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In this article, we will discuss the best WordPress forum plugin<\/a>. If you are looking for a forum plugin for your wordpress website, it would be nice to read this article to the end.<\/p>\n

The comment field is an important part of a website.\u00a0There you can communicate and solicit opinions from website visitors.\u00a0But did you know that the comments column on the website can be\u00a0upgraded<\/em>\u00a0to a forum?<\/p>\n

Compared to ordinary comment fields, forums on the web are certainly much neater and structured.\u00a0The impression obtained from the existence of a forum on the website is also different.\u00a0When the comments column looks like one-way communication, the forum has the impression of being a place for two-way discussion.<\/p>\n

In this article, you will find out the benefits of forums for a website.\u00a0Apart from that, we will also review some forum plugin<\/a> options and recommendations in WordPress.<\/p>\n

Why Do You Need a Forum Plugin?<\/h2>\n

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The forum plugin makes it easy for you to add a discussion column to your WordPress website. Not just adding, forum plugin also help you in managing the course of the discussion itself.<\/p>\n

The existence of a discussion forum on the website is very useful for you.\u00a0There are at least three things that can be obtained by adding a discussion forum on a website.<\/p>\n

First<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>, forums can create community.\u00a0With a special place to comment and discuss, the website owner shows his concern for the response from visitors.\u00a0This is at the same time an invitation for visitors to participate and leave involved on the website.<\/p>\n

If this communication takes place continuously, the discussion column can create its own community.\u00a0Each visitor can communicate with each other, share ideas, and network.\u00a0Because of this relationship, they are more likely to come back to visit the website more often.\u00a0In addition, they are more likely to buy products and recommend the website to friends.<\/p>\n

Second<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>, forums can be another form of help center or\u00a0customer support<\/em>\u00a0.\u00a0Through forums, potential customers or customers can ask questions or ask for help.\u00a0As a website owner, all you have to do is answer the question.<\/p>\n

Due to its publicly visible nature, you can also choose frequently asked questions to be displayed at the top.\u00a0This method makes the topic easier for website visitors to find.\u00a0This way, you also don’t have to bother answering questions over and over again.<\/p>\n

Third<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>, forums bring other SEO benefits.\u00a0The existence of forums can contribute positive testimonials and reviews for the business you are doing.\u00a0Given that 94 percent of people read online reviews and 84 percent consider them the same as family recommendations then you need to take this element of the website more seriously.<\/p>\n

In addition to direct benefits, forums on the website also help you in terms of content.\u00a0The plethora of responses and questions on the forums give you content ideas for the web.\u00a0Instead of creating content that is not necessarily read, content ideas from visitors certainly have a high possibility to be accessed.\u00a0This method can also be used to document important questions in the forum.<\/p>\n

At least, these three things you will get when you have a special forum on the website. With a plugin, you can organize and manage forums on your website more focused. In the next section, we will discuss more about the various forum plugin available in WordPress.<\/p>\n

Recommended Forum Plugin for WordPress<\/h2>\n

Below, we review 10 forum plugins available on WordPress.\u00a0You can find a brief overview, advantages, and disadvantages of each plugin.<\/p>\n

1. bbPress<\/h3>\n

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bbPress<\/strong> <\/a>is the first choice for you when you want to create a forum on your WordPress website.\u00a0This statement is not an exaggeration.\u00a0Because, bbPress is a forum plugin that is dedicated to WordPress.\u00a0The appearance of this plugin is very similar, even the same, to the appearance of the Support forum in WordPress.<\/p>\n

Setting up this plugin is very easy.\u00a0After installing it to the website, you just need to go to\u00a0Forum > New Forum.\u00a0<\/strong>Then a page similar to the creation of a post will appear.\u00a0You just have to give the title of the forum and a little description to create a forum with a specific topic.\u00a0Don’t forget to press the\u00a0publish<\/strong>\u00a0button\u00a0so that the forum is formed.<\/p>\n

Then you need to create a custom page to display the created forum.\u00a0In the existing page, you just need to add the available shortcode.\u00a0Don’t forget to also include the created page to the menu via\u00a0Appearance > Menu.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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