I want to enable the "like" option for visitors, but it is disabled in the "Access" section.
Is there a way to enable it?

Thanks.

I’m experiencing a permission issue on a fresh wpForo 3.1.2 installation and would appreciate your advice.

Environment

• WordPress 7.0.1
• wpForo 3.1.2
• Fresh installation (no upgrade from wpForo 2.x)
• Forum created from scratch
• No custom usergroups or forum access sets created
• Only the default configuration was used

The problem

Administrators can use the forum normally.

Guests can also browse the forum as expected (read-only).

However, every registered user (Subscriber → Registered usergroup) is almost completely locked out.

Symptoms:

• Forum index is empty.
• “What’s New” is empty.
• “Recent Posts” is empty.
• The user cannot open their own profile.
• Opening the profile shows:

You do not have permission to view this page.

The profile widget only shows the Logout button.

The user is correctly logged in, but wpForo behaves as if almost all frontend permissions were denied.

User configuration

WordPress role:

• Subscriber

wpForo usergroup:

• Registered

Forum Access:

• Standard Access

Only one usergroup is assigned.

Permissions checked

I verified all of the following:

• Registered usergroup permissions
• Standard Access permissions
• Forum permissions
• Category permissions

Registered has Standard Access everywhere.

The Standard Access permission set contains all required permissions (View Forum, View Topics, Enter Topics, Reply, Create Topics, etc.).

Membership addon

I also tested with the Paid Memberships Pro integration disabled.

The problem remains exactly the same.

Therefore, PMPro does not appear to be the cause.

Database

wpForo → Tools → Database reports:

No Problems Found

Additional information

• The problem affects multiple test users, not only one account.
• The installation is not migrated from another server.
• The forum was created directly with wpForo 3.1.2.
• I did not modify or recreate the default Forum Access sets.
• I did not recreate the Registered usergroup.

Since Guests work correctly and Administrators work correctly, but all Registered users are denied access to almost every frontend page, I suspect that something in the internal permission resolution may not be working as expected.

Has anyone seen this behaviour before, or is there anything else I should inspect?

Thank you very much!

I'm currently building a community platform using wpForo and would appreciate some guidance on integrating it properly with Ultimate Member.

My Setup

• Website: wtlmydiscussion.com
• Forum: wpForo
• Authentication: Ultimate Member
• Email Service: Zoho Mail
• SMTP: Working correctly

I intentionally chose Ultimate Member to handle all user authentication because I prefer its registration forms, login system, account management, and customizable branded email templates.

My goal is for Ultimate Member to be the single authentication system on my website, while wpForo serves only as the forum platform.

Current Issue

Although the integration generally works, I've noticed that wpForo still takes over parts of the authentication process in certain situations.

For example:

• Sometimes users are redirected to wpForo's login page instead of the Ultimate Member login page.
• Password reset or account-related emails can sometimes lead users back into wpForo's authentication flow instead of Ultimate Member's.
• There are occasions where wpForo's registration/login handling appears instead Ultimate Member's, resulting in an inconsistent user experience.

Ideally, I want users to interact only with Ultimate Member for:

• Registration
• Login
• Logout
• Password reset
• Account management
• Authentication-related emails

wpForo should simply recognize the authenticated user and provide the forum experience.

Email Notifications

I also have a question regarding email notifications.

Ultimate Member is already configured with my branded email templates, and authentication emails sent by Ultimate Member work well.

However, wpForo still sends some of its own emails using its default templates.

I'd like to know whether it's possible for wpForo to:

• use Ultimate Member's email system/templates for authentication-related emails, or
• disable wpForo's authentication emails entirely and allow Ultimate Member to handle them.

I understand that forum-specific notifications (such as new replies, subscriptions, mentions, etc.) are part of wpForo and should remain its responsibility. My concern is only with authentication and user account emails.

