I don't want link By admin to the profile. Is that possible?

Hovering over it shows the correct login name. Can I disable that?

Thanks for helping
nhan

The Problem: By default, wpForo's built-in subscriptions operate on a multi-tier system. If a user subscribes to a parent Forum, they only get an alert when a brand-new topic is posted. They do not automatically get email updates for replies inside those topics unless they go in and manually subscribe to every single thread. For elderly users or less tech-savvy communities, walking members through this setup can be impossible.

The Solution: You can bypass this restriction completely by interacting directly with your WordPress database using phpMyAdmin. By running a few INSERT queries with CROSS JOIN and safety filters, you can globally link every registered member to every parent forum and internal topic simultaneously—without creating duplicates or disrupting existing subscriptions.

⚠️ Step 0: Create a Safety Backup First: Before touching any live database, always export a safety backup of your subscription table:

In phpMyAdmin, click on your wp_wpforo_subscribes table. Click the Export tab at the top menu. Keep the export method as Quick and format as SQL, then click Go/Export to download the backup file.

🚀 Step 1: The "One-Pass" Universal Sync Script

Click the SQL tab at the top of your phpMyAdmin screen while inside your database. Paste the following two query blocks together into the text window and hit Go. This script maps every single user account to every single topic and forum category in your database. It automatically generates the random confirmation hash keys that wpForo requires, sets the light switch to Active (1), maps their login names and emails so they never miss an alert, and uses a safety filter (WHERE NOT EXISTS) to completely skip any data that is already matched up.

-- PASS A: Link all members to all internal topics (Forces reply email notifications)

INSERT INTO wp_wpforo_subscribes (userid, itemid, type, active, confirmkey, user_name, user_email)
SELECT u.ID, t.topicid, 'topic', 1, MD5(CONCAT(u.ID, '-', t.topicid, '-', RAND())), u.user_login, u.user_email
FROM wp_users u
CROSS JOIN wp_wpforo_topics t
WHERE NOT EXISTS (
SELECT 1 FROM wp_wpforo_subscribes s
WHERE s.userid = u.ID
AND s.itemid = t.topicid
AND s.type = 'topic'
);

-- PASS B: Link all members to all parent forums (Forces new topic creation email alerts)

INSERT INTO wp_wpforo_subscribes (userid, itemid, type, active, confirmkey, user_name, user_email)
SELECT u.ID, f.forumid, 'forum', 1, MD5(CONCAT(u.ID, '-', f.forumid, '-', RAND())), u.user_login, u.user_email
FROM wp_users u
CROSS JOIN wp_wpforo_forums f
WHERE NOT EXISTS (
SELECT 1 FROM wp_wpforo_subscribes s
WHERE s.userid = u.ID
AND s.itemid = f.forumid
AND s.type = 'forum'
);

🧼 Step 2: Clean Up Legacy Blanks (Optional but Recommended): If users have previously managed to manually subscribe to things on the front end of your website, wpForo natively leaves their user_name and user_email database text columns entirely blank to save physical table room. To clean up your table look and prevent potential server-side mailer hitches, run this final query to copy across real usernames and emails into any blank database fields:

UPDATE wp_wpforo_subscribes s
JOIN wp_users u ON s.userid = u.ID
SET s.user_name = u.user_login, s.user_email = u.user_email
WHERE s.user_email IS NULL OR s.user_email = '';


🔄 Future Maintenance: Because the queries use a strict safety check, this entire guide turns into a reusable Maintenance Routine. Whenever you launch a new forum category, create a fresh monthly topic thread, or register a new wave of community members, you can simply run the script in Step 1 again. It will automatically pinpoint the newest changes, fill in the blanks instantly, and leave all your historical data perfectly untouched.

**** Hope this helps someone. ☺

I would appreciate it if someone could help me.

Before I upgrade to the new version, I just want to make 100% sure: 

Can you please confirm that the "Recent Topics Widget" in the new version STILL includes the option of "RANDOM"? 

Many thanks,

Lucky

I am using PeepSo for user profiles on my website, so I do not need the profile editing functionality provided by wpForo.

I would like users to use PeepSo exclusively for their profile and account information. Therefore, I would like to completely disable or hide the profile editing options in wpForo.

Is there a setting in wpForo to disable the following options?

• Edit Account Information
• Edit User in Dashboard
• Any other profile/account editing options provided by wpForo

I would like to keep the wpForo user profiles themselves functional, but users should not be able to edit their profile information through wpForo.

Is there a recommended setting, hook or filter for this?

Thank you!

I would like to know if there is a way for a user to mark all new/unread posts in the forum as read at once.

Currently, users can mark individual topics/posts as read, but I would like to have an option such as “Mark all as read”, so that all currently unread content is marked as read with one click.

Is this feature available in wpForo? If so, where can I enable it?

If there is no built-in option, is there a recommended way to add this functionality?

Thank you!

I would like to completely disable all email notifications sent by wpForo to regular users.

My goal is that users do not receive any emails from wpForo, including:

• New posts in subscribed topics
• New topics in subscribed forums
• User mentions (@username)
• User following notifications
• Any other forum subscription or notification emails

I have already disabled the following options under Email Settings:

• Notify Admins via Email on New Topic → No
• Notify Admins via Email on New Post → No

However, these settings only affect administrators.

I also checked Subscriptions & Mentioning, but I cannot find an option to completely disable email notifications for regular users.

Is there a setting or recommended method to completely disable all wpForo emails to users while keeping the forum itself fully functional?

I am using the latest version of wpForo.

Thank you!