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CVE-2022-40206: wpForo Forum

Insecure direct object references (IDOR) vulnerability in the wpForo Forum plugin <= 2.0.5 on WordPress allows attackers with subscriber or higher user roles to mark any forum post as private/public.

2 years ago

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wpForo Forums is the best WordPress forum plugin. Full-fledged yet easy and light forum solution for your WordPress website. Comes with modern and responsive forum layouts and styles. This WordPress forum plugin brings everything you need to run an efficient and professional community. Powerful and beautiful forum with unique features.

5 Minute Forum Installation!

1. Activate plugin and find forums on /community/ page, (/community-2/ if /community/ is used),
2. Manage Forum Page, Title, etc in Dashboard > wpForo > Board > Edit Board admin page,
3. Manage Forums in Dashboard > wpForo > Forums admin page,
4. Manage Forum Menu in Dashboard > Appearance > Menu admin page,
5. Manage Forum Widgets in Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets admin page,
6. Manage Forum Colors in Dashboard > wpForo > Settings > Colors & Styles admin page, you can choose forum color styles.

Support Forum and Demo: https://wpforo.com/community/
Forum Documentation: https://wpforo.com/docs/
GDPR Compliance: https://wpforo.com/gdpr/

Multi-layout WordPress Forum Plugin

Extended Forum Layout
Simplified Forum Layout
Question and Answer Forum Layout
Threaded Forum Layout

Forum Integration

wpForo forum plugin is well integrated with many Profile Builder and Membership plugins, such as BuddyPress and Ultimate Members plugins.

Forum Translation

wpForo is a WordPress forum plugin with all possibilities of plugin translation. We’d really appreciate if you could help translating wpForo forum plugin to your language here.

FORUM FEATURES

Multi-board: Allows to have multiple separate forum pages
Multi-language: Allows to forums with different languages
Multi-layout: Four modern forum layouts (Q&A, Threaded…)
Designed for small and extremely large forums/communities.
Migrate from other forums using Go2wpForo tool.
Four different forum layouts and designs.
Six set of forum color styles including dark style.
Super responsive forum on all kind of devices.
Live user notification system
Built-in forum SEO functions.
Built-in forum Sitemap and Search Engine ping.
Built-in forum Cache System.
Built-in forum Antispam and Akismet integration.
Advanced forum user profile system.
Forum Member Rating and Badges.
Built-in forum/topic subscription.
Drag and Drop forum management system.
Topic and Post front-end moderation.
Forum topics and posts Read / Unread logging.
Topic Tags and Tags Widget.
Forum styles with different colors.
Built-in, powerful forum Usergroup system.
Forum Access sets per Usergroup per Forum.
Forum Phrase System for quick translation.
WordPress .MO/.PO translation files.
Tools and options for GDPR Compliance
Social Network Share Buttons
BuddyPress Integration
Ultimate Member Integration

Need more forum features?

Find wpForo forum plugin addons on gVectors Team website…

Install wpForo Forum plugin in Dashboard > Plugins admin page. Then activate it.
If you have more than 100 users wpForo forum plugin prompts you synchronize users.
Manage Forums in Dashboard > wpForo > Forums admin page,
Manage Forum Menu in Dashboard > Appearance > Menu admin page,
Manage Forum Colors in Dashboard > Forums > Settings > Styles admin page, you can choose forum color styles.

Forum Page – How to change forum page?

Forum Page – wpForo creates a forum page with /community/ slug. Forum URL can be changed in Dashboard > wpForo > Boards > Edit Board and change the slug. Make sure you use WordPress permalinks. wpForo forums don’t work with default ?p=1 URL structure. Forum page only contains [wpforo] forum shortcode.

Forum Menu – wpForo forum menu is a regular WordPress menu. In Dashboard > Appearance > Menu admin page wpForo forum creates new navigation menu (forum top menu bar) called “wpForo Navigation (wpForo Menu)”. Forum menu is attached to wpForo Menu location.

Forum Sidebar – Does forum has sidebar and widgets?

Forum Sidebar and Widgets – wpForo forum comes with own right (RTL left) sidebar and widgets (Recent Forum Topics, Recent Forum Posts, Forum Search, Forum Online Users).

Forum Layouts – What is forum layout?

Forum Layouts – wpForo Forums has Forum Layouts and allows to create hybrid forums. wpForo theme has built in multi-layout system. Each forum section (category with forums and subForums) can be displayed with different forum layout.

Forum Manager – How to add / edit/ delete forums?

Forum Manager – You can add new category, forum or subForum in Dashboard > Forums > Forums admin page. The Forum add / Forum edit / Forum Delete / Forum Hierarchy can be managed on the same admin page.

Forum Shortcodes – What shortcodes are available?

Forum Shortcodes – Started from version 1.0.0 you can use wpForo shortcodes.

Forum Styles – How to change forum colors?

Forum Styles – Please navigate to Dashboard > wpForo > Settings > Colors & Styles admin page. Here you can find wpForo forum front-end colors and styles. You can choose forum colors: default (blue), red, green, orange, grey, dark. You can select forum color set or customize each color manually.

Forum Member – How to manage forum members?

Forum Member – Forum Members are the same WordPress users. wpForo forums is fully integrated with WordPress. It comes with own Forum Login and Forum Registration page. Users get an advanced Forum Profile. You can manage all members in Dashboard > Forums > Members admin page.

Forum Reputation – What is forum member reputation and badges?

Forum Member Badges and Reputation – wpForo forum has a simple yet powerful user reputation system. Currently it based on number of forum posts.

Forum Accesses – How to allow/restrict users to certain forums?

Forum Access and Permissions – Forum Accesses are different sets of forum permissions (CAN’s) designed to help forum admins control (allow/restrict) Users’ actions in each forum.

Forum Usergroups – What is forum users’ Usergroup?

Forum Usergroups and Permissions – In order to have an extended forum user permission system with full control over all forum user actions, wpForo comes with own Forum Usergroup system.

Forum Translation – How to translate this forum?

Forum Translation – wpForo forum can be translated using PO/MO files or you can do a quick translation using wpForo Forum Phrase system in Dashboard > wpForo > Phrases admin page.

Forum GDPR Compliance – Tools and options to comply to GDPR

Forum GDPR Compliance – wpForo has almost all forum specific tools and functions to comply your forum to GDPR. Please navigate to wpForo > Settings > Privacy & Rules admin page and go through all instructions and options.

This plug-in is so much easier to use than other ‘forum’ options out there!

This plugin is the best wordpress forum plugin in terms of performance and usability. I have used many paid and free plugins in the market. The best thing is by far this plugin.

Hey! This is the first time I leave a review here. I’m surprised with WPForo plugin and with the customer support they provide. They write custom code for you to solve your problems. And all this in the free support forum. Guys! You’ve created one of the best WordPress plugin, so many features and so easy to use… WPForo is the only reason I stay with WordPress, and I won’t regret it for sure! Keep up the great work! Thanks a lot!

I was going to give these guys the benefit of the doubt, but I am just continuously getting disappointed with their support. I am a paying customer, bought countless plugins and even hired them for custom work. Yet, when I ask for support I am met with arrogance and a treatment as if customers are scum and idiots for having problems. In particular a support agent going under the name "Robert". Always the same thing, everything is a debate with the is guy, having to prove his superiority. It’s embarrassing. Instead of working towards solving this issue, this guy just leaves you in the cold. They don’t even seem to be interested in figuring out what is wrong so they can optimize their plugins to work for all installs. Even if I wanted to stick to wpforo I can’t, because I cannot trust these people to offer adequate support. Honestly, it’s the worst support I have ever come across running my site and having purchased countless plugins.

