{"id":3985,"date":"2018-08-30T15:49:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T14:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/?p=3985"},"modified":"2019-04-25T11:22:56","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T11:22:56","slug":"wordpress-forum-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wordpress-forum-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"Best WordPress Forum Plugin | wpForo Review &#038; Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I have <strong>recently<\/strong> talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/best-affiliate-marketing-forums\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how cool forums are<\/a>, so <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">why not<\/span> build your <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">own forum<\/span><\/strong> with an awesome <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WordPress forum plugin?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I am an <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">internet geek<\/span> <\/strong>and I have<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> over 50<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/niche-site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">niche sites<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I have been <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">testing software<\/span> to create <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">forums<\/span> from the<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> paid and expensive ones<\/span><\/strong> to the <strong>free ones.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is definitely<\/span> some <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">paid<\/span><\/strong> software that is\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">great<\/span> like <a href=\"https:\/\/xenforo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">xenforo<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/invisioncommunity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invisioncommunity<\/a>\u00a0but dang, those are <strong>expensive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcodiversi.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D3985&#038;text=%20I%20have%20soon%20figured%20that%20most%20of%20the%20internet%20marketers%20and%20website%20owners%20are%20digital%20illiterates.&#038;via=marcodiversi&#038;related=marcodiversi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> I have soon figured that most of the internet marketers and website owners are digital illiterates. <\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcodiversi.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D3985&#038;text=%20I%20have%20soon%20figured%20that%20most%20of%20the%20internet%20marketers%20and%20website%20owners%20are%20digital%20illiterates.&#038;via=marcodiversi&#038;related=marcodiversi\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"bctt-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">means<\/span> that they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">would have a hard time<\/span> to set <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">up<\/span><\/strong> a <strong>server<\/strong> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">configure<\/span> a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">complex<\/span> system like a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">forum<\/span>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So now, I am <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">writing<\/span> this article <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">because<\/span><\/strong> I have found<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> the perfect free solution<\/span> that is <strong>actually<\/strong> even <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">better<\/span> than some <strong>paid<\/strong> ones.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcodiversi.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D3985&#038;text=If%20you%20don%27t%20know%20me%20yet%2C%20I%20am%20the%20king%20of%20being%20cheap%20and%20at%20the%20same%20time%20super%20efficient.%20I%20don%27t%20spend%20money%20unless%20is%20strictly%20necessary.%20&#038;via=marcodiversi&#038;related=marcodiversi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">If you don&#039;t know me yet, I am the king of being cheap and at the same time super efficient. I don&#039;t spend money unless is strictly necessary.  <\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcodiversi.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D3985&#038;text=If%20you%20don%27t%20know%20me%20yet%2C%20I%20am%20the%20king%20of%20being%20cheap%20and%20at%20the%20same%20time%20super%20efficient.%20I%20don%27t%20spend%20money%20unless%20is%20strictly%20necessary.%20&#038;via=marcodiversi&#038;related=marcodiversi\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"bctt-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The catch is t<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hat this kind of forum<\/span> will work <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">only<\/span> on a <strong>WordPress<\/strong> site.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The best <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WordPress forum plugi<\/span>n is called <strong>wpForo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can check o<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ut my brand new forum<\/span> created on <strong>marcodiversi.com<\/strong> from the button below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/forum\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px\" target=\"__blank\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"> CHECK OUT MY FORUM<\/span><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Do you like it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If the answer is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">yes<\/span>, I will<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> guide you step by step<\/span> <\/strong>on how to make a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">forum<\/span> on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WordPress<\/span>\u00a0that rocks with almost <strong>no <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">technical<\/span>\u00a0knowledge<\/strong> required.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3987\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wordpress-forum-plugin.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"wordpress forum plugin\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wordpress-forum-plugin.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wordpress-forum-plugin.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wordpress-forum-plugin.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wordpress-forum-plugin.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Please <a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/forum\/?wpforo=signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>create an account<\/strong><\/a> and start <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">contributing<\/span> to my <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">forum<\/span>. This is a new <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">community<\/span> and I would love to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">grow it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I have already <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">installed<\/span> this <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">plugin and created<\/span> awesome <strong>forums<\/strong> fo<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">r 5 other of my sites<\/span> and it <strong>works<\/strong> like heaven.