Statistics Modifications - Displaying attach stats on forumhome

REQ here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=201660

Info:
vBulletin Version: 3.7.x & 3.8.x
New Templates: 1
New Phrases: 5
Uses Hooks: 2
Time to install: 1 minute max

Features:
This modification includes these statistics

• Total Attachments
• Disk Space Used
• Average Attachment Filesize
• Total Downloads

History:

• 01/16/2009: First Release

• 01/16/2009: Optimize

Thanks for using this MOD and Please click Mark As Installed!

[movslow]

Installed, nice work.
:up:

[Switch02]

Nice and useful, well done.

[Legendery.]

thanks for sharing bro.

[gwerzal]

Thanks

Installed on all my sites

[Fivestones]

Hello And thanks for this !! I am new to all this stuff and i dont know 1 thing about it !! This is my frist thing i have added to my site and i did it LOL !!

I had to go to another Stats and read some on what to do but i got it now Thanks !! 5Stones

[Vangerltd]

Total Attachments: 3,073
Disk Space Used: 797.51 Mb
Average Attachment Filesize: 266 bytes
Total Downloads: 56,686

somebody else?

[BigDog56]

Originally Posted by Vangerltd

somebody else?

Total Attachments: 8,980
Disk Space Used: 1.71 GB
Average Attachment Filesize: 199.8 KB
Total Downloads: 241,003

[Vangerltd]

fxd, $viet vbb_as_average must be
$viet vbb_as_average = $viet vbb_as['average'];

[-=Leb=-]

Love it. Installed

[Alfa1]

I have added this to the main statistics block with this code:

PHP Code:

        <div class="smallfont"><br />
        Forums: 375, $vbphrase[threads]: $totalthreads, $vbphrase[posts]: $totalposts, $vbphrase[as_total]: $+++++++_as_total [$+++++++_as_total_space], $vbphrase[as_total_downloads]: $+++++++_as_total_downloads
        </div> 


(somehow there is a filter on vb.org that disallows '$ v i e t v b b' to be posted and turns it into ++++++

How do I disable the display of attach statistics block, so that I only show it in my main statistics block?

It would be optimal to replace the plugin with one that hooks into forumhome_wgo_stats
How do I do this? I have currently replaced the template forumhome_attact_stats with the above code, but I am pretty sure that this is bad coding practice. Can someone please advise?