Title: bbPress – Topic Lock
Author: Pippin Williamson
Published: <strong>13 September 2013</strong>
Last modified: 17 December 2014

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
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# bbPress – Topic Lock

 By [Pippin Williamson](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mordauk/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/bbpress-topic-lock.zip)

 * [Details](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-topic-lock/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-topic-lock/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-topic-lock/#installation)
 * [Development](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-topic-lock/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbpress-topic-lock/)

## Description

Warns moderators if another moderator is currently viewing the same topic.

Based heavily off of the WordPress post locking syste and uses the WP heartbeat 
API (requires WordPress 3.6 or later) to set the topic lock status.

If a topic is locked (because another moderator is already viewing it), a warning
dialog will be displayed. Moderators and choose to ignore the lock if they wish.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Topic being viewed by another moderator

## Installation

 1. Activate the plugin
 2. Bee happy

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors and Developers

“bbPress – Topic Lock” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Pippin Williamson ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mordauk/)

[Translate “bbPress – Topic Lock” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/bbpress-topic-lock)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bbpress-topic-lock/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/bbpress-topic-lock/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bbpress-topic-lock/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bbpress-topic-lock/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Change Log

#### 1.0

 * First release!

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **11 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.6 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.1.42**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-topic-lock/)
 * Tags
 * [bbPress](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/bbpress/)[forum](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/forum/)
   [forums](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/forums/)[moderators](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/moderators/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-topic-lock/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Pippin Williamson ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mordauk/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbpress-topic-lock/)

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