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.
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Top 10 forum plugins
- 1.
bbPressThe most installed forum plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 343 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
wpForo Forum20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 390 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
Asgaros Forum10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 210 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 4.
FluentCommunity8K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 98 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 5.
bbp style pack6K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 100 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 6.
Simple Ajax Chat2K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 215 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
Private groups1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 49 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.
bbPress WP Tweaks1K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 11 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 9.
WP Discourse1K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 8 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 10.
Toolbox for Asgaros Forum900+ 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”
bbPress
Down in the last 7 days:2#426by John James Jacoby13 days ago
bbPress is forum software for WordPress.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 3.9(343)
- Downloads
- 2K/day
wpForo Forum
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,379by Tomdever8 days ago
Number one WordPress forum plugin with AI features. Full-fledged forum solution with modern forum design. Community builder WordPress forum plugin.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.7(390)
- Downloads
- 721/day
Asgaros Forum
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,932by Asgaros18 days ago
Asgaros Forum is the best forum-plugin for WordPress! It comes with dozens of features in a beautiful design and stays simple and fast.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(210)
- Downloads
- 174/day
FluentCommunity
Up in the last 7 days:5#2,358by WPManageNinja5 days ago
Get a fast & all-in-one community plugin. Create unlimited communities, and courses with robust social networking and LMS features.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.8(98)
- Downloads
- 221/day
bbp style pack
Up in the last 7 days:1#2,867by Robin W25 days ago
For bbPress - Lets you style bbPress, and add display features
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.9(100)
- Downloads
- 91/day
Simple Ajax Chat
Down in the last 7 days:4#4,570by Jeff Starr2 months ago
Display an Ajax-powered chat box anywhere. Lightweight, flexible, fast, and secure. Fully customizable with many options.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.9(215)
- Downloads
- 42/day
Private groups
Down in the last 7 days:11#5,569by Robin W2 months ago
For bbPress - Creates private forum groups
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(49)
- Downloads
- 24/day
bbPress WP Tweaks
Up in the last 7 days:8#6,098by veppa11 months ago
Adds bbPress forum specific sidebar, wrapper, widgets, user columns, login links and other tweaks.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.2(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Discourse
Down in the last 7 days:4#6,695by scossar2 months ago
This plugin allows you to use Discourse as a community engine for your WordPress website. The plugin is not a substitute for Disqus type commenting sy …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 46/day
Toolbox for Asgaros Forum
Down in the last 7 days:11#6,958by Dominik Rauch2 years ago
This toolbox allows you to extend the functionality of Asgaros Forum.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(77)
- Downloads
- 11/day
ForumWP
Down in the last 7 days:34#7,525by Ultimate Member7 months ago
Add a forum to your website with ForumWP.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 3.6(12)
- Downloads
- 18/day
Forumax
Down in the last 7 days:134#8,903by Spider Themes7 days ago
Build powerful communities with Forumax. A fully standalone, feature-rich forum plugin with voting, private replies, and Elementor integration.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(18)
- Downloads
- 45/day
Ultimate Member
Down in the last 7 days:70#9,235by Mykyta Synelnikov1 year ago
Integrate Ultimate Member with the forum plugin ForumWP.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 1.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
bbPress Voting
Up in the last 7 days:29#9,517by natekinkead2 months ago
Let visitors vote up and down on bbPress topics and replies just like Reddit or Stack Overflow!
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.7(10)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Product Questions & Answers for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:12#9,759by expresstechsoftware1 year ago
Allows the customers to ask questions about products and admin to answer/moderate them.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.8(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Turnkey bbPress by WeaverTheme
Down in the last 7 days:60#10,167by wpweaver3 months ago
At last! Turnkey bbPress. Beautiful bbPress styles. Essential layout and user/admin usability options. No CSS or PHP coding required.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 12/day
bbP topic count
Down in the last 7 days:10#10,413by Robin W2 months ago
For bbPress - adds any combination of topics, replies and totals under the authors avatar in topics and replies
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(15)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Simple:Press Forum
Up in the last 7 days:14#10,455by simplepress1 month ago
The most versatile and feature-rich forum plugin for WordPress. Create unlimited forums with awesome features directly in your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.2(24)
- Downloads
- 17/day
Post Comments as bbPress Topics
Down in the last 7 days:25#11,188by Robin W18 days ago
Replace the comments on your WordPress blog posts with topics from an integrated bbPress install
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.3(18)
- Downloads
- 17/day
topicPolls Pro for bbPress
Down in the last 7 days:79#11,567by Milan Petrovic18 days ago
Implement a polls system for topics in bbPress powered forums, with settings to control voting, poll closing, display of results and more.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.8(5)
- Downloads
- 17/day
bbp user ranking
Up in the last 7 days:27#12,427by Robin W2 months ago
For bbPress - Lets you add ranking and badges to topics, replies, and profiles
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
bbp last post
Down in the last 7 days:66#13,009by Robin W2 months ago
For bbPress - changes the freshness displays to date
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Forum Server
Down in the last 7 days:52#14,764by lucidcrew11 years ago
This Wordpress plugin is a complete forum system for your wordpress blog.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.3(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day
bbp profile information
Down in the last 7 days:165#15,104by Robin W2 months ago
For bbPress - adds fields to the bbp user profile and displays any combination of these under the authors avatar in topics and replies
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Vanilla Forums
Up in the last 7 days:1#15,630by VanillaForums6 years ago
Not a Vanilla Forum owner? Create one here
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 2.8(17)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-United
Up in the last 7 days:52#16,464by jhong12 years ago
Bridge phpBB and WordPress!
