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| 1 | -=== wpForo Forum === | |
| 2 | -Contributors: gVectors Team | |
| 3 | -Tags: forum, forums, forum plugin, WordPress forum plugin, community, discussion | |
| 4 | -Requires at least: 4.1 | |
| 5 | -Tested up to: 4.9 | |
| 6 | -Stable tag: 1.4.11 | |
| 7 | -Requires PHP: 5.4 and higher | |
| 8 | -License: GPLv2 or later | |
| 9 | -License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html | |
| 10 | - | |
| 11 | -Number one WordPress forum plugin. Full-fledged forum solution with modern and responsive forum design. Community builder WordPress forum plugin. | |
| 12 | - | |
| 13 | -== Description == | |
| 14 | - | |
| 15 | -wpForo Forums is the best WordPress forum plugin. Full-fledged yet easy and light forum solution for your WordPress website. Comes with modern and responsive forum layouts and styles. This WordPress forum plugin brings everything you need to run an efficient and professional community. Powerful and beautiful forum with unique features. | |
| 16 | - | |
| 17 | -= 5 Minute Forum Installation! = | |
| 18 | - | |
| 19 | - 1. Activate plugin and find forums on /community/ page, (/community-2/ if /community/ is used), | |
| 20 | - 2. Manage Forums in Dashboard > Forums > Forums admin page, | |
| 21 | - 3. Manage Forum Menu in Dashboard > Appearance > Menu admin page, | |
| 22 | - 4. Manage Forum Widgets in Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets admin page, | |
| 23 | - 5. Manage Forum Colors in Dashboard > Forums > Settings > Styles admin page, you can choose forum color styles. | |
| 24 | - | |
| 25 | -Support Forum and Demo: [https://wpforo.com/community/](https://wpforo.com/community/) | |
| 26 | -Forum Documentation: [https://wpforo.com/documentation/](https://wpforo.com/documentation/) | |
| 27 | -GDPR Compliance: [https://wpforo.com/gdpr/](https://wpforo.com/gdpr/) | |
| 28 | - | |
| 29 | - | |
| 30 | -= Multi-layout WordPress Forum Plugin = | |
| 31 | - | |
| 32 | -1. [**Extended Forum Layout**](https://wpforo.com/docs/categories-and-forums/forum-layouts/extended-layout/) | |
| 33 | -2. [**Simplified Forum Layout**](https://wpforo.com/docs/categories-and-forums/forum-layouts/simplified-layout/) | |
| 34 | -3. [**Question and Answer Forum Layout**](https://wpforo.com/docs/categories-and-forums/forum-layouts/question-answer-layout/) | |
| 35 | - | |
| 36 | -= Available Forum Translations = | |
| 37 | - | |
| 38 | -**Czech** , **Dutch**, **Danish**, **French**, **French**, **German**, **Hebrew**, **Japanese**, **Persian**, **Portuguese**, **Polish**, **Russian**, **Spanish** , **Spanish** , **Swedish**, **Korean**. | |
| 39 | - | |
| 40 | -= FORUM FEATURES = | |
| 41 | - | |
| 42 | -* Designed for small and extremely large forums/communities. | |
| 43 | -* Multi-layout forum design. | |
| 44 | -* Super responsive forum on all kind of devices. | |
| 45 | -* Built-in forum SEO functions. | |
| 46 | -* Built-in forum Cache System. | |
| 47 | -* Built-in forum Antispam and Akismet integration. | |
| 48 | -* Advanced forum user profile system. | |
| 49 | -* Forum Member Rating and Badges. | |
| 50 | -* Built-in forum/topic subscription. | |
| 51 | -* Drag and Drop forum management system. | |
| 52 | -* Topic and Post front-end moderation. | |
| 53 | -* Forum styles with different colors. | |
| 54 | -* Built-in, powerful forum Usergroup system. | |
| 55 | -* Forum Access sets per Usergroup per Forum. | |
| 56 | -* Forum Phrase System for quick translation. | |
| 57 | -* WordPress .MO/.PO translation files. | |
| 58 | -* Tools and options for GDPR Compliance | |
| 59 | -* Social Network Sahre Buttons | |
| 60 | -* BuddyPress Integration | |
| 61 | -* Easy to migrate with [Go2wpForo](https://wpforo.com/community/migrate-to-wpforo-from-other-forum-plugins/migrate-to-wpforo-go2wpforo-tool/) tool. | |
| 62 | - | |
| 63 | -= Need more forum features? = | |
| 64 | - | |
| 65 | -Find wpForo forum plugin addons on [gVectors Team website...](https://gvectors.com/product-category/wpforo/) | |
| 66 | - | |
| 67 | - | |
| 68 | -== Installation == | |
| 69 | - | |
| 70 | -1. Install wpForo Forum plugin in Dashboard > Plugins admin page. Then activate it. | |
| 71 | -2. If you have more than 100 users wpForo forum plugin prompts you synchronize users. | |
| 72 | -3. Manage Forums in Dashboard > Forums > Forums admin page, | |
| 73 | -4. Manage Forum Menu in Dashboard > Appearance > Menu admin page, | |
| 74 | -5. Manage Forum Colors in Dashboard > Forums > Settings > Styles admin page, you can choose forum color styles. | |
| 75 | - | |
| 76 | - | |
| 77 | -== Frequently Asked Questions == | |
| 78 | - | |
| 79 | -= Forum Page - How to change forum page? = | |
| 80 | - | |
| 81 | -**Forum Page** - wpForo creates a forum page with `/community/` slug. Forum URL can be changed in Dashboard > Forums > Settings > General Tab. Make sure you use WordPress permalinks. wpForo forums don't work with default `?p=1` URL structure. Forum page only contains [wpforo] forum shortcode. | |
| 82 | - | |
| 83 | -= Forum Menu - How to manage forum menu? = | |
| 84 | - | |
| 85 | -**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. | |
| 86 | - | |
| 87 | -= Forum Sidebar - Does forum has sidebar and widgets? = | |
| 88 | - | |
| 89 | -**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). | |
| 90 | - | |
| 91 | -= Forum Layouts - What is forum layout? = | |
| 92 | - | |
| 93 | -**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. | |
| 94 | - | |
| 95 | -= Forum Manager - How to add / edit/ delete forums? = | |
| 96 | - | |
| 97 | -**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. | |
| 98 | - | |
| 99 | -= Forum Shortcodes - What shortcodes are available? = | |
| 100 | - | |
| 101 | -**Forum Shortcodes** - Started from version 1.0.0 you can use wpForo shortcodes. | |
| 102 | - | |
| 103 | -= Forum Styles - How to change forum colors? = | |
| 104 | - | |
| 105 | -**Forum Styles** - Please navigate to Dashboard > Forums > Settings > 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. | |
| 106 | - | |
| 107 | -= Forum Member - How to manage forum members? = | |
| 108 | - | |
| 109 | -**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. | |
| 110 | - | |
| 111 | -= Forum Reputation - What is forum member reputation and badges? = | |
| 112 | - | |
| 113 | -**Forum Member Badges and Reputation** - wpForo forum has a simple yet powerful user reputation system. Currently it based on number of forum posts. | |
| 114 | - | |
| 115 | -= Forum Accesses - How to allow/restrict users to certain forums? = | |
| 116 | - | |
| 117 | -**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. | |
| 118 | - | |
| 119 | -= Forum Usergroups - What is forum users' Usergroup? = | |
| 120 | - | |
| 121 | -**Forum Usergroups and Permissions** - In order to have an extended forum user permission system with full control over all forum user actions, wpForo comes with own Forum Usergroup system. | |
| 122 | - | |
| 123 | -= Forum Translation - How to translate this forum? = | |
| 124 | - | |
| 125 | -**Forum Translation** - wpForo forum can be translated using PO/MO files or you can do a quick translation using wpForo Forum Phrase system in Dashboard > Forums > Phrases admin page. | |
| 126 | - | |
| 127 | -= Forum GDPR Compliance - Tools and options to comply to GDPR = | |
| 128 | - | |
| 129 | -**Forum GDPR Compliance** - wpForo has almost all forum specific tools and functions to comply your forum to GDPR. Please navigate to Forums > Tools > Privacy & Rules admin page and go through all instructions and options. | |
| 130 | - | |
| 131 | - | |
| 132 | - | |
| 133 | -== Screenshots == | |
| 134 | - | |
| 135 | -1. Forum list - "Extended" layout (layout #1) | Screenshot #1 | |
| 136 | -2. Forum list - "Simplified" layout (layout #2) | Screenshot #2 | |