My Questions

1. What is the recommended configuration when using Ultimate Member as the primary authentication system with wpForo?
2. Is there a way to completely disable wpForo's login, registration, password reset, and other authentication-related pages and let Ultimate Member handle them exclusively?
3. Can wpForo be configured to redirect all authentication actions to Ultimate Member?
4. For authentication emails, is there a way for wpForo to defer to Ultimate Member's email system while continuing to send forum notification emails normally?

My goal is to provide users with a single, consistent authentication experience throughout the website while still taking full advantage of wpForo's forum features.

Any guidance or recommended best practices would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

while validating my website with the W3C CSS Validator I noticed a few CSS issues that seem to originate from WPForo and one of its add-ons.

I am not reporting browser rendering issues — everything appears to work well. I simply wanted to share the validator findings in case they help improve standards compliance.

The validator reports the following:

WPForo Cross Posting

font-weight: normall;

The value `normall` appears to be a typo and should probably be `normal`.

WPForo generated colors.css

The validator reports several invalid `linear-gradient()` declarations (“too few values”) in:

/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/assets/colors.css

affecting the message box styles.

Another declaration reported is

text-overflow: '';

which is considered invalid CSS.

There is also a validator warning regarding

:window-inactive

which I assume is an intentional WebKit-specific selector and therefore probably not an actual issue.

I simply wanted to pass these findings along in case they are useful for future releases.

Thank you again for your excellent work on WPForo. I’m very happy with the plugin and appreciate how actively it continues to evolve.

For a WordPress forum that allows YouTube tutorial, support, or community videos, I would separate the embed problem from the text problem:

1. wpForo or the embeds add-on handles whether the video appears correctly.
2. A short human-written summary helps members decide whether to watch.
3. If the YouTube video exposes usable captions or subtitles, TXT transcript text can help a moderator or author draft notes, timestamps, or accessibility context.
4. SRT and VTT should stay timed subtitle handoff files, not ordinary forum-post copy.
5. The post should not imply every YouTube video has a usable transcript or that captions are always accurate.

aiyoutubetranscript.com

For wpForo communities that embed YouTube videos, where would you put transcript-derived text: in the same post below the embed, in a short summary only, in a separate resource reply, or nowhere unless the author explicitly provides it?

Disclosure: I work on a small YouTube transcript workflow, but I am intentionally not linking it here. I am asking about wpForo post structure and moderation, not promoting a tool.

I may be overthinking this, but can I set up the forum so anyone who navigates to the forum is automatically taken to the login/legister page first, forcing login before the forum itself it viewable?

Obviously I can change any links to go to the login page first, but wondering if there's anything else with wpforo which may be ohandy to know!

Many thanks in advance. :)

using wpForo 3.1.2 with TranslatePress, I want to achieve to have Header and Footer in the language selected. The Forum is translated with your .po-Files. The content should remain in English, until gVectors AI translates it.

This is what I did so far in TranslatePress:

Exclude from dynamic translation

#wpforo

.wpf-thread-list

.wpforo-post-head

.wpf-topic-more-info

Exclude selectors from translation

#wpforo

.wpf-thread-list

.wpforo-post-head

.wpf-topic-more-info

I also set the language for the whole shortcode block in Elementor to English. Maybe this is not necessary? But it doesn't help with the AJAX-parts.

The result is, that Header and Footer are translated by TranslatePress, wpForo is translated by itself (I guess), but the parts with AJAX-loading are still translated with TranslatePress.

Please let me know, which AJAX-Elements wpForo is using (full list, because maybe I miss something, like private messages?).

Please let me know, what kind of selectors I have to use to exclude the parts from translation.

If setting the excerpt length to 0, the autorefresh is disabled. It is impossible to set the excerpt to 0. Only 1 character is possible.

By the way: Please consider to let there be an excerpt for "Recent Topics", too.

I purchsed WP Discuz Widgets, but I miss a similar designed simple widget like the ones in WPForo. I would like to present them in a grid of three columns. And the WPDiscuz-Widget does not match the design of WPForo.

Thanks, 
miednr