Hello wpForo Team,

I hope this message finds you well. I am writing as a Professional plan subscriber to report a few issues I have encountered with the recently introduced AI features, along with some feedback and feature requests.

Bug Reports

1. Automated Topic Generation – Delay Issue

The Automated Topic Generation feature appears to be running with a noticeable delay. I suspect this may be related to a WordPress timezone mismatch, though I am not entirely certain. If there is a known fix or workaround for this, I would greatly appreciate your guidance.

2. New Topic Creation – Not Responding

When I attempt to trigger New Topic Creation manually as an administrator using the "Run Now"(i use korean, so not sure enlgish term on it ;)) option, there is no response or visible action. No new topics are being generated. This feature does not appear to be functioning at this time.

(Note: Auto Reply to Topics works correctly when triggered manually — topics are generated as expected.)

3. Bot Reply – Menu Bar Not Appearing

I have enabled the Bot Reply feature in the settings, and while other Bot Reply sub-menus are visible and active, the Bot Reply menu bar itself is not appearing on the forum front end.

I do have significant customizations in CSS and JavaScript on my site, which I considered as a potential cause — however, since other menus are displaying correctly on that class field. I believe this may be a separate issue. Further investigation may be needed on your end.

Feature Requests & Feedback

IP Display for Administrators

First, I want to express my sincere appreciation for your positive response to my earlier suggestion regarding IP address display for administrators. I would love to know if this feature has been added to your update roadmap.

Prompt Input for New Topic Creation

The Auto Reply to Topics feature includes a prompt field (up to 120 characters), which allows me to guide the AI output to some extent — and it works quite well. I would love to see a similar prompt input option added to the New Topic Creation feature, as it would allow for much more relevant and controlled content generation.

General Feedback on AI Features

Overall, I am genuinely impressed with the direction these AI features are heading. There is a lot of room for growth, and I want to thank the wpForo team for building and offering these capabilities. I look forward to seeing how you develop.

One Additional Request (PS)

I would like to humbly ask whether it might be possible to make the AI Chat feature available under the Professional plan, even in a limited capacity. In my view, AI Chat is effectively a killer feature that could drive significant user engagement.

My site is currently operating at a loss, so upgrading to a higher plan solely for AI Chat is financially difficult at this stage. That said, I fully understand that as usage grows, a plan upgrade would be a natural next step — I just hope there may be room to experience the feature at the Professional tier for now.

Thank you sincerely for your continued support and development efforts.

Best regards