wpForo Forum is a WordPress app, with a 4.7 average rating from 390 reviews, as of July 9, 2026.
wpForo Forum is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Tomdever. With a rating of 4.7★ from 390 reviews.
AppRanks data: wpForo Forum ranks #0 in BbPress on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 1% of that category.
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wpForo Forum is a highly rated WordPress app with a growing review traction. It is listed in the Community category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 390 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (4.7★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by Tomdever — established developer track record
Cons
- −Sparse visual evidence (0 screenshots) — harder to evaluate the UX before installing
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How wpForo Forum works
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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.
5 Minute Forum Installation! 1. Activate plugin and find forums on /community/ page, (/community-2/ if /community/ is used), 2. Manage Forum Page, Title, etc in Dashboard > wpForo > Board > Edit Board admin page, 3. Manage Forums in Dashboard > wpForo > Forums admin page, 4. Manage Forum Menu in Dashboard > Appearance > Menu admin page, 5. Manage Forum Widgets in Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets admin page, 6. Manage Forum Colors in Dashboard > wpForo > Settings > Colors & Styles admin page, you can choose forum color styles.
Support Forum and Demo: https://wpforo.com/community/
Forum Documentation: https://wpforo.com/docs/wpforo-v3/
GDPR Compliance: https://wpforo.com/docs/wpforo-v3/gdpr/
Multi-layout WordPress Forum Plugin
Extended Forum Layout
Simplified Forum Layout
Question and Answer Forum Layout
Threaded Forum Layout
Boxed Forum Layout
Migrate to wpForo Free Migration Tool Go2wpForo: https://wpforo.com/docs/wpforo-v3/migrate-to-wpforo/
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Forum Integration 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.
Forum Translation 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.
FORUM FEATURES
360° AI-Powered Features
AI Semantic Search
AI Topic Summarization
AI Topic Suggestions
AI Multi-Language Translation
AI Chat Assistant
AI Bot Reply & Suggest Reply
AI Content Moderation
AI Spam Detection
AI Toxic Content Detection
AI Tasks — Automated Topic Generation
AI Tasks — Automated Reply Generation
AI Tasks — Automated Topic Tag Moderation
AI Analytics & Insights
AI Knowledge Generation (RAG)
AI Content Indexing – Text, Images, Documents
Multi-board: Allows to have multiple separate forum pages
Multi-language: Allows to forums with different languages
Multi-layout: Four modern forum layouts (Q&A, Threaded…)
Designed for small and extremely large forums/communities.
Migrate from other forums using Go2wpForo tool.
Four different forum layouts and designs.
Six set of forum color styles including dark style.
Super responsive forum on all kind of devices.
Live user notification system
Built-in forum SEO functions.
Built-in forum Sitemap and Search Engine ping.
Built-in forum Cache System.
Built-in forum Antispam and Akismet integration.
Advanced forum user profile system.
Forum Member Rating and Badges.
Built-in forum/topic subscription.
Drag and Drop forum management system.
Topic and Post front-end moderation.
Forum topics and posts Read / Unread logging.
Topic Tags and Tags Widget.
Forum styles with different colors.
Built-in, powerful forum Usergroup system.
Forum Access sets per Usergroup per Forum.
Forum Phrase System for quick translation.
WordPress .MO/.PO translation files.
Tools and options for GDPR Compliance
Social Network Share Buttons
BuddyPress Integration
Ultimate Member Integration
Need more forum features? Find wpForo forum plugin addons on gVectors Team website…
Use of 3rd Party Services 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.
gVectors AI API (api.gvectors.com, api.gvectors.net)
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:
Content Indexing: Forum content is sent to embedding generation for vector database
Semantic Search: Query is sent for embedding for vector search
AI Translation: Forum text is sent for translation into other languages
AI Summarization: Topic content is sent for automatic summary generation
Content Moderation: New posts are sent for AI-powered content analysis
AI Chat: Conversation context is sent for AI response generation
Topic Suggestions: Forum data is sent for generating related topic recommendations
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.
Terms of Service
Privacy Policy
gVectors Addons Store (gvectors.com)
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.
Terms of Service
Privacy Policy
Category rankings
As of Jul 9, 2026- BbPress#0of 20Top 1%
- Community#0of 31Top 1%
- Forum#0of 16Top 1%
- Forum plugin#0of 4Top 1%
- Forums#0of 3Top 1%
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Keyword rankings
wpForo Forum ranks for 6 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 3:
- 1.chat botRank #59
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Competitors & alternatives
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Where wpForo Forum stands in the Community category
wpForo Forum ranks #0 of 31 apps in the Community category, placing it in the top 1% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is wpForo Forum?
wpForo Forum is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.7-star rating from 390 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on a daily refresh cycle. It is listed under the Community category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Tomdever.