Wpforo is easy to use and has a great support. I migrated from BBpress and it was such an improvement. I can’t give 5 stars because reCaptcha3 is not compatible, and I have a big issue with spam, I must delete around 1000 spam users per day.

So many great features, and the team has been so helpful when I faced challenges with my design and function. Add-ons are reasonably priced and I am enjoying this plugin. A great addition to my website!

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wpForo Forum 2.0.1 – 2.0.9 | 03.08.2022 – 18.09.2022

wpForo Forum v2.0 Release Summary

IMPORTANT NOTES for UPDATE

Please deactivate current addons or update them to 3.0.0 version before updating wpForo to 2.0.x
Deactivate Go2wpForo tool if you have installed and done forum migration
This is a major update with fully changed forum theme. This update will remove forum template and css customizations. Also, some settings might be reset and you may need to update them again.
Make sure you don’t have old forum template files in /wpforo/ folder of your current active theme directory.
After the update, please delete all caches and purge CDN if you have
After the update, please flush Redis Object Cache if you have this cache enabled
Please read Update to wpForo v2 Instruction
In case the update has been done automatically and your website is crashed please use these solutions

ADDED FEATURES and FIXED BUGS

Version 2.0.9
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
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Version 2.0.8
Added: Nickname on the profile page
Added: More types of problem detection in Debug > Error & Issues Tab
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
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
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
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Version 2.0.7
Added: Filter hooks to set minimum number of posts for Active and Hot topics
Added: Missing phrases
Added: Hook to disable topic suggestion requests
Added: Post count information under the user avatar in the Simplified layout
Changed: Sitemap pinging links
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
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Version 2.0.6
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
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Version 2.0.5
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
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Version 2.0.4
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
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Version 2.0.3
Fixed Bug: Problem with get_locale() function
Fixed Bug: Deactivate old addons and don’t allow to activate them to avoid fatal errors
Fixed Bug: Revert the lost sidebar after updating to v2.0
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Version 2.0.1 / 2.0.2
Multi-board: Allows to create multiple separate forum boards in the same WordPress website.
Multi-language: Using the multi-board system, you can create multiple separate forums for each language of your website.
New Settings Page: We’ve re-grouped and re-designed wpForo settings, now it’s very easy to find the option you want.
New Forum Theme: The new version comes with new 2022 theme and with completely redesigned forum layouts and style.
New Member Profile System: It’s fully changed with new features and modern design, becoming sitewide profile system.
New Registered User Approval: Keeps new registered users inactive until they are not activated by forum administrate.
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

wpForo Forum 1.9.9.2 | 29.07.2022

Release Info: This is a preparation release for the next wpForo 2.0.0 major update. The v2.0.0 will be released in a few days. It’s better to have this version before updating to wpForo 2.0.0. Other versions of wpForo can be updated to v2 as well, so it’s not mandatory to do this update.

wpForo Forum 1.9.9.1 | 11.10.2021

Release Info: This is a not planned release to fix some important conflicts and to add some hooks for WooCommerce Memberships plugin integration.
Fixed Bug: We were getting lots of reports about a serious conflict with bbPress plugin. People install wpForo to test it while they still use bbPress. In this case the topic creation doesn’t work. wpForo generates errors once the topic is submitted. This conflict has been fixed with this version.
New Addon: wpForo – WooCommerce Memberships Integration. In the meantime we’ve got a request for WooCommerce Memberships integration addon, this addon is also released with wpForo 1.9.9.1 version.

wpForo Forum 1.9.9 | 22.07.2021

wpForo Forum v1.9.9 Release Summary

Compatibility: WordPress 5.8
Compatibility: All in One SEO plugin (no conflict with wpForo SEO)
Compatibility: Yoast SEO plugin (no conflict with wpForo SEO)
Compatibility: Rank Math SEO (no conflict with wpForo SEO)
Compatibility: Changes to display registration errors (for CleanTalk)
Added: New hooks for debugging
Added: New language files, existing ones are updated
Fixed Bug: Problem with auto-complete search of topic tags
Fixed Bug: Fatal error – Undefined method wpdb::db_server_info()
Fixed Bug: Fatal Error – Unsupported operand types in functions.php
Fixed Bug: PHP Notice – Trying to access array offset on value
Fixed Bug: wpforo_strip_shortcodes function removes http links

IMPORTANT NOTES for UPDATE

After the update, please delete all caches.
If you have a Minifier/Optimizer plugins please delete all caches.
If you use CDN and found some issues please purge it.
Some JS and CSS files are changed, please refresh (press Ctrl+F5, on Mac CMD+Alt+E) on forum front-end twice to reset browser cache, otherwise you’ll see crashed design.

wpForo Forum 1.9.8 | 13.07.2021

wpForo Forum v1.9.8 Release Summary

Fixed Bug: Missing subforums on forum list (Threaded Layout)
Fixed Bug: Missing forums and subforums in forum dropdown menu
Fixed Bug: PHP Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of null
Fixed Bug: Inserting nickname in reply box if the mentioning is disabled
Fixed Bug: Filtered unused shortcodes in BuddyPress activities
Fixed Bug: Problem with searching topics by topic custom fields
Fixed Bug: Load More Comments button doesn’t work in Q&A forum layout
Fixed Bug: 404 error when changing the language with Polylang Plugin
Fixed Bug: Forum search button is not clickable (required fields issue)
Fixed Bug: Member search button is not clickable (required fields issue)
Fixed Bug: Tab specific breadcrumb for profile custom tabs (for UCF addon)
New Addon: wpForo – GIPHY Integration
New Addon: wpForo – Tenor GIFs Integration

wpForo Forum 1.9.7 | 11.06.2021

wpForo Forum v1.9.7 Release Summary

Added: MySQL 8 Compatibility
Added: Social Network fields in forum profiles are updated
Removed: ICQ, AOL IM, Google+, Yahoo, MSN
Added: LinkedIn, Instagram, Telegram, YouTube, VKontakte
Added: Hooks on user banning / unbanning actions
Added: User banning do_action('wpforo_after_ban_user’, $userid);
Added: User unbanning do_action('wpforo_after_unban_user’, $userid);
Added: Hooks to set custom timeout for forum top/right pop-up messages
Added: Forum hook wpforo_notice_timeout_success
Added: Forum hook wpforo_notice_timeout_error
Added: Built-in forum memory cache is improved
Added: Adds space after @nickname on clicking [reply] button
Added: Admins are now able to manage user subscriptions in user’s My Profile > Subscriptions Tab
Added: QAPage schema to wpForo Q&A Forum Layout. Now forum Q&A layout topics/questions are eligible to have a rich result displayed on the search results page. More information…
Fixed Bug: Redirection issue when URL contains TCP port other than 80
Fixed Bug: Sub-forums are not displayed in threaded layout (MySQL 8 issue)
Fixed Bug: Clean [spoiler] shortcode from recent posts list
Fixed Bug: Back slash before all apostrophes in emails
Fixed Bug: Secure redirection, switched to wp_safe_redirect()
Fixed Bug: Problem with spoiler, crashing post content and forum layout
Fixed Bug: Incorrect last login information for inactive users
Fixed Bug: Reduced DB queries and some duplicated SQLs are removed

