What's the best plugin to download for Wordpress to get a forum? I use MingleForum but I don't think it's that user friendly. I'd love to use vBulletin but I heard it costs a lot. Any suggestions?

$195 for the vNulletin forum code only but is is not a plugin for Wordpress?

Does it have to be Wordpress?

Hey maybe "simple press" is something for you. Look at google for that plugin. I hope i could help you .

Hi folks,
I have recently started new business on Online Booking System.With the help of wordpress plugin-OBS it become so simple to set-up contents within short time.
Thanks to wordpress Online Booking System which had change my business around.

Originally Posted by mnuelreyes

Hi folks,
I have recently started new business on Online Booking System.With the help of wordpress plugin-OBS it become so simple to set-up contents within short time.
Thanks to wordpress Online Booking System which had change my business around.

And this has to do with Wordpress forum plugins ... because????

It has nothing to do with WordPress, which is why mnuelreyes no longer has a signature.

The two choices for WP forum plugins are probably SimplePress or bbPress. Simple Press is the more mature of the two, but bbPress is created by the same people who create WordPress so somewhere down the line it may be the forum plugin.

Yes it does have to be wordpress becuase that's where my blog is created. I'm hoping for a cheap and reliable one..but that may be hard to come by.

Did you read my post? The "nothing to do" comment wasn't referring to you or your question. It referred to Chris asking another member what his spam post had to do with this conversation.

I then answered your question by mentioning the two most popular plugins for adding a forum to WordPress, both of which are free.

Originally Posted by livelifeactive

Yes it does have to be wordpress becuase that's where my blog is created. I'm hoping for a cheap and reliable one..but that may be hard to come by.

100% agreed with vangogh. livelifeactive please read vangogh writings. He clearly mentioned about simplepress and bbpress, these plugins are free so you don't have to spend anything.

If you would like to set up Simple press for your wordpress blog then you can find tutorial about set up here:

http://codex.simple-press.com/codex/installation/new-install/install/

Hope this will help you.

Please tell me this all plugins are free or premium.

Originally Posted by peterjohnsongwb

Please tell me this all plugins are free or premium.

You could start looking here in the Blog Themes Forum or read some of the other threads which have been started in this Forum, hopefully this answers your question.....

bbpress it have all the options for a nice forums and you can also make customization because it's a wordpress plugin

Planning to go with bbPress, seems like this systems gets most votes.
Perhaps one thing that stops many is that there is no direct plugin-like activation of this forum and some tweaking required (not for everyone)...

bbPress is a plugin now like any other. You can search for it on the admin side of your blog and install it like you would any plugin. It'll work out of the box, though you'll probably want to tweak it to match your theme.