| 137 | -3. Forum list - "Question & Answer" layout (layout #3) | Screenshot #3 | |
| 138 | -4. Forum Topic list - "Extended" layout | Screenshot #4 | |
| 139 | -5. Forum Topic list - "Simplified" layout | Screenshot #5 | |
| 140 | -6. Forum Topic list - "Question & Answer" layout | Screenshot #6 | |
| 141 | -7. Forum Post list - "Extended" layout | Screenshot #7 | |
| 142 | -8. Forum Post list - "Simplified" layout | Screenshot #8 | |
| 143 | -9. Forum Post list - "Question & Answer" | Screenshot #9 | |
| 144 | -10. Forum Profile Page - integrated with Shop and Profile plugins | Screenshot #10 | |
| 145 | -11. Forum Member List | Screenshot #11 | |
| 146 | -12. Dashboard > Forums - Drag and Drop forum management system. Easy to set Parent-Child relationship and forum order. | Screenshot #12 | |
| 147 | -13. Dashboard > Forums - General Settings | Screenshot #13 | |
| 148 | -14. Dashboard > Forums - Members Settings | Screenshot #14 | |
| 149 | -15. Dashboard > Forums - Forum Styles, Colors | Screenshot #15 | |
| 150 | -16. Dashboard > Forums - Forum Accesses / Can's | Screenshot #16 | |
| 151 | - | |
| 152 | - | |
| 153 | -== Changelog == | |
| 154 | - | |
| 155 | -= wpForo Forum 1.4.10 / 1.4.11 | 30.05.2018 = | |
| 156 | - | |
| 157 | -* Fixed: This is a not planned security update. It includes data sanitization and filtering changes. | |
| 158 | - | |
| 159 | - | |
| 160 | -= wpForo Forum 1.4.8 / 1.4.9 | 04.05.2018 = | |
| 161 | - | |
| 162 | -[wpForo v1.4.9 Release Summary](https://wpforo.com/community/wpforo-announcements/wpforo-1-4-9-is-released/) | |
| 163 | -[wpForo v1.4.8 Release Summary](https://wpforo.com/community/wpforo-announcements/wpforo-1-4-8-is-released/) | |
| 164 | - | |
| 165 | -* wpForo Forum v1.4.8 | |
| 166 | -* Added: GDPR Compliance / [Doc](https://wpforo.com/docs/root/gdpr/right-to-be-informed/) | |
| 167 | -* Added: GDPR | Checkbox - Accept Forum Privacy Policy | |
| 168 | -* Added: GDPR | Checkbox - Accept Website Privacy Policy | |
| 169 | -* Added: GDPR | Checkbox - Accept Email confirmation | |
| 170 | -* Added: GDPR | Checkbox - Accept Forum Rules | |
| 171 | -* Added: GDPR | Checkbox - Accept Facebook Login processing | |
| 172 | -* Added: GDPR | Forum Privacy Policy Template | |
| 173 | -* Added: GDPR | Forum Rules Template | |
| 174 | -* Added: GDPR | Manage Cookies | |
| 175 | -* Added: GDPR | Button to contact forum admin | |
| 176 | -* Added: GDPR | Checkboxes on registration page | |
| 177 | -* Added: GDPR | Checkboxes on guest posting editors | |
| 178 | -* Added: Share Buttons | |
| 179 | -* Added: Share | Post specific share buttons (3 locations) | |
| 180 | -* Added: Share | General share buttons (2 locations) | |
| 181 | -* Added: Share | Different share button styles and types | |
| 182 | -* Added: BuddyPress Integration | |
| 183 | -* Added: BuddyPress | Forums Menu | |
| 184 | -* Added: BuddyPress | Profile Tab Forums > Created forum topics, | |
| 185 | -* Added: BuddyPress | Profile Tab Forums > Posted forum replies, | |
| 186 | -* Added: BuddyPress | Profile Tab Forums > Liked Posts, | |
| 187 | -* Added: BuddyPress | Profile Tab Forums > Subscriptions, | |
| 188 | -* Added: BuddyPress | Notification Integration, | |
| 189 | -* Added: BuddyPress | Update Activity on post status changing, | |
| 190 | -* Added: Forum Subscription Manager in My Profile > Subscriptions page, | |
| 191 | -* Added: Recent Topics Widget (order by updated date, posts, views), | |
| 192 | -* Added: Option to enable new HTML tags in post content, | |
| 193 | -* Added: Options to disable file scanning, exclude file extensions, | |
| 194 | -* Added: Allow /* extension in nofollow list of SEO Tools | |
| 195 | -* Added: Danish Translation ( da_DK ), many thanks to Tom | |
| 196 | -* Fixed Bug: reCAPTCHA Bug, can't login when WP forms are disabled | |
| 197 | -* Fixed Bug: Removed "iframe" tag in post content by default | |
| 198 | -* Fixed Bug: Q&A Layout, problem with counting of answers | |
| 199 | -* Fixed Bug: Simplified Layout, last posted guest avatar issue | |
| 200 | -* Fixed Bug: - Choose - option for required dropdown filed | |
| 201 | -* Fixed Bug: Database error related to users table on Multisite | |
| 202 | -* Fixed Bug: Problem with Usergroup field on Account page | |
| 203 | -* Fixed Bug: URL type of user avatar doesn't work | |
| 204 | -* Fixed Bug: Fully disable Forum RSS Feed | |
| 205 | -* Fixed Bug: Private forum last post info in forum statistic | |
| 206 | -* Fixed Bug: Subforum topic doesn't update parent forums information | |
| 207 | -* Fixed Bug: Yoast Deprecated function | |
| 208 | - | |
| 209 | -* wpForo Forum v1.4.9 | |
| 210 | -* Fixed Bug: Missing Reset Password URL in Email | |
| 211 | -* Fixed Bug: Unapproved topics for Moderators on Recent Posts page | |
| 212 | -* Fixed Bug: Private topics for guests | |
| 213 | - | |
| 214 | - | |
| 215 | -= wpForo Forum 1.4.6 / 1.4.7 | 09.03.2018 = | |
| 216 | - | |
| 217 | -[wpForo v1.4.7 Release Summary](https://wpforo.com/community/wpforo-announcements/wpforo-1-4-7-is-released/) | |
| 218 | -[wpForo v1.4.6 Release Summary](https://wpforo.com/community/wpforo-announcements/wpforo-1-4-6-is-released/) | |
| 219 | - | |
| 220 | -IMPORTANT: wpForo Font Awesome lib is updated to version 5. If your theme doesn't have v5 and you've disabled wpForo Font Awesome lib, please enable it back in Settings > Features admin page. If you've changed forum icons, member fields and reputation icons, please edit and insert new values using [Font Awesome 5](https://fontawesome.com/icons?d=gallery&m=free) new classes. | |
| 221 | - | |
| 222 | -* wpForo Forum v1.4.7 | |
| 223 | -* Changed: Loading icon on first click of Topic Tool button | |
| 224 | -* Changed: Disable comment button for wpForo activity in BuddyPress | |
| 225 | -* Changed: Don't post an activity from Private Forums in BuddyPress | |
| 226 | -* Changed: Display forum slug field (don't hide in screen options) | |
| 227 | -* Changed: Don't allow set Guest and Admin usergroups as Default | |
| 228 | -* Fixed Bug: Topic Tools only work on first page | |
| 229 | -* Fixed Bug: Sync forum profile avatar with blog comments avatar | |
| 230 | -* Fixed Bug: Missing reply icon and incorrect topic icons | |
| 231 | -* Fixed Bug: Update topics order by moved, split, merged replies date | |
| 232 | -* Fixed Bug: Last post information from private forum in forum stat | |
| 233 | -* Fixed Bug: Wrong order of posts in Profile Activity | |
| 234 | -* Fixed Bug: Wrong order of last posts in Extended Layout Topic | |
| 235 | -* Fixed Bug: Password reset URL problem with Usernames with space | |
| 236 | -* ---------- | |
| 237 | -* wpForo Forum v1.4.6 | |
| 238 | -* Added: Font Awesome 5 | |
| 239 | -* Added: Moderation Tools | |
| 240 | - - Move Topic | |
| 241 | - - Move Reply | |
| 242 | - - Merge Topics | |
| 243 | - - Split Topic (create new topic or merge to existing topic) | |
| 244 | -* Added: Option to enable WordPress shortcodes in posts content | |
| 245 | -* Added: Integration with BuddyPress Activity (new topic, reply, likes) | |
| 246 | -* Added: Function to display user fields `wpforo_user_field('field')` | |
| 247 | -* Added: New filter hook 'is_wpforo_page' in `is_wpforo_page()` function | |
| 248 | -* Changed: Disable self liking | |
| 249 | -* Updated: French Translation (fr_FR), many thanks to Gilles Santacreu | |
| 250 | -* Updated: Swedish Translation (sv_SE), many thanks to Johan Vesterkvist | |
| 251 | -* Fixed Bug: Like and other action buttons problem on iOS devices | |
| 252 | -* Fixed Bug: All action buttons HTML and JS functions are re-developed | |
| 253 | -* Fixed Bug: Typos and non-translated phrases are fixed | |
| 254 | -* Fixed Bug: Anonymous username on forum list and recent posts | |