wpForo Forum 1.9.6 | 12.03.2021

wpForo Forum v1.9.6 Release Summary

Added: WordPress 5.7 compatibility
Fixed Bug: Problem with the filter ‘not replied posts’ in recent posts page
Fixed Bug: Inactive user is shown in the footer latest member section
Fixed Bug: Wrong link to font-awesome icons
Fixed Bug: Threaded layout avatars size issue on high resolution screens
Core Update: Important changes for wpForo Private Message addon
Core Update: Important changes for wpForo Topic Custom Fields addon

wpForo Forum 1.9.4 / 1.9.5 | 25.02.2021

wpForo Forum v1.9.4 Release Summary

version 1.9.5
Fixed Bug: Forum slugs are changed on forum editing
Fixed Bug: Some small bugs are fixed
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version 1.9.4
Added: Option to control toolbar location on topic/post editor (top/bottom)
Added: Hook to enable multi-site signup functions for forum registration
Added: Hook to control image auto-embedding in posts
Added: New permissions in forum accesses Can enter forum and Can enter topic
Added: Missing phrases to wpForo phrase system
Added: Slovak(SK) and Arabic (AR) language translation files
Updated: CZ, DK, ES, HU, JA, NL, TR language translation files
Fixed Bug: Line-break issue with user Signature and About fields
Fixed Bug: Redirect back after login on non-forum login pages
Fixed Bug: Problem with AJAX powered buttons, concurrent requests are enabled
Fixed Bug: Issue with Topic Starter label when guest posting is enabled
Fixed Bug: Post likes problem in threaded layout when the Object Cache disabled
Fixed Bug: Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: fclose()
Fixed Bug: Google reCAPTCHA problem on native WordPress login / register pages
Fixed Bug: Lots of small bugs are fixed and all AJAX functions are optimized
New Addon: wpForo Syntax Highlighter
New Addon: wpForo Topic Prefix & Tag Manager

wpForo Forum 1.9.2 / 1.9.3 | 19.12.2020

wpForo Forum v1.9.2 / v 1.9.3 Release Summary

version 1.9.3
Fixed Bug: Fatal error with some cache and must loaded (mu-plugins) plugins
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version 1.9.2
Added: Better protection against spam user registration
Added: New hooks on topics and posts getting arguments for custom ordering
Added: Less number of SQLs on forum and non-forum pages by caching options
Added: Less number of SQLs on forum and non-forum pages by caching widgets
Fixed Bug: Fatal Error when using custom scripts for UM Integration
Fixed Bug: Recent posts widget ignores forum access settings and displays private forums’ posts if the “limit per topic” option is enabled.

wpForo Forum 1.9.0 / 1.9.1 | 12.12.2020

wpForo Forum v1.9.0 / v1.9.1 Release Summary

version 1.9.1
Adapted: Avoid database error if the InnoDB table engine is disabled in the hosting server.
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version 1.9.0
Added: PHP 8 compatibility
Added: WordPress 5.6 compatibility
Added: Label “Topic Starter” next to the post author username
Added: Rich editor for Signature field
Added: New button in dashboard [Clean Up] to clean orphaned data
Added: Hook to disable forum filter for related topics by tags
Added: Use strict rules to find related topics by tags (full match)
Added: Nofollow attributes to anchor links
Added: Option and hook to manage forum and sub-forums on threaded layout
Added: Don’t suggest selecting of forums if there is only one
Added: Option to show/hide top admin bar for regular users
Added: Filter hook to FB Login privacy information
Added: Tinymce content_css for emoji image size
Added: Enable merge/move with topic short URLs as well
Added: Limit suggested tags and filter hook to change this limit
Fixed Bug: Buddypress notifications are not marked as read
Fixed Bug: Forum sitemap issue with WordPress 5.5/5.6
Fixed Bug: Post editor is visible in closed topics for admins/mods
Fixed Bug: Rank Math SEO conflict
Fixed Bug: RSS link issues, infinity duplications
Fixed Bug: SEO issue, moved topic URL still available
Fixed Bug: Time zone date time counting issue
Fixed Bug: Recent posts widget ignores forum accesses
Fixed Bug: Wrong user being notified of being mentioned in the forum
Fixed Bug: Search problem with unicode content
Fixed Bug: Problem with HTML code when you edit a post
Fixed Bug: Doesn’t show some code or quote (when trying to edit)
Fixed Bug: Missing unapproved posts on Recent Posts page (filter)
Fixed Bug: Last reply links on threaded layout doesn’t show up for guests
Fixed Bug: Can create topic in the category
Fixed Bug: Two PHP notices when move/split posts
Fixed Bug: Profile URL is not changed to UM profile page for current user only
Fixed Bug: Problem with current user profile URL when BuddyPress is enabled
Fixed Bug: Latest Post in the Forum Statistics is showing restricted topics
Fixed Bug: Extra “Body” tooltip on editor toolbar buttons
Fixed Bug: Remove share buttons from password reset page (avoid vulnerability)
Fixed Bug: Issue with rich editor full screen toolbar buttons
Fixed Bug: Deprecated keyboard event properties and Mac support
Fixed Bug: Numeric username issues in registration and account data update
Optimization: All AJAX requests are optimized
Removed: PHPSESSION

wpForo Forum 1.8.3 / 1.8.4 | 17.08.2020

wpForo Forum v1.8.3 / 1.8.4 Release Summary

version 1.8.4
Fixed Bug: Stop changing attachments paths to relative by TinyMCE
Fixed Bug: Backslashes issues in the post content
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version 1.8.3
Added: WordPress 5.5 compatibility
Optimized: Forum fulltext search functions
Fixed Bug: Allow edit reply titles in threaded layout
Fixed Bug: Advanced search bug in search widget and menu forms
Fixed Bug: Remove Advanced search options button from Tags search

wpForo Forum 1.8.2 | 27.07.2020

wpForo Forum v1.8.2 Release Summary

Fixed Bug: Login issue, forum doesn’t recognize login status
Fixed Bug: Forum menu doesn’t reflect to login status
Fixed Bug: Cannot approve / unapprove post
Fixed Bug: Cannot edit a topic / post
Fixed Bug: Some forms are disappeared

wpForo Forum 1.8.0 / 1.8.1 | 22.07.2020

wpForo Forum v1.8.0 / v1.8.1 Release Summary

IMPORTANT: wpForo 1.8.x versions are not compatible with old versions of addons. Please update addons right after the wpForo update and delete all caches.