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wordpress-forum-plugin\/#Best_WordPress_Forum_Plugin_wpForo_Installation\" >Best WordPress Forum Plugin | wpForo Installation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wordpress-forum-plugin\/#wpForo_Basic_Settings\" >wpForo Basic Settings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wordpress-forum-plugin\/#WordPress_Community_Forum_Page_Settings\" >WordPress Community Forum Page Settings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wordpress-forum-plugin\/#Adjust_The_Menus_Settings\" >Adjust The Menus Settings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wordpress-forum-plugin\/#Adding_Stuff_To_The_Sides_Of_Your_Wp_Forum\" >Adding Stuff To The Sides Of Your Wp Forum<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wordpress-forum-plugin\/#Styling_Your_WordPress_Forum\" >Styling Your WordPress Forum<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wordpress-forum-plugin\/#Create_A_Facebook_Login_System_For_Users_To_Your_WordPress_Forum\" >Create A Facebook Login System For Users To Your WordPress Forum<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wordpress-forum-plugin\/#Adjusting_The_Tools_Section\" >Adjusting The Tools Section<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wordpress-forum-plugin\/#How_To_Add_A_Forum_To_WordPress\" >How To\u00a0Add A\u00a0Forum To WordPress<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wordpress-forum-plugin\/#Make_The_Sidebar_Sticky\" >Make The Sidebar Sticky<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wordpress-forum-plugin\/#Best_Forum_Plugin_For_WordPress_wpForo_Add-ons\" >Best Forum Plugin For WordPress | wpForo Add-ons<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wordpress-forum-plugin\/#Conclusions\" >Conclusions<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Best_WordPress_Forum_Plugin_wpForo_Installation\"><\/span>Best WordPress Forum Plugin | wpForo Installation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So if <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you liked the forum<\/span> on this <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">site<\/span> you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">probably<\/span> want to<strong> create a forum<\/strong> on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WordPress<\/span>\u00a0as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">drop a vide<\/span>o here with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the same exact procedure<\/span> I <strong>follow<\/strong> to build a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">forum<\/span> with <strong>wpForo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PV5MJY0ScUQ\" width=\"800\" height=\"403\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">if you like more<\/span> to read <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">instead<\/span><\/strong> of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">watching<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you need some guidanc<\/span>e you can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">follow<\/span> along with this <strong>guide<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">reason<\/span> why <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you should us<\/span>e <strong>wpForo<\/strong> are:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">extremely simple<\/span><\/strong> to manage and install,<\/li>\n<li>it includes all the <strong>advanced features<\/strong> of a paid forum,<\/li>\n<li>it will have a <strong>sitemap<\/strong> feature in the next wpForo update,<\/li>\n<li>it looks <strong>beautiful<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li>it is completely <strong>free<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li>there are \u00a0paid add-ons\u00a0for <strong>advanced<\/strong> features like (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">private messages between users<\/span> etc..),<\/li>\n<li>24 hours <strong>support<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li>no <strong>limits<\/strong> since you own it on your <strong>WordPress<\/strong> site,<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>mobile friendly<\/strong>,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>seo friendly<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li>member <strong>profiles<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li><strong>RSS feed<\/strong> <strong>subscriptions<\/strong> and watch threads,<\/li>\n<li><strong>and so much more.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> all you have to do<\/span> is to go <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">login into your WordPress,<\/span> head over <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the plugins sectio<\/span>n and search for:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>wpForo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wpforo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4102 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/install-wpforo.jpg?resize=640%2C295&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"install wpforo\" width=\"640\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/install-wpforo.jpg?w=1264&amp;ssl=1 1264w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/install-wpforo.jpg?resize=300%2C138&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/install-wpforo.jpg?resize=768%2C354&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/install-wpforo.jpg?resize=1024%2C472&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Install<\/strong><\/span> and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">activate<\/span><\/strong> the plugin and you will be ready to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">go<\/span>.\u00a0 You can look at your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">forum<\/span> already if you click on the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">admin<\/span> bar tab.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4105\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/see-your-forum-live.jpg?resize=640%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"see your forum live\" width=\"640\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/see-your-forum-live.jpg?w=1264&amp;ssl=1 1264w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/see-your-forum-live.jpg?resize=300%2C79&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/see-your-forum-live.jpg?resize=768%2C203&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/see-your-forum-live.jpg?resize=1024%2C271&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you followed my <a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speed optimization guide for WordPress<\/a> you will need to <strong>disable<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>js auto-optimization&#8221;<\/strong><\/span> from the plugin called <strong>autooptmize<\/strong>. (this gives conflicts with wpForo).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4097\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/autoptimize-disabled.jpg?resize=640%2C352&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"autoptimize disabled\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/autoptimize-disabled.jpg?w=1103&amp;ssl=1 1103w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/autoptimize-disabled.jpg?resize=300%2C165&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/autoptimize-disabled.jpg?resize=768%2C422&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/autoptimize-disabled.jpg?resize=1024%2C563&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"wpForo_Basic_Settings\"><\/span>wpForo Basic Settings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once the installation is <strong>completed<\/strong> you will need to <strong>adjust<\/strong> a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">few settings<\/span> so that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">members<\/span> can actually <strong>register to your forum.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> first and most important<\/span><\/strong> is to go to your WordPress:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Settings &gt; General &gt;\u00a0<\/strong>Membership &gt; Anyone can register (<strong>check<\/strong> this option)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You need to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">check<\/span> the\u00a0<strong>Anyone can register checkbox<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">can go to the<\/span> <strong>wpForo setting<\/strong>s tab and <strong>adjust<\/strong> some settings <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">there<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I like to have my forum URL as:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><code> mywebsite.com\/forum<\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By default, you will get:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><code> mywebsite.com\/community<\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can <strong>change<\/strong> the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">default URL<\/span> from the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">wpForo<\/span><\/strong> settings tab.