function bbp_has_topics( $args = array() ) {

	/** Defaults **************************************************************/

	// Other defaults
	$default_topic_search  = bbp_sanitize_search_request( 'ts' );
	$default_show_stickies = (bool) ( bbp_is_single_forum() || bbp_is_topic_archive() ) && ( false === $default_topic_search );
	$default_post_parent   = bbp_is_single_forum() ? bbp_get_forum_id() : 'any';

	// Default argument array
	$default = array(
		'post_type'      => bbp_get_topic_post_type(), // Narrow query down to bbPress topics
		'post_parent'    => $default_post_parent,      // Forum ID
		'meta_key'       => '_bbp_last_active_time',   // Make sure topic has some last activity time
		'meta_type'      => 'DATETIME',
		'orderby'        => 'meta_value',              // 'meta_value', 'author', 'date', 'title', 'modified', 'parent', rand',
		'order'          => 'DESC',                    // 'ASC', 'DESC'
		'posts_per_page' => bbp_get_topics_per_page(), // Topics per page
		'paged'          => bbp_get_paged(),           // Page Number
		'show_stickies'  => $default_show_stickies,    // Ignore sticky topics?
		'max_num_pages'  => false,                     // Maximum number of pages to show

		// Conditionally prime the cache for related posts
		'update_post_family_cache' => true
	);

	// Only add 's' arg if searching for topics
	// See https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2607
	if ( ! empty( $default_topic_search ) ) {
		$default['s'] = $default_topic_search;
	}

	// What are the default allowed statuses (based on user caps)
	if ( bbp_get_view_all( 'edit_others_topics' ) ) {

		// Default view=all statuses
		$post_statuses = array_keys( bbp_get_topic_statuses() );

		// Add support for private status
		if ( current_user_can( 'read_private_topics' ) ) {
			$post_statuses[] = bbp_get_private_status_id();
		}

		// Join post statuses together
		$default['post_status'] = $post_statuses;

	// Lean on the 'perm' query var value of 'readable' to provide statuses
	} else {
		$default['perm'] = 'readable';
	}

	// Maybe query for topic tags
	if ( bbp_is_topic_tag() ) {
		$default['term']     = bbp_get_topic_tag_slug();
		$default['taxonomy'] = bbp_get_topic_tag_tax_id();
	}

	/** Setup *****************************************************************/

	// Parse arguments against default values
	$r = bbp_parse_args( $args, $default, 'has_topics' );

	// Get bbPress
	$bbp = bbpress();

	// Call the query
	$bbp->topic_query = new WP_Query( $r );

	// Maybe prime last active posts
	if ( ! empty( $r['update_post_family_cache'] ) ) {
		bbp_update_post_family_caches( $bbp->topic_query->posts );
	}

	// Set post_parent back to 0 if originally set to 'any'
	if ( 'any' === $r['post_parent'] ) {
		$r['post_parent'] = 0;
	}

	// Limited the number of pages shown
	if ( ! empty( $r['max_num_pages'] ) ) {
		$bbp->topic_query->max_num_pages = (int) $r['max_num_pages'];
	}

	/** Stickies **************************************************************/

	// Put sticky posts at the top of the posts array
	if ( ! empty( $r['show_stickies'] ) && ( $r['paged'] <= 1 ) ) {
		bbp_add_sticky_topics( $bbp->topic_query, $r );
	}

	// If no limit to posts per page, set it to the current post_count
	if ( -1 === $r['posts_per_page'] ) {
		$r['posts_per_page'] = $bbp->topic_query->post_count;
	}

	// Add pagination values to query object
	$bbp->topic_query->posts_per_page = (int) $r['posts_per_page'];
	$bbp->topic_query->paged          = (int) $r['paged'];

	// Only add pagination if query returned results
	if ( ( ! empty( $bbp->topic_query->post_count ) || ! empty( $bbp->topic_query->found_posts ) ) && ! empty( $bbp->topic_query->posts_per_page ) ) {

		// Limit the number of topics shown based on maximum allowed pages
		if ( ( ! empty( $r['max_num_pages'] ) ) && ( $bbp->topic_query->found_posts > ( $bbp->topic_query->max_num_pages * $bbp->topic_query->post_count ) ) ) {
			$bbp->topic_query->found_posts = $bbp->topic_query->max_num_pages * $bbp->topic_query->post_count;
		}

		// Total topics for pagination boundaries
		$total_pages = ( $bbp->topic_query->posts_per_page === $bbp->topic_query->found_posts )
			? 1
			: ceil( $bbp->topic_query->found_posts / $bbp->topic_query->posts_per_page );

		// Maybe add view-all args
		$add_args = bbp_get_view_all()
			? array( 'view' => 'all' )
			: false;

		// Pagination settings with filter
		$bbp_topic_pagination = apply_filters( 'bbp_topic_pagination', array(
			'base'      => bbp_get_topics_pagination_base( $r['post_parent'] ),
			'format'    => '',
			'total'     => $total_pages,
			'current'   => $bbp->topic_query->paged,
			'prev_text' => is_rtl() ? '&rarr;' : '&larr;',
			'next_text' => is_rtl() ? '&larr;' : '&rarr;',
			'mid_size'  => 1,
			'add_args'  => $add_args,
		) );

		// Add pagination to query object
		$bbp->topic_query->pagination_links = bbp_paginate_links( $bbp_topic_pagination );
	}

	// Filter & return
	return apply_filters( 'bbp_has_topics', $bbp->topic_query->have_posts(), $bbp->topic_query );
}