Add Media Upload Button to bbPress

As a moderator in bbPress, you sometimes need to upload an image in order to better explain a solution. In the past I uploaded the image using the Media uploader, copied the URL and then pasted it into the discussion. Not the most efficient way of doing things.

After a little bit of research, I discovered that I can easily add a media upload button to make the whole process a lot more streamlined.

Open up your functions.php file and add the following snippet to get it working:

add_filter( 'bbp_after_get_the_content_parse_args', 'bavotasan_bbpress_upload_media' );
/**
 * Allow upload media in bbPress
 *
 * This function is attached to the 'bbp_after_get_the_content_parse_args' filter hook.
 */
function bavotasan_bbpress_upload_media( $args ) {
	$args['media_buttons'] = true;

	return $args;
}

With this snippet in place, moderators will now have the ability to upload using the built-in media uploader. There may be a way to also allow regular users to have access to the button but I haven’t delved deeper into that since I didn’t require that option.