| 255 | -* Fixed Bug: Recent posts is blank for links and images | |
| 256 | -* Fixed Bug: Incorrect forum statistic for guests | |
| 257 | -* Fixed Bug: Incorrect forum info when last topic or post is unapproved | |
| 258 | -* Fixed Bug: Guest email notification doesn't contain topic title | |
| 259 | -* Fixed Bug: Remove nofollow link tag when Profiles are set Noindex | |
| 260 | -* Fixed Bug: Unable to edit Admin Usergroup color | |
| 261 | -* Fixed Bug: Pagination problem with wpForo extended shortcodes | |
| 262 | -* Fixed Bug: DB Error: Unable to create fld_group_unq key | |
| 263 | -* Fixed Bug: Firefox automatically inserts Username in Skype field | |
| 264 | -* Fixed Bug: Same Gravatar for all guests in wpForo widgets | |
| 265 | - | |
| 266 | - | |
| 267 | -NOTE: IF YOU UPDATE FROM 1.4.x | |
| 268 | - | |
| 269 | -- If you're updating from 1.4.2 or lower versions and you have customized wpforo template files in WordPress active theme's /wpforo/ folder, please remove those before updating. Current wpForo version doesn't support old template files. | |
| 270 | -- After wpForo update, if you see a message "wpForo - Update Database". Please click on [Update Database] button to complete update process. This is a data synchronization action, it doesn't delete forum data. | |
| 271 | -- If you have a Cache Plugin, please delete all caches after wpForo update. | |
| 272 | -- If you use CDN and found some issue please purge it. | |
| 273 | -- If you see style issues after update, please refresh forum page twice or do Ctrl+F5 on forum front-end to load new styles. | |
| 274 | -- If you have wpForo addons, please update them right after wpForo forum update. Don't update them before wpForo forum update. | |
| 275 | - | |
| 276 | - | |
| 277 | -= wpForo Forum 1.4.4 / 1.4.4.1 / 1.4.5 | 11.01.2018 = | |
| 278 | - | |
| 279 | -[wpForo v1.4.5 Release Summary](https://wpforo.com/community/wpforo-announcements/wpforo-1-4-5-is-released/) | |
| 280 | -[wpForo v1.4.4 / 1.4.4.1 Release Summary](https://wpforo.com/community/wpforo-announcements/wpforo-1-4-4-is-released/) | |
| 281 | - | |
| 282 | - | |
| 283 | -* 1.4.5 | |
| 284 | -* Added: Option in Usergroup settings to display / Hide on Members list | |
| 285 | -* Changed: Recent Posts topic view | |
| 286 | -* Fixed Bug: Avatar size in widget | |
| 287 | -* --------------- | |
| 288 | -* 1.4.4 / 1.4.4.1 | |
| 289 | -* Added: Guest Posting | |
| 290 | -* Added: Guest can subscribe to topics and forums | |
| 291 | -* Added: Guest can edit own topics and posts | |
| 292 | -* Added: Guest can quote others topics and posts | |
| 293 | -* Added: Guest can attach files and set own topic as resolved | |
| 294 | -* Added: Built-in Google reCAPTCHA API | |
| 295 | -* Added: Secure guest posting with Google reCAPTCHA human verification | |
| 296 | -* Added: reCAPTCHA on WP and wpForo login/register and reset password forms | |
| 297 | -* Added: Google reCAPTCHA settings on Forums > Tools > Antispam admin page | |
| 298 | -* Added: Redesigned Login / Register and reset Password pages | |
| 299 | -* Added: Option to replace default Reset password page to wpForo page | |
| 300 | -* Added: Tracks a.com as internal on b.a.com forum and doesn't add nofollow | |
| 301 | -* Added: More intuitive user @mentioning, ignores last symbols (, . " / ! ...) | |
| 302 | -* Added: Option to disable user @mentioning and Nicenames under avatar | |
| 303 | -* Added: Font size changing button on topic and post editor toolbar | |
| 304 | -* Added: Custom redirection URLs after login/register/confirm subscription. | |
| 305 | -* Added: Recent Posts page with two displaying types Topics/replies and Posts | |
| 306 | -* Added: Not allowed CAN's are disabled for according Forum Accesses | |
| 307 | -* Added: Czech Translation (cs_CZ), many thanks to Pavel Polívka, | |
| 308 | -* Fixed Bug: Problem with complete replacing website avatars to wpForo avatar | |
| 309 | -* Fixed Bug: User can't see admin posts in own private topic. | |
| 310 | -* Fixed Bug: Issue with Facebook avatars sources (lastmod sufix). | |
| 311 | -* Fixed Bug: Uppercase extension problem (two avatar files for one user) | |
| 312 | -* Fixed Bug: Delete post doesn't update topic last modified date | |
| 313 | -* Fixed Bug: Delete topic doesn't update forum last topic information | |
| 314 | - | |
| 315 | - | |
| 316 | -= wpForo Forum 1.4.3 | 09.12.2017 = | |
| 317 | - | |
| 318 | -[wpForo v1.4.3 Release Summary](https://wpforo.com/community/wpforo-announcements/wpforo-1-4-3-is-released/) | |
| 319 | - | |
| 320 | -* Added: Boosted forum core. Works many folds faster. Forum OOP optimization. | |
| 321 | -* Added: Facebook Login on Forum Login and Registration page | |
| 322 | -* Added: Facebook API options in Settings > API's admin page. | |
| 323 | -* Added: Emoji selector on topic/post editor toolbar | |
| 324 | -* Added: Forum Usergroup colors | |
| 325 | -* Added: Option to Disable User Custom Titles | |
| 326 | -* Added: Option to manage recent topic and post text length in Extended Layout | |
| 327 | -* Added: Multi-section popup notification for forum actions | |
| 328 | -* Added: Forum members mentioning with @nicename | |
| 329 | -* Added: User mentioning email customization options | |
| 330 | -* Added: Allow change vote in Q&A forum layout | |
| 331 | -* Added: Usergroup permissions for profile activity and subscriptions pages | |
| 332 | -* Added: Better no-indexing control for forum login/register pages | |
| 333 | -* Added: Forums > Tools > Misc | Option to set "dofollow" external domains | |
| 334 | -* Added: Forums > Tools > Misc | Option to set noindex forum certain forum pages | |
| 335 | -* Added: Do not count Categories in Forum Statistic | |
| 336 | -* Added: Forum information in Profile Activity list | |
| 337 | -* New Addon: [wpForo Polls](https://gvectors.com/product/wpforo-polls/) | |
| 338 | -* New Addon: [wpForo MyCRED Integration](https://gvectors.com/product/wpforo-mycred/) | |
| 339 | -* Fixed Bug: Problem with private replies (not private on some servers) | |
| 340 | -* Fixed Bug: Cannot disable forum User Synchronization message | |
| 341 | -* Fixed Bug: Private last post on forum stat. Stat cache/reset issues. | |
| 342 | -* Fixed Bug: Avatar and Header image not changed (cache problem) | |
| 343 | -* Fixed Bug: Color / Style UX issues (cannot add color code, color number doc) | |
| 344 | -* Fixed Bug: Profile fields background and font colors on dark style | |
| 345 | -* Fixed Bug: Profile links disappeared (UM, BP, Woo) | |
| 346 | -* Fixed Bug: Non-translate-able forum phrases in JS. | |
| 347 | -* Fixed Bug: PHP Notices / Errors in RSS Feed | |
| 348 | -* Fixed Bug: Online users statistic | |
| 349 | -* Fixed Bug: Corrections of some phrases | |
| 350 | -* Fixed Bug: RTL issues | |
| 351 | - | |
| 352 | - | |
| 353 | -= wpForo Forum 1.4.2 | 22.10.2017 = | |
| 354 | - | |
| 355 | -* Added: Recent Posts page, menu, footer link, | |
| 356 | -* Fixed Bug: Topic views counting. Guest logging. | |
| 357 | -* Fixed Bug: Reset Password page and URL redirection, | |
| 358 | -* Fixed Bug: User custom field management issues, | |
| 359 | -* Fixed Bug: CSS issues... | |
| 360 | -* Fixed Bug: Missing phrases, | |
| 361 | -* Fixed Bug: Login/Register pop-up window when guest clicks on Add Topic button | |
| 362 | - | |
| 363 | - | |
| 364 | -= wpForo Forum 1.4.1 | 12.10.2017 = | |
| 365 | - | |
| 366 | -* Added: Bold titles when Forum and Topic is not visited/read | |
| 367 | -* Added: Option to enable/disable forum RSS Feed | |
| 368 | -* Added: Option to enable/disable WP to wpForo forum reset pass URL | |
| 369 | -* Fixed Bug: Guests permission to view forum users avatar is disabled | |
| 370 | -* Fixed Bug: Unable to change forum user Email and Display Name | |
