You can share using share buttons and share links, so the changelog only refers to share links not all links in the posts.

Aside from the code above, if links are pasted as plain text (control+shift+v) it will auto add the target_blank functions. Straight paste: Plain text paste:

Hi @stocksforum, It's hard to filter or add control to links. Currently there is a good solution in wpForo Span Control. It sets all new topics and posts unapproved if it finds some links in posts.It works for New registered users and you can control the level of new registered users in Dashboard > Forums > Tools admin page. For example you can set users is new till the 5th post. If you need to control links for old members you should find some developer and ask to write some code for that. That code can use wpForo content filter hooks and filter links. The main content filter hook are these: wpforo_content_before wpforo_content wpforo_content_after

The data is stored on the server, not on external services. If a forum member upload HD images or big files, thats going to hurt the server. You can limit the uploaded file size using the "Maximum upload file size" option. It's located in the "Posting & Editor Settings" tab in each board settings section.

Do you guys just store user uploaded images/files in the server or in external service like Amazon S3? If a forum member upload HD images or big files, thats going to hurt the server.

Hi, I would like to have the latest topics on an external site as a widget. What do you recommend and is it even possible and how? Thanks in advance

There is no any external theme for wpForo. wpForo comes with built-in theme. it has all necessary functions and features to build a simple or pro forum. You can use one of wpForo forum layouts: And color styles:

Hi, Here's hopefully my final issue of the day. I understand that wpforo doesn't natively output other plugins shortcodes and that a workaround is suggested as found here. Prior to this latest update my external plugin shortcodes were working fine, however upon checking my site today they had stopped working. The plugins I have been using are Smart Slider and Unite Gallery. These plugins allow the Admin only to create a wpforo topic post and present images far better that the native wpforo output, either by way as a slider which can tell a story or as ...

Hi @saurabhthareja, All is correct. The RSS links are not for showing unread topics and posts. RSS links are for RSS reader bots and they display XML content. The "Unread Posts" link has no relation to RSS links they are separate links and they are working in different ways. In other words all works fine and work as designed. You don't need to use the RSS links, they are not for users. They exist only for RSS fead readers and bots. They contains recent topics and posts, they don't show unread posts.

