Title: bbPress Statistics Format
Last modified: September 18, 2017

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# bbPress Statistics Format

 *  Resolved [timsilva_](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timsilva_/)
 * (@timsilva_)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bbpress-statistics-format/)
 * Hi Jake! Huge fan of your work on this plugin. 🙂
 * I have been tweaking the Additional Forum Statistics to say something like “We
   have created # posts, in # threads, by # members, since Month ##, YYYY.” instead
   of “Threads: #, Posts: #, Members: #”.
 * Is it possible to achieve what I am looking for through the “bbPress Statistics
   Format” input field on the “Customisation Settings” page? I tried a few tweaks
   but it seemed really limited. Maybe a format that lets you change the order and
   the location of the variables would be possible? Just curious.
 * Many thanks!
    Tim

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 *  Plugin Author [Jake Hall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geekserve/)
 * (@geekserve)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bbpress-statistics-format/#post-9506735)
 * Hi Tim,
 * Thank you for the feedback, really glad you’re finding a use for the plugin!
 * This was a really difficult part of the plugin to develop as I am passing the
   data through the normal WordPress Options API, what this means is the data is
   handled and HTML is stripped – there isn’t a lot of flexibility available here.
   The functionality is supposed to be used to allow people to customise the wording
   of the headings, as previously this would require a language override.
 * If you know how WordPress Filters work, you would want to filter the following:
 * – bbpas_section_bbpress_stats
 * This will let you filter the entire section for bbPress Statistics.
 * At the moment, I haven’t added any API to expose functions for you to grab any
   relevant data (such as the actual stats, but, you could manipulate the string
   you get), I was planning it in this release however I didn’t want to release 
   too much in one go (way more potential to go wrong!)
 * I will try and get the API functionality baked in as soon as possible, for the
   time being I am afraid you will have to see what is possible with the filter,
   or hold on until some API functionality is released.
 * But do bear in mind, the sort of configuration you’re looking for will not be
   possible in the base plugin – you will need to utilise the API or Filters in 
   order to get the outcome you’d like.
 * Many thanks,
 * Jake
 *  Thread Starter [timsilva_](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timsilva_/)
 * (@timsilva_)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bbpress-statistics-format/#post-9507046)
 * Thanks so much for the thoughtful reply! 🙂 I will go ahead and keep it the default
   format for the time being. 🙂 I have a little experience with filters, but this
   particular goal seems a bit out of my league.
 *  Plugin Author [Jake Hall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geekserve/)
 * (@geekserve)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bbpress-statistics-format/#post-9507709)
 * Hi Tim,
 * That’s not a problem, once the API come out I will post a snippet of code here
   for you to use on your website that utilises the API.
 * – Jake
 *  Thread Starter [timsilva_](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timsilva_/)
 * (@timsilva_)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bbpress-statistics-format/#post-9507733)
 * You rock! Thanks again. 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [timsilva_](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timsilva_/)
 * (@timsilva_)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bbpress-statistics-format/#post-9853768)
 * Any update on this being a possibility now? 🙂
 * Thx,
    Tim

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