Restricting myCred to individual Forums in bbPress

[varma]

Hi

Another question in implementing myCred with bbpress.

Can i know if there any method to restrict myCred point system based on forum. ( or say i need the myCred point system to work on certain types of forums i make)

For example – not providing points on new topics and replies to users when posting in a certain forum.

It’s because i got a support/Question forum where its unnecessary for giving points to the users who are posting there.

Hope that can be done.

Regards

https://wordpress.org/plugins/mycred/

[myCred]

Hi.

There is no built-in way to restrict points for specific forums.
You could use the mycred_add filter which fires before points are awarded / deducted from a user and enforce this though.

Here is one example:

Paste this code snippet into your themes functions.php file then go to your Forums and edit the forum that you want to restrict points in. Add a custom field called “NO_MYCRED_POINTS” and set the value to ‘yes’. Once you have saved you should gain no more points for any action taken in this forum.

[varma]

BUT in bbpress forum section there is no custom field option to set ? or i’m missing something.

Also is there any way to add the Daily Limits to the Topic section too..

[myCred]

Add this to your code:

add_filter( 'bbp_register_forum_post_type', 'mycred_add_custom_field_to_forums' );
function mycred_add_custom_field_to_forums( $attr ) {
	$attr['supports'][] = 'custom-fields';
	return $attr;
}

It will add support for custom-fields in forums. It goes in your themes functions.php file.

[varma]

Superb, That worked out pretty well.

Test on on bbpress forums and its 100% working.

Also is there any way to add the Daily Limits to the Topic section too?

[myCred]

Are you looking to set a maximum number of topics each day that gives points?

[varma]

Yes daily limit for a user in getting points by posting new topics. ( or the maximum number of topics each day that gives points for a single user)

[varma]

Any update on this?

[myCred]

Hi.

First of all, apologies for the delay in my reply.

You would need to hook into myCRED before points are awarded and enforce a daily limit. If a user exceeds or reaches this limit then you would just decline further point gains.

Example:

add_filter( 'mycred_add', 'mycred_enforce_daily_bbp_topic_limit', 99, 3 );
function mycred_enforce_daily_bbp_topic_limit( $reply, $request, $mycred ) {
	// If already declined or this is not points for new topics, bail
	if ( $reply === false || $request['ref'] != 'new_forum_topic' ) return $reply;

	// Get the details we need
	$user_id = absint( $request['user_id'] );
	$topic_id = absint( $request['ref_id'] );
	$now = date_i18n( 'U' );
	$a_day_ago = date_i18n( 'U', strtotime( '-24 hours' ) );

	// The daily limit
	$daily_limit = 5;

	// Run Query
	global $wpdb;

	// Count the number of log entries this
	// user has for gaining points for new forum
	// topics between two timestamps: now and
	// 24 hours ago.
	$count = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "
	SELECT COUNT( * )
	FROM {$mycred->log_table}
	WHERE ref = %s
		AND user_id = %d
		AND time BETWEEN %d AND %d;", '', $user_id, $a_day_ago, $now ) );

	// Now we just compare the result against the limit
	if ( $count >= $daily_limit )
		return false;

	return true;
}

If used, the above code goes into your themes functions.php file.

[varma]

Really thanks that will do… 100%

Will test it out and let you know soon…