We're excited to announce the wpForo v2.0 stable version is released. It's been one year since the last update! Thank you for your huge patience. Again, we apologize for this long delay. There were lots of interruptions, we didn't work for a long period because of three COVID waves and big holidays. wpForo 2 core is fully re-developed, so we created a brand-new forum plugin with improved existing features and plus lots of new ones. IMPORTANT! Please deactivate current addons or update them to 3.0.0 version before updating wpForo to 2.0.x This is a major update with fully changed forum theme. This update will remove forum template and CSS customizations. After the update, please delete all caches and purge CDN if you have. Please read the "Update to wpForo v2 Instruction" before updating the plugin. Main Changes Multi-Board System Allows to create multiple separate forum boards in the same WordPress website. You can create fully separate forums in different pages. Description: Multi-Language Support Using the multi-board system, you can create multiple separate forums for each language of your website. Each forum will have separate forum page, categories, forums and threads, but users will be the same for all forum boards. New Theme (2022) with Redesigned Layouts wpForo v2 comes with new 2022 theme and with completely redesigned forum layouts and style. It brings a modern and clean look to all 4 forum layouts (Extended, Simplified, Q&A and Threaded). Description: Extended Layout Simplified layout Question & Answer Layout Threaded Layout Topic Overview and Stat Panel This is a small panel on the top of all topics, which provides lots of quick information about the topic. Different statistic information and a quick tree of the whole topic with discussion threads and nested replies in one place. This makes it very easy and fast to find the posts you need in the topic. New Member Profile System It's fully changed with new features and modern design, becoming sitewide profile system, so in most cases you won't need to use other profile builder plugins. Description: New Dashboard Settings Page We've re-grouped and re-designed wpForo settings, now it's very easy to find the option you want, also you can search options using the live search field. So, managing of your forum has become very easy and fast. Description: Spam Protection New Registered User Approval: this feature will keep new registered users inactive until they are not activated by forum administrate. It's disabled by default, you can manage this option in the Login & Registration admin page. Minimum number of approved posts to be able to edit own profile: This is another great spam protection feature. In most cases spammers register and do their spam in the profile page, they create spam profile pages with lots of links and spam content. They use “About”, “Website” and “Signature” profile fields. This option will stop users editing their profile information unless they have more than the minimum number of approved posts. Thus, you can prevent creating of spam profile pages. Description: 2.0.9 Changes Core: SQL Optimization Core: More caching items (forum, topic, post URL caching) Core: Better built-in cache, better cache deleting control Core: Flush Redis Object Cache on activation Added: Clickable current forum link in the forums widget Fixed Bug: PHP Warning: trying to access key on null, line 228 / 235 2.0.8 Changes Added: Nickname on the profile page Added: More types of problem detection in Debug > Error & Issues Tab Added: Buttons to flush permalinks in wpForo > Overview admin page - Should be used if the forum page is changed - Should be used if the board slug is changed - Should be used if some pages are not accessible - Should be used if forum and topic links don't work - Should be used if forum paths are changed in General Settings Added: New color options for link colors in Colors & Styles admin page Added: Source and emoticons buttons in the signature and about editors Added: Allow auto-embed bmp, webp, svg and tiff files with URL Changed: Like button moved to the post bottom section in Extended Layout Fixed Bug: Missing colors, make sure all css files are loaded with https Fixed Bug: CSS issues if user avatars are disabled Fixed Bug: Correct canonical URL for Q&A topics with sorting queries Fixed Bug: Stop hiding moderation buttons when topic overview is disabled Fixed Bug: Fatal error: array_merge(): Argument #2 must be of type array Fixed Bug: PHP Warning at /2/forum.php 103 line Fixed Bug: Small CSS issues 2.0.7 Changes Added: Filter hooks to set minimum number of posts for Active and Hot topics Added: Missing phrases Added: Hook to disable topic suggestion requests: add_filter('wpforo_topic_suggestion', '__return_false'); Added: Post count information under the user avatar in the Simplified layout Changed: Search engine ping service URLs Fixed Bug: Problems with displaying login, register and profile pages Fixed Bug: Problems with displaying unapproved posts in moderation page Fixed Bug: Profile cover image saving problems Fixed Bug: Board settings saving issues Fixed Bug: Problem with remote avatar saving on the second time 2.0.6 Changes Added: Usergroup permission "Can upload cover profile image" Added: Display Tags link in forum footer Added: Favored button in member's profile buttons Added: Member paths in cache excluding admin notes Added: Admin