wpForo Forum
Number one WordPress forum plugin. Full-fledged forum solution with modern and responsive forum design. Community builder WordPress forum plugin.
4.7(390 reviews)
·20K+ active installs·Updated 2 weeks agoAs of April 2026, wpForo Forum is a WordPress forum plugin with 20K+ active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 390 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.6M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.2+ and PHP 7.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 17% this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: bbPress.
4.7/5390 reviews
20K+active installs
100%resolved
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
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. The best alternative to bbPress forum plugin.
wpForo 3.0 AI Edition is Here!
The next version of wpForo is a major release with a brand-new theme, AI-powered features, improved layouts, and much more. We encourage you to test it on a staging site before updating your live forum.
* Explore wpForo 3.0
* Join the wpForo 3.0 Beta Program
5 Minute Forum Installation!
1. Activate plugin and find forums on /community/ page, (/community-2/ if /community/ is used),…Screenshots
Ratings & Reviews
4.7390 reviews
5 ★
350
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Recent Reviews
The best forum
by Ricsca2·1 week ago
The best forum for WordPress
Feature Rich and Simply the Best
by kuyawing·1 month ago
I’ve been using this forum plugin for 2 years now. It is simply the best forum software out there. The support forum is also amazing.
There’s no other WordPress forum out there that is better than wpforo.
Great Support even for the dense
by abigaildcd·1 month ago
I really like this plugin. The learning curve is bearable and the support on their forum is excellent. The provided layout are great and if you must customizing them is not that hard. Read the documentation it actually will help you and if like me you get stuck on something because you don’t understand go to the user forum. My issue was so simple to solve I slapped my forehead to remind myself that sometimes even my own stupidity has no limits. The plugin is excellent. Thank you to the developers to really thinking this through.
Outstanding Forum Plugin and Excellent Support
by bbrian017·2 months ago
wpForo has exceeded my expectations as a WordPress forum plugin. The feature set is robust, well thought out, and powerful without being overwhelming. Most importantly, it worked seamlessly with my existing WordPress setup and integrated perfectly with my Divi theme right out of the box—no hacks or workarounds required.
The plugin also tied cleanly into my pre-existing WordPress database, which made deployment smooth and worry-free. Performance has been solid, and the forum structure is flexible enough to support both simple discussions and more advanced community use cases.
What really sets wpForo apart, though, is the support. I ran into two CSS issues that were beyond my skill level—I’m not a coder—and the support I received through the forums was excellent. The responses were friendly, accurate, and genuinely helpful, and the turnaround time was impressively fast.
It’s rare to find a plugin that combines strong features, smooth theme compatibility, and responsive, high-quality support. wpForo delivers on all three. Highly recommended.
Powerful and flexible
by Martin Sauter·3 months ago
wpForo is a feature-rich, highly configurable forum solution for free. Highly recommended!
Download Trends
Today: 350Yesterday: 266This week: 2KPeriod total: 249K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.2+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.2+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.4
81.5%
Other
18.5%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
IMPORTANT NOTES for UPDATE
- After the update, please delete all caches and purge CDN if you have
- After the update, please flush Redis Object Cache if you have this cache enabled
wpForo Forum 2.4.17 – Last 2.x Version | 15.03.2026
- Security: Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion
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