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4111\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-general-settings.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"wpforo general settings\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-general-settings.jpg?w=1093&amp;ssl=1 1093w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-general-settings.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-general-settings.jpg?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-general-settings.jpg?resize=1024%2C575&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-general-settings.jpg?resize=394%2C221&amp;ssl=1 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">can scroll over<\/span> the first <strong>5 tabs<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>forums,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>forums accesses (skip this),<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>topics &amp; 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padding-bottom: 10px; padding-right: 5px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-settings-gallery-2.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"envira-gallery-4115 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery4115\" title=\"WPFORO SETTINGS GALLERY 2\" data-envira-caption=\"WPFORO SETTINGS GALLERY 2\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><div class=\"envira-lazy\" data-test-width=\"640\" data-test-height=\"480\" style=\"padding-bottom:75%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-4117\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-2\" data-envira-index=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-settings-gallery-2.jpg?fit=640%2C667&#038;ssl=1\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-settings-gallery-2.jpg?fit=640%2C667&#038;ssl=1\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"4115\" data-envira-item-id=\"4117\" data-envira-caption=\"WPFORO SETTINGS GALLERY 2\" alt=\"wpforo settings gallery 2\" title=\"WPFORO SETTINGS GALLERY 2\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-settings-gallery-2.jpg?fit=640%2C667&#038;ssl=1 400w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-settings-gallery-2.jpg?fit=640%2C667&#038;ssl=1 2x\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-4118\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-3 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 5px; 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people will need to <strong>click<\/strong> on <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">topics<\/span><\/strong> to see the <strong>recent posts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can adjust the <strong>settings accordin<\/strong>g to your <strong>needs<\/strong> and<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> skip the point number 2<\/span> in the list above.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I will talk later about:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Styles<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>API&#8217;s<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WordPress_Community_Forum_Page_Settings\"><\/span>WordPress Community Forum Page Settings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When you hit the <strong>activate button<\/strong> on wpForo it will<strong> automatically create a:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><code>yourwebsite.com\/community<\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">page on your website.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>newly made page<\/strong><\/span> includes a <strong>shortcode<\/strong> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will pull out<\/span> all the <strong>code<\/strong> and paint it on <strong>browsers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4132 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wp-pages.jpg?resize=159%2C105&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"wp pages\" width=\"159\" height=\"105\" \/>You need<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> to adjust some settings<\/span><\/strong> in there so that you<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> can have a better look<\/span> and an <strong>SEO friendly forum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So go to<strong> your website pages<\/strong> and click on &#8220;<strong>edit&#8221;<\/strong> on the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">newly<\/span> created page.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Do not change the slug, that one needs to remain as it is, &#8220;<em>community<\/em>&#8220;.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then you<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> can change the title<\/strong><\/span> of your site, that one is the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one that will visualize<\/span> on<strong> top of your forum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you have <a href=\"https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Yoast SEO<\/strong><\/a> installed you can go to the <strong>bottom<\/strong> an<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">d create an appealing meta description<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Now it comes to the important stuff!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Depending on your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">theme<\/span>, you will get<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> on the right sidebar<\/span> a &#8220;<strong>page attributes<\/strong>&#8221; tab.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">themes<\/span> don&#8217;t have it and you will need to install a plugin called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/fullwidth-templates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Fullwidth Page Templates<\/strong><\/a> to have it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4104 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/page-attributes.jpg?resize=257%2C282&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"page attributes\" width=\"257\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/page-attributes.jpg?w=309&amp;ssl=1 309w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/page-attributes.jpg?resize=273%2C300&amp;ssl=1 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4098 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/disable-amp.jpg?resize=314%2C561&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"disable amp\" width=\"314\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/disable-amp.jpg?w=314&amp;ssl=1 314w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/disable-amp.jpg?resize=168%2C300&amp;ssl=1 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/>There are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a few options in there<\/span> and the most <strong>important<\/strong> is that you<strong> set it to full width<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That way <strong>your forum will visualize<\/strong> on the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">entire screen<\/span> and not only on the side.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is <strong>more<\/strong> readable and <strong>mobile friendly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then you want to &#8220;<strong>hide<\/strong>&#8221; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">AMP on the forum<\/span> if you have followed my <a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speed up WordPress guide<\/a> and <strong>installed<\/strong> AMP to make your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">mobile<\/span> users happier.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Well, you will need to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">disable<\/span> it <strong>on this pag<\/strong>e. AMP<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> will not work<\/span> and will <strong>cause indexing problems<\/strong> with this forum.