// WEAPON LOCKED
}
function insert_some_important_data( $title, $content = '' ) {
    global $database;

    return $database->insert( $database->important_data_table, array(
        'title'   => $title,
        'content' => $content,
        'status'  => 'not-spam'
    ) );
}

You have absolutely no way (short of hooking the database’s insert function somehow) to modify the status before the important data goes into the database. It would also be very difficult to find out when the data is inserted into the database. The logical next step is to complain until something like this is added:

    // WEAPON LOCKED
}
function insert_some_important_data( $title, $content = '' ) {
    global $database;

    return $database->insert( $database->important_data_table, array(
        'title'   => apply_filters( 'important_data_title',   $title,     $title, $content ),
        'content' => apply_filters( 'important_data_content', $content,   $title, $content ),
        'status'  => apply_filters( 'important_data_status',  'not-spam', $title, $content ),
    ) );
}

Now, you can modify the data before it hits the database. But what if you want to stop it from going into the database in the first place? Cue another complaining session:

    // WEAPON LOCKED
}
function insert_some_important_data( $title, $content = '' ) {
    global $database;

    if ( !apply_filters( 'important_data_should_insert', true, $title, $content ) )
            return false;
    return $database->insert( $database->important_data_table, array(
        'title'   => apply_filters( 'important_data_title',   $title,     $title, $content ),
        'content' => apply_filters( 'important_data_content', $content,   $title, $content ),
        'status'  => apply_filters( 'important_data_status',  'not-spam', $title, $content ),
    ) );
}

Now you can cancel the data from hitting the database. However, there’s still no notification after the data is sent to the database. This cycle can go on forever if you’re not careful. Your function will eventually end up being eight million lines long.

Oh yeah, AutoRank is coming soon as a plugin plugin

Guess what just happened.

bbPM is the first plugin I will convert from bbPress Standalone to bbPress Plugin. This makes bbPM the first Plugin Plugin I’ve made.

The screenshot above is unedited, and it shows my current progress in rewriting bbPM from the ground up. PM threads are available only to the users specified when the PM is created. I will add the ability to add users to a thread after its creation soon.

See also:

http://joncave.co.uk/2011/02/road-to-wordpress-3-1/

http://blog.ashfame.com/2011/03/bbpress-development-visual-roadmap/

http://twitter.com/Nightgunner5/status/39418464284323842

It’s been a long time.

mr_pelle on basic role management in bbPress