Forum Plugin For Wordpress
Last week I set up a community website based on WordPress. The main feature is of course a forum (discussion board) for the members. There are so many forums available on the net such as phpBB (open source) and vBulletin (commercial) but can not impressed me. I mean some of them are too much for me, especially for the paid one 
If you asked me why I used WordPress instead of pure forum, it is because I need to have a CMS to publish news, blog posts, and articles and allow member to comment. We have it on WordPress right?
Thanks to Andy Staines who creates a plugin for wordpress named “Simple Forum (SF)”. The installation is easy as usual plugin install. SF is using Wordpress User Management for the membership system as well as user registration. To allow user registration, you need to tick “Anyone can register” under Wordpress Option.
SF has a feature called “post linking” which provides a possibility to create forum topic posts based on blog entries and vice versa. Only members who are allowed to post on blog have this option while making a new topic post. RSS also available to ease you in placing forum feed in your blog.
You need to try it to feel its power. Download link is available at http://www.stuff.yellowswordfish.com/.
Here is the screenshoot of my forum.
Popularity: 69% [?]
thanks for sharing
kebetulan lagi mo bikin .
Hi, I’m newbie …I like wordpress too. Nice to meet you in this blog. Guide me please. Thank you
i have no idea if wordpress forced to become a forum. although have powerful plugin for making such a forum on wordpress, it’s still left behind with another CMS of course. btw, good job.
I will try it, for my new website… thanks, brother
Nurudon, this is perfect. Exactly what I was tearing my hair out looking for.
On the side, I like you blog’s theme design.
i need to try this one. thanks for the info.
izin nyimak gan…
sekalian senggol GA nya…
di tunggu senggokan balik nya
wah..bisa buat forum juga toh di wordpress? asikk… ^^
well i think it will look cool but i want to know how wordpress support forum works for wordpress it is really cool one…i am installing this one.
thank mas.jago banget.bookmark dulu aja.
I looking it for a long time. Thanks for that..
i install it now, i hope, it is useful
I have installed but not sure how to add it in the page. do it has something like code to be inserted in the page ?
This seems like a very nice plugin
Thx bang atas pemberitahuannya, udah lama mo nyari forum plugin buat wp neh
Mo nyoba dulu bang
Mau nanya neh sama senior2 yang diatas..
gimana yah caranya nampilin forum ini ke halaman depan wordpress… soalnya setelah saya menginstall ini koq forumnya tidak bisa di akses dari depan yah? apakah harus ada syarat lain? mohon bantuannya atau kirim langsung ke email saya di vorsaken2@yahoo.com terimakasih sebelumnya
sip.. ini dia yang aku butuhin.. thanks ya..
Thank You! Thank you! Thank you!
This works Awesome, easy to install and simple to use. i have been searching a long time for a Forum Plugin like this.
in case i didn’t say it, Thank you!
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I am so glad I found this post. I set up a forum using this plug-in in about 2 hours – but I know the next time I use it will be much faster now that I’ve figured it out! Had a few troubleshooting issues with set up and my theme, but now that it’s up I couldn’t be more happier!
I really can’t believe this plug-in is free, its that’s good
thanks a lot…
thank you – I’m trying it out but their website looks great! they now have a new site http://simplepressforum.com
Thanks for such an opportune piece of advice when looking for a forum plugin for WordPress. I had struggled with intergrating bbpress although I expected it would, having mastered the integration, be possible to modify the aesthetics through additional theme changes. However, I’ll go with your recommendation because I didn’t set out to become a CSS editor. I have enough texts of my own to modify. Thanks again.
What a great find. I was looking for something like this everywhere.
halo….mau tanya nich…kalo plugin WP untuk “blog pasang iklan gratis” sepert di link ini apa ya : http://img300.imageshack.us/my.php?image=adsblogpreviewcw3.jpg
thank’s sebelumnya
Thanks – we’ll be adding this to our site too.
Okay, what if the blogger doesn’t want people posting in other areas of WordPress, but only on the forums. Does it allow for that?
Hehe…
I am very happy seeing a post like this. This this time next week, azblogging.com should have a forum running on it. Cheers