Ticket #3652: 3652-2.diff

template.php

@@ -3316 +3316 @@
 
                 // Topic has activity (could be from reply or topic author)
                 $last_active = bbp_get_topic_last_active_id( $topic_id );
-                if ( ! empty( $vc_int ) && ! empty( $last_active ) ) {
-                        $last_updated_by = bbp_get_author_link( array( 'post_id' => $last_active, 'size' => $r['size'] ) );
-                        $retstr          = sprintf( esc_html__( 'This topic has %1$s, %2$s, and was last updated %3$s by %4$s.', 'bbpress' ), $reply_count, $voice_count, $time_since, $last_updated_by );
+                if ( ! empty( $last_active ) ) {
 
+                        // Last-updated-by should always exist if last-active does
+                        $last_updated_by = bbp_get_author_link( array(
+                                'post_id' => $last_active,
+                                'size'    => $r['size']
+                        ) );
+
+                        // Voice count is non-zero (registered users engaged)
+                        if ( ! empty( $vc_int ) ) {
+                                $retstr = sprintf( esc_html__( 'This topic has %1$s, %2$s, and was last updated %3$s by %4$s.', 'bbpress' ), $reply_count, $voice_count, $time_since, $last_updated_by );
+
+                        // Voice count is zero (anonymous users only)
+                        } else {
+                                $retstr = sprintf( esc_html__( 'This topic was last updated %1$s by %2$s.', 'bbpress' ), $time_since, $last_updated_by );
+                        }
+
                 // Topic has no replies
                 } elseif ( ! empty( $vc_int ) && ! empty( $reply_count ) ) {
                         $retstr = sprintf( esc_html__( 'This topic has %1$s and %2$s.', 'bbpress' ), $voice_count, $reply_count );