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then you <strong>might<\/strong> want to disable &#8220;<strong>Show likes.<\/strong>&#8221; and &#8220;<strong>Show sharing buttons.<\/strong>&#8221; (From jetpack, they are at the bottom of the page).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you have a <strong>table of contents generator<\/strong> you will need to <strong>disable<\/strong> that as <strong>well<\/strong> on that page.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All <strong>the settings are only applied<\/strong> to <strong>that specific wp page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Adjust_The_Menus_Settings\"><\/span>Adjust The Menus Settings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now if you go look your <strong>just created forum<\/strong>, depending on the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">theme<\/span> you are using the<strong> wpforo menus can be visualized<\/strong> or <strong>they can not<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Don&#8217;t<strong> freak out or trying<\/strong> to<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> contact the support<\/strong><\/span> or <strong>wondering<\/strong> days on <strong>how to show the menu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4133 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wordpress-menu-2.jpg?resize=174%2C149&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"174\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wordpress-menu-2.jpg?w=311&amp;ssl=1 311w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wordpress-menu-2.jpg?resize=300%2C258&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 174px) 100vw, 174px\" \/>All you have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>to do is<\/strong><\/span> to go to <strong>your WordPress backend menu tab<\/strong> and add the newly <strong>created<\/strong> menu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here on <strong>marcodiversi.com<\/strong>, I have <strong>integrated<\/strong> the default <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">menu<\/span> of my site with the one by <strong>default from wpForo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You don&#8217;t have to <strong>do that which<\/strong> is more <strong>complicated<\/strong> if you <strong>want<\/strong> to visualize <strong>your forum menu with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>forum,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>members,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>recent posts,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>register,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>login,<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">you just <strong>need to check the option<\/strong> shown in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">picture on the bottom<\/span>. I have a website with <strong>2 languages<\/strong> and this makes it <strong>more complex<\/strong> but if you have a <strong>regular<\/strong> site just <strong>check that box<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4112\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-menu-setup.jpg?resize=640%2C705&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"wpforo menu setup\" width=\"640\" height=\"705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-menu-setup.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-menu-setup.jpg?resize=273%2C300&amp;ssl=1 273w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-menu-setup.jpg?resize=768%2C845&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-menu-setup.jpg?resize=930%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Adding_Stuff_To_The_Sides_Of_Your_Wp_Forum\"><\/span>Adding Stuff To The Sides Of Your Wp Forum<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now like <strong>always<\/strong> if you <strong>want to add stuff<\/strong> to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>sides<\/strong><\/span> you will need to go to:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Appearance &gt; Widgets<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You will get<strong> an additional space<\/strong>\u00a0there called the &#8220;<strong>wpForo sidebar&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You will also<strong> have additional widget<\/strong>s created <strong>for wp forum<\/strong> that you can <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">add in there<\/span><\/strong> and adjust the <strong>settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can <strong>also add text widgets<\/strong>,<strong> blog widgets<\/strong> or any <strong>other widget<\/strong> to the WordPress <strong>discussion<\/strong> forum you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">have just created.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I like to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>have a few ads<\/strong><\/span> and the <strong>recent posts<\/strong>, <strong>topics<\/strong>, <strong>users online<\/strong> and a <strong>follow<\/strong> and <strong>subscribe<\/strong> <strong>widget<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4113\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-widgets.jpg?resize=640%2C778&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"wpforo widgets\" width=\"640\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-widgets.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-widgets.jpg?resize=247%2C300&amp;ssl=1 247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-widgets.jpg?resize=768%2C934&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-widgets.jpg?resize=842%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can also add the <strong>wpforo widgets<\/strong> on the<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> sidebar of your blog<\/span>, <strong>website<\/strong> or <strong>whatever<\/strong> you want.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For <strong>instance,<\/strong> people <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">looking at your blog posts<\/span><\/strong> can see on the <strong>side recent posts<\/strong> on the <strong>forum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcodiversi.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D3985&#038;text=%20This%20plug%20in%20is%20Pretty%20awesome%20right%3F&#038;via=marcodiversi&#038;related=marcodiversi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> This plug in is Pretty awesome right? <\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcodiversi.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D3985&#038;text=%20This%20plug%20in%20is%20Pretty%20awesome%20right%3F&#038;via=marcodiversi&#038;related=marcodiversi\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"bctt-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Styling_Your_WordPress_Forum\"><\/span>Styling Your WordPress Forum<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now you can <strong>go visit your forum again<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>It should have a nice and <strong>working menu<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>full-size<\/strong> working and <strong>mobile responsive<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>stuff on the <strong>sidebar<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>general<\/strong> options adjusted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you go back to the forum:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Settings &gt; Style<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>adjust the <em>colors<\/em><\/strong><\/span> of your <strong>forum<\/strong> and make it <strong>look<\/strong> the way you want <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">too<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpforo.com\/docs\/root\/forum-themes\/theme-styles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is the documentation<\/span> <\/a>that <strong>explains<\/strong> to <strong>what colors<\/strong> the numbers <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">correspond<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are <strong>messing up with the colors<\/strong> there is <strong>no reset button<\/strong>, unfortunately. With the<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> picture below you will be