version 1.8.1
Fixed Bug: Topic and Post editor title issue
Fixed Bug: Missing titles in Recent Posts widget
Fixed Bug: Cannot update wpForo Polls addon
Fixed Bug: Forum is crashed if you use “Turn WordPress to wpForo” option
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version 1.8.0
Added: The core is improved and adopted for page builders
Added: You can use wpForo shortcodes in Elementor plugin
Added: Now you can add forum in custom post types and in child pages
Added: Robust CSS style, preventing design conflicts (e.g. with Divi theme)
Added: WordPress default First and Last Names added in User Fields addon
Added: Edit and Delete user in Dashboard button in forum profile page
Added: Please Login or Register message in Topic pages for guests
Added: Add new topic using a URL and opening in separate page
Added: Add Topic URL: site.com/community/add-topic/
Added: Add Topic with preselected forumid: site.com/community/add-topic/5/
Added: Add Topic shortcode: [wpforo item=”add-topic”]
Added: Add Topic shortcode for forumid=5: [wpforo item=”add-topic” id=”5″]
Added: Add Topic page access based on Usergroup permissions
Added: New permission “Can access to add topic page” in Usergroups
Fixed Bug: Reset password URL opens 404 page on multi-site installation
Fixed Bug: Problem with WhatsApp share button
Fixed Bug: SEO issues, “noindex” meta tag
Fixed Bug: User nickname validation issues
Fixed Bug: Another attempt to make compatible with Rank Math SEO
Fixed Bug: Editor smile button problem in Threaded Layout
Fixed Bug: Many small bugs are fixed as well
New Addon: wpForo Topic Custom Fields

wpForo Forum 1.7.5 / 1.7.6 / 1.7.7 | 31.05.2020

wpForo Forum v1.7.5 / 1.7.6 / 1.7.7 Release Summary

With this version of wpForo, we’ve improved the wpForo – User Custom Fields addon. Besides the ability to create custom fields for users, now this addon allows you to create Custom Profile Tabs. This is a major change in the addon which required wpForo core update as well.

wpForo Forum v1.7.7
Fixed Bug: Remove Secondary Usergroup field from users account. Display it only for administrators.
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wpForo Forum v1.7.6
Fixed Bug: Warning: Illegal offset type in class-members.php on line 2641
Fixed Bug: Other small bugs
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wpForo Forum v1.7.5
Added: New permission Can reply to own topic in Forum Accesses
Added: New [post-desc] shortcode for user mentioning email template
Added: New merged Profile Page option [ Default | wpForo | BP | UM ]
Fixed Bug: Compatibility issues with Rank Math plugin
Fixed Bug: User couldn’t edit topic title in Threaded Layout
Fixed Bug: User couldn’t delete own topic if there are some replies in it
Fixed Bug: Admin can manage his subscriptions without confirming his email
Fixed Bug: PHP Notice; undefined userid in widgets for Banned Users
Fixed Bug: Issues with Secondary Usergroups
Fixed Bug: Lots of small bugs

wpForo Forum 1.7.3 / 1.7.4 | 23.04.2020

wpForo Forum v1.7.3 / v1.7.4 Release Summary

wpForo Forum v1.7.4
Fixed Bug: Issue with user registration email formatting
Fixed Bug: Prevent 3rd party affection of user registration email type
Fixed Bug: Admin front-end control panel dark style
Fixed Bug: Required fields validation issue in topic editor for quests
Fixed Bug: Prevent executing 3rd party heavy SQLs through WP hooks in wpForo
Fixed Bug: Only display active users in forum members page
Fixed Bug: Only count active users in forum statistic
New Hook: If you want to remove the “only active users” restriction for members list and members count in statistic you should use the new hook with this parameter: add_filter('wpforo_display_members_status’, function ( $status ){ return array('active’, 'inactive’, ‘banned’); });
once you put this hook in your active WordPress theme functions.php, you should navigate to Dashboard > Forums > Dashboard and click the [Delete All Caches] button. If you have a WordPress child theme, you should only put this code in the child theme functions.php file.
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wpForo Forum v1.7.3
Updated: Login button on Register page
Updated: Human readable Views and Post numbers on Threaded Layout topics list
Updated: Lighter and smaller threaded layout editor for replies.
Updated: Italian Translation Update (it_IT), many thanks to Simone Ginosa
Fixed Bug: Missing [Clear All] notification button style on non forum pages
Fixed Bug: Problem with [Clear All] notification button on My Profile widget
Fixed Bug: Don’t synch usergroups with roles if the option is disabled
Fixed Bug: Prevent wrong synchronization for admins if there is no rule for them
Fixed Bug: Keeps jumping to incorrect topic after splitting posts from a topic
Fixed Bug: WordPress login page URL in user registration form started from 5.4
Fixed Bug: Lots of small bugs in the core and CSS issues
Fixed Bug: new hook to stop conflicts with Page builder plugins, such as Flatsome theme page builder. In this case you should enable the hook with this code: add_filter('on_wpforo_load_remove_the_content_all_filters’, ‘__return_true’);

wpForo Forum 1.7.2 | 28.03.2020

wpForo Forum v1.7.2 Release Summary

Added: AJAX powered “Clear all” notification button
Added: Press ESC to close opened notifications list
Added: Keep the same Canonical URL for pages opened by Short and Full URLs
Fixed Bug: Short period uncolored view on forum loading process
Fixed Bug: Remove [Admin] Usergroup as selected option on new user creation
Fixed Bug: Revert back wpforo_answer action hook
Fixed Bug: PHP 7.4 warning messages
Fixed Bug: Remove <p>@nickname</p> HTML from reply textarea
Fixed Bug: Phrase “Got to first unread post” to “Go to first unread post”
Fixed Bug: Missing trailing slash in Forum Sitemap URL copy section
Fixed Bug: Other small bugs…

wpForo Forum 1.7.1 | 24.03.2020

wpForo Forum v1.7.1 Release Summary

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: [Create Account] button on forum login page
Added: Redirect to previous page after user login
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 w/o #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

wpForo Forum 1.7.0 | 03.02.2020

wpForo Forum v1.7.0 Release Summary

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: Allow 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
Fixed Bug: Can View Signature usergroup permission doesn’t work
Optimization: Duplicated SQL queries, SQL optimization.

IMPORTANT NOTES for UPDATE

After the update, please delete all caches, go to forum front-end and reset browser cache.
If you use CDN and found some issue please purge it.

wpForo Forum 1.6.5 | 15.09.2019

wpForo Forum v1.6.5 Release Summary

Added: Filter to find inactive users in Forums > Members admin page
Fixed Bug: Can’t post new topics and replies “Empty Post” Error.
Fixed Bug: Problems on IE 11 browser.
Fixed Bug: Hide forums for non-permitted users in Threaded Layout
Fixed Bug: PHP Notice: undefined variable in Settings > Members admin page
Fixed Bug: Unconfirmed users become inactive
Fixed Bug: Don’t allow admins upload other file types in XML Phrases importer form. Security issue: Remote Code Execution (RCE) “Arbitrary File Upload”.

wpForo Forum 1.6.4 | 03.09.2019

wpForo Forum v1.6.4 Release Summary

Fixed Bug: Spurious question marks in texts
Fixed Bug: Empty topic and reply titles
Fixed Bug: New registered users are not able to post new topics and replies if the email confirmation option is disabled.

