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Best forum plugins for WordPress

The most popular forum plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. bbPress leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of wpForo Forum (20K+) and Asgaros Forum (10K+). All 98 plugins tagged “forum” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 forum plugins

  1. 1.
    bbPress

    The most installed forum plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 343 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  2. 2.
    wpForo Forum

    20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 390 reviews, updated 6 days ago.

  3. 3.
    Asgaros Forum

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 210 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.

  4. 4.
    FluentCommunity

    8K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 98 reviews, updated 3 days ago.

  5. 5.
    bbp style pack

    6K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 100 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.

  6. 6.
    Simple Ajax Chat

    2K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 215 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  7. 7.
    Private groups

    1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 49 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  8. 8.
    bbPress WP Tweaks

    1K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 11 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  9. 9.
    WP Discourse

    1K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 8 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  10. 10.
    Toolbox for Asgaros Forum

    900+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 77 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.

All 98 plugins tagged “forum”