ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board

ForumWP is a forum plugin which adds an online forum to your website. With ForumWP you can easily create forums and allow users to create topics and write replies. Features of the plugin include:

• Forum visibility
• Forum styling
• Topics list
• Topics search
• Replies list
• Sub-replies and sorting
• User login & registration
• Profile page
• Easy settings
• Manage forums, topics and replies
• Manage modules and email settings

Read about all of the plugin's features at ForumWP Documentation & Support Got a problem or need help with ForumWP? Head over to our documentation and perform a search of the knowledge base. If you can’t find a solution to your issue then you can create a topic on the support forum.

2.1.7: December 16, 2025

• Fixed: Security issue CVE-2025-13746.
• Cached and optimized/minified assets(JS/CSS) must be flushed/re-generated after upgrade.

2.1.6: December 02, 2025

• Added: Action hook fmwp_user_update_profile_notifications for 3rd-party integrations after User Profile > Notifications update.
• Fixed: Delete permanently forum/topic action from the frontend.

2.1.5: November 20, 2025

• Added: Site Health information and filter hook fmwp_debug_information_pages to extend it.
• Updated: select2 JS library 4.0.7 -> 4.0.13.
• Added: select2 JS library localization init.
• Fixed: Security vulnerability related to pin/unpin and lock/unlock topic actions.
• Fixed: User Profile loading tabs on fast click.
• Fixed: Topic add/edit popup initialization and displaying.
• Fixed: 3rd-party integration of the email notification templates. Changed initialization priority.
• Fixed: Forum Icon select dropdown in wp-admin.
• Fixed: Small PHP notices and warnings.
• Cached and optimized/minified assets(JS/CSS) must be flushed/re-generated after upgrade.

2.1.4: June 04, 2025

• Added: Action hooks 'fmwp_change_template_part', 'fmwp_before_user_topics_shortcode', 'fmwp_before_user_replies_shortcode' for 3rd-party integrations.
• Fixed: Loading textdomain for compatibility with WordPress 6.7 and 6.8.
• Templates required update:
• js/forum-row.php

2.1.3: December 09, 2024

• Added: Gutenberg blocks associated with ForumWP shortcodes
• Added: Dependencies for topic/reply editor from the "Enable raw HTML in topic/reply content" setting
• Fixed: Displaying breadcrumbs
• Fixed: Displaying trashed forums, topics, replies
• Fixed: Replies actions links
• Fixed: Order by most views
• Fixed: Login form redirects
• Fixed: Shortcodes arguments using
• Fixed: Getting order value from the topics and replies order field
• Fixed: Security vulnerability CVE-2024-11204
• Fixed: Security vulnerability CVE-2024-10879
• Fixed: jQuery deprecated issues
• Fixed: Small PHP notices and warnings
• Templates required update:
• emails/mention.php
• js/forum-category-list.php
• js/forum-row.php
• js/topic-row.php
• js/topics-list.php
• profile/edit.php
• profile/main-mobile.php
• profile/notifications.php
• profile/notifications-form.php
• archive-topic.php
• forum.php
• login.php
• login-popup.php
• reply-status-tags.php
• single-forum-info.php
• topic.php
• Cached and optimized/minified assets(JS/CSS) must be flushed/re-generated after upgrade

2.1.2: November 14, 2024

• Fixed: "Load textdomain just in time" issue

2.1.1: November 05, 2024

• Fixed: Displaying trashed topics and replies
• Fixed: Topic's views counting using $_COOKIES. It's cookieless for now for better security
• Fixed: Get upload dir PHP notice
• Fixed: Loading user profile subtabs
• Fixed: PHP fatal error on the single reply link
• Fixed: Displaying links for restore/delete permanently topic on the frontend
• Fixed: Compatibility with modules
• Fixed: blueprint.json file
• Templates required update:
• js/forum-category-list.php
• js/forum-row.php
• js/reply-row.php
• js/single-topic-tags.php
• js/topic-row.php
• profile/main-mobile.php
• profile/main.php
• topic.php
• Cached and optimized/minified assets(JS/CSS) must be flushed/re-generated after upgrade

2.1.0: October 02, 2024

• Added: Email notifications tab to the user Account page
• Added: Template versioning
• Added: wp_safe_redirect() function using
• Fixed: CVE-2024-8428 security vulnerability
• Fixed: Supporting WordPress Code Standards
• Fixed: Typo e-mail to email
• Fixed: UI styling, fixed for attribute for label, Changed field label text
• Fixed: Shortcode issues
• Fixed: Compatibility with block themes
• Fixed: Uninstall process
• Fixed: Admin settings and notices
• Fixed: Topic views cookies reset after logout
• Fixed: Migration module when there aren't any proper data for migration