wpForo Forum 1.6.3 | 01.09.2019

wpForo Forum v1.6.3 Release Summary

Added: Post preview button
Added: Save post draft
Added: Auto drafting of post editor content
Added: Revisions system based post draft
Added: Multiple revisions with options to restore and delete
Added: Option to enable / disable post preview and drafting
Added: Option to set max number of revisions
Added: Option to set auto-drafting interval
Added: Current user profile shortcode [wpforo item="profile"]
Added: Changed last poster avatar link to last reply in Threaed Layout
Added: German translation update, many thanks to Birgit Barth
Added: Hook wpforo_replace_buddypress_avatar to replace BuddyPress avatar
New Addon: wpForo Emoticons
Fixed Bug: Wrong last post and date info on Simplified Layout forums
Fixed Bug: Fix Spoiler Bug when spoiler title contains apostrophes
Fixed Bug: Topic and post icons on profile activity page
Fixed Bug: Post dates don’t reflect WP Date Format if the option is enabled.
Fixed Bug: Allow brackets in topic title but still remove shortcodes
Fixed Bug: No result when select “Not Replied Topics” in dropdown
Fixed Bug: 404 error when forum search field is empty
Fixed Bug: 404 error when regular page slug part matches with forum base path
Fixed Bug: Forum Members linking to wrong user profile
Fixed Bug: Forum tab in profile page in new versions of Ultimate Member plugin
Fixed Bug: Report email is only being sent to first forum admin email address
Fixed Bug: Some TinyMCE plugins are not loaded in forum editor
Fixed Bug: PHP Warning message on saving forum members setting
Fixed Bug: Strip shortcodes in forum search result
Fixed Bug: Other small bugs.

wpForo Forum 1.6.2 | 11.07.2019

wpForo Forum v1.6.2 Release Summary

Added: Multi-quotes by selecting certain content from different posts
Added: Option to change user forum rating in Dashboard > Edit User page
Added: Auto-grow (auto-resize) feature for forum topic/post editors
Added: Reply button automatically adds post author @nickname in editor
Added: Prevent closing forum window if topic/post editor is not empty
Added: New shortcode [post_author_name] in forum email templates.
Added: Option to create spoilers (hidden, expandable content) in editor
Added: Option to limit forum search result count, optimizing db usage
Added: Option to set max/min characters number in forum topic/post editor
Added: Ctrl + Enter to submit forum topic/post editor
Added: wpForo SEO optimization, Twitter Image SEO Tag for forum pages
Added: Display category (top parent forum) description in category page
Added: Display Secondary Usergroups with user information and in profile
Added: Enabled Subscribe Manager in forum profile > subscription tab
Added: Redirect to forum login page if visitor has no access to a topic
Added: Forum compatible with Rank Math SEO plugin
Added: Forum filter hook ‘wpforo_search_results_body_length’
Fixed Bug: Wrong last info on parent forums
Fixed Bug: Forum attachment button issue in Threaded Layout topic editor
Fixed Bug: Problem using WordPress date-time type in forum
Fixed Bug: Problem with reset password URL
Fixed Bug: Problem with style customization using Custom CSS Codes option
Fixed Bug: Forum meta description doesn’t work
Fixed Bug: 404 Not Found error on Microsoft Servers
Fixed Bug: BuddyPress integration issues with Forum Profile URL
Fixed Bug: Ultimate Member integration issues with Forum Profile URL
Fixed Bug: Can’t delete reply in large Threaded Layout topic
Fixed Bug: Can’t see own replies in forum private topics
Fixed Bug: No forum breadcrumb home icon in category pages
Fixed Bug: Forum breadcrumb structured data error
Fixed Bug: Issue with deleting Q&A forum layout answer
Fixed Bug: “jQuery is not defined” on non-forum pages
Fixed Bug: Database error with some forum topic tags
Fixed Bug: Timezone issues on some servers
Fixed Bug: Database error “Duplicate entry” on post liking
Fixed Bug: Approved posts counting issue for guests
Fixed Bug: Remove inaccessible content from search result
Fixed Bug: Dozens of other small bugs
Optimization: Better performance, lower database queries…

wpForo Forum 1.6.1 | 10.03.2019

wpForo Forum v1.6.1 Release Summary

Added: Ordering of Threaded Layout forum list based on forum order in dashboard
Added: Option to control thread replies depth (set 0 to disable reply nesting)
Added: Option to disable reply button of first post in Threaded layout
Added: Post liked users information under each reply in Threaded layout
Added: Separator between first posts and replies of Threaded Layout topic
Added: Breadcrumb SEO optimization with BreadcrumbList schema.
Added: Automatic redirection to correct topic page if pagination rule is changed
Fixed Bug: Unread forums and topics bold titles for Threaded Layout
Fixed Bug: Widget “Display Avatar” option disabling problem
Fixed Bug: Widget Recent Posts ordering issue
Fixed Bug: reCAPTCHA style issues
Fixed Bug: Wrong counting new users posts
Fixed Bug: Localhost problems, especially on WAMP servers
Fixed Bug: Reply editor, line-break, spellchecker, color and other issues
Fixed Bug: Problems splitting and merging Threaded Layout topics
Fixed Bug: Posts become unapproved, settings control issues.
Fixed Bug: Many CSS issues and small bugs

wpForo Forum 1.6.0 | 01.03.2019

wpForo Forum v1.6.0 Release Summary

Added: Threaded Forum Layout
Added: Threaded Layout | Topics list under threaded layout category
Added: Threaded Layout | AJAX powered Load More Topics button under thread list
Added: Threaded Layout | Topic Filters (hottest, solved, unsolved)
Added: Threaded Layout | Ability to add new topic directly from forum list
Added: Threaded Layout | Nested (threaded) Replies with levels depth in Topics
Added: Threaded Layout | Opens editor under each post on reply button click
Added: Threaded Layout | Displays thread breadcrumb (replying tree) of each reply
Added: Threaded Layout | Lots of options to manage layout specific things
Improved: Q&A Layout is fully improved
Added: Q&A Layout | Stick question on all pages, separate answers section
Added: Q&A Layout | Answers sorting options, by default “most voted”
Added: Q&A Layout | Comments of answers are grouped, “see all comments” button
Added: Q&A Layout | Either display Answer editor or Answer button (click to open)
Added: Q&A Layout | Add Comment button moved under each answer below
Added: Q&A Layout | Opens editor under each answer on Add Comment button click
Added: Q&A Layout | Visual and Text editor types for comments. Text by default
Added: Q&A Layout | New options to manage layout specific things
Improved: Recent Topics and Posts Widgets
Added: Option filter by forums
Added: Option autofilter topics and posts by current forum
Added: Option Display posts per topic for Recent Posts widget
Added: Spam Control – Don’t allow frequent posting
Added: Disable submit button to prevent multi submissions
Added: Posts Must be Manually Approved option for new registered users
Added: Problem fixer section for color changing issues in Styles tab
Added: Option to stick first post on all topic pages (for all layouts)
Added: Filter dropdown on Recent Posts page (Recent, Unread, Solved…)
Added: Filter hook ‘wpforo_avatar_upload_max_filesize’
Added: Filter hook ‘wpforo_signature_length’ (manage signature length)
Added: Filter hook ‘wpforo_editor_settings’ (manage editor buttons)
Added: Forum layout previews on edit forum screen
Added: Reset Options button on all Settings and Tools tabs
Added: Database Checker, Problem Reporter and Fixer in Tools > Debug > Tables tab
Updated: Forum icons updated to FontAwesome 5.7.0
Changed: Hide banned users count on dashboard menu when Auto-ban is disabled
Optimization: SQL queries. Less queries more data processing
Fixed Bug: Remove subscriptions when topics is removed
Fixed Bug: Database error related to duplicated data in subscribers table
Fixed Bug: Dynamic user role changing with Membership Plugins
Fixed Bug: Enable “Can view replies” permission in Forum Accesses
Fixed Bug: Missing Phrases
Fixed Bug: Lots of minor bugs…

