Hello!

So I created a custom post type (“blog_post”) using WPMUDEV’s CustomPress plugin. Then I configured BuddyBlog to use the “blog_post” type so it would only show on user profiles. It all works great!!

Now I’m trying to get the custom blog_post type to display in activity feeds. It does, but…the activity mention is a bit generic:
“[Member] published a blog post 1 minute ago”

I’d like it to also include the title of the blog post (or an excerpt is fine too, but the title is preferred), as well as a thumbnail of the featured image. WPMUDEV support was helping me for a bit in this thread, but we got stuck — and can’t figure out what the problem is.

If we add a post from the backend, it works (the activity feed mention shows with title and image) — but if we add BuddyBlog post from the front end (which is how the site is designed to do), then it just gives us the generic version. We were hoping you might be able to tell us if there is something else that’s required for BuddyBlog for it to show up in activity feeds?

Here’s the code that we currently have in my bp-custom.php file:


<?php

// Adds custom Blog Post Type to activity feed

add_post_type_support( 'blog_post', 'buddypress-activity' );

function customize_page_tracking_args() {
// Check if the Activity component is active before using it.
if ( ! bp_is_active( 'activity' ) ) {
return;
}

bp_activity_set_post_type_tracking_args( 'blog_post', array(
'bp_activity_admin_filter' => __( 'Published a new Blog Post', 'buddypress' ),
'bp_activity_front_filter' => __( 'Blog Posts', 'buddypress' ),
'contexts' => array( 'activity', 'member' ),
'activity_comment' => true,
'bp_activity_new_post' => __( '%1$s posted a new blog post', 'buddypress' ),
'bp_activity_new_post_ms' => __( '%1$s posted a new blog post, on his profile', 'buddypress' ),
'position' => 100,
) );
}
add_action( 'bp_init', 'customize_page_tracking_args' );

// Adds title of custom Blog Post Type instead of excerpt

function record_cpt_activity_content( $cpt ) {

if ( 'new_blog_post' === $cpt['type'] ) {

$cpt['content'] = get_the_title();
}

return $cpt;
}
add_filter('bp_after_activity_add_parse_args', 'record_cpt_activity_content');

// Adds custom blog featured image to activity feed

function record_cpt_activity_content_featured_image( $cpt ) {

if ( 'new_blog_post' === $cpt['type'] ) {

global $wpdb, $post, $bp;
$theimg = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( bp_get_activity_secondary_item_id() ) );
$cpt['content'] .= '';
}

return $cpt;
}
add_filter('bp_after_activity_add_parse_args', 'record_cpt_activity_content_featured_image');