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.3(52)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bit Connect
Up in the last 7 days:5,239#17,033by Bit Apps1 day ago
Build a community, forum, feedback portal and public roadmap with posts, profiles, votes, discussions, notifications and moderation.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 50/day
bbPress auto subscribe for new topics and replies
Down in the last 7 days:7#17,940by quan_flo10 years ago
Automatically checks the subscription checkbox for new bbpress topics or bbpress replies and saves the last state via ajax for each user and for new t …
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 3.9(8)
- Downloads
- 3/day
Website Toolbox Forum
Down in the last 7 days:217#18,377by Website Toolbox LLC28 days ago
Effortlessly build a beautiful discussion forum with instant setup, seamless embedding, and exceptional support.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 4.6(13)
- Downloads
- 11/day
bbPress Integration
Down in the last 7 days:43#18,490by Michael Adams (mdawaffe)17 years ago
Provides single sign on login with a bbPress installation.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
bbp buddypress profile information
Up in the last 7 days:82#18,765by Robin W2 months ago
For buddypress/bbPress - Displays any combination of up to 4 buddypress field under the authors avatar in topics and replies
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Forum Permissions bbPress
Up in the last 7 days:200#18,895by Verdant Studio7 months ago
Restrict the forum permissions per user role.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day
bbPress Notifications
Down in the last 7 days:115#19,194by dFactory13 years ago
bbPress Notifications allows you to automatically send email notifications to specific users when new topics or replies are posted.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
bbPress Unread Posts v2
Down in the last 7 days:285#21,114by Coronoro11 years ago
Simple Plugin which shows whether a registered user has read a Post or not.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.6(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Muut
Down in the last 7 days:54#21,151by Paul11 years ago
Muut represents a complete re-imagination of what internet discussion forums and commenting should be. It’s a modern, fast, highly scalable discussion …
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 3.9(19)
- Downloads
- 0/day
phpbb_recent_topics
Down in the last 7 days:284#21,655by linickx15 years ago
This plugin grabs your recent phpBB forum topics for you to display in wordpress.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
bbPress Reports
#22,741by Tareq Hasan6 years ago
A reporting tool for bbPress
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ZenCommunity
Up in the last 7 days:1,256#23,281by Kodezen LLC15 days ago
Build a modern online community in WordPress: spaces, social feeds, discussion forum, events, polls, member profiles, chat and support tickets.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 14/day
Spam Check for Asgaros
Up in the last 7 days:231#24,828by guidve1 year ago
A simple and configurable spam filter for the Asgaros Forum plugin. Automatically detects blacklisted terms in posts and optionally bans spammers.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 12/day
phpBB Topics Portal
Up in the last 7 days:462#27,366by macmiller14 years ago
A widget that accesses your phpBB forum and displays recent posts on your Wordpress page.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-Phpbb Last Topics
Down in the last 7 days:467#31,408by peppolone19 years ago
Plugin used to display the most recent topics of your phpBB forum(it works with phpbb 2.* and also phpbb 3.*)
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PrimeTime WordPress + Discourse SSO
Down in the last 7 days:7#32,237by etcio11 years ago
This plugin provides single sign-on capabilities for Discourse using WordPress user authentication.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Private forums visibility
Down in the last 7 days:187#34,712by Robin W4 years ago
For bbPress - displays private forums titles and optional descriptions to non-logged in users, and optionally hides the prefix 'private'
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Forum Widgets
Down in the last 7 days:65#34,802by Mian Saleem10 years ago
Adds two new widgets (Forum Threads and Forum Categories) to display your Simple Forum Threads/Categories on your site
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ForumConverter
Up in the last 7 days:12,874#35,496by Orson Teodoro15 years ago
Migrates a phpBB forum into a bbPress forum.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Display Xenforo Node
Up in the last 7 days:5,984#37,202by anybuy12 years ago
Display Xenforo Node is a WordPress plugin that allows you to show nodes (Category, Forum, LinkForum, Page) from your separate xenforo forum as primar …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
codoforum-sso
Up in the last 7 days:7,116#37,406by evnix6 years ago
Integrates Codoforum forum software with WordPress using SSO(Single Sign On)
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
BBps Update Status
#37,656by Remi Corson14 years ago
This little plugin automatically set topics status older than a month to resolved.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
vBPress
Up in the last 7 days:7,556#39,223by Aaron Forgue15 years ago
vBPress seamlessly integrates WordPress with vBulletin
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Extension BBcode Bata
#39,423by jianmingyong14 years ago
Font Bold: [b][/b]
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day