Allow moderators to reply to archived or spam topics

[sterndata]

Now that one can use an @name to send mail even if it the "name"'s post has been marked as spam or archived, it would be nice to be able to reply to the post. When the first post in a topic has been marked as spam or archived, moderators are not permitted to reply.

[sterndata]

This also applies if a post is "pending".

[dd32]

This looks like a bbPress bug - I've opened ​https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3309

The capability checks seem to be basing the reply form off whether or not the current user can edit the reply but there's no reply object so it's false, even though the mod can edit the topic.

If it's not-a-bug in bbPress, we can probably make this happen through the bbp_current_user_can_access_create_reply_form filter, although there might be more places that need changing.

[valentinbora]

Allow moderators to reply to closed topics through the bbp_current_user_can_access_create_reply_form filter

[dd32]

I'd prefer to see this fixed in bbPress core, or it be confirmed that it's not a bbPress bug before we patch it on the W.org side.

[dd32]

Fixed upstream, should be deployed to WordPress.org.