function bbp_get_paged() {
	$wp_query = bbp_get_wp_query();

	// Check the query var
	if ( get_query_var( 'paged' ) ) {
		$paged = get_query_var( 'paged' );

	// Check query paged
	} elseif ( ! empty( $wp_query->query['paged'] ) ) {
		$paged = $wp_query->query['paged'];
	}

	// Paged found
	if ( ! empty( $paged ) ) {
		return (int) $paged;
	}

	// Default to first page
	return 1;
}