wpForo (Activated)

A forum on a WordPress site usually needs several extras: profile pages, a way to organize topics, tools to keep order and a layout that suits the conversation. wpForo covers these in one plugin. You can pick from four layouts (Extended, Simplified, Threaded and Q&A), so a classic discussion board, a question and answer space and a threaded conversation each get a fitting structure.

Administrators can run several separate forums from a single site through the multi-board system, which also helps when a community needs forums in different languages. Forums and categories are arranged by drag and drop with parent-child relationships. Members get profiles, bookmarks and a directory they can search, while moderators handle posts with moving, splitting, merging, approving and closing.

Features

• Four forum layouts: Choose Extended, Simplified, Threaded or Q&A to match how your community talks, from a standard discussion board to a question and answer forum.
• Multi-board system: Run multiple separate forums inside one WordPress site, which suits different community topics or language-specific forums.
• Multi-language forums: Build forums in more than one language so that visitors from different regions can follow and join discussions in their own language.
• Member profiles with tabs: Each profile has tabs for activity, subscriptions, bookmarks and account settings, so members can manage their presence without an extra profile plugin.
• Points-based reputation: Members earn points for likes, posts and new topics, which gives regular contributors visible recognition inside the community.
• Drag-and-drop forum hierarchy: Organize forums and categories with parent-child relationships and a custom order using a simple drag-and-drop interface.
• Moderation tools: Moderators can move, split, merge, approve and close topics and posts to keep conversations tidy and on topic.
• Private topics and access roles: Create private discussions seen only by the topic owner and moderators, and set access levels such as Read Only, Standard, Moderation and Full Access.

Best for

• Communities that need a discussion board on WordPress
• Sites running Q&A or peer support forums
• Multilingual sites with several separate forums