The Easiest Way To Add A Forum To WordPress
If you have a website created with the popular WordPress blogging platform and want to deploy a forum within your blog, WP Forum plugin provides the easiest alternative to other complex methods, like the integration of an external phpBB 3 bulletin board. The WP Forum plugin is a simple to use bulletin board and supports BB code, as well as posts moderation. The forum appearance is customizable through skins (three skins are provided by default) that can be changed easily from the WordsPress administration interface.
First you will have to download the WP Forum distribution archive, unzip its content and rename the wpforum directory into wp-forum. Then upload the directory into the plugins folder on your server and install the plugin from the WordPress dashboard.
The forum can be included into a new page with the help of the next code . After you have created a forum instance, it can be configured from the WP Forum plugin administration interface.
You are allowed to define groups of users and assign them forums. Forums users will be able to post new threads with or without registration, depending on the options you select in the Settings area. A captcha security mechanism could be used for new registrations.
The forum support localizations in your own language, by adjusting the appropriate code. The tight integration with WordPress makes easy the management of any number of forums. The forums activity can be displayed in sidebar with a few lines of PHP code. WP Forum is available for free download from the WordPress plugins directory or from the official publisher’s website.
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