to display
Optional extras !
Forum
You can limit to a single forum or forums
Single forum eg
[bbp-display-topic-index show='5' forum ='10']
Several forums eg
[bbp-display-topic-index show='5' forum ='10,11,12']
To find the ID of a forum go into dashboard>forums>all forums and hover over the ‘edit’ of the forum you want to use.
You will see at the bottom of the page http://www.mysite.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=10&action=edit
where post=10 is the ID number of the forum.
Just the header and posts
If you don’t want the search function and ‘viewing topics 1-5’
then use
[bbp-display-topic-index show='5' template ='short' ]
Stickies
If you want to show stickies then
[bbp-display-topic-index show='5' show_stickies='true']
You can use these in any combination
eg
[bbp-display-topic-index show='6' show_stickies='true']
[bbp-display-topic-index show='6' template = 'short' show_stickies='true']
[bbp-display-topic-index show='5' forum ='10' show_stickies='true' template = 'short']
Display one or more forum indexes
To display one or more indexes, or create an index display in any order
Note : the ‘forum’ attribute is mandatory, the other attributes are optional
use the shortcode
[display-forum-index forum= '2932' ]
or for a list use
[display-forum-index forum= '2932, 2922, 2921']
where the numbers are the ID’s of the forum(s)
To find the ID of a forum go into dashboard>forums>all forums and hover over the ‘edit’ of the forum you want to use.
You will see at the bottom of the page http://www.mysite.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=10&action=edit
where post=10 is the ID number of the forum.
Take out search
If you don’t want the search function
then use
[display-forum-index forum= '2932, 2922, 2921' search='no']
Breadcrumb
If you don’t want to show the breadcrumb then
[display-forum-index forum= '11326, 2922, 2921' breadcrumb='no']
You can use these in any combination
eg
[display-forum-index forum= '2932, 2922, 2921' search='no']
[display-forum-index forum= '2932' breadcrumb='no' search='no']
[display-forum-index forum= '2932, 2922, 2921' breadcrumb='no']
Display Newest Users
This shortcode displays the newest users together with their joining date in a table.
use the shortcode
[display-newest-users]
and it will display the latest 5 users.
If you wish to display a different number of users use the ‘show’ parameter eg
[display-newest-users show = '10']
will show the latest 10 users