Must have addons for 2.2

[Shawn Gossman]

I recently got back into the forum business

I have a XF 2.2 forum installed.

I of course have Media and Resources... but also looking for ideas for other good addons as I've been so out of the game for a while. Help an old forumer out here haha by telling me your must have addons for 2.2 (free or paid)!

 

[mysiteguy]

1. Soropu Ads if you run any ads. It allows advertisers to sign up automatically, pay for and place their own ads.

2. Bob's UBS if you want blogs, at xenaddons.com

3. S9E Media Pack. Supports dozens of media site embed bb codes automatically. You know how Xenforo auto embeds Youtube? This does that for just about any major media and news site out there.

There are many more depending on site needs that I'd recommend.

 

[Jeremy8]

If you have good size userbase and need to send warnings on a regular basis, all of Xon's add-ons relating to Warnings and Reports are useful. They add features that should honestly already be a part of XF.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

2. Bob's UBS if you want blogs, at xenaddons.com

I'm guessing that it the AMS right? I didn't see anything about blogs. I think I remember using his addons a few years ago.

 

[Creaky]

I'm guessing that it the AMS right? I didn't see anything about blogs. I think I remember using his addons a few years ago.

You need to speak to Bob directly, it's not listed on the site as it's a private addon

 

[mysiteguy]

I'm guessing that it the AMS right? I didn't see anything about blogs. I think I remember using his addons a few years ago.

If you buy his premium version of AMS, you get access to a private section of his site and there you can buy all his products there, many of which you can't get on the main site. UBS is similar to, but not the same as, AMS.

The reason I don't say AMS (or Xenporta) is for the same reason I don't say XenPorta is a must have. With the new article type threads, you get "get by" with that if you have to. AMS and XenPorta are a "step up" from article type threads.

But for blogs, UBS organizes things in the way we traditionally think of blogs.

 

[Chris]

Beside's what been mentioned I highly recommend a number of Xon's addons for tweaking things.

Naturally Threadloom's Newsletter is a natural fit for a curated newsletter.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Beside's what been mentioned I highly recommend a number of Xon's addons for tweaking things.

Naturally Threadloom's Newsletter is a natural fit for a curated newsletter.

Just installed the TL search and newsletter. Looking forward to playing with it I got to say, they have a very generous free version and the pricing after that isn't bad at all.

 

[ProWeb]

I'm a HUGE fan of Bob's addons! https://xenaddons.com/

 

[DigNap15]

I use a few of AndyB's add-is
Ignore lIst is a good one, its prints a list of which members are on peoples ignore list so you can see who is causing the most trouble!

 

[thenashy]

[Andrew] Moderator Panel
[Liam W] Mentions Mini Avatar
[OzzModz] Show Pagination on Mobile Devices
[TH] Nodes
[XTR] Featured Thread Slider
Siropu Ads Manager
Siropu Easy User Ban
Moydow Disable Censor
Xenaddons Pickem (Sports Tipping)
s9e MediaSites
Tapatalk
Xon Warning Ackowledement
Zon Warning Improvements
Zon Thread Reply Banner

These were out must haves when we moved from 1.X. We have a few other small ones, and some custom made ones. The past few releases have thankfully reduced our need for a lot more addons.

 

[mazzly]

• Antispam by CleanTalk - to filter out bunch of profile spam users looking for profile links
• [cXF] Remove Location, Website and About you field - Same as above
• Known Bots - More relevant members online statistics
• Post Content Find / Replace - If you have migrated boards and need to remove repeated bad content.
• Shoutbox by Siropu - Engage your community if it is a smaller board
• Threadloom - Newsletter for engaging your user base
• AMPXF - Accelerated Mobile Pages for SEO benefits
• XFES - Lower your bounce rate and get visitors to stay longer on your site.
• VaultWiki - Very useful wiki with auto-linking features and other nice things

 

[sanction9]

Proving that XF could have included this first feature in the core, but instead chose to tack it on to an addon that many can't afford to use (sorry, had to get that off my chest):

1.) Similar Threads

Similar threads

Premium upgrade: This XF2 add-on along with the entire collection can be purchased for $35.00 USD. Your Premium upgrade will allow you to download as many XF2 add-ons as you like for one year. Please see the entire collection located in the...

xenforo.com

& there's this free one:

[BS] Similar threads

.features: Show similar threads when creating a thread Limit similar threads Search only in the thread forum Exclude forums for similar threads Similar threads widget

xenforo.com

(I prefer the one by Andy because of a couple extra options & because the second addon also searches post content, making for poor results if you mainly care for title matches, but your needs might be different.)

Your members will grow to love this feature.