notification when the default board is missing Added: Info in Errors & Issues tab when old customized template files are detected Security: Added wp_nonce and wp_send_json_error() to all AJAX requests Spam Protection: Minimum user level to display signature Spam Protection: Don't show profile fields for users who don't have content Fixed Bug: Classic theme issues (like button, search icon, profile page) Fixed Bug: Disable forum statistic using the corresponding option Fixed Bug: Duplicated information about points on profile and members page Fixed Bug: Icon issue in Member Title profile field Fixed Bug: Problem with password changing in forum profile page Fixed Bug: Using WordPress timezone for not-loggedin visitors Fixed Bug: The checkbox options of Admin Note don't work Fixed Bug: Cannot add forum cover image in non-default boards Fixed Bug: Problems with manual approval of new registered users Fixed Bug: Turn off topic suggestion when editing a topic Fixed Bug: Problem with saving the board description Fixed Bug: Stop loading UM css and other functions if UM is not installed Fixed Bug: Pagination dropdown background issue Fixed Bug: Remove nofollow links from the end of breadcrumbs Fixed Bug: Avatar overlapping issue in Simplified layout Fixed Bug: Avoid sending duplicated email on new reply and user mentioning Fixed Bug: Don't send email to the post approving moderator Fixed Bug: Email template and shortcode issues Fixed Bug: User Profile Synchronization Issue Fixed Bug: Filter by forums in Recent Posts widget Fixed Bug: PHP Note: Empty values in widget / Warning: Undefined array key Posts.php on line 655 2.0.5 Changes Added: Topic and Post dislike notification Added: ID’s to forum wrappers on forum home page Fixed Bug: Forum access “Can Like” doesn’t work Fixed Bug: Email shortcode rendering issue Fixed Bug: Loosing theme settings when the General Settings are updated Fixed Bug: WordPress author URL problem /participant/anonymous/ Fixed Bug: Admin note “wpForo Installation Status” Fixed Bug: User avatar issue in “Profile & Notifications” Widget 2.0.4 Changes Added: Separate navigation menu and Menu Location for each board Added: Limit suggested topics Changed: Hide suggested topics when user left the title field Fixed Bug: Language conflict with other plugins in AJAX requests Fixed Bug: JS/CSS file conflict in dashboard Fixed Bug: 404 error when Polyglot plugin is used with single board Fixed Bug: PHP Notice / Trying to get property ‘roles’ of non-object in hooks.php on line 22 2.0.3 Changes Fixed Bug: Problem with get_locale() function Fixed Bug: Deactivate old addons and don’t allow activating them to avoid fatal errors Fixed Bug: Revert the lost sidebar after updating to v2.0 2.0.2 Changes Updated: Deactivate old addons before updating wpForo to avoid Fatal Errors Fixed bug: Problems with Topics and Posts short URLs Fixed bug: Hide like / dislike buttons for non-loggedin users. 2.0.1 Changes Added: Redesigned Members Directory Added: AJAX powered profile actions and sub-tabs Added: Point based user reputation collected on new topic, post, like, dislike Added: User following with corresponding (following and followers) tabs in profile Added: User ban and edit buttons in users profile pages Added: User soft and full deleting option Added: Mute button to disable email notifications on user mentioning in posts Added: Profile cover image Added: Last login information on the profile page Added: Separated sub-tabs All/Topics/Posts in Profile > Activity Tab Added: Favored Tab with Bookmarks/Likes/Dislikes sub-tabs Added: User profile page without forum header and footer----- Topic Overview: on the top of topics with quick stat and a tree of nested replies Added: Topic specific statistics with participants and likes count Added: Topic suggestion while typing topic title in new topic creation form Added: Topic and Post bookmarking button allows adding them in "favored" list Added: Topic managing buttons are moved from the first post to the top of all pages Added: Topic and Posts Dislike button with new ui/ux Added: Topic/Post filter in Dashboard > wpForo > Moderation admin page Added: H1 headers in topic tags page----- Added: Forum cover image, available for all layouts Added: [Add Topic] button to all layouts on the forum home page Added: Forum Jump dropdown in topics footer area Added: Category and Forums widget with an option to display as dropdown----- Added: Settings boxes grouping related options Added: Settings live search field, jumping to found setting page Antispam: Check links in topic custom fields and in signatures for auto moderation Antispam: Option to set minimum number of approved posts to be able to edit own profile. Doesn't allow spammers to create spam profile pages with lots of links and spam content. Added: Toggle to keep collapsed wpForo menu shortcodes in Menus admin page Added: New social network meta tag "og:local" in forum and topic pages Added: Dashboard notification to exclude forum for 7 popular cache plugins----- Lots of options have been added in wpForo Settings Lots of bugs have been fixed The core is fully re-developed and optimized Great job has been done by Beta Testers! Special thank you to our Beta Testers who have worked hard during the last month and helped us find and fix lots of major and minor bugs: @dimalifragis, @verek, @tutrix, @kezeo, @wendell, @berndg, @lepalois, @fawp and others.