able<\/span> to see the <strong>default colors of wpforo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4114\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/default-values-wpforo-styles-1.png?resize=640%2C606&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"default values wpforo styles\" width=\"640\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/default-values-wpforo-styles-1.png?w=1069&amp;ssl=1 1069w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/default-values-wpforo-styles-1.png?resize=300%2C284&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/default-values-wpforo-styles-1.png?resize=768%2C728&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/default-values-wpforo-styles-1.png?resize=1024%2C970&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In my experience the <strong>numbers<\/strong> that are giving <strong>most of the look are<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>3<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>12<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you <strong>change those to the ones<\/strong> that you <strong>have on your main site<\/strong> you will be <strong>mostly<\/strong> ready to go. Of course, you can also <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>change all the other<\/strong><\/span> numbers and customize it even <strong>more<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Something important<\/strong> also you need <strong>to do is to<\/strong> add this <strong>snippet<\/strong> of code to the &#8220;<strong>Custom CSS Code<\/strong>&#8221; tab on the tab. If you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">don&#8217;t add this lines of code<\/span> to the CSS <strong>the facebook login button will not show<\/strong> up on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">mobile<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><code><span class=\"s1\">.fb_iframe_widget iframe {<\/span><\/code><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><code><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 position: relative!important;<\/span><\/code><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><code><span class=\"s2\">}<\/span><\/code><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">allow users<\/span> to <strong>log in with Facebook<\/strong> from mobile! \u00a0We <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will talk about thi<\/span>s in the next section.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4109\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-fix-facebook-mobile-issue.jpg?resize=640%2C258&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"wpforo fix facebook mobile issue\" width=\"640\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-fix-facebook-mobile-issue.jpg?w=1103&amp;ssl=1 1103w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-fix-facebook-mobile-issue.jpg?resize=300%2C121&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-fix-facebook-mobile-issue.jpg?resize=768%2C309&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-fix-facebook-mobile-issue.jpg?resize=1024%2C412&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Create_A_Facebook_Login_System_For_Users_To_Your_WordPress_Forum\"><\/span>Create A Facebook Login System For Users To Your WordPress Forum<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although\u00a0this wp forum plugin has a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">perfectly working register<\/span><\/strong> and <strong>login<\/strong> system we can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">make<\/span> it even <strong>cooler<\/strong> adding a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>facebook one-click login<\/strong> <\/span>system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In order<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> to do that<\/span> <\/strong>we will need to give wpForo<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> 2 parameters called<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>App ID<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>App Secret<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find this option here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Settings &gt; API&#8217;s<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To get the <strong>app id<\/strong> and the <strong>app secret key<\/strong> you will need to go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Facebook developers website<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the <a href=\"https:\/\/wpforo.com\/community\/faq\/how-to-get-facebook-app-id-and-secret-key\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official guide<\/a> from wpForo but I will <strong>guide<\/strong> you as <strong>well<\/strong> since it&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pretty easy.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You will need a <strong>Facebook account<\/strong> in the first place!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Use your <strong>best Facebook account<\/strong> if you have multiple accounts and <strong>we need to create an app.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4101\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/facebook-developers-app.jpg?resize=640%2C295&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"facebook developers app\" width=\"640\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/facebook-developers-app.jpg?w=1256&amp;ssl=1 1256w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/facebook-developers-app.jpg?resize=300%2C138&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/facebook-developers-app.jpg?resize=768%2C353&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/facebook-developers-app.jpg?resize=1024%2C471&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here are the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">steps you need<\/span> to follow:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>go to <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook developers app site.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>add<\/strong> a new app.<\/li>\n<li>give it a <strong>name<\/strong>: <strong>i.e.:<\/strong> Marco Diversi Forum.<\/li>\n<li>click on <strong>set up<\/strong> on the &#8220;<strong>Facebook Login<\/strong>&#8221; tab.<\/li>\n<li>choose <strong>WWW<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>put <strong>your website URL<\/strong> <strong>i.e:<\/strong> https:\/\/marcodiversi.com (<strong>do not put the forum URL<\/strong>, put the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">home page<\/span>).<\/li>\n<li>click on <strong>save<\/strong>, do <strong>not<\/strong> continue.<\/li>\n<li>go on the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">left side<\/span> to\u00a0<strong>Facebook Login &gt; Settings page<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>you should have &#8220;<strong>Client OAuth Login<\/strong>&#8220;, &#8220;<strong>Web OAuth Login<\/strong>&#8220;, &#8220;<strong>Enforce HTTPS<\/strong>&#8221; set to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Yes<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>put the URL of your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">website again<\/span> in there and if you want too you can enable &#8220;<strong>Login from Devices<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<li>click on the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>switch on top<\/strong><\/span> to make it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">live<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>you will get a <strong>warning<\/strong> that a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">privacy policy<\/span><\/strong> link is needed.<\/li>\n<li>click on the <strong>link<\/strong> that is on the <strong>pop up from Facebook<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>you will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">land<\/span> on a page and you will see &#8220;<strong>Privacy Policy URL<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<li>paste <strong>your website privacy policy<\/strong> URL, if you don&#8217;t have a policy page, make one.<\/li>\n<li>click on the <strong>switch again<\/strong> to make it live, give it a category and you are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ready<\/span> to go.