ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board

2.1.8: February 18, 2026

• Fixed: An issue with installation on some servers that prevent DB table creation without a primary key. The fmwp_topic_views table now has a primary key.
• Fixed: An instance of incorrect function usage in the admin notice message.

2.1.7: December 16, 2025

• Fixed: Security issue CVE-2025-13746.

• Cached and optimized/minified assets(JS/CSS) must be flushed/re-generated after upgrade.

2.1.6: December 02, 2025

• Added: Action hook fmwp_user_update_profile_notifications for 3rd-party integrations after User Profile > Notifications update.
• Fixed: Delete permanently forum/topic action from the frontend.

2.1.5: November 20, 2025

• Added: Site Health information and filter hook fmwp_debug_information_pages to extend it.
• Updated: select2 JS library 4.0.7 -> 4.0.13.
• Added: select2 JS library localization init.
• Fixed: Security vulnerability related to pin/unpin and lock/unlock topic actions.
• Fixed: User Profile loading tabs on fast click.
• Fixed: Topic add/edit popup initialization and displaying.
• Fixed: 3rd-party integration of the email notification templates. Changed initialization priority.
• Fixed: Forum Icon select dropdown in wp-admin.

• Fixed: Small PHP notices and warnings.

• Cached and optimized/minified assets(JS/CSS) must be flushed/re-generated after upgrade.

2.1.4: June 04, 2025

• Added: Action hooks ‘fmwp_change_template_part’, ‘fmwp_before_user_topics_shortcode’, ‘fmwp_before_user_replies_shortcode’ for 3rd-party integrations.

• Fixed: Loading textdomain for compatibility with WordPress 6.7 and 6.8.

• Templates required update:

  • js/forum-row.php

2.1.3: December 09, 2024

• Added: Gutenberg blocks associated with ForumWP shortcodes
• Added: Dependencies for topic/reply editor from the “Enable raw HTML in topic/reply content” setting
• Fixed: Displaying breadcrumbs
• Fixed: Displaying trashed forums, topics, replies
• Fixed: Replies actions links
• Fixed: Order by most views
• Fixed: Login form redirects
• Fixed: Shortcodes arguments using
• Fixed: Getting order value from the topics and replies order field
• Fixed: Security vulnerability CVE-2024-11204
• Fixed: Security vulnerability CVE-2024-10879
• Fixed: jQuery deprecated issues

• Fixed: Small PHP notices and warnings

• Templates required update:

  • emails/mention.php
  • js/forum-category-list.php
  • js/forum-row.php
  • js/topic-row.php
  • js/topics-list.php
  • profile/edit.php
  • profile/main-mobile.php
  • profile/notifications.php
  • profile/notifications-form.php
  • archive-topic.php
  • forum.php
  • login.php
  • login-popup.php
  • reply-status-tags.php
  • single-forum-info.php
  • topic.php

• Cached and optimized/minified assets(JS/CSS) must be flushed/re-generated after upgrade

2.1.2: November 14, 2024

• Fixed: “Load textdomain just in time” issue

2.1.1: November 05, 2024

• Fixed: Displaying trashed topics and replies
• Fixed: Topic’s views counting using $_COOKIES. It’s cookieless for now for better security
• Fixed: Get upload dir PHP notice
• Fixed: Loading user profile subtabs
• Fixed: PHP fatal error on the single reply link
• Fixed: Displaying links for restore/delete permanently topic on the frontend
• Fixed: Compatibility with modules

• Fixed: blueprint.json file

• Templates required update:

  • js/forum-category-list.php
  • js/forum-row.php
  • js/reply-row.php
  • js/single-topic-tags.php
  • js/topic-row.php
  • profile/main-mobile.php
  • profile/main.php
  • topic.php

• Cached and optimized/minified assets(JS/CSS) must be flushed/re-generated after upgrade

2.1.0: October 02, 2024

• Added: Email notifications tab to the user Account page
• Added: Template versioning
• Added: wp_safe_redirect() function using
• Fixed: CVE-2024-8428 security vulnerability
• Fixed: Supporting WordPress Code Standards
• Fixed: Typo e-mail to email
• Fixed: UI styling, fixed for attribute for label, Changed field label text
• Fixed: Shortcode issues
• Fixed: Compatibility with block themes
• Fixed: Uninstall process
• Fixed: Admin settings and notices
• Fixed: Topic views cookies reset after logout
• Fixed: Migration module when there aren’t any proper data for migration