We just released wpForo 1.7.1 version! We've fixed many bugs and added new features. wpForo JS and CSS files are optimized. The performance is also improved. Important update notes Some JS and CSS files are changed, please refresh (press Ctrl+F5) on forum front-end twice to reset browser cache, otherwise you'll see crashed design. If you have a Cache or Minifier/Optimizer plugins please delete all caches after wpForo update. If you use CDN and found some issue please purge it. Forum template files are modified. The modifications were made in layout files to add "jump to unread post" functionality. Also, the header.php is modified and added User Notification Bell in the menu bar section. If you have an old customized copies of forum template files in your WP theme /wpforo/ folder please update those. Main Changes 1. Many changes and options in Recent Posts widget and page Added: Unread / Read bold title indicator in Recent Posts widget Added: Option to display [new] indicator in Recent Posts widget Added: Option to only display unread posts in Recent Posts widget Added: links "Jump to last unread" feature in Recent Posts page 1.1 Now recent posts are displaying with bold titles in Recent Posts widget if a post is unread. Also, there is an option in widget to display the [new] indicator for unread posts. 1.2 In case if you want to use the Recent Posts widget as Unread Post widget you can enable the "Display only unread posts" option. The read/unread status is deeply logged only for logged-in users so this widget will be hidden for guests. 2. Besides already existing In-forum notification types, we've also added user @mentioning notification. 3. Click the "link" icon of each post to get a Short and Full URL. 4. Frontend Admin Control Panel with quick links at the bottom of all forums. 5. Frontend info-box and instruction to protect user registration form. Changelog: Added: WordPress 5.4 compatibility Added: In-forum notification when user is @mentioned Added: Click the "link" icon of each post to get a Short and Full URL Added: Unread / Read bold title indicator in Recent Posts widget Added: Option to display [new] indicator in Recent Posts widget Added: Option to only display unread posts in Recent Posts widget Added: links "Jump to last unread" feature in Recent Posts page Added: Bulk change of members usergroup in Forums > Members admin page Added: New post reporting dialog, removed jQuery UI files. Added: Dashboard note and instruction to protect user registration form Added: Frontend info-box and instruction to protect user registration form Added: ru_RU Translation update by wpForo.RU Team Added: WhatsApp and LinkedIn Share Buttons Added: Redirect to previous page after user login Added: [Create Account] button on forum login page Added: Frontend Admin Control Panel with quick links at the bottom of all forums Added: Filter hook `wpforo_member_nicename` Added: Filter hook `wpforo_direct_topic_url` to turn on direct links without #postid Added: Filter hook `wpforo_get_notifications_args` to filter notifications by different arguments New Option: Stop sending emails to Admins on new user registration New Option: Overwrite WordPress new user registration email to admins New Option: Overwrite WordPress new user registration email to users Performance: Less SQL queries on forum pages and zero affection on non-forum pages. Optimization: JS and CSS files are optimized, faster page loading. Optimization: Removed lots of inline JavaScript codes with phrases Addons: Private Message notifications are integrated with forum notification system Fixed Bug: Password is required when user updates profile fields Fixed Bug: Mobile view issues in Simplified and threaded layouts under the avatar Fixed Bug: Email templates line-breaks and formatting issues Fixed Bug: Notification bell tooltip translation issue Fixed Bug: Strip slashes of notification description Fixed Bug: Broken solved status of Q&A layout topics Fixed Bug: Disable Forum Tab URLs if BP Forum Tab integration is disabled Fixed Bug: Disable Forum Tab URLs if UM Forum Tab integration is disabled Fixed Bug: Empty list item on Split Topic form Fixed Bug: Disable registration page when forum registration is disabled Fixed Bug: Remove brackets from search phrase Fixed Bug: Removed Google+ Share Button Fixed Bug: Regular pages open as forum 404 page Fixed Bug: Login redirect to 404 page

