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Awesome, a post that isn’t years old that I may actually be able to help!

In functions.php add the following function:

function cg_current_user_notification_count() {
    $notifications = bp_core_get_notifications_for_user(bp_loggedin_user_id(), 'object');
    $count = !empty($notifications) ? count($notifications) : 0;

    return $count;
}

In frontend-noajax.inc.php (you can find this in plugins/bp-direct-menus/inc) add the following code around line 150 (near where all the counts are initialized):

$notifcount = cg_current_user_notification_count();
$item->title = str_ireplace("%notificationcount%", $notifcount, $item->title);
$item->title = str_ireplace("%(notificationcount)%", ($notifcount > 0) ? '('.$notifcount.')' : '', $item->title);

Hope that helps you, or if you already figured it out, helps somebody else.

Cheers,
Gabe

BP 1.9+

function custom_notification_menu_tabs(){
	global $bp;
	if ( bp_is_user() && bp_user_has_access() ) {
		$count    = bp_notifications_get_unread_notification_count( bp_displayed_user_id() );
		$class    = ( 0 === $count ) ? 'no-count' : 'count';
		$bp->bp_nav['notifications']['name'] = sprintf( __( 'Alerts <span class="%s">%s</span>', 'buddypress' ), esc_attr( $class ), number_format_i18n( $count ) );
	} 

}
add_action('bp_setup_nav', 'custom_notification_menu_tabs', 201);

Looks like 3 of them are from the same topic (15959). Go into the db and do a search on the activity table for secondary_item_id = 15959. That will give you a link to the topic. Go to it and 1: see if it exists still (probably does) and 2: see if there is something weird about it.

OH. Is bbpress up to date? Maybe there is a bbpress plugin causing issues?

I just tested this on my site. I created a topic as one user. I logged in as another and replied to the top. Notification was sent… no problem. I logged in as administrator and deleted the topic completely. The notification title still showed up, so I doubt deletions are your issue.

Sorry that I’m grabbing at straws. It would help if I was having this problem (glad I’m not) 🙂

That sounds like a better approach than mine. I just have a rather crude looking button which marks as read all unread notifications.

bp_notifications_mark_notifications_by_type is the function I’m using to do the marking. For example:

if ( bp_is_active( 'notifications' ) ) {
    bp_notifications_mark_notifications_by_type( bp_loggedin_user_id(), buddypress()->messages->id, 'new_message' );
    bp_notifications_mark_notifications_by_type( bp_loggedin_user_id(), buddypress()->activity->id, 'new_at_mention' );
}

Hi @transmission,

this is not the solution, but an example for your inspiration.
The below shows how the notification counter can be moved/implemented on the toolbar.

/* moving the notification counter from right to left */
remove_action( 'admin_bar_menu', 'bp_members_admin_bar_notifications_menu', 90 );
function bpfr_notification_ontheleft() {
	global $wp_admin_bar;
	
	if ( !is_user_logged_in() )
	return false;
	
	$notifications = bp_core_get_notifications_for_user( bp_loggedin_user_id(), 'object' );
	$count         = !empty( $notifications ) ? count( $notifications ) : 0;
	$alert_class   = (int) $count > 0 ? 'pending-count alert' : 'count no-alert';
	$menu_title    = '<span id="ab-pending-notifications" class="' . $alert_class . '">' . $count . '</span>';
	
	// Add the top-level Notifications button
	$wp_admin_bar->add_menu( array(
 /*'parent'    => 'top-secondary',*/  // this is the original position
	'id'        => 'bp-notifications',
	'title'     => $menu_title,
	'href'      => bp_loggedin_user_domain(),
	) );
	
	if ( !empty( $notifications ) ) {
		foreach ( (array) $notifications as $notification ) {
			$wp_admin_bar->add_menu( array(
			'parent' => 'bp-notifications',
			'id'     => 'notification-' . $notification->id,
			'title'  => $notification->content,
			'href'   => $notification->href
			) );
		}
	} else {
		$wp_admin_bar->add_menu( array(
		'parent' => 'bp-notifications',
		'id'     => 'no-notifications',
		'title'  => __( 'No new notifications', 'buddypress' ),
		'href'   => bp_loggedin_user_domain()
		) );
	}
	
	return;
}
add_action( 'admin_bar_menu', 'bpfr_notification_ontheleft',30);
/* other position # are 10, 20, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 */

In your case, you also have to check this Codex page. And possibly do some research here.

Hi @oken

In BP 1.9 + you can now do

echo bp_notifications_get_unread_notification_count( bp_loggedin_user_id() );