Goodbye, BuddyPress

I just installed my third instance of WPforo, and my only regret is that it’s taken me this long to leave my review. For all it’s capabilities, I’ve always found BuddyPress to be a time-consuming pain that’s difficult to integrate with site designs.

WPforo, while it may lack some features or extendability in comparison to BP, has been nothing short of a godsend. It’s simple, it’s functional, its interface is super-intuitive, and it’s performance is rock-solid. I can’t speak of developer support (since I haven’t encountered any issues), but the documentation is stellar. For any projects that aren’t centered on extensive community bells & whistles, I can’t see this plugin NOT being a perfect fit.

I don’t review plugins as often as I probably should, but I’d give a sixth star for this one if possible.