<\/li>\n<li>click on <strong>Settings &gt; Basics<\/strong> from the menu on the left.<\/li>\n<li>you will need to copy the &#8220;<strong>app id<\/strong>&#8221; and &#8220;<strong>app secre<\/strong>t&#8221; and paste them respectively into <strong>wpForo API&#8217;s settings.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>You might be asked for your Facebook password to see the &#8220;<strong>app secret<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<li>Once you have pasted <strong>the keys into wpForo<\/strong> API&#8217;s click on &#8220;<strong>update options<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If all <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">went wel<\/span>l you should be able to see<strong> Facebook enabled<\/strong> as a <strong>sharing<\/strong> method and if you visit your <strong>forum<\/strong> with a <strong>private browse<\/strong>r you <strong>should<\/strong> be able to see the<strong> Facebook login button<\/strong> on your<strong> register page.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4108\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-facebook-login-page.jpg?resize=640%2C318&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"wpforo facebook login page\" width=\"640\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-facebook-login-page.jpg?w=1260&amp;ssl=1 1260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-facebook-login-page.jpg?resize=300%2C149&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-facebook-login-page.jpg?resize=768%2C382&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-facebook-login-page.jpg?resize=1024%2C510&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Adjusting_The_Tools_Section\"><\/span>Adjusting The Tools Section<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You also have a tab called &#8220;<strong>tools<\/strong>&#8221; using this awesome <strong>WordPress forum plugi<\/strong>n where you can get <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">additional<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">settings<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you click on &#8220;<strong>tools<\/strong>&#8221; you will have these additional tabs:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>antispam.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>privacy &amp; rules.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>misc.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can <strong>adjust the spam<\/strong> tab as you <strong>wish.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I feel like <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">everything<\/span> is good <strong>already<\/strong> except that I like to put 2 under\u00a0&#8220;<strong>Min number of posts<\/strong>&#8221; to be able to <strong>post<\/strong> links so that people <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will be able to post links<\/span> only after I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">have approved 2 of their posts<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you click on the next tab &#8221; <strong>privacy &amp; rules<\/strong>&#8221; you will be able to<strong> add your contact page<\/strong> URL, <strong>privacy page URL<\/strong>, and <strong>terms<\/strong> page URL.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This will make your side <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">GDPR friendly<\/span><\/strong> and pull out<strong> those link<\/strong>s to your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">visitors<\/span> so that you will take their <strong>consent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I have filled in my <strong>contact<\/strong>, <strong>privacy<\/strong>, and <strong>terms<\/strong> URLs and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">disabled<\/span> all the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">other option<\/span>s which are annoying except &#8220;<strong>Forum Cookies<\/strong>&#8221; which is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">enabled<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From the &#8220;<strong>misc<\/strong>&#8221; tab you can do <strong>SEO stuff like<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">whitelisting<\/span> certain domains so that they will get a <strong>dofollow<\/strong> link instead of a <strong>nofollow lin<\/strong>k, <a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/what-are-backlinks-seo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">read about backlinks<\/a> here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">don&#8217;t have to worry<\/span> about this yet, but you<strong> better know<\/strong> that you also<strong> have these awesome<\/strong> options.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_To_Add_A_Forum_To_WordPress\"><\/span>How To\u00a0Add A\u00a0Forum To WordPress<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you should have<\/span> the <strong>foundations<\/strong> of your <strong>WordPress forum plugin<\/strong> all configured. If something is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not working properly<\/span> I advice you to <strong>take<\/strong> a <strong>look<\/strong> at the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">wpforo community<\/span><\/strong> forum.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpforo.com\/community\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"> WPFORO COMMUNITY<\/span><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is <strong>also a customer support<\/strong> and you can <strong>reach<\/strong> them by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">email<\/span> but I have <strong>noticed<\/strong> that all the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">problems<\/span> I have faced<strong> are resolved on their forum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To <strong>add a forum<\/strong> on WordPress you will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">need to go to<\/span> this\u00a0<strong>WordPress<\/strong> forum plugin to:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Forums<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And then <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">from there<\/span>, you will able to click on:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;<strong>Add new<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4140\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-add-a-forum.jpg?resize=640%2C332&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"wpforo add a forum\" width=\"640\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-add-a-forum.jpg?w=1109&amp;ssl=1 1109w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-add-a-forum.jpg?resize=300%2C156&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-add-a-forum.jpg?resize=768%2C399&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-add-a-forum.jpg?resize=1024%2C532&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can <strong>move the blocks<\/strong> on the<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> picture above<\/span> with a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">simple <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">drag<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> and drop<\/span><\/strong>. The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">blue one<\/span> is the main <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">category<\/span> and the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more right<\/span><\/strong> you move the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">blocks<\/span> the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">deeper<\/span> the <strong>subcategories<\/strong> get.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From there you<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> will able<\/span> to adjust the:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>forum <strong>title<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li>topic <strong>description<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li><strong>slug<\/strong> (is the part of the URL that will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">show up<\/span> in your browser, it&#8217;s important to keep it <strong>nice<\/strong> and <strong>short<\/strong>) <strong>i.e.:<\/strong> marcodiversi.com\/blog\/forum\/<em><strong>nice-clean-slug<\/strong><\/em> (use <strong>hyphens<\/strong> to separate words)<\/li>\n<li>forum <strong>icon,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>forum <strong>SEO<\/strong> ( it&#8217;s th<strong>e meta descriptio<\/strong>n for the Google SERP).