2.0.2: June 14, 2021

• Added: fmwp_user_display_name filter for user display name and 3rd-party integrations
• Added: fmwp_before_restore_reply action hook for 3rd-party integrations
• Fixed: Default topics order on the individual forum page (fixed issue #24)
• Fixed: Uninstall process
• Fixed: Excluding spam topics from the latest topic label (forums list)
• Fixed: Posts privacy in the query posts counter
• Fixed: CSS issues with lists’ header padding
• Fixed: Changed last update date for old and new forum when change topic’s forum
• Fixed: Modified date for the forum, topic, reply
• Fixed: Displaying topics and replies profile tab for the spectator user role

2.0.1: April 28, 2021

• Added: Breadcrumbs to the topics and forums pages
• Added: Option Logout redirect
• Added: @all and @everyone mention users from Administrator role when reply is created. For submitting email notification to the topic author and all replies’ authors in the topic thread
• Fixed: Modules class is_active() function to avoid PHP fatal errors
• Tweak: Spam status has been moved from post status to the postmeta

2.0: March 2, 2021

• Added: bbPress migration module
• Added: Sanitize, escape functions
• Added: PHP and JS hooks for better 3rd-party integration
• Fixed: Security and CPT privacy based on privacy settings (WP native and CPT meta)
• Fixed: Email notifications sending
• Fixed: User permalinks generate process
• Fixed: Dropdown.js scripts
• Fixed: Tipsy.js initialization
• Fixed: Conflicts when change ForumWP CPT statuses
• Fixed: Hide topics from the trashed forums
• Fixed: Post deletion dependencies. Delete permanently sub posts (forum>topic>reply) on post deletion
• Fixed: Shortcode blocks responsibility
• Fixed: Small changes in CSS and layout classes
• Fixed: Uninstall scripts
• Tweak: wp.org release
• Tweak: There is only Migration module in ForumWP plugin

1.0.8: February 2, 2021

• Added: Migration module to migrate bbPress to ForumWP
• Added: Hooks for customize forums list columns’ title
• Added: *.pot file for the translationsin JS files
• Added: Compatibility with UM:Social Activity and creating activity post on reply created
• Fixed: Displaying embed content in Forum page
• Fixed: Admin forms CSS
• Fixed: Compatibility with themes without page.php template
• Fixed: Admin bar classes

1.0.7: November 13, 2019

• Fixed dropdown JS closing
• Fixed changing forum status (locked/unlocked) via wp-admin
• Fixed small notice with likes

1.0.6: October 24, 2019

• Added settings for “Photos” module: Max image size and Image quality (for jpg only)
• Added ForumWP – Plus modules compatibility
• Added Forum category, Topic tag IDs column
• Added hidden styles for the topic, forum, reply actions when they aren’t possible
• Added edit topics/replies capabilities for ForumWP Participant user (enable menu view at wp-admin if it’s visible)
• Added with_sub=”1|0″ attribute for [fmwp_forums /] shortcode to include/exclude subcategories forums when you display forums of the selected category
• Fixed AJAX preloader styles when scripts are pre-loaded before footer
• Fixed UI elements styles
• Fixed Profile page notices when there is the wrong user in a query
• Deprecated reply permalink setting, because it’s unusable
• Changed templates: archive-topic.php, forum.php, profile/edit.php, topic-status-tags.php, topic.php

1.0.5: August 30, 2019

• Fixed minification of the modules’ scripts

1.0.4: August 30, 2019

• Added “Photos” module for the attaching image files(png, jpg, jpeg, gif) to the topics and replies
• Added AJAX preloaders to avoid double posting or any other double actions
• Fixed double posting
• Fixed search and pagination for the forums list
• Small CSS changes

1.0.3: August 1, 2019

• Changed the logic for user mentions
• Fixed issues with single topic/forum templates
• Fixed issues with Forum Category and Topic Tag pages’ templates
• Small CSS changes

1.0.2: July 24, 2019

• Added settings for order topics and forums in the lists
• Added global forum/topic settings for set custom template, stored in theme with predefined comment
• Added individual forum/topic settings for set custom template, stored in theme with predefined comment
• Fixed forums/topics privacy settings (private, hidden)
• Fixed templates loading for individual forum/topic
• Fixed FontAwesome integration
• Small CSS changes

1.0.1: July 22, 2019

• Added shortcode attribute for the sorting Forums
• Added ability to create topic tags from frontend when new topic create or edit
• Fixed User Profile page edit on BeaverBuilder mode
• Changed templates structure and the directory in theme
• Small CSS changes

1.0.0: July 15, 2019

• Initial Release