| 371 | -* Fixed Bug: Forum search form problem, empty forum field on some servers | |
| 372 | -* Fixed Bug: Forum widget avatar doesn't reflect view avatar permission | |
| 373 | - | |
| 374 | - | |
| 375 | -= wpForo Forum 1.4.0 | 07.10.2017 = | |
| 376 | - | |
| 377 | -* Added: Advanced forum user profile system, | |
| 378 | -* Added: Redesigned forum profile home and account settings page | |
| 379 | -* Added: Forum Topic and Post front-end moderation (approve/unapprove), | |
| 380 | -* Added: User search and filter options for Forum Member search form, | |
| 381 | -* Added: Paste as text button on forum topic/post editor toolbar, | |
| 382 | -* Added: SEO friendly H1 tags for forum and topic titles, | |
| 383 | -* Added: wpForo SEO Open Graph - Image Information for FB share, | |
| 384 | -* Added: General RSS Feed for Forums and Topics | |
| 385 | -* Added: Hide Add Topic button on click, | |
| 386 | -* Added: Forum Description in topic list (forum page), | |
| 387 | -* Added: Option to change default forum User Title for new registered users, | |
| 388 | -* Added: Option to change default forum Usergroup for new registered users, | |
| 389 | -* Added: Option to select Forum Access when creating a new Usergroup, | |
| 390 | -* Added: Website language depended cache, language path issue with cached URLs, | |
| 391 | -* Added: More speed with new intuitive caching and cache deleting functions, | |
| 392 | -* Added: Boost database speed, new indexes for fresh installation, | |
| 393 | -* Added: Make profile links nofollow when profile page indexing is disabled, | |
| 394 | -* Added: Spanish Translation (es_ES), many thanks to Ignacio Sancho[(ISANlab)](https://www.isanlab.com/) | |
| 395 | -* Added: French Translation (fr_CA), many thanks to Alain Bergevin | |
| 396 | -* Added: Portuguese (Brazil) Translation (pt_BR), many thanks to Lucas Felix, | |
| 397 | -* Updated: German Translation (de_DE), many thanks to uve GmbH | Pascal Feiler, | |
| 398 | -* New Addon: [wpForo - User Custom Fields](https://gvectors.com/product/wpforo-user-custom-fields/) | |
| 399 | -* Fixed Bug: Filter and display subSite specific users on WP MultiSite, | |
| 400 | -* Fixed Bug: Incorrect counting of forum synchronized users, | |
| 401 | -* Fixed Bug: Forum Usergroup permission issue(unused CANs on profile page), | |
| 402 | -* Fixed Bug: Unapproved topics redirect to forum login page, | |
| 403 | -* Fixed Bug: Redirects to account edit page after registration is successfully, | |
| 404 | -* Fixed Bug: Pagination issue, gets request uri function, checks protocols, | |
| 405 | -* Fixed Bug: Warning: Invalid argument supplied in /wpforo.php on line 141, | |
| 406 | -* Fixed Bug: Backslash slashes in email title and content, | |
| 407 | -* Fixed Bug: Forum search result affects page layout and sidebar, | |
| 408 | -* Fixed Bug: Typos and wrong phrases n forum front-end, | |
| 409 | -* Fixed Bug: Not colored wide left border of menu items, | |
| 410 | -* Fixed Bug: Chrome support for wpForo forum Feed XML, | |
| 411 | -* Fixed Bug: Private forums on search form's forum list | |
| 412 | -* Fixed Bug: Dynamic colors issue when file writing permission is denied for colors.css | |
| 413 | - | |
| 1 | +=== wpForo Forum === | |
| 2 | +Contributors: gVectors Team | |
| 3 | +Tags: forum, forums, forum plugin, bbpress, community | |
| 4 | +Requires at least: 5.2 | |
| 5 | +Tested up to: 7.1 | |
| 6 | +Stable tag: 3.1.6 | |
| 7 | +Requires PHP: 7.1 | |
| 8 | +License: GPLv2 or later | |
| 9 | +License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html | |
| 10 | + | |
| 11 | +Number one WordPress forum plugin with AI features. Full-fledged forum solution with modern forum design. Community builder WordPress forum plugin. | |
| 12 | + | |
| 13 | +== Description == | |
| 14 | + | |
| 15 | +wpForo is the first AI powered forum plugin for WordPress. Full-fledged yet easy and light forum solution for your WordPress website. Comes with modern and responsive forum layouts and styles. This WordPress forum plugin brings everything you need to run an efficient and professional community. Powerful and beautiful forum with unique features. The best alternative to bbPress forum plugin. | |
| 16 | + | |
| 17 | += 5 Minute Forum Installation! = | |
| 18 | + | |
| 19 | + 1. Activate plugin and find forums on /community/ page, (/community-2/ if /community/ is used), | |
| 20 | + 2. Manage Forum Page, Title, etc in Dashboard > wpForo > Board > Edit Board admin page, | |
| 21 | + 3. Manage Forums in Dashboard > wpForo > Forums admin page, | |
| 22 | + 4. Manage Forum Menu in Dashboard > Appearance > Menu admin page, | |
| 23 | + 5. Manage Forum Widgets in Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets admin page, | |
| 24 | + 6. Manage Forum Colors in Dashboard > wpForo > Settings > Colors & Styles admin page, you can choose forum color styles. | |
| 25 | + | |
| 26 | +Support Forum and Demo: [https://wpforo.com/community/](https://wpforo.com/community/) | |
| 27 | +Forum Documentation: [https://wpforo.com/docs/wpforo-v3/](https://wpforo.com/docs/wpforo-v3/) | |
| 28 | +GDPR Compliance: [https://wpforo.com/docs/wpforo-v3/gdpr/](https://wpforo.com/docs/wpforo-v3/gdpr/) | |
| 29 | + | |
| 30 | += Multi-layout WordPress Forum Plugin = | |
| 31 | + | |
| 32 | +1. [**Extended Forum Layout**](https://wpforo.com/docs/wpforo-v3/categories-and-forums/forum-layouts/extended-layout/) | |
| 33 | +2. [**Simplified Forum Layout**](https://wpforo.com/docs/wpforo-v3/categories-and-forums/forum-layouts/simplified-layout/) | |
| 34 | +3. [**Question and Answer Forum Layout**](https://wpforo.com/docs/wpforo-v3/categories-and-forums/forum-layouts/qa-layout/) | |
| 35 | +4. [**Threaded Forum Layout**](https://wpforo.com/docs/wpforo-v3/categories-and-forums/forum-layouts/threaded-layout/) | |
| 36 | +4. [**Boxed Forum Layout**](https://wpforo.com/docs/wpforo-v3/categories-and-forums/forum-layouts/boxed-layout/) | |
| 37 | + | |
| 38 | += Migrate to wpForo = | |
| 39 | + | |
| 40 | +Free Migration Tool Go2wpForo: [https://wpforo.com/docs/wpforo-v3/migrate-to-wpforo/](https://wpforo.com/docs/wpforo-v3/migrate-to-wpforo/) | |
| 41 | + | |
| 42 | + - Migrate bbPress forum to wpForo | |
| 43 | + - Migrate Asgaros forum to wpForo | |
| 44 | + - Migrate SimplePress forum to wpForo | |
| 45 | + - Migrate phpBB forum to wpForo | |
| 46 | + - Migrate SMF forum to wpForo | |
| 47 | + - Migrate Joomla Kunena forum to wpForo | |
| 48 | + - Migrate MyBB forum to wpForo | |
| 49 | + | |
| 50 | += Forum Integration = | |
| 51 | + | |
| 52 | +wpForo forum plugin is well integrated with many Profile Builder and Paid Membership plugins, such as **BuddyPress**, **Ultimate Members**, **WooCommerce Membership**, **Paid Memberships Pro**, **MemberPress**, **Groups** and **SureMembers** plugins. | |
| 53 | + | |
| 54 | += Forum Translation = | |
| 55 | + | |
| 56 | +wpForo is a WordPress forum plugin with all possibilities of plugin translation. We'd really appreciate if you could help [translating wpForo forum plugin to your language here](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wpforo/). | |
| 57 | + | |
| 58 | + | |
| 59 | += FORUM FEATURES = | |
| 60 | + | |
| 61 | +* 360° AI-Powered Features | |
| 62 | + * AI Semantic Search | |
| 63 | + * AI Topic Summarization | |
| 64 | + * AI Topic Suggestions | |
| 65 | + * AI Multi-Language Translation | |
| 66 | + * AI Chat Assistant | |
| 67 | + * AI Bot Reply & Suggest Reply | |
| 68 | + * AI Content Moderation | |
| 69 | + * AI Spam Detection | |
| 70 | + * AI Toxic Content Detection | |
| 71 | + * AI Tasks — Automated Topic Generation | |
| 72 | + * AI Tasks — Automated Reply Generation | |
| 73 | + * AI Tasks — Automated Topic Tag Moderation | |
| 74 | + * AI Analytics & Insights | |
| 75 | + * AI Knowledge Generation (RAG) | |