ok, the on circled in read "cannabis growers forum" is the page the plug in made today I have taken the code of the old page ( circled in blue, now called cannabis growing forum)) and added it to this new page until i can get the old on working again SO it looks the same and it works. But look at the links!!!!! in the circles The new one, in red, only has around 60. The original page, in blue, has 1176 incoming links I have changed the urls of both pages, but the links coming into the page number isn't changing. It seems as if when i change the url of the older one, in blue, the links that link to it get changed too. SO even though all of those links used to point to "percysgrowrom.com/forum" they do not now. Other wise they would be pointing at the new page. in red. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  broken.png

We just released wpForo 1.7.0 middle version! Mostly this version includes major changes in core architecture. wpForo is well optimized and made more flexible for future development. The future versions development will be easier and faster. Lots of hooks are added too. Almost all addons are improved with new major functions. We're currently preparing those to release... Important update notes Some JS and CSS files are changed, please refresh (press Ctrl+F5) on forum front-end twice to reset browser cache, otherwise you'll see crashed design. If you have a Cache or Minifier/Optimizer plugins please delete all caches after wpForo update. If you use CDN and found some issue please purge it. Forum template files are modified. The modifications were made in layout files to add "jump to unread post" functionality. Also, the header.php is modified and added User Notification Bell in the menu bar section. If you have an old customized copies of forum template files in your WP theme /wpforo/ folder please update those. Main Changes 1. In Forum Notification Finally, we added in forum user notification system. This is the first version so it'll be actively improved with new features in upcoming versions. Currently, it notifies for: - New reply in your topic - New reply / quote to your post - New like to your post - New up / down vote to your post 2. My Profile and Notifications Widget In case you've disabled forum menu bar with the Notification Bell you still have an option to get forum notifications using My Profile and Notifications widget. If you use the notification bell in Menu bar you can disable the bell in widget using widget options. This widget is very flexible. All components can be disabled. For guests this widget displays [login] and [registration] buttons with different widget title. You can change widget titles too. Also, you can fully disable this widget for guests and keep it only for logged-in users. 3. Jump to the First Unread Post This function is directly added in topic links by default. All topic links on forum home page, on forums list and topics list are already enabled to refer you to your first unread post. Just make sure you're logged-in. Another way to let people see unread posts is showing [new] indicator next to topic titles. This [new] indicator can be a link to first unread post or a simple indicator. It depends on the corresponding options in Dashboard > Forums > Settings > Features admin page. Changelog: Added: PHP 7.4 compatibility Added: In Forum User Notification - New reply in your topic - New reply / quote to your post - New like to your post - New up / down vote to your post Added: Notification Bell on menu bar Added: Real-time user notification Added: My Profile & Notifications widget Added: User Notification Bell on the widget Added: Option to manage user notifications Added: Topic links go to the first unread post Added: [new] indicator at the end of topic titles Added: Go to first unread links and [new] indicator in Recent Topic widget Added: Options to manage topic links and [new] indicator Added: Smooth, multi-step user synchronization Added: Smooth, multi-step user and topics statistic update Added: New permission - Can access to attachments Added: Forums > Phrases using WordPress table builder Added: Forums > Moderation using WordPress table builder Added: Forums > Members using WordPress table builder (new fields) Added: ru_RU Translation by wpForo.RU Team Added: Pre-submit user register validation Added: Forum search page URL - example.com/community/?foro=search Added: Replaced all ?wpforo=x URLs to ?foro=x Added: TinyMCE editor loading Added: Allow font-awesome icons in TinyMCE editor Added: Hook to disable message bubble 'wpforo_message_bubble' Updated: Font-awesome lib updated to 5.11.2 User Custom Field Addon: Allows to set default value for custom fields User Custom Field Addon: Option to display default values on profile page Advanced Attachment Addon: File attachment with a quick Attach Files button Advanced Attachment Addon: User Media Library moved to editor bottom side Advanced Attachment Addon: Upload and insert image thumbnails in post editor Fixed Bug: Parent forum unread status when all are read in sub-forums Fixed Bug: Settings > Styles colors list symmetry issue Fixed Bug: Breadcrumb issue on mobile devices Fixed Bug: Some phrases cannot be translated Fixed Bug: Topic editor errors "toolbar x button plugin is not found" Fixed Bug: BuddyPress and UM user subscription tab issue Fixed Bug: 404 error, page not found if URL contains "~" symbol Fixed Bug: Dark style issues Fixed Bug: Empty URLs in forum sitemap Fixed Bug: Duplicated Message Bubble Fixed Bug: 500 Server Error, fixed by Mark all read button Fixed Bug: Security issues reported by Yann Faure (Leboncoin - Adevinta French Team) Fixed Bug: Can View Signature usergroup permission doesn't work Optimization: Duplicated SQL queries, SQL optimization. P.S. This is a middle version so it took about 3 months development. And this was not the only reason of this delay. We were also engaged in other gVectors Team plugin major version development. A few days ago we at gVectors Team released the major 7 Beta version of wpDiscuz Comment Plugin. This is a revolution in WordPress Comment Systems world for sure. You can check it here: