Notify User only from Backend

Hi @sociality,

Not out of the box, no. But you can hook into bbpnns_skip_topic_notification and bbpnns_skip_reply_notification and return true.

In your functions.php file, add the following (and complete it with the check author and role parts):

function sociality_skip_topic_notification( $bool, $forum_id, $topic_id ) {
    // Fetch author for topic ID
    // Check author forum role
    // Set $bool to true if role matches what you want

    return $bool;
}
add_filter( 'bbpnns_skip_topic_notification', 'sociality_skip_topic_notification', 10, 3 );

function sociality_skip_reply_notification( $bool, $forum_id, $topic_id, $reply_id ) {
    // Fetch author for reply ID
    // Check author forum role
    // Set $bool to true if role matches what you want

    return $bool;
}
add_filter( 'bbpnns_skip_reply_notification', 'sociality_skip_topic_notification', 10, 4 );

Cheers,
Vinny

I forgot to address the second question. You can disable the front-end notification by removing the hooks. If you have background notifications turned on, you can try this:

function sociality_turn_off_bbpnns_fe() {
    $bbpnns = bbPress_Notify_NoSpam::bootstrap();
    remove_action( 'bbp_new_topic', array( $bbpnns, 'bg_notify_new_topic'), 100 );
    remove_action( 'bbp_new_reply', array( $bbpnns, 'bg_notify_new_reply'), 100 );
}

add_action( 'plugins_loaded', 'sociality_turn_off_bbpnns_fe', 10 );

But please test it in a staging/dev environment first.

Both seem really helfull! Thanks a lot. I will try them out and let you know!

I tried the second solution. I put it my functions.php but still the front end notification work ?? What I want is only from the wp-admin to be able to send notifications.

Thanks a lot for your help, really appreciate!

Hi Sociality,

I understand what you need. The code should have worked. Can you make sure it’s actually a bbpnns notification that you got and not some other plugin (such as bbPress core notifications)?

You can do that by turning off bbpnns and testing the notification from the front-end again.

Hi @sociality,

Is this still an issue?

Its’s been a while it seemed to work in a way. Not completely sure thought. I decided to do it another way for now and try again another time. Thanks for the effort!