Allow bbPress participants to delete their own topics

[capacanada]

Hi

I would like to allow bbpress participants to delete their own topics. I have set this in the user role editor but it does not work. http://prntscr.com/fn87po. I am in my topic but it does not have a delete button: http://prntscr.com/fn8838.

Thanks

[Vladimir]

Hi,

bbPress uses a different model of work with topics and replies privileges comparing to the WordPress posts. While bbPress adds ‘delete_topics’, ‘delete_replies’ it really uses just ‘delete_others_topics’ (includes/topics/capabilities.php, line #180) and ‘delete_others_replies’ (includes/replies/capabilities.php, line #162). So default bbPress permissions model does not allow to a user to delete his own content. User should have a ‘moderate’ or ‘delete_others_%’ capability to get access to delete operation. But with this access user can delete a content from any user/author.

[Vladimir]

It’s possible to modify a default bbPress access model using its custom filters:
‘bbp_map_reply_meta_caps’, ‘bbp_map_topic_meta_caps’.

[capacanada]

Hi. Thanks for the feedback. I am not sure what I would need to with regards to your second response, could you please explain a bit more in detail?
Thanks

[Vladimir]

Hi,

I will try to help you as I return to office, at June, 29th.

[Vladimir]

Hi,
In order to force bbPress to use ‘delete_replies’ and ‘delete_topics’ capabilities for content authours add this code to your active theme functions.php file or setup it as a “must use” plugin:

add_filter('bbp_map_reply_meta_caps', 'bbp_delete_own_replies', 10, 4);

function bbp_delete_own_replies($caps, $cap, $user_id, $args) {
    if ($cap!=='delete_reply' || in_array('do_not_allow', $caps)) {  
        return $caps;        
    }
    
    $_post = get_post( $args[0] );
    if (empty($_post)) {
        return $caps;
    }
    
    if ($_post->post_author==$user_id) {
        $caps = array('delete_replies');
    }
    
    return $caps;    
}

add_filter('bbp_map_topic_meta_caps', 'bbp_delete_own_topics', 10, 4);

function bbp_delete_own_topics($caps, $cap, $user_id, $args) {

    if ($cap=='delete_topic' || in_array('do_not_allow', $caps)) {
        return $caps;
    }
    
    $_post = get_post( $args[0] );
    if (empty($_post)) {
        return $caps;
    }
    
    if ($_post->post_author==$user_id) {
        $caps = array('delete_topics');
    }
    
    return $caps;
}

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