2.0.2: June 14, 2021

• Added: fmwp_user_display_name filter for user display name and 3rd-party integrations
• Added: fmwp_before_restore_reply action hook for 3rd-party integrations
• Fixed: Default topics order on the individual forum page (fixed issue #24)
• Fixed: Uninstall process
• Fixed: Excluding spam topics from the latest topic label (forums list)
• Fixed: Posts privacy in the query posts counter
• Fixed: CSS issues with lists' header padding
• Fixed: Changed last update date for old and new forum when change topic's forum
• Fixed: Modified date for the forum, topic, reply
• Fixed: Displaying topics and replies profile tab for the spectator user role

2.0.1: April 28, 2021

• Added: Breadcrumbs to the topics and forums pages
• Added: Option Logout redirect
• Added: @all and @everyone mention users from Administrator role when reply is created. For submitting email notification to the topic author and all replies' authors in the topic thread
• Fixed: Modules class is_active() function to avoid PHP fatal errors
• Tweak: Spam status has been moved from post status to the postmeta

2.0: March 2, 2021

• Added: bbPress migration module
• Added: Sanitize, escape functions
• Added: PHP and JS hooks for better 3rd-party integration
• Fixed: Security and CPT privacy based on privacy settings (WP native and CPT meta)
• Fixed: Email notifications sending
• Fixed: User permalinks generate process
• Fixed: Dropdown.js scripts
• Fixed: Tipsy.js initialization
• Fixed: Conflicts when change ForumWP CPT statuses
• Fixed: Hide topics from the trashed forums
• Fixed: Post deletion dependencies. Delete permanently sub posts (forum>topic>reply) on post deletion
• Fixed: Shortcode blocks responsibility
• Fixed: Small changes in CSS and layout classes
• Fixed: Uninstall scripts
• Tweak: wp.org release
• Tweak: There is only Migration module in ForumWP plugin

1.0.8: February 2, 2021

• Added: Migration module to migrate bbPress to ForumWP
• Added: Hooks for customize forums list columns' title
• Added: *.pot file for the translationsin JS files
• Added: Compatibility with UM:Social Activity and creating activity post on reply created
• Fixed: Displaying embed content in Forum page
• Fixed: Admin forms CSS
• Fixed: Compatibility with themes without page.php template
• Fixed: Admin bar classes

1.0.7: November 13, 2019

• Fixed dropdown JS closing
• Fixed changing forum status (locked/unlocked) via wp-admin
• Fixed small notice with likes

1.0.6: October 24, 2019

• Added settings for "Photos" module: Max image size and Image quality (for jpg only)
• Added ForumWP - Plus modules compatibility
• Added Forum category, Topic tag IDs column
• Added hidden styles for the topic, forum, reply actions when they aren't possible
• Added edit topics/replies capabilities for ForumWP Participant user (enable menu view at wp-admin if it's visible)
• Added with_sub="1|0" attribute for [fmwp_forums /] shortcode to include/exclude subcategories forums when you display forums of the selected category
• Fixed AJAX preloader styles when scripts are pre-loaded before footer
• Fixed UI elements styles
• Fixed Profile page notices when there is the wrong user in a query
• Deprecated reply permalink setting, because it's unusable
• Changed templates: archive-topic.php, forum.php, profile/edit.php, topic-status-tags.php, topic.php

1.0.5: August 30, 2019

• Fixed minification of the modules' scripts

1.0.4: August 30, 2019

• Added "Photos" module for the attaching image files(png, jpg, jpeg, gif) to the topics and replies
• Added AJAX preloaders to avoid double posting or any other double actions
• Fixed double posting
• Fixed search and pagination for the forums list
• Small CSS changes

1.0.3: August 1, 2019

• Changed the logic for user mentions
• Fixed issues with single topic/forum templates
• Fixed issues with Forum Category and Topic Tag pages' templates
• Small CSS changes

1.0.2: July 24, 2019

• Added settings for order topics and forums in the lists
• Added global forum/topic settings for set custom template, stored in theme with predefined comment
• Added individual forum/topic settings for set custom template, stored in theme with predefined comment
• Fixed forums/topics privacy settings (private, hidden)
• Fixed templates loading for individual forum/topic
• Fixed FontAwesome integration
• Small CSS changes

1.0.1: July 22, 2019

• Added shortcode attribute for the sorting Forums
• Added ability to create topic tags from frontend when new topic create or edit
• Fixed User Profile page edit on BeaverBuilder mode
• Changed templates structure and the directory in theme
• Small CSS changes

1.0.0: July 15, 2019

• Initial Release