| 76 | + * AI Content Indexing - Text, Images, Documents | |
| 77 | +* Multi-board: Allows to have multiple separate forum pages | |
| 78 | +* Multi-language: Allows to forums with different languages | |
| 79 | +* Multi-layout: Four modern forum layouts (Q&A, Threaded...) | |
| 80 | +* Designed for small and extremely large forums/communities. | |
| 81 | +* Migrate from other forums using [Go2wpForo](https://wpforo.com/community/migrate-to-wpforo-from-other-forum-plugins/migrate-to-wpforo-go2wpforo-tool/) tool. | |
| 82 | +* Four different forum layouts and designs. | |
| 83 | +* Six set of forum color styles including dark style. | |
| 84 | +* Super responsive forum on all kind of devices. | |
| 85 | +* Live user notification system | |
| 86 | +* Built-in forum SEO functions. | |
| 87 | +* Built-in forum Sitemap and Search Engine ping. | |
| 88 | +* Built-in forum Cache System. | |
| 89 | +* Built-in forum Antispam and Akismet integration. | |
| 90 | +* Advanced forum user profile system. | |
| 91 | +* Forum Member Rating and Badges. | |
| 92 | +* Built-in forum/topic subscription. | |
| 93 | +* Drag and Drop forum management system. | |
| 94 | +* Topic and Post front-end moderation. | |
| 95 | +* Forum topics and posts Read / Unread logging. | |
| 96 | +* Topic Tags and Tags Widget. | |
| 97 | +* Forum styles with different colors. | |
| 98 | +* Built-in, powerful forum Usergroup system. | |
| 99 | +* Forum Access sets per Usergroup per Forum. | |
| 100 | +* Forum Phrase System for quick translation. | |
| 101 | +* WordPress .MO/.PO translation files. | |
| 102 | +* Tools and options for GDPR Compliance | |
| 103 | +* Social Network Share Buttons | |
| 104 | +* BuddyPress Integration | |
| 105 | +* Ultimate Member Integration | |
| 106 | + | |
| 107 | += Need more forum features? = | |
| 108 | + | |
| 109 | +Find wpForo forum plugin addons on [gVectors Team website...](https://gvectors.com/product-category/wpforo/) | |
| 110 | + | |
| 111 | += Use of 3rd Party Services = | |
| 112 | + | |
| 113 | +wpForo connects to external services operated by gVectors Team for certain features. These connections are optional and only active when the corresponding features are enabled by the forum administrator. | |
| 114 | + | |
| 115 | +**gVectors AI API** (api.gvectors.com, api.gvectors.net) | |
| 116 | + | |
| 117 | +When AI features are enabled by the forum administrator, wpForo sends forum content (topics, posts, and metadata) to the gVectors AI API for processing. This includes: | |
| 118 | + | |
| 119 | +* Content Indexing: Forum content is sent to embedding generation for vector database | |
| 120 | +* Semantic Search: Query is sent for embedding for vector search | |
| 121 | +* AI Translation: Forum text is sent for translation into other languages | |
| 122 | +* AI Summarization: Topic content is sent for automatic summary generation | |
| 123 | +* Content Moderation: New posts are sent for AI-powered content analysis | |
| 124 | +* AI Chat: Conversation context is sent for AI response generation | |
| 125 | +* Topic Suggestions: Forum data is sent for generating related topic recommendations | |
| 126 | + | |
| 127 | +No data is sent to the AI API unless the forum administrator explicitly enables AI features, accepts the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, and configures an API key. A fallback domain (api.gvectors.net) may be used automatically if the primary domain is unreachable. | |
| 128 | + | |
| 129 | +[Terms of Service](https://wpforo.com/wpforo-ai-terms-of-service/) | |
| 130 | +[Privacy Policy](https://wpforo.com/wpforo-ai-privacy-policy/) | |
| 131 | + | |
| 132 | +**gVectors Addons Store** (gvectors.com) | |
| 133 | + | |
| 134 | +When using wpForo addons purchased from the gVectors store, the plugin communicates with gvectors.com to verify addon licenses and deliver automatic updates through the WordPress Dashboard. This includes sending your site URL and license key to validate your purchase and check for available addon updates. | |
| 135 | + | |
| 136 | +[Terms of Service](https://gvectors.com/terms-and-conditions/) | |
| 137 | +[Privacy Policy](https://gvectors.com/privacy-policy/) | |
| 138 | + | |
| 139 | + | |
| 140 | +== Installation == | |
| 141 | + | |
| 142 | +1. Install wpForo Forum plugin in Dashboard > Plugins admin page. Then activate it. | |
| 143 | +2. If you have more than 100 users wpForo forum plugin prompts you synchronize users. | |
| 144 | +3. Manage Forums in Dashboard > wpForo > Forums admin page, | |
| 145 | +4. Manage Forum Menu in Dashboard > Appearance > Menu admin page, | |
| 146 | +5. Manage Forum Colors in Dashboard > Forums > Settings > Styles admin page, you can choose forum color styles. | |
| 147 | + | |
| 148 | + | |
| 149 | +== Frequently Asked Questions == | |
| 150 | + | |
| 151 | += Forum Page - How to change forum page? = | |
| 152 | + | |
| 153 | +**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. | |
| 154 | + | |
| 155 | += Forum Menu - How to manage forum menu? = | |
| 156 | + | |
| 157 | +**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. | |
| 158 | + | |
| 159 | += Forum Sidebar - Does forum has sidebar and widgets? = | |
| 160 | + | |
| 161 | +**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). | |
| 162 | + | |
| 163 | += Forum Layouts - What is forum layout? = | |
| 164 | + | |
| 165 | +**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. | |
| 166 | + | |
| 167 | += Forum Manager - How to add / edit/ delete forums? = | |
| 168 | + | |
| 169 | +**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. | |
| 170 | + | |
| 171 | += Forum Shortcodes - What shortcodes are available? = | |
| 172 | + | |
| 173 | +**Forum Shortcodes** - Started from version 1.0.0 you can use wpForo shortcodes. | |
| 174 | + | |
| 175 | += Forum Styles - How to change forum colors? = | |
| 176 | + | |
| 177 | +**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. | |
| 178 | + | |
| 179 | += Forum Member - How to manage forum members? = | |
| 180 | + | |
| 181 | +**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. | |
| 182 | + | |
| 183 | += Forum Reputation - What is forum member reputation and badges? = | |
| 184 | + | |
| 185 | +**Forum Member Badges and Reputation** - wpForo forum has a simple yet powerful user reputation system. Currently it based on number of forum posts. | |
| 186 | + | |
| 187 | += Forum Accesses - How to allow/restrict users to certain forums? = | |
| 188 | + | |
| 189 | +**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. | |
| 190 | + | |
| 191 | += Forum Usergroups - What is forum users' Usergroup? = | |
| 192 | + | |
| 193 | +**Forum Usergroups and Permissions** - In order to have an extended forum user permission system with full control over all forum user actions, wpForo comes with own Forum Usergroup system. | |
| 194 | + | |
| 195 | += Forum Translation - How to translate this forum? = | |
| 196 | + | |
| 197 | +**Forum Translation** - wpForo forum can be translated using PO/MO files or you can do a quick translation using wpForo Forum Phrase system in Dashboard > wpForo > Phrases admin page. | |
| 198 | + | |
| 199 | += Forum GDPR Compliance - Tools and options to comply to GDPR = | |
| 200 | + | |
| 201 | +**Forum GDPR Compliance** - wpForo has almost all forum specific tools and functions to comply your forum to GDPR. Please navigate to wpForo > Settings > Privacy & Rules admin page and go through all instructions and options. | |
| 202 | + | |
| 203 | + | |
| 204 | + | |
| 205 | +== Screenshots == | |
| 206 | +1. Simplified Forum Layout - Forums | |
| 207 | +2. Boxed Forum Layout - Forums | |
| 208 | +3. Simplified Forum Layout - Posts | |
| 209 | +4. Threaded Forum Layout - Forums and Threads | |
| 210 | +5. Threaded Forum Layout - Threads | |