IMPORTANT NOTES for UPDATE

This version brings dozens of new features, therefore there are some changes in database. If your forum has less than 100K posts it’ll update all changes in database during the plugin update process, if your forum has more than 100K posts you’ll get a Dashboard Message with further instruction. Please follow them to complete this middle version update.
Forum template files are modified. If you have an old customized copies of forum template files in your WP theme /wpforo/ folder please update them.
If you have Advanced Attachments and Ads Manager addons installed please update those once the wpForo is updated.
To load your customized colors please refresh forum front-end page twice.
If you have a Cache Plugin, please delete all caches after wpForo update.
If you use CDN and found some issue please purge it.

wpForo Forum 1.5.5 | 18.11.2018

wpForo Forum v1.5.5 Release Summary

Optimization: Faster forum search
Optimization: Remove extra conditions and extra counts in SQLs
Fixed Bug: 502 bad gateway when reset passwords
Fixed Bug: Spammers passing moderation when the min number of posts reached.
Fixed Bug: Error 500, fixed by Mark all read button
Fixed Bug: Error 502 for moderators
Fixed Bug: Error: Allowed memory size of # bytes exhausted
Fixed Bug: Incompatibility with Ultimate Member, when replace profile option is on
Fixed Bug: Incompatibility with BuddyPress new versions
Fixed Bug: Email notification doesn’t work for users with Secondary Usergroups
Fixed Bug: Can’t translate currently topic viewers phrase
Fixed Bug: Zero stat, avoid MySQL cache and DB cache with zero values
Fixed Bug: Extra space after X ago date.
Fixed Bug: Show title in category (top parent forum) page
Fixed Bug: Was removing underline from attachments file name.
Fixed Bug: Added missing phrases
Fixed Bug: Search issue with empty post titles in some migrated forums
Fixed Bug: Issue with post reporting email notification
Fixed Bug: SQl Optimization, remove extra conditions and extra counts
Fixed Bug: Usergroups admin page, correct number of users including secondary usergroups
Fixed Bug: Forum disappears, it conflicting with plugins which calls the page do_shortcode action twice.
Fixed Bug: And many small bugs…

wpForo Forum 1.5.4 | 05.10.2018

wpForo Forum v1.5.4 Release Summary

Added: Current and recent visitors tracking in forums and topics
Added: Debug Tools in Forums > Tools > Debug admin page
Added: New Usergroup permission “Can view statistic”
Changed: Moderators can access to enabled forum settings in dashboard
Changed: Breadcrumb root phrase for Unread Posts
Updated: Russian Translation by Space
Updated: Hebrew translation by Gal
Fixed Bug: 500 Internal Server Error (for admins and moderators)
Fixed Bug: Prevent updates by disabling wp_version_check()
Fixed Bug: WordPress Database Error – Duplicate key on new user registration
Fixed Bug: The loopback request to site failed, prevent WP_Cron from working, along with theme and plugin editors.
Fixed Bug: Error encountered – (0) cURL error 28: Operation timed out after 10001 milliseconds with 0 bytes received

wpForo Forum 1.5.3 | 13.09.2018

wpForo Forum v1.5.3 Release Summary

Changed: Change all “Topic” phrases to “Question” in Q&A layout
Changed: Display topic last post date in related topics area
Changed: Allow guests to use default file attachment button
Changed: Post auto-moderation optimization (smarter spam suspicion)
Fixed Bug: Tag counts in Topic Footer
Fixed Bug: Link detection in new users posts (Removed Link)
Fixed Bug: Delete Topic Error in Dashboard > Moderation admin page
Fixed Bug: http_headers ajax request referrer problem
Fixed Bug: Too many redirects on plugin activation
Fixed Bug: Profile fields not saved in Dashboard > Edit Users page
Fixed Bug: Usergroup and Secondary Usergroups not saved
Fixed Bug: Error – “Invalid User ID” on profile update

wpForo Forum 1.5.2 | 05.09.2018

wpForo Forum v1.5.2 Release Summary

Added: Topic Tags
Added: Topic Tags | Widget with topic count
Added: Topic Tags | Tags Page and Tags Search
Added: Topic Footer | Next and Previous Topics
Added: Topic Footer | Related Topics (based on tags)
Added: Forum Sitemap | example.com/community/sitemap.xml
Added: Forum Sitemap | Pages (forums, topics, profiles)
Added: Forum Sitemap | Search Engine pings on new content
Added: Unread Forums and Topics
Added: Mark All Read button
Added: Unread Posts button
Added: Multiple Topic icons
Added: Topic icons on Recent Posts and User Activity pages
Added: BuddyPress and UM topics/posts order by newest
Added: BuddyPress and UM “quote to reply” Notification
Added: New Usergroup Permissions to access forum dashboard menus
Added: Option to change forum pages base path (profile, account, members…)
Added: Option in Online Users widget (display online users by usergroup)
Added: Post editing log display optimization (group by date and user)
Added: Option to set max number of post editing logs
Added: Croatian Translation (hr), many thanks to Ivan Kocijan
Added: Italian Translation (it_IT), many thanks to Barbara Basso
Added: Turkish Translation (tr_TR), many thanks to Mehmet Said ALTIOK
Updated: Font Awesome icon library v5.3.1
Security: Fixed security issues
Fixed Bug: Yoast SEO Pro conflict (array_key_exists() parameter 2 to be array)
Fixed Bug: Remove Yoast SEO new og/tw tags (conflicts with wpForo SEO)
Fixed Bug: Can’t delete usergroup on non English websites
Fixed Bug: Top admin bar bug (displays for guests)
Fixed Bug: Feature show/hide forum page title
Fixed Bug: Guest posting issue on first topic/post
Fixed Bug: Print human friendly number bug
Fixed Bug: New Topic email notification to admins
Fixed Bug: Forum Feed and RSS validation issues
Fixed Bug: Issue with user profile time-zone field
Fixed Bug: Some account fields cannot be set empty, checkbox appends 0 to values.
Fixed Bug: PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function sanitize_textarea_field()
Fixed Bug: Cannot uncheck all Secondary Groups in Dashboard > User Edit page
Fixed Bug: Guest A can see Guest B unapproved topic title in recent topic section of Forums (Extended Layout)
Fixed Bug: Error on user profile update in dashboard. Warning: array_filter() expects parameter 1 to be array in /class-members.php on line 770

