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How can I edit the emails bbPress sends?

Published on: April 24, 2019 · In Notifications · With No Comments
Relevant plugins: GD bbPress Toolbox
Related terms: Edit, Email

bbPress sends few types of email notifications, and each one has filters to allow modification to the subject and content of the email.

Filters for email notifications

bbPress sends email notification to forum subscribers about new topics, and to topic subscribers about new replies.

Forum Subscribers Notification Filters

Subject filter: bbp_forum_subscription_mail_title
with arguments: $subject, $topic_id, $forum_id
Content filter: bbp_forum_subscription_mail_message
with arguments: $content, $topic_id, $forum_id

Topic Subscribers Notification Filters

Subject filter: bbp_subscription_mail_title
with arguments: $subject, $reply_id, $topic_id
Content filter: bbp_subscription_mail_message
with arguments: $content, $reply_id, $topic_id

Using a plugin

If you don’t want to add custom code, you might wanna consider one of the plugins that can do this:

GD bbPress Toolbox Pro – this plugin has options to override default bbPress notifications and change content with support for the custom tags representing different elements of the email message. Plugin adds more email notifications.

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Why the search in bbPress is not working?

October 4, 2018, By Milan Petrovic

bbPress has simple search built in using keyword search and simple form with the single input field. But, this can be also disabled.

What is the URL of bbPress forums dedicated search page?

October 4, 2018, By Milan Petrovic

If the search is enabled in bbPress settings, bbPress will enable search forms, and also activate dedicated search page.

Can I disable showing avatars with user profile links?

June 20, 2018, By Milan Petrovic

bbPress shows Gravatars with all user profile links, and it doesn’t have option to do that from the plugin settings.

How can I disable bbPress integration with Akismet?

September 8, 2019, By Milan Petrovic

bbPress can use Akismet service to check topics and replies for spam, and there is no option available to control […]

bbPress Under the Hood: Theme Packages

March 8, 2019, By Milan Petrovic

To display the content for forums, bbPress relies on the theme templates. But, these are specialized template, and most themes don’t have them. So, how the bbPress uses templates?

bbPress Under the Hood: Theme Compatibility System

March 1, 2019, By Milan Petrovic

bbPress requires theme templates to display the forums content. Currently, bbPress needs total of 16 theme templates for all content types and taxonomies.

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How can I edit the emails bbPress sends?

Filters for email notifications

Forum Subscribers Notification Filters

Topic Subscribers Notification Filters

Using a plugin

Question answered by

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