| 211 | +6. Question & Answer Forum Layout - Forums | |
| 212 | +7. Question & Answer Forum Layout / Forums / Described | |
| 213 | +8. Question & Answer Forum Layout / Question Thread / Described | |
| 214 | +9. Extended Forum Layout - Forums | |
| 215 | +10. Extended Forum Layout - Posts | |
| 216 | +11. What's New Page | |
| 217 | +12. Members Page | |
| 218 | +13. Member Profile Page with Tabs | |
| 219 | +14. wpForo AI Assistant - Semantic Search Widget | |
| 220 | +15. wpForo AI Assistant - Chat Bot Widget | |
| 221 | +16. wpForo AI Translation | |
| 222 | +17. wpForo AI Analytics | |
| 223 | +18. Dashboard Settings Boxes and Single Setting Page | |
| 224 | +19. Drag and drop forum management, easy to set parent-child forum hierarchy | |
| 225 | + | |
| 226 | + | |
| 227 | + | |
| 228 | +== Changelog == | |
| 229 | + | |
| 230 | +IMPORTANT NOTES for UPDATE | |
| 231 | + | |
| 232 | + - After the update, please delete all caches and purge CDN if you have | |
| 233 | + - After the update, please flush Redis Object Cache if you have this cache enabled | |
| 234 | + | |
| 235 | +[wpForo Forum v3.0 Release Summary](https://wpforo.com/community/wpforo-announcements/wpforo-3-0-is-released/) | |
| 236 | + | |
| 237 | + | |
| 238 | + | |
| 239 | += wpForo Forum 3.1.6 | 18.09.2026 = | |
| 240 | + | |
| 241 | +* Compatibility: WordPress 7.1 | |
| 242 | +* Security: Fixed PHP Object Injection vulnerability in custom form fields | |
| 243 | +* Security: Fixed Guest Post Takeover vulnerability allowing guest topics and posts to be edited via a forged ownership cookie | |
| 244 | +* Security: Fixed Stored XSS vulnerability in topic tags, exposed on topic pages, forum listings, the Tags page and search results | |
| 245 | +* Security: Fixed AI credit exhaustion via rate limit manipulation | |
| 246 | +* Security: Hardened profile field deserialization against crafted payloads, including a denial of service on the registration form | |
| 247 | +* Added: Frequency, A-Z and Z-A sort controls on the Tags page | |
| 248 | +* Optimized: Forum cache file limit is now calculated from the online members count, with oldest-first cleanup instead of a full cache wipe | |
| 249 | +* Fixed: Tag links no longer break for tags containing &, # or + characters | |
| 250 | + | |
| 251 | + | |
| 252 | += wpForo Forum 3.1.5 | 16.08.2026 = | |
| 253 | + | |
| 254 | +* AI New: Video tutorials and getting started steps on AI Features page | |
| 255 | +* Optimized: Mark all read button database query | |
| 256 | +* Fixed: Fatal error when admin bar renders before wpForo initialization | |
| 257 | +* Fixed: first_name and last_name fields silently discarded on registration | |
| 258 | + | |
| 259 | + | |
| 260 | += wpForo Forum 3.1.3/3.1.4 | 23.07.2026 = | |
| 261 | + | |
| 262 | +* Security: Fixed access control bypass in widget AJAX handlers (Recent Topics, Recent Posts, Online Members) | |
| 263 | +* Security: Fixed missing view_access() checks in AI translation and summarization endpoints | |
| 264 | +* Security: Fixed AI search indexing unapproved forum posts | |
| 265 | +* Security: Fixed WordPress content indexer ignoring password-protected posts | |
| 266 | +* Security: Fixed XSS vulnerability in AI-generated HTML responses | |
| 267 | +* Security: Fixed mass assignment bypass in profile and registration forms | |
| 268 | +* Fixed: Missing itemprop name attribute in Members breadcrumb | |
| 269 | + | |
| 270 | + | |
| 271 | += wpForo Forum 3.1.2 | 11.07.2026 = | |
| 272 | + | |
| 273 | +* Security: Fixed Stored XSS vulnerability in profile fields | |
| 274 | +* Security: Fixed IDOR vulnerability in AI Chat messaging | |
| 275 | +* Security: Fixed Mass Assignment vulnerability with privilege escalation via profile fields | |
| 276 | +* Added: UltimateMember profile integration now supports 'favored' subnav | |
| 277 | +* Fixed: Issue with User Custom Fields addon, the miaaing fields data | |
| 278 | +* Fixed: PostMeta array-value guard incorrectly dropping checkbox/multi-select field values | |
| 279 | +* Fixed: Undefined array key 'topicurl' warning in Feed.php | |
| 280 | +* Fixed: Profile "Blog Comments" stat now counts only approved, public blog post comments (excludes pingbacks, trackbacks, unapproved and other post-type comments) | |
| 281 | + | |
| 282 | + | |
| 283 | += wpForo Forum 3.1.1 | 31.05.2026 = | |
| 284 | + | |
| 285 | +* Security: Fixed Broken Authentication vulnerability allowing administrator email mutation | |
| 286 | +* Security: Fixed PHP Object Injection vulnerability via widget AJAX handlers | |
| 287 | + | |
| 288 | + | |
| 289 | += wpForo Forum 3.1.0 | 19.05.2026 = | |
| 290 | + | |
| 291 | +* Security: Fixed vulnerability issue in the Revisions module | |
| 292 | +* Security: Fixed vulnerability issue in Gutenberg block renderers | |
| 293 | +* New: Tools - Email Queue Tab, email notifications now sent asynchronously with automatic fallback to direct sending when WP-Cron is broken or disabled, dramatically reducing post-submission delays on busy forums | |
| 294 | +* New: Tools - Cron Jobs Tab, listing every WordPress scheduled event with per-row Run Now / Delete / Details, wpForo events sorted to the top | |
| 295 | +* Fixed: Duplicate email notifications could be sent for posts that pass moderation | |
| 296 | +* Fixed: Duplicate topic view counts could be recorded for the same user | |
| 297 | +* Fixed: Processing spinner could remain visible after indexing completed | |
| 298 | +* Fixed: Email Queue admin tab now shows "Cron idle" instead of "unknown" when there are no emails to send | |
| 299 | +* AI New: Custom Knowledge - upload TXT, MD, JSON, and PDF files (Business+ plan) to enhance AI Chatbot and Bot Reply with your own documentation | |
| 300 | +* AI New: Custom Knowledge - scanned/image-only PDFs auto-fall back to OCR when native text is sparse | |
| 301 | +* AI New: Custom Knowledge integrated into AI Chatbot, and AI Topic Suggestions | |
| 302 | +* AI Improved: AI cron jobs are now only registered when a tenant is connected to the AI service, preventing stale wp_cron entries on installs that do not use AI features | |
| 303 | +* AI Improved: AI Indexing breakdown loads asynchronously on large forums for faster admin page loads | |
| 304 | +* AI Improved: AI Logs filter now includes Knowledge Indexing entries | |
| 305 | + | |
| 306 | + | |
| 307 | += wpForo Forum 3.0.9 | 28.04.2026 = | |
| 308 | + | |
| 309 | +* Fixed: AI Task "Topic Tag Manager" now runs asynchronously to avoid blocking topic creation | |
| 310 | +* Fixed: AI Content Moderation now correctly exempts admins and moderators from spam detection | |
| 311 | +* Fixed: AI Logs timezone display - timestamps now stored in UTC for correct timezone conversion | |
| 312 | +* Fixed: Built-in moderation logs now correctly identify replies vs topics | |
| 313 | +* Fixed: Forum Content Indexing "Stop" button now works correctly | |
| 314 | +* Fixed: Forum Content Indexing status auto-refresh now survives page reloads | |
| 315 | +* Fixed: Forum Content Indexing "Total Threads Indexed" count updates immediately after indexing | |
| 316 | +* Fixed: Local indexing progress detection for both manual and auto-indexing queues | |
| 317 | +* Added: WordPress Indexing post type filters for customization | |
| 318 | +* Added: Description explaining indexed count vs total count differences | |
| 319 | + | |
| 320 | + | |
| 321 | += wpForo Forum 3.0.8 | 24.04.2026 = | |
| 322 | + | |
| 323 | +* Fixed: AI Chat WordPress content citations not displaying as clickable links | |
| 324 | +* Updated: New phrases to wpForo Phrase System | |
| 325 | +* Updated: Translation template (wpforo.pot) with AI feature phrases | |
| 326 | + | |
| 327 | + | |
| 328 | += wpForo Forum 3.0.7 | 23.04.2026 = | |
| 329 | + | |