wpForo Forum 1.5.0 / 1.5.1 | 11.07.2018

wpForo Forum v1.5.0 and 1.5.1 Release Summary

wpForo Forum v1.5.1
Added: Options to manage topic/post editing logs
Fixed Bug: UM Integration issue on wpForo activation
Fixed Bug: Long phrases cannot be changed in wpForo Phrase system
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wpForo Forum v1.5.0
Added: User Role-Usergroup Synchronization
Added: Automatically change Usergroup based on User Role
Added: Option to set Forum Usergroup for each User Role
Added: Supports User Role based Paid Membership Plugins
Added: Multiple Usergroups
Added: Secondary Usergroups
Added: Usergroup option to set as Secondary
Added: New permission “Can subscribe” in forum access set
Added: New permission “Can answer own question” in forum access set
Added: Edit post logging with date and author name
Added: Filter hook to control content length in email notification
Added: Filter hook to control text length in breadcrumb tabs
Added: Option to manage New Registered User email subject and body
Added: Admin note/message on Forum frontend (Forums > Tools > Misc)
Added: Display top admin bar for Editors and Authors as well
Added: Option to manage number of Members per page
Added: Ultimate Member | Forums Menu
Added: Ultimate Member | Profile Tab Forums > Created forum topics,
Added: Ultimate Member | Profile Tab Forums > Posted forum replies,
Added: Ultimate Member | Profile Tab Forums > Liked Posts,
Added: Ultimate Member | Profile Tab Forums > Subscriptions,
Added: Ultimate Member | Real-time notification integration,
Added: Forum Dashboard and Forum Home links in top admin bar
Added: Help links to documentation next to forum options labels
Added: Plugin deactivation reason dialog
Modified: Allow users to edit and delete own unapproved posts
Modified: Removed quote texts in recent topic/posts excerpts
Modified: Totally improved User profile builder functions
Fixed Bug: Duplicate meta title for the first Topic page
Fixed Bug: SEO issues and conflict with AIO SEO Pack plugin
Fixed Bug: Missing topic and post pagination buttons for guests
Fixed Bug: Wrong user information appears after login (HTML cache)
Fixed Bug: Max upload file size bug when it’s set 1MB
Fixed Bug: Dashboard > Forums menu Banned Users indicator issue
Fixed Bug: When forum is set as home page. Login Menu on home page adds extra domain in URL then return 404 error after login.

wpForo Forum 1.4.10 – 1.4.13 | 02.06.2018

Fixed: This is a not planned security update. It includes data sanitization and filtering changes.
Fixed: User registration issue

wpForo Forum 1.4.8 / 1.4.9 | 04.05.2018

wpForo Forum v1.4.9 Release Summary
wpForo Forum v1.4.8 Release Summary

wpForo Forum v1.4.8
Added: GDPR Compliance / Doc
Added: GDPR | Checkbox – Accept Forum Privacy Policy
Added: GDPR | Checkbox – Accept Website Privacy Policy
Added: GDPR | Checkbox – Accept Email confirmation
Added: GDPR | Checkbox – Accept Forum Rules
Added: GDPR | Checkbox – Accept Facebook Login processing
Added: GDPR | Forum Privacy Policy Template
Added: GDPR | Forum Rules Template
Added: GDPR | Manage Cookies
Added: GDPR | Button to contact forum admin
Added: GDPR | Checkboxes on registration page
Added: GDPR | Checkboxes on guest posting editors
Added: Share Buttons
Added: Share | Post specific share buttons (3 locations)
Added: Share | General share buttons (2 locations)
Added: Share | Different share button styles and types
Added: BuddyPress Integration
Added: BuddyPress | Forums Menu
Added: BuddyPress | Profile Tab Forums > Created forum topics,
Added: BuddyPress | Profile Tab Forums > Posted forum replies,
Added: BuddyPress | Profile Tab Forums > Liked Posts,
Added: BuddyPress | Profile Tab Forums > Subscriptions,
Added: BuddyPress | Notification Integration,
Added: BuddyPress | Update Activity on post status changing,
Added: Forum Subscription Manager in My Profile > Subscriptions page,
Added: Recent Topics Widget (order by updated date, posts, views),
Added: Option to enable new HTML tags in post content,
Added: Options to disable file scanning, exclude file extensions,
Added: Allow /* extension in nofollow list of SEO Tools
Added: Danish Translation ( da_DK ), many thanks to Tom
Fixed Bug: reCAPTCHA Bug, can’t login when WP forms are disabled
Fixed Bug: Removed “iframe” tag in post content by default
Fixed Bug: Q&A Layout, problem with counting of answers
Fixed Bug: Simplified Layout, last posted guest avatar issue
Fixed Bug: – Choose – option for required dropdown filed
Fixed Bug: Database error related to users table on Multisite
Fixed Bug: Problem with Usergroup field on Account page
Fixed Bug: URL type of user avatar doesn’t work
Fixed Bug: Fully disable Forum RSS Feed
Fixed Bug: Private forum last post info in forum statistic
Fixed Bug: Subforum topic doesn’t update parent forums information
Fixed Bug: Yoast Deprecated function
wpForo Forum v1.4.9
Fixed Bug: Missing Reset Password URL in Email
Fixed Bug: Unapproved topics for Moderators on Recent Posts page
Fixed Bug: Private topics for guests

wpForo Forum 1.4.6 / 1.4.7 | 09.03.2018

wpForo Forum v1.4.7 Release Summary
wpForo Forum v1.4.6 Release Summary

IMPORTANT: wpForo Font Awesome lib is updated to version 5. If your theme doesn’t have v5 and you’ve disabled wpForo Font Awesome lib, please enable it back in Settings > Features admin page. If you’ve changed forum icons, member fields and reputation icons, please edit and insert new values using Font Awesome 5 new classes.

wpForo Forum v1.4.7
Changed: Loading icon on first click of Topic Tool button
Changed: Disable comment button for wpForo activity in BuddyPress
Changed: Don’t post an activity from Private Forums in BuddyPress
Changed: Display forum slug field (don’t hide in screen options)
Changed: Don’t allow set Guest and Admin usergroups as Default
Fixed Bug: Topic Tools only work on first page
Fixed Bug: Sync forum profile avatar with blog comments avatar
Fixed Bug: Missing reply icon and incorrect topic icons
Fixed Bug: Update topics order by moved, split, merged replies date
Fixed Bug: Last post information from private forum in forum stat
Fixed Bug: Wrong order of posts in Profile Activity
Fixed Bug: Wrong order of last posts in Extended Layout Topic
Fixed Bug: Password reset URL problem with Usernames with space
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wpForo Forum v1.4.6
Added: Font Awesome 5
Added: Moderation Tools
- Move Topic
- Move Reply
- Merge Topics
- Split Topic (create new topic or merge to existing topic)
Added: Option to enable WordPress shortcodes in posts content
Added: Integration with BuddyPress Activity (new topic, reply, likes)
Added: Function to display user fields wpforo_user_field(‘field’)
Added: New filter hook ‘is_wpforo_page’ in is_wpforo_page() function
Changed: Disable self liking
Updated: French Translation (fr_FR), many thanks to Gilles Santacreu
Updated: Swedish Translation (sv_SE), many thanks to Johan Vesterkvist
Fixed Bug: Like and other action buttons problem on iOS devices
Fixed Bug: All action buttons HTML and JS functions are re-developed
Fixed Bug: Typos and non-translated phrases are fixed
Fixed Bug: Anonymous username on forum list and recent posts
Fixed Bug: Recent posts is blank for links and images
Fixed Bug: Incorrect forum statistic for guests
Fixed Bug: Incorrect forum info when last topic or post is unapproved
Fixed Bug: Guest email notification doesn’t contain topic title
Fixed Bug: Remove nofollow link tag when Profiles are set Noindex
Fixed Bug: Unable to edit Admin Usergroup color
Fixed Bug: Pagination problem with wpForo extended shortcodes
Fixed Bug: DB Error: Unable to create fld_group_unq key
Fixed Bug: Firefox automatically inserts Username in Skype field
Fixed Bug: Same Gravatar for all guests in wpForo widgets

