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Wix Forums App Removed: What Happened, and What’s the Best Alternative?

Wix forum comments and complaints on Wix removing the Forum app from Wix user websites
Wix forum itself uses a third-party app - so it won't be removed after they remove the Forum app from all the Wix websites using it.

If you’ve been running a website on Wix, you may have noticed something frustrating: the Wix Forums app is being discontinued. For many site owners, this wasn’t just another feature - it was the core of their online community.

  • As of April 15th, 2025 Wix Forum was no longer available in the
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Why UltimateWB Offers the Best Forum Software for Your Website

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Gym Chat message boards, at www.gymchat.com , using the UltimateWB built-in forum app

If you're looking for a forum software solution for your website, UltimateWB is the best option available. It's powerful, easy to use, affordable, reliable, and mobile-friendly.

Adrian Monk likes round numbers, so here are 10 reasons why UltimateWB is the best forum software for your website:

1) Powerful features

UltimateWB comes with a wide range of powerful features that will help you create a successful forum. These

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What would you recommend for forum software between SMF and phpBB – or something else?

Between those 2, I would go with phpBB. But UltimateWB is a much better option - the built-in UltimateWB forum app has a lot of features, and more options for controlling spam. UltimateWB used to have an integrated built-in phpBB forum early on, but then it got switched out for this custom forum app to fix the spam issues and add more features to it.

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Which forum CMS lets authors moderate their own topics? built-in or extension?

UltimateWB has a built-in forum app. Besides letting admins/moderators to moderate topics/posts, it also allows the authors to edit their own topic posts/posts - but not the posts of others, even if it is for their topic. They can however report any topics/posts, and in that way moderate. You can set a number of reports by visitors/members to automatically remove a post.

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How to Keep Your Forum Spam-Free: Top Tips That Work

Stop Spam

Tired of wasting time deleting spam from your message boards? You're not alone. Spam posts ruin the user experience, take time away from creating valuable content, and make your site look neglected - especially if you're behind on cleaning them up.

Let’s fix that.

Why Forum Spam Is a Problem

Spam doesn't just annoy you - it annoys your users too. And if they see too much of it, they might stop coming back. Prevention is key.

How to

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Which forum software is the best? phpBB vs vBulletin vs SMF vs UltimateWB

UltimateWB Forums
UltimateWB forums are built on the UltimateWB built-in Forum app.

Why Add a Forum to Your Website?

You may want a forum section on your website to be the highlight of what you offer to users - a place to chat and share.  Or perhaps your website message boards are just one of the many features you want to offer to provide a rich social networking experience to your members and web visitors.  Either way you will benefit greatly from using forum

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