BuddyPress: Mark Activity With Blocked Words as Spam
Automatically marks activity updates and comments that contain words from your blocklist as spam, so they never appear in the stream.
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Code
if ( ! function_exists( 'buddypress' ) ) {
return;
}
// Words or phrases that mark an update as spam.
$wpide_bp_blocked_words = array( 'casino', 'free followers', 'crypto giveaway' );
add_action( 'bp_activity_before_save', function ( $activity ) use ( $wpide_bp_blocked_words ) {
if ( empty( $activity->content ) || ! empty( $activity->is_spam ) || user_can( (int) $activity->user_id, 'bp_moderate' ) ) {
return;
}
$text = wp_strip_all_tags( $activity->content );
foreach ( $wpide_bp_blocked_words as $word ) {
if ( preg_match( '/\b' . preg_quote( $word, '/' ) . '\b/iu', $text ) ) {
$activity->is_spam = 1;
return;
}
}
} );Notes
Words are matched case-insensitively as whole words. Spammed items can be reviewed under Activity in wp-admin.
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