by Tomdever 4.7 (390 reviews)

wpForo Forum

Name: wpForo Forum
Rating: 4.7 (390 reviews)
Author: Tomdever

Number one WordPress forum plugin with AI features. Full-fledged forum solution with modern forum design. Community builder WordPress forum plugin.

wpForo Forum ranks #1,384 among WordPress.org plugins with 20,000+ active installations, is #51 of 2,958 in the Discussion & Community category, a 4.7/5 rating from 390 reviews, and was last updated Sep 28, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v3.2.2 Current Version v3.2.2

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 28 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 2 days ago Last Refreshed on

#51 of 2,958 in Discussion & Community Top 5% by installs Downloads -14.5% this week

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#1,384

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Active Installs

20K+

-8.3%

KW Avg Position

12.4

0.6 worse

Downloads

1.6M

+312 today

Support Resolved

67%

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Rating

94%

Review 4.7 out of 5

4.7 (390 reviews)

Next Milestone 30K

Total Progress 18.4%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.7

390 reviews

Overall 94%

350 (90%)

14 (4%)

7 (2%)

3 (1%)

16 (4%)

Support Threads Overview

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Unresolved

Total Threads

Resolved

Unresolved

67%

Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

64 known vulnerabilities on record · 39 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Sep 24, 2026

wpForo Forum [wpforo] >= 3.0.0 - < 3.1.6

CVE-2026-80514 · Fixed in v3.1.6
Sep 24, 2026

wpForo Forum [wpforo] < 3.1.6

CVE-2026-80513 · Fixed in v3.1.6
Sep 23, 2026

wpForo Forum [wpforo] < 3.1.6

CVE-2026-93772 · Fixed in v3.1.6
Sep 21, 2026

wpForo Forum [wpforo] < 3.1.7

CVE-2026-93747 · Fixed in v3.1.7
Aug 27, 2026

wpForo Forum [wpforo] < 3.1.6

CVE-2026-91092 · Fixed in v3.1.6
Aug 4, 2026

wpForo Forum [wpforo] < 3.1.3

CVE-2026-12698 · Fixed in v3.1.3
Jul 31, 2026

wpForo Forum [wpforo] < 3.1.2

CVE-2026-12697 · Fixed in v3.1.2
Jul 27, 2026

wpForo Forum [wpforo] < 3.0.0

CVE-2026-5097 · Fixed in v3.0.0
Jul 20, 2026

wpForo Forum [wpforo] < 3.1.2

CVE-2026-12696 · Fixed in v3.1.2
Jul 15, 2026

wpForo Forum [wpforo] < 3.1.2

CVE-2026-15021 · Fixed in v3.1.2

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Plugin Details

Version: 3.2.2
Last Updated: Sep 28, 2026
Requires WP: 5.2+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.1 or higher
Author: Tomdever

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7
Reviews: 390
Support Threads: 3
Resolved: 67%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

wpForo is for WordPress site owners who want to add a community forum to their website. It provides a full forum solution with multiple layouts, migration tools from other forum platforms, and optional AI features for search, moderation, and content generation.

AI Semantic Search
AI Topic Summarization
AI Content Moderation
AI Spam Detection
Multi-board support
Multi-language support
BuddyPress Integration
Migration from bbPress, phpBB, SMF

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about wpForo Forum

Forum Page - wpForo creates a forum page with /community/ slug. Forum URL can be changed in Dashboard > wpForo > Boards > Edit Board and change the slug. Make sure you use WordPress permalinks. wpForo forums don't work with default ?p=1 URL structure. Forum page only contains [wpforo] forum shortcode.

Forum Menu - wpForo forum menu is a regular WordPress menu. In Dashboard > Appearance > Menu admin page wpForo forum creates new navigation menu (forum top menu bar) called "wpForo Navigation (wpForo Menu)". Forum menu is attached to wpForo Menu location.

Forum Sidebar and Widgets - wpForo forum comes with own right (RTL left) sidebar and widgets (Recent Forum Topics, Recent Forum Posts, Forum Search, Forum Online Users).

Forum Layouts - wpForo Forums has Forum Layouts and allows to create hybrid forums. wpForo theme has built in multi-layout system. Each forum section (category with forums and subForums) can be displayed with different forum layout.

Forum Manager - You can add new category, forum or subForum in Dashboard > Forums > Forums admin page. The Forum add / Forum edit / Forum Delete / Forum Hierarchy can be managed on the same admin page.

Forum Shortcodes - Started from version 1.0.0 you can use wpForo shortcodes.

Forum Styles - Please navigate to Dashboard > wpForo > Settings > Colors & Styles admin page. Here you can find wpForo forum front-end colors and styles. You can choose forum colors: default (blue), red, green, orange, grey, dark. You can select forum color set or customize each color manually.

Forum Member - Forum Members are the same WordPress users. wpForo forums is fully integrated with WordPress. It comes with own Forum Login and Forum Registration page. Users get an advanced Forum Profile. You can manage all members in Dashboard > Forums > Members admin page.

Forum Member Badges and Reputation - wpForo forum has a simple yet powerful user reputation system. Currently it based on number of forum posts.

Forum Access and Permissions - Forum Accesses are different sets of forum permissions (CAN's) designed to help forum admins control (allow/restrict) Users' actions in each forum.