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">don&#8217;t have to worry<\/span> about the<strong> other options<\/strong> since the<strong> first one<\/strong> it can be adjusted <strong>dragging<\/strong> and <strong>dropping<\/strong> the parts from the<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> wp forum dashboard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Something <strong>interesting<\/strong> instead is that from the<strong> first menu<\/strong> the menu <strong>colored<\/strong> in <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">blue<\/span><\/strong> on top you can pick:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>extended.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>simplified.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>QA.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> first one<\/span><\/strong> will show <strong>topic<\/strong> and <strong>posts<\/strong> on <strong>columns.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/extended-view.jpg?resize=640%2C297&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"extended view\" width=\"640\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/extended-view.jpg?w=855&amp;ssl=1 855w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/extended-view.jpg?resize=300%2C139&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/extended-view.jpg?resize=768%2C357&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> second one<\/span> <\/strong>will show the last <strong>post thumbnail<\/strong> and <strong>topic<\/strong> and <strong>posts<\/strong> in the picture<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4106\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/simpliefied-view.jpg?resize=640%2C213&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"simplified view\" width=\"640\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/simpliefied-view.jpg?w=867&amp;ssl=1 867w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/simpliefied-view.jpg?resize=300%2C100&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/simpliefied-view.jpg?resize=768%2C255&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And t<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>he third one<\/strong><\/span> will show a question and <strong>answer<\/strong> format.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4136\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-qa.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"wpforo qa\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-qa.jpg?w=822&amp;ssl=1 822w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-qa.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-qa.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A cool thing also is the<strong> forum icons<\/strong>, this will i<strong>nject code from<\/strong> font <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">awesome<\/span>. wpForo suggest looking at <a href=\"https:\/\/fontawesome.com\/icons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the icons here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4143\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-forum-custom-icons.jpg?resize=640%2C151&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"wpforo forum custom icons\" width=\"640\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-forum-custom-icons.jpg?w=787&amp;ssl=1 787w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-forum-custom-icons.jpg?resize=300%2C71&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-forum-custom-icons.jpg?resize=768%2C182&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But since these <strong>are new icons<\/strong> some might<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> not work<\/span> and you might need <a href=\"https:\/\/fontawesome.com\/v4.7.0\/icons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this link<\/a> instead for certain icons (<strong>use the free icons only)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All you <strong>have to do<\/strong> is to <strong>paste<\/strong> the <strong>part<\/strong> of the code that <strong>looks<\/strong> like:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><code class=\"gray5 language-markup\"><span class=\"token tag\"><span class=\"token attr-value\">fas<\/span><\/span><\/code><code class=\"gray5 language-markup\"><span class=\"token tag\"><span class=\"token attr-value\"> fa-anchor<\/span><\/span><\/code><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-fonta-awesome-change-icons.jpg?resize=640%2C306&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"wpforo fonta awesome change icons\" width=\"640\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-fonta-awesome-change-icons.jpg?w=1256&amp;ssl=1 1256w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-fonta-awesome-change-icons.jpg?resize=300%2C144&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-fonta-awesome-change-icons.jpg?resize=768%2C367&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wpforo-fonta-awesome-change-icons.jpg?resize=1024%2C490&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Make_The_Sidebar_Sticky\"><\/span>Make The Sidebar Sticky<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Something that <strong>was bothering me<\/strong> a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">little<\/span> bit was the fact that the <strong>sidebar was not visible<\/strong> if the forum is <strong>big<\/strong> or if there are <strong>many<\/strong> <strong>answers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">solve this problem<\/span> you will need to <strong>install<\/strong> a simple plugin called\u00a0<strong>WP Sticky Sidebar.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then go to the <strong>options<\/strong> of this plugin which are located in:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Settings &gt; Wp sticky sidebar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And you will need to add the\u00a0<strong>Sticky Class<\/strong> as shown in the <strong>picture<\/strong>. I have made <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">already a few forums with wpforo<\/span> and it is <strong>always the same class<\/strong> so you can go <strong>ahead<\/strong> and copy and paste this code in <strong>there<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><code>.wpforo-right-sidebar<\/code><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Make sure<strong> that you copy als<\/strong>o the <strong>dot<\/strong> at the beginning.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4103\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/make-wpforo-sidebar-sticky.jpg?resize=640%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"make wpforo sidebar sticky\" width=\"640\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/make-wpforo-sidebar-sticky.jpg?w=1108&amp;ssl=1 1108w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/make-wpforo-sidebar-sticky.jpg?resize=300%2C159&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/make-wpforo-sidebar-sticky.jpg?resize=768%2C406&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/make-wpforo-sidebar-sticky.jpg?resize=1024%2C542&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If this code <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">doesn&#8217;t work<\/span> you can either <a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/contact-me\/\">contact me<\/a> or find out <strong>which<\/strong> is the <strong>class wrapping<\/strong> the wpforo <strong>sidebar<\/strong> using the <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/web\/tools\/chrome-devtools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chrome dev tools<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Best_Forum_Plugin_For_WordPress_wpForo_Add-ons\"><\/span>Best Forum Plugin For WordPress | wpForo Add-ons<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even though the <strong>free version<\/strong> of this <strong>WordPress forum plugin<\/strong> is absolutely <strong>complete<\/strong> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">awesome<\/span>, there are s<strong>ome add-ons<\/strong> you can <strong>purchase<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here <strong>I will list functionalities<\/strong>, <strong>prices<\/strong> and then you might <strong>consider<\/strong> to get them once your <strong>forum<\/strong> is getting popular.