NOTE: IF YOU UPDATE FROM 1.4.x

If you’re updating from 1.4.2 or lower versions and you have customized wpforo template files in WordPress active theme’s /wpforo/ folder, please remove those before updating. Current wpForo Forum version doesn’t support old template files.
After wpForo update, if you see a message “wpForo – Update Database”. Please click on [Update Database] button to complete update process. This is a data synchronization action, it doesn’t delete forum data.
If you have a Cache Plugin, please delete all caches after wpForo update.
If you use CDN and found some issue please purge it.
If you see style issues after update, please refresh forum page twice or do Ctrl+F5 on forum front-end to load new styles.
If you have wpForo addons, please update them right after wpForo forum update. Don’t update them before wpForo forum update.

wpForo Forum 1.4.4 / 1.4.4.1 / 1.4.5 | 11.01.2018

wpForo Forum v1.4.5 Release Summary
wpForo Forum v1.4.4 / 1.4.4.1 Release Summary

1.4.5
Added: Option in Usergroup settings to display / Hide on Members list
Changed: Recent Posts topic view
Fixed Bug: Avatar size in widget
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1.4.4 / 1.4.4.1
Added: Guest Posting
Added: Guest can subscribe to topics and forums
Added: Guest can edit own topics and posts
Added: Guest can quote others topics and posts
Added: Guest can attach files and set own topic as resolved
Added: Built-in Google reCAPTCHA API
Added: Secure guest posting with Google reCAPTCHA human verification
Added: reCAPTCHA on WP and wpForo login/register and reset password forms
Added: Google reCAPTCHA settings on Forums > Tools > Antispam admin page
Added: Redesigned Login / Register and reset Password pages
Added: Option to replace default Reset password page to wpForo page
Added: Tracks a.com as internal on b.a.com forum and doesn’t add nofollow
Added: More intuitive user @mentioning, ignores last symbols (, . ” / ! …)
Added: Option to disable user @mentioning and Nicenames under avatar
Added: Font size changing button on topic and post editor toolbar
Added: Custom redirection URLs after login/register/confirm subscription.
Added: Recent Posts page with two displaying types Topics/replies and Posts
Added: Not allowed CAN’s are disabled for according Forum Accesses
Added: Czech Translation (cs_CZ), many thanks to Pavel Polívka,
Fixed Bug: Problem with complete replacing website avatars to wpForo avatar
Fixed Bug: User can’t see admin posts in own private topic.
Fixed Bug: Issue with Facebook avatars sources (lastmod sufix).
Fixed Bug: Uppercase extension problem (two avatar files for one user)
Fixed Bug: Delete post doesn’t update topic last modified date
Fixed Bug: Delete topic doesn’t update forum last topic information

wpForo Forum 1.4.3 | 09.12.2017

wpForo Forum v1.4.3 Release Summary

Added: Boosted forum core. Works many folds faster. Forum OOP optimization.
Added: Facebook Login on Forum Login and Registration page
Added: Facebook API options in Settings > API’s admin page.
Added: Emoji selector on topic/post editor toolbar
Added: Forum Usergroup colors
Added: Option to Disable User Custom Titles
Added: Option to manage recent topic and post text length in Extended Layout
Added: Multi-section popup notification for forum actions
Added: Forum members mentioning with @nicename
Added: User mentioning email customization options
Added: Allow change vote in Q&A forum layout
Added: Usergroup permissions for profile activity and subscriptions pages
Added: Better no-indexing control for forum login/register pages
Added: Forums > Tools > Misc | Option to set “dofollow” external domains
Added: Forums > Tools > Misc | Option to set noindex forum certain forum pages
Added: Do not count Categories in Forum Statistic
Added: Forum information in Profile Activity list
New Addon: wpForo Polls
New Addon: wpForo MyCRED Integration
Fixed Bug: Problem with private replies (not private on some servers)
Fixed Bug: Cannot disable forum User Synchronization message
Fixed Bug: Private last post on forum stat. Stat cache/reset issues.
Fixed Bug: Avatar and Header image not changed (cache problem)
Fixed Bug: Color / Style UX issues (cannot add color code, color number doc)
Fixed Bug: Profile fields background and font colors on dark style
Fixed Bug: Profile links disappeared (UM, BP, Woo)
Fixed Bug: Non-translate-able forum phrases in JS.
Fixed Bug: PHP Notices / Errors in RSS Feed
Fixed Bug: Online users statistic
Fixed Bug: Corrections of some phrases
Fixed Bug: RTL issues

wpForo Forum 1.4.2 | 22.10.2017

Added: Recent Posts page, menu, footer link,
Fixed Bug: Topic views counting. Guest logging.
Fixed Bug: Reset Password page and URL redirection,
Fixed Bug: User custom field management issues,
Fixed Bug: CSS issues…
Fixed Bug: Missing phrases,
Fixed Bug: Login/Register pop-up window when guest clicks on Add Topic button

wpForo Forum 1.4.1 | 12.10.2017

Added: Bold titles when Forum and Topic is not visited/read
Added: Option to enable/disable forum RSS Feed
Added: Option to enable/disable WP to wpForo forum reset pass URL
Fixed Bug: Guests permission to view forum users avatar is disabled
Fixed Bug: Unable to change forum user Email and Display Name
Fixed Bug: Forum search form problem, empty forum field on some servers
Fixed Bug: Forum widget avatar doesn’t reflect view avatar permission

wpForo Forum 1.4.0 | 07.10.2017

Added: Advanced forum user profile system,
Added: Redesigned forum profile home and account settings page
Added: Forum Topic and Post front-end moderation (approve/unapprove),
Added: User search and filter options for Forum Member search form,
Added: Paste as text button on forum topic/post editor toolbar,
Added: SEO friendly H1 tags for forum and topic titles,
Added: wpForo SEO Open Graph – Image Information for FB share,
Added: General RSS Feed for Forums and Topics
Added: Hide Add Topic button on click,
Added: Forum Description in topic list (forum page),
Added: Option to change default forum User Title for new registered users,
Added: Option to change default forum Usergroup for new registered users,
Added: Option to select Forum Access when creating a new Usergroup,
Added: Website language depended cache, language path issue with cached URLs,
Added: More speed with new intuitive caching and cache deleting functions,
Added: Boost database speed, new indexes for fresh installation,
Added: Make profile links nofollow when profile page indexing is disabled,
Added: Spanish Translation (es_ES), many thanks to Ignacio Sancho(ISANlab)
Added: French Translation (fr_CA), many thanks to Alain Bergevin
Added: Portuguese (Brazil) Translation (pt_BR), many thanks to Lucas Felix,
Updated: German Translation (de_DE), many thanks to uve GmbH | Pascal Feiler,
New Addon: wpForo – User Custom Fields
Fixed Bug: Filter and display subSite specific users on WP MultiSite,
Fixed Bug: Incorrect counting of forum synchronized users,
Fixed Bug: Forum Usergroup permission issue(unused CANs on profile page),
Fixed Bug: Unapproved topics redirect to forum login page,
Fixed Bug: Redirects to account edit page after registration is successfully,
Fixed Bug: Pagination issue, gets request uri function, checks protocols,
Fixed Bug: Warning: Invalid argument supplied in /wpforo.php on line 141,
Fixed Bug: Backslash slashes in email title and content,
Fixed Bug: Forum search result affects page layout and sidebar,
Fixed Bug: Typos and wrong phrases n forum front-end,
Fixed Bug: Not colored wide left border of menu items,
Fixed Bug: Chrome support for wpForo forum Feed XML,
Fixed Bug: Private forums on search form’s forum list
Fixed Bug: Dynamic colors issue when file writing permission is denied for colors.css

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