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BEST FORUM WORDPRESS PLUGIN?

by Mr. Murf
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Warriors, can you suggest the best forum plugin for wordpress? bb press, simple press, vanilla press, wp forum, zingiri forum, Tal.ki embedded forums? Whats the Best?:confused:
#forum #plugin #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author ProEFI
    I prefer Mingle forum... it's a lighter plugin than Simple Press.

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  • Profile picture of the author 8485marketing
    I know this post says WordPress Forum Plugin but I couldn't help myself to add this about something that isn't.

    I use something that's not a WordPress Plugin, it's called Simple Machines and you can upload it through ftp and install it just as easily as WordPress. You then use a WordPress to Simple Machines Bridge Plugin to tie the two together.

    Might be worth a look at.

    I'm also commenting on this so I can follow the thread to see what experience other have had with WordPress forum plugins so that I can try others in the future.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mr. Murf
      i will look into that! thanks
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      • Profile picture of the author Chuck Evans
        You may come across something called Mingle Forum, but their website is full of affiliate marketing nonsense and far too much advertising; my gut feeling is to stay away from it given there are better choices, this forum post is full of dissatisfied users.

        bbPress is from Automattic, the Wordpress folks and easily integrates with Wordpress.
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    • Profile picture of the author bwh1
      Originally Posted by 8485marketing View Post

      You then use a WordPress to Simple Machines Bridge Plugin to tie the two together.

      Might be worth a look at.

      I'm also commenting on this so I can follow the thread to see what experience other have had with WordPress forum plugins so that I can try others in the future.
      I'm asking sorry to the OP as this isn't a WP plugin but I also use Simple Machines and it works without any hickups. I put it into a subdomain as it's not possible to run it inside WP.

      8485marketing - could you PM me about that bridge plugin you mentioned. What does that plugin resolves?.

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  • Profile picture of the author WillR
    Mingle for sure.

    Currently using it with a few thousand members and 5,000+ posts and have never had a problem. My members also love how easy it is to use.
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  • Profile picture of the author ozarksentinel
    The one question I have is exactly how do you make money with a forum? Are you limiting it to selling items, using Adsense? I'm curious. I have seen so many forums and they seem to be places to interact, but not really a method of generating income.
    Just curious if anyone here is actually benefiting from a forum (other than the obvious one we are one. ) :-)
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    • Profile picture of the author 8485marketing
      Originally Posted by ozarksentinel View Post

      The one question I have is exactly how do you make money with a forum? Are you limiting it to selling items, using Adsense? I'm curious. I have seen so many forums and they seem to be places to interact, but not really a method of generating income.
      Just curious if anyone here is actually benefiting from a forum (other than the obvious one we are one. ) :-)
      By having a forum you gain members to your website. these members can be marketed to via email or through a special offers section within the forum. Membership fees to access the forum can also be applied. You can also charge other product owners to advertise their products within the special offers section. You can offer paid advertising in general too. Look at the top of this page for example, there's a banner ad.
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      • Profile picture of the author ozarksentinel
        Originally Posted by 8485marketing View Post

        By having a forum you gain members to your website. these members can be marketed to via email or through a special offers section within the forum. Membership fees to access the forum can also be applied. You can also charge other product owners to advertise their products within the special offers section. You can offer paid advertising in general too. Look at the top of this page for example, there's a banner ad.
        Thanks, I appreciate your reply. I'm just not certain the income would offset the time it could take to administer the forum.
        I suspect for some, especially niche-type forums, it could work well.
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        • Profile picture of the author WillR
          Originally Posted by ozarksentinel View Post

          Thanks, I appreciate your reply. I'm just not certain the income would offset the time it could take to administer the forum.
          I suspect for some, especially niche-type forums, it could work well.
          You are correct there. A forum is not a small undertaking and I would guess that the majority of forums out there do not make back the money and time it costs to run them.

          The more popular a forum becomes the more money can be made from them, but the more time and resources are needed to maintain it.

          One of the better ways to monetize a forum these days is to create a private forum where only those who have paid a subscription get access to the forum. It means you are not going to open yourself to all the spam and junk associated with public forums.
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  • Profile picture of the author Marx Vergel Melencio
    SimplePress, at least according to my tests and specific requirements, especially accessibility for viewers and members with assistive software and tools like screenreader software for the totally blind and magnifiers for the visually impaired, and also because social register, login and WP user mailing list integration functionalities are quite simple and easy to implement with SimplePress. More importantly: SimplePress support is excellent!
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  • Profile picture of the author ravijayagopal
    Mingle, closely followed by Simpleress.
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  • Profile picture of the author twisters
    WPMU Dev Forum Plugin

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  • Profile picture of the author Mohsin Rasool
    Another Vote for bbPress. A Solid plugin with long history and support.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kezz
    It really depends on what type of functionality you need. They each have pros and cons in my experience

    Simpleress - excellent integration with WordPress out of the box, great "full forum" functionality, but can be slow when it gets busy

    bbPress - also integrates with WordPress out of the box, is very simple to use, but has quite limited functionality

    Vanilla Forum - outstanding speed and functionality, integrates with WP via single sign on (with some coaxing), great for complex functionality requirements.
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  • Profile picture of the author TrafficSalad
    Thanks for sharing this, I'm looking for a wordpress plugin for a forum and this is something that I would definitely try out.
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