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gvectors.com\/product-category\/wpforo\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"> TAKE A LOOK AT THE ADD-ONS<\/span><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But again, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>free version<\/strong><\/span> is actually <strong>more than enough!<\/strong>\u00a0You <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">don&#8217;t need any<\/span> <\/strong>of these add-ons to make <strong>the best free forum<\/strong> on WordPress.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Blog Cross-Posting:<\/strong><\/em><\/span> probably the <strong>coolest<\/strong> add-ons, it will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">synchronize<\/span> your blog <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">posts<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">comments<\/span> to the forum and <strong>automatically<\/strong> update blog posts and <strong>forum<\/strong> posts.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>myCRED Integration:<\/strong><\/em><\/span> you can give your users <strong>rewards points<\/strong> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">incentivize<\/span> them to write better stuff.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>User Custom Fields:<\/strong><\/em><\/span> it will allow you to<strong> create custom field<\/strong>s for users and it will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">give<\/span> you full control of any <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">profile<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Ads Manager:<\/strong><\/em><\/span> you will be able to<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> put ads in cool spots<\/strong><\/span> and manage all of your ads from one place.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Advanced Attachments:<\/strong><\/em><\/span> if your forum needs people to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">upload special formats<\/span><\/strong> like <strong>videos,<\/strong> music and big <strong>stuff<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Embeds:<\/strong><\/em><\/span> you will be able to <strong>embed any sort<\/strong> of thing from the <strong>editor<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Polls:<\/strong><\/em><\/span> to create <strong>pools<\/strong>, <strong>surveys, <\/strong>and cool <strong>questions<\/strong> and open <strong>answers<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Private Messages:<\/strong><\/em><\/span> to add the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>functionality<\/strong><\/span> to <strong>send private messages<\/strong> to other users.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 264px;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25.1349%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 24.8651%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\"><strong>Single Site License<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\"><strong>3 Sites License<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\"><strong>10 Sites License<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25.1349%; height: 24px;\"><strong>Blog Cross-Posting<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 24.8651%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">$25<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">$39<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">$95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25.1349%; height: 48px;\"><strong>myCRED Integration<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 24.8651%; text-align: center; height: 48px;\">$25<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center; height: 48px;\">$39<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center; height: 48px;\">$95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25.1349%; height: 24px;\"><strong>User Custom Fields<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 24.8651%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">$35<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">$65<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">$125<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25.1349%; height: 24px;\"><strong>Ads Manager<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 24.8651%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">$20<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">$35<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">$75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25.1349%; height: 48px;\"><strong>Advanced Attachments<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 24.8651%; text-align: center; height: 48px;\">$25<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center; height: 48px;\">$39<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center; height: 48px;\">$95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25.1349%; height: 24px;\"><strong>Embeds<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 24.8651%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">$11<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">$20<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">$50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25.1349%; height: 24px;\"><strong>Polls<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 24.8651%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">$25<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">$39<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">$95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25.1349%; height: 24px;\"><strong>Private Messages<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 24.8651%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">$35<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">$55<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">$95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusions\"><\/span>Conclusions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">are looking<\/span> for the <strong>best WordPress forum plugin<\/strong> it doesn&#8217;t take very long to <strong>understand<\/strong> that <strong>wpForo<\/strong> is unbeatable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">reasons why I think<\/span><\/strong> that this is the <strong>best WordPress forum plugin<\/strong> are listed above but if you need a <strong>recap<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>it is <strong>free<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>easy<\/strong> to use and install.<\/li>\n<li>it is <strong>fully<\/strong> <strong>functional<\/strong> like paid forums.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you <strong>didn&#8217;t already<\/strong> I want you to go<strong> to my personal forum<\/strong> on this site and <strong>become<\/strong> a\u00a0<strong>member<\/strong> if you like it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I think that it <strong>looks very good<\/strong>, this <strong>forum<\/strong> got created on the <strong>28th of August 201<\/strong>8 so it is still new and it <strong>needs<\/strong> cool people on <strong>it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/forum\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px\" target=\"__blank\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"> MAKE A FREE ACCOUNT ON MY AFFILIATE MARKETING AND WEBMASTERS COMMUNITY<\/span><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I am <strong>not<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">planning to spam<\/span> it around so the <strong>members that will join<\/strong> will have <strong>interestest<\/strong> in <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">making money <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">onlin<\/span>e<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To create it I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>have used this awesome<\/strong><\/span> WordPress plugin called wpForo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wpforo\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" 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