| 330 | +* Security: Fixed usergroup privilege escalation vulnerability during registration | |
| 331 | +* New: WordPress Indexing now has its own dedicated admin tab | |
| 332 | +* Fixed: AI Chatbot now respects "Bot Reply Unapproved" setting correctly | |
| 333 | +* Fixed: AI subscription status not refreshing immediately after purchase | |
| 334 | +* Fixed: AI Tasks multi-board support and scheduled task permissions | |
| 335 | +* Fixed: Forum Layout 5 dark mode styling | |
| 336 | + | |
| 337 | + | |
| 338 | += wpForo Forum 3.0.6 | 19.04.2026 = | |
| 339 | + | |
| 340 | +* Security: Added authorization check to profile file deletion | |
| 341 | +* Security: Prevent AI search cache from leaking private content | |
| 342 | +* New: AI Indexing - Clear Selected Forum Index button to delete specific forum embeddings | |
| 343 | +* Fixed: AI Tasks board_id not saved correctly for non-default boards | |
| 344 | +* Fixed: AI Indexing - Forum permission checks blocking WP Cron background indexing | |
| 345 | +* Fixed: AI Indexing - Forum indexed counts not updating during indexing | |
| 346 | +* Fixed: AI Indexing - Nonce verification fails on Clear Forum Index action | |
| 347 | +* Fixed: AI Search - Browser auto-translate corrupting typewriter text effect | |
| 348 | +* Fixed: Forum checklist hierarchy sorting and recursive checkbox cascading | |
| 349 | +* Fixed: Forum topic counts cache not clearing when topics change | |
| 350 | +* Fixed: Form submit button value lost when disabling during submission | |
| 351 | + | |
| 352 | + | |
| 353 | += wpForo Forum 3.0.5 | 13.04.2026 = | |
| 354 | + | |
| 355 | +* Security: Hardened sorting parameter validation | |
| 356 | +* Fixed: PHP warning for undefined board locale property in Task Manager | |
| 357 | +* Fixed: PHP warning for non-existent ram_cache method in AI Content Moderation | |
| 358 | +* Fixed: AI Indexing admin page unnecessary auto-refresh when jobs queued for future | |
| 359 | + | |
| 360 | + | |
| 361 | += wpForo Forum 3.0.4 | 12.04.2026 = | |
| 362 | + | |
| 363 | +* Fixed: AI WordPress Content Indexing now works on hosts with disabled WP-Cron | |
| 364 | +* Fixed: AI Content Indexing admin page performance on large forums | |
| 365 | +* Fixed: Registration form losing field values when validation error occurs | |
| 366 | +* Fixed: Spam protection flow issues, enabled 'Can pass moderation' allows new users to pass the moderation | |
| 367 | + | |
| 368 | + | |
| 369 | += wpForo Forum 3.0.3 | 10.04.2026 = | |
| 370 | + | |
| 371 | +* Security: Prevent arbitrary file deletion | |
| 372 | +* New: Boxed Layout - Forum cover image is now fully clickable | |
| 373 | +* New: AI Search - Quality signal boosting for better result ranking | |
| 374 | +* New: AI Indexing - Progress tracking during local storage indexing | |
| 375 | +* New: AI Indexing - Noise filtering to improve search quality | |
| 376 | +* Improved: AI Topic Suggestions now respect forum access permissions | |
| 377 | +* Improved: AI performance with optimized default quality settings | |
| 378 | +* Improved: reCAPTCHA only loads on forum pages when needed | |
| 379 | +* Fixed: Auto-indexing spinner showing endlessly on active forums | |
| 380 | +* Fixed: Sticky topic icon priority in mixed layout mode | |
| 381 | +* Fixed: Local semantic search relevance thresholds | |
| 382 | +* Fixed: Empty forum access array causing search errors | |
| 383 | + | |
| 384 | + | |
| 385 | += wpForo Forum 3.0.2 | 08.04.2026 = | |
| 386 | + | |
| 387 | +* Fixed: Subscription Manager shows empty forum tree on multi-board installations | |
| 388 | +* Fixed: Stale user permissions after switching boards on profile tabs | |
| 389 | +* Fixed: Board switcher only works one direction on profile pages (multi-board) | |
| 390 | +* Fixed: AI checkbox settings (chatbot_allowed_groups, bot_reply_includes) reset to defaults on every page load | |
| 391 | +* Improved: AI Content Indexing admin page performance on large forums | |
| 392 | +* Security: Prevent unauthenticated post disclosure via RecentPosts widget (Broken Access Control) | |
| 393 | + | |
| 394 | + | |
| 395 | += wpForo Forum 3.0.1 | 07.04.2026 = | |
| 396 | + | |
| 397 | +* Version 3.0.1 | |
| 398 | +* Fixed: Simplified and threaded forum layout issues on mobile screen | |
| 399 | +* Fixed: reCAPTCHA v3 doesn't work in some cases | |
| 400 | + | |
| 401 | + | |
| 402 | += wpForo Forum 3.0.0 | 06.04.2026 = | |
| 403 | + | |
| 404 | +* New Theme: 2026 | |
| 405 | + - New default theme - Modern, clean design with improved readability | |
| 406 | + - Forum Layouts - Extended, Simplified, Threaded, and Boxed layout options | |
| 407 | + - Members Page redesign - Improved member listing with better UX | |
| 408 | + - Topic Tags widget - Restyled with clean flat designThreaded Layout improvements | |
| 409 | + - New: Boxed Forum Layout | |
| 410 | + | |
| 411 | +* New Features | |
| 412 | + - Recent Activity (What’s New) Page | |
| 413 | + - Timeline-based activity feed showing forum actions | |
| 414 | + - Configurable activity retention with daily cleanup cron | |
| 415 | + - Mobile-responsive design | |
| 416 | + - Access control for viewing activities | |
| 417 | + - Delete button for moderators | |
| 418 | + | |
| 419 | +* Security & Spam Protection | |
| 420 | + - reCAPTCHA v2 Invisible support | |
| 421 | + - Less intrusive spam protectionreCAPTCHA v3 support | |
| 422 | + - Score-based invisible protectionEnhanced flood protection | |
| 423 | + - Time-window rate limiting to prevent spam floodsProper moderation log messages for flood protection | |
| 424 | + | |
| 425 | +* Forum Features | |
| 426 | + - "Make All Topics Private" option | |
| 427 | + - For Ticket/Support forums | |
| 428 | + - Popular Tags | |
| 429 | + - Now clickable with links to forum tag searchTop Contributors | |
| 430 | + - Added usergroup, topics, and posts columnsAutofocus to search field | |
| 431 | + - Improved search UXMulti-language support for members search | |
| 432 | + | |
| 433 | +* Widgets | |
| 434 | + - Block widgets with improved functionality | |
| 435 | + - New UI for Topic Tags widget with clean flat design | |
| 436 | + | |
| 437 | +* Performance Improvements | |
| 438 | + - Static caching for wpforo_phrase() | |
| 439 | + - Significant speed boost for English locale | |
| 440 | + - Static caching for wpforo_is_bot() - Faster bot detection | |
| 441 | + - Subscription status caching - Faster frontend loading | |
| 442 | + - Semantic search caching - Avoid duplicate API calls | |
| 443 | + - Translation caching with post invalidation | |
| 444 | + | |
| 445 | +* AI Features (wpForo AI) | |
| 446 | + - Core AI Features | |
| 447 | + - AI Chatbot - Conversational AI assistant with conversation management | |
| 448 | + - AI Insights - Sentiment analysis, trending topics, and recommendations | |
| 449 | + - Content Moderation - AI-powered spam detection with configurable actions | |
| 450 | + - Topic Generator - Auto-generate discussion topics | |
| 451 | + - Reply Generator - AI-assisted replies with 23 style options | |
| 452 | + - Tag Maintenance - Automatic topic tagging | |
| 453 | + - Topic Summary - Summarize long discussions | |
| 454 | + | |
| 455 | +* Search & Indexing | |
| 456 | + - Semantic Search - Natural language search across forum content | |
| 457 | + - Local & Cloud Storage - Choose where to store embeddings | |
| 458 | + - Image Indexing - Multimodal RAG for Professional+ plans | |
| 459 | + - WordPress Content Indexing - Index custom post types | |
| 460 | + - Auto-indexing with configurable settings | |
| 461 | + | |
| 462 | +* Analytics | |
| 463 | + - AI Usage Analytics - Track credit consumption | |
| 464 | + - Forum Activity Analytics - Activity trends and statistics | |
| 465 | + - User Engagement analytics | |
