Title: NexaBoard – Discussion Forum &amp; Community
Author: nexaboard
Published: <strong>October 2, 2026</strong>
Last modified: October 2, 2026

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# NexaBoard – Discussion Forum & Community

 By [nexaboard](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nexaboard/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/nexaboard-discussion-forum-community.1.0.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nexaboard-discussion-forum-community/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nexaboard-discussion-forum-community/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nexaboard-discussion-forum-community/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nexaboard-discussion-forum-community/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nexaboard-discussion-forum-community/)

## Description

NexaBoard adds a discussion forum and community area to WordPress. It includes forum
organization, topics and replies, member profiles, moderation tools, read tracking,
follows, bookmarks, attachments and configurable forum pages.

The core plugin does not require paid code or a license to use its included features.
Optional extensions can be installed separately as normal WordPress plugins.

Main features:

 * Forum/category structure with up to three levels.
 * Topics, replies, pagination and forum statistics.
 * Read/unread forum and topic tracking for signed-in members.
 * Topic follow and saved-topic/bookmark features.
 * Member profiles with avatar, signature and social links.
 * Frontend login, registration and lost-password shortcodes/forms.
 * Moderation tools for sticky, global sticky, lock, move, merge and split actions.
 * Post reporting and moderator/admin report management.
 * Frontend attachments with validation and limits.
 * Internal forum search and member mention suggestions.
 * Responsive frontend and admin interfaces.
 * Template overrides from a theme or child theme.
 * Import tools for bbPress, BuddyPress Forum and wpForo Forum.
 * Export/import tools for moving NexaBoard forum data between WordPress sites.

### Shortcodes

 * `[nexaboard_forum]` — displays the forum interface.
 * `[nexaboard_profile]` — displays the member profile interface.

### Template overrides

Do not edit template files inside the plugin if you want your changes to survive
plugin updates.

Copy a template from:

    ```
    /wp-content/plugins/nexaboard-discussion-forum-community/templates/
    ```

to the corresponding path in your theme or child theme:

    ```
    /wp-content/themes/your-theme/nexaboard/
    ```

Example:

    ```
    templates/forum/topic.php
    ```

becomes:

    ```
    /wp-content/themes/your-theme/nexaboard/forum/topic.php<h3>Forum icons</h3>
    ```

The default read/unread forum icons are stored in:

    ```
    /wp-content/plugins/nexaboard-discussion-forum-community/assets/images/
    ```

 * `forum-read.svg`
 * `forum-unread.svg`

### Privacy and security

NexaBoard validates state-changing browser requests with WordPress nonces and applies
capability/authorization checks where an action is restricted. User-supplied values
are validated or sanitized before use. Email-verification links use expiring, one-
time verification tokens rather than logged-in WordPress nonces.

Site administrators remain responsible for configuring WordPress user access, backups,
email delivery and server upload limits appropriately for their site.

### Extensions

Optional NexaBoard extensions are installed as separate WordPress plugins. NexaBoard
core does not write extension PHP code into its own plugin directory and does not
require a paid license to use the features included in core.

## Screenshots

[⌊NexaBoard forum index with forum and discussion organization.⌉⌊NexaBoard forum
index with forum and discussion organization.⌉[

NexaBoard forum index with forum and discussion organization.

[⌊Topic and reply interface for community discussions.⌉⌊Topic and reply interface
for community discussions.⌉[

Topic and reply interface for community discussions.

[⌊Member profile and community features.⌉⌊Member profile and community features.⌉[

Member profile and community features.

[⌊NexaBoard administration and moderation interface.⌉⌊NexaBoard administration and
moderation interface.⌉[

NexaBoard administration and moderation interface.

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin ZIP from Plugins > Add New Plugin > Upload Plugin, or install
    it from the WordPress.org directory when available.
 2. Activate NexaBoard.
 3. Open NexaBoard > Forums to create the forum structure.
 4. Open NexaBoard > Settings to review the pages used by the forum and member profile
    shortcodes.
 5. Add the NexaBoard forum/profile shortcodes to pages if you prefer to create those
    pages manually.

## FAQ

### Can I customize the forum templates?

Yes. Copy the template you want to change into the matching `nexaboard/` path in
your theme or child theme as described above.

### Does NexaBoard support moderators?

Yes. Administrators can assign global or forum-specific moderator permissions from
the NexaBoard admin area.

### Can I import an existing forum?

NexaBoard includes import tools for bbPress, BuddyPress Forum and wpForo Forum. 
Back up the database before importing content.

### Are optional extensions required?

No. The features included in NexaBoard core work without installing paid extensions
or entering a license key.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“NexaBoard – Discussion Forum & Community” is open source software. The following
people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ nexaboard ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nexaboard/)

[Translate “NexaBoard – Discussion Forum & Community” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/nexaboard-discussion-forum-community)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nexaboard-discussion-forum-community/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/nexaboard-discussion-forum-community/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/nexaboard-discussion-forum-community/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/nexaboard-discussion-forum-community/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.1

 * Fixed the responsive forum toolbar layout so descriptions are not squeezed on
   mobile screens.
 * Refreshed the forum stylesheet cache when the CSS file changes.

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial WordPress.org release of NexaBoard – Discussion Forum & Community.
 * Includes forum/topic/reply management, member profiles, moderation, read tracking,
   follows, saved topics, attachments, imports and data transfer tools.
 * Added nonce and permission checks before processing state-changing admin, AJAX
   and frontend requests.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated **13 hours ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.2 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1.2**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [community](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/community/)[discussion](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/discussion/)
   [forum](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/forum/)[moderation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/moderation/)
   [profile](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/profile/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nexaboard-discussion-forum-community/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ nexaboard ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nexaboard/)

## Support

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