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Best Forums & Discussion Boards plugins for WordPress

Categories Communication

Plugins that create and manage community forums, discussion boards, topics, replies, and member conversations on WordPress sites.

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27 Plugins classified here Out of the plugins that have been through the classifier so far
182.1K Combined active installs Summed across the published bands, so read it as an order of magnitude
4.33 Average rating Across the 27 here that carry a rating at all

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Plugins in Forums & Discussion Boards

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#1

bbPress

bbpress 100K installs · 3.9 stars #2

wpForo Forum

wpforo 20K installs · 4.7 stars #2

Gwolle Guestbook

gwolle-gb 20K installs · 4.8 stars #4

Asgaros Forum

asgaros-forum 10K installs · 4.7 stars #5

Mang Board

mangboard 8K installs · 3.7 stars #6

forumAttachments for bbPress

gd-bbpress-attachments 6K installs · 4.3 stars #7

Inline Image Upload for BBPress

image-upload-for-bbpress 3K installs · 4.6 stars #8

LearnPress – bbPress Integration

learnpress-bbpress 2K installs · 1.0 stars #8

Simple Ajax Chat – Add a Fast, Secure Chat Box

simple-ajax-chat 2K installs · 4.9 stars #8

bbPress Notify (No-Spam)

bbpress-notify-nospam 2K installs · 4.8 stars #11

GD bbPress Tools

gd-bbpress-tools 1K installs · 3.8 stars #11

WP Discourse

wp-discourse 1K installs · 4.5 stars #11

Discussion Board – WordPress Forum Plugin

wp-discussion-board 1K installs · 4.6 stars #11

Private groups

bbp-private-groups 1K installs · 4.9 stars #15

Toolbox for Asgaros Forum

toolbox-for-asgaros-forum 900 installs · 5.0 stars #16

ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board

forumwp 800 installs · 3.6 stars #17

IdeaPush

ideapush 700 installs · 4.5 stars #18

Forumax – AI Powered Advanced Community Forum Plugin

bbp-core 500 installs · 5.0 stars #19

bbPress Voting

bbp-voting 400 installs · 4.7 stars #20

Simple:Press Forum

simplepress 300 installs · 4.2 stars #20

CM Answers – Discussion Forum Plugin for WordPress Q&A

cm-answers 300 installs · 3.8 stars #20

Turnkey bbPress by WeaverTheme

weaver-for-bbpress 300 installs · 5.0 stars #20

Post Comments as bbPress Topics

bbpress-post-topics 300 installs · 4.3 stars #20

WP Mailster

wp-mailster 300 installs · 4.9 stars #25

GoPray

gopray 100 installs · 5.0 stars #25

forumManager for bbPress

gd-forum-manager-for-bbpress 100 installs · 5.0 stars #25

bbP Signature

bbp-signature 100 installs · 2.7 stars

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