| 466 | + - Content Performance analytics | |
| 467 | + - AI Logs with filtering and detail view | |
| 468 | + | |
| 469 | +* Other AI Improvements | |
| 470 | + - Bot Reply with tone and style options | |
| 471 | + - Topic Suggestions with related topicsTranslation support | |
| 472 | + - Activity retention settings | |
| 473 | + - Multi-board support for analytics | |
| 474 | + | |
| 475 | +* Security: Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'referer' Parameter | |
| 476 | +* Security: Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Forum Post Modification via 'guestposting' Parameter | |
| 477 | + | |
| 478 | + | |
| 479 | + | |
| 480 | += wpForo Forum 2.4.17 - Last 2.x Version | 15.03.2026 = | |
| 481 | + | |
| 482 | +* Security: Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion | |
| 483 | + | |
| 484 | + | |
| 485 | += wpForo Forum 2.4.16 | 28.02.2026 = | |
| 486 | + | |
| 487 | +* New: Admin notice announcing wpForo 3.0 AI Edition with links to introduction and beta program | |
| 488 | +* New: Auto-update protection — blocks automatic updates from 2.x to 3.x to prevent unattended major upgrades | |
| 489 | +* New: Inline warning on Plugins page when wpForo 3.0 update is available | |
| 490 | +* New: Auto-update toggle replaced with backup reminder when major version is pending | |
| 491 | +* Security: Added permission checks for post approve/unapprove actions | |
| 492 | +* Security: Added permission checks for topic close/open actions | |
| 493 | +* Security: Added permission checks for topic move, merge, and split actions | |
| 494 | +* Security: Added capability check for role synchronization | |
| 495 | +* Security: Fixed RSS feed exposing private and unapproved content | |
| 496 | +* Security: Fixed stored XSS via forum description output | |
| 497 | +* Security: Blocked SVG file uploads in avatar to prevent XSS | |
| 498 | +* Security: Replaced json_encode with wp_json_encode to prevent script injection | |
| 499 | + | |
| 500 | + | |
| 501 | += wpForo Forum 2.4.0 - 2.4.15 | 10.02.2026 = | |
| 502 | + | |
| 503 | +[wpForo Forum v2.4 Release Summary](https://wpforo.com/community/wpforo-announcements/wpforo-2-4-is-released/) | |
| 504 | + | |
| 505 | +* Version 2.4.15 | |
| 506 | +* Security: Vulnerability - Unauthenticated Time-Based SQL Injection | |
| 507 | +* --------- | |
| 508 | +* Version 2.4.14 | |
| 509 | +* Security: Vulnerability - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection | |
| 510 | +* --------- | |
| 511 | +* Version 2.4.13 | |
| 512 | +* Security: Vulnerability - Unauthenticated SQL Injection | |
| 513 | +* --------- | |
| 514 | +* Version 2.4.12 | |
| 515 | +* Compatibility: PHP 8.5 | |
| 516 | +* Compatibility: WordPress 6.9 | |
| 517 | +* Security: Vulnerability - Unauthenticated SQL Injection | |
| 518 | +* Fixed: Multi-language integration issues with Polylang | |
| 519 | +* --------- | |
| 520 | +* Version 2.4.11 | |
| 521 | +* Security: Vulnerability - Unauthenticated Attacker to Post Revisions | |
| 522 | +* --------- | |
| 523 | +* Version 2.4.10 | |
| 524 | +* Security: Vulnerability Authenticated (Susbscriber+) SQL Injection | |
| 525 | +* Fixed Bug: PHP Error: array_filter(): Argument #1 ($array) must be of type array, string given in classes/Members.php:2032 | |
| 526 | +* --------- | |
| 527 | +* Version 2.4.9 | |
| 528 | +* Security: Unauthenticated SQL Injection | |
| 529 | +* Security: Object unserialize code injection | |
| 530 | +* --------- | |
| 531 | +* Version 2.4.8 | |
| 532 | +* Added: New option in widgets to sort topics/posts randomly | |
| 533 | +* Fixed Bug: Post editor text/object alignment issue | |
| 534 | +* --------- | |
| 535 | +* Version 2.4.7 | |
| 536 | +* Removed: Unnecessary profile buttons of guest posters | |
| 537 | +* Removed: HTML tags from category description | |
| 538 | +* Security: Fixed IDOR vulnerability, Insecure Direct Object References | |
| 539 | +* Addon Support: The rich editor is modified to allow aligning (left,right,center) gif and inline attachment objects | |
| 540 | +* Addon Support: Supports displaying voters on poll result | |
| 541 | +* Fixed Bug: PHP Error on the activation process of a user registration. Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: array_intersect(): Argument #1 ($array) must be of type array, null given in /wp-content/plugins/wpforo/includes/hooks.php:37 | |
| 542 | +* Fixed Bug: Missing user information in the admin email when user deletes own account | |
| 543 | +* --------- | |
| 544 | +* Version 2.4.6 | |
| 545 | +* Security: Fixed XSS vulnerability, Stored Cross-Site Scripting | |
| 546 | +* Updated: Hooks to manage the email sending test and error report in the tools | |
| 547 | +* Fixed Bug: Text domain loading issue | |
| 548 | +* Fixed Bug: Link RSS Module and RSS Settings to disable if the module is disabled | |
| 549 | +* Fixed Bug: PHP Warning: Undefined array key max-number-value when wpForo is integrated with Profile Builder plugin. | |
| 550 | +* --------- | |
| 551 | +* Version 2.4.5 | |
| 552 | +* Fixed Bug: Q&A forum layout threads issue on mobile devices | |
| 553 | +* Fixed Bug: Warning: Trying to access array offset on null in ../functions-template.php | |
| 554 | +* Fixed Bug: Missing field 'url' (in 'author') with DiscussionForumPosting structured data | |
| 555 | +* Fixed Bug: Missing field 'name' (in 'comment.author') with DiscussionForumPosting structured data | |
| 556 | +* --------- | |
| 557 | +* Version 2.4.3 - 2.4.4 | |
| 558 | +* Added: Discussion forum (DiscussionForumPosting) structured data for Google Search | |
| 559 | +* Security: Fixed issue with manipulation and privilege escalation via hidden parameter | |
| 560 | +* Fixed Bug: BuddyPress Integration problems related to deprecated functions | |
| 561 | +* Fixed Bug: False positive spam file detection and notification in the dashboard | |
| 562 | +* Fixed Bug: Problems related to PHP 8.4 | |
| 563 | +* Fixed Bug: Issues with saving antispam settings | |
| 564 | +* Fixed Bug: More robust solution for "Arbitrary File Reading" problem by changing `wp_remote_get()` function to `wp_safe_remote_get()` | |
| 565 | +* --------- | |
| 566 | +* Version 2.4.2 | |
| 567 | +* Security: Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read in update | |
| 568 | +* Fixed Bug: In some cases user couldn't see own private topics | |
| 569 | +* Fixed Bug: Problem with topic slugs containing negative number (-1234) | |
| 570 | +* Fixed Bug: Issue with x.com URL in users profile pages | |
| 571 | +* Fixed Bug: Forum tree displaying issue related the secondary user-groups cache | |
| 572 | +* --------- | |
| 573 | +* Version 2.4.1 | |
| 574 | +* Compatibility: WordPress 6.7 | |
| 575 | +* Added: Request confirmation before deleting the account | |
| 576 | +* Added: Email notification to admins when users delete their account | |
| 577 | +* --------- | |
| 578 | +* Version 2.4.0 | |
| 579 | +* Added: Export and Import of settings. Allows you to export and import different groups of settings separately. | |
| 580 | +* Added: Automatically change a post status to unapproved when an eligible user report it. | |
| 581 | +* Added: reCAPTCHA to the [Add Topic] form in stand-alone topic creation page (/add-topic/) | |
| 582 | +* SEO Optimization: Prevent indexing dynamic URLs with get parameters for when page is generated after selecting options in dropdown menus. | |
| 583 | +* SEO Optimization: Added `rel="nofollow"` to links in the user activity and favored pages. | |
| 584 | +* Changed: Topic and post shortlinks previously showed a 404 error if the content was private or unapproved. Now, they redirect to the login page to authorize the user before displaying the content. | |
| 585 | +* New Addon: [wpForo - Advanced Reactions](https://gvectors.com/product/wpforo_reactions/) | |