2.) Multi-Prefix by Xon

Multi Prefix

Multiple Prefixes! Ever run into a situation where you want to prefix a thread with multiple tags? Now you can. All the same features still work, clicking a prefix shows all threads prefixed with that same prefix. Searching for a prefix will...

xenforo.com

I imagine it would be helpful for just about any content, but maybe some more than others. If you focus on music or books, as just a couple of examples, and wanted some way to identify content by genre, and didn't want to have to depend on members using (consistently) tags, or don't want to create a hundred nodes/subnodes, this is invaluable.


3.) Speaking of tags, Tag Essentials will make the whole tags system much improved:

Tag Essentials - with AI auto tagging and XFRM support

This addon brings some additional essential features to tags: Automatically create tags from thread titles Automatically add tags using ChatGPT analysis of the title+first post Watch tags Synonyms: so you can replace variants - synonyms - of a...

xenforo.com

4.) Content Ratings by Xon

Content Ratings

Inspired by the XF1 add-on "Post Ratings", and the prevalence of "Reactions" as an alternative to the single dimensional Likes. To consolidate alerts use Alert Improvements Installing/Uninstalling on a large forum It is strongly recommended to...

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Much like Tag Essentials (also developed by Xon), will take the core reactions system to the next level. Your users will definitely enjoy it.


5.) Chat 2 by Siropu

Chat 2 by Siropu

This is an AJAX based chat application that does AJAX calls to the server to get new messages. Main Features Rooms (with embed option) Dedicated guest room with nickname support Archive with search criteria Polls Top chatters page Private...

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If you need need a chat option, this is the best one, in my opinion.


6.) s9e Media Sites 2.6.19

If you want to share a lot of video content from various sites:

s9e Media Sites

This add-on will: Add a carefully curated collection of the most useful and most requested media sites. A list of supported URLs can be found on this page. Improve the performance and efficiency of the default media sites. Pages will load as...

xenforo.com

There's several other addon's I use and consider pretty great, but I'll stop here. These are the ones that I absolutely could not do without, or would not want to. Obviously, what will be "must-have addon's" for you will depend largely on your own personal needs.

 

[Overscan]

Here's what I have. I found Elasticsearch addon was essential to make my forum search work as expected. All the rest are free and most are by Xon.

[Andrew] Moderator Panel
Moderator panel with reporting and user insights
Developer: Andrew Simmons

[Mr. Jinx] Forum index tweak
Add extra options to hide the avatar and threads/messages stats column from the forum list.
Developer: Mr. Jinx FAQ Support

[OzzModz] Gif Avatar Permissions
Developer: Ozzy47 Support

Contact Us Thread
Creates a thread when the Contact Us form is used
Developer: Xon Support

Conversation Improvements
Enables conversation searching, message edit history, and more.
Developer: Atelier Aphelion Support

Custom 404 Page
Customize your 404 error page, keep track of missing URLs and redirect them to new pages.
Developer: Siropu
Daily Statistics

Daily Statistics
Extended Statistics for your forum
Developer: Atelier Aphelion Support

Known Bots
Adds additional definitions for bot detection in sessions
Developer: Simon Hampel FAQ Support Git Repository Twitter

Lazy Image Loader
Load less.
Developer: Xon Support
Nested Quotes

Nested Quotes
Allows quotes to be nested more than one level deep.
Developer: NixFifty Support
Post Content Find / Replace

Post Content Find / Replace
Allows an administrator to do a regular expression find and replace in the content of all posts.
Developer: XenForo Ltd.

Redis Cache
XenForo + Redis
Developer: Xon Support

Search Improvements
Minor search improvements
Developer: Atelier Aphelion Support

User Activity
Displays user activity viewing content
Developer: Xon Supporta

Warning Improvements
A (large) collection of improvements to XF's warning system.
Developer: Xon Support
XenForo Enhanced Search

XenForo Enhanced Search
An enhanced version of the XenForo search system, allowing higher quality results and faster searching for bigger installations.
Developer: XenForo Ltd. FAQ Support

 

[rhody401]

I use a lot of the add ons from the XF2 (Andy B) collection, as well as Ads Manager and Chat from Siropu, some from Xon, S9E, etc.

I have multiple forums, and the list below is for one that turned 25 years old a few days ago. You can hover over the links to see the source of the product.

Title	Version	Status	Note	Action	Action
Advanced search	3.1	Up to date
Approval queue email	1.1	Up to date
Approval queue lite	1.4	Up to date
Ban thread	2.0	Up to date
Birthday email	1.5	Up to date
Broken links	1.5	Up to date
Classified forums	1.3	Up to date
Countdown	2.8	Up to date
Country registration check	1.9	Up to date
Development mode options	1.0	Up to date
Easy search	1.8	Up to date
Email log	2.2	Up to date
Expired	1.0	Up to date
Latest upgrades	1.1	Up to date
Manuals	1.0	Up to date
Media width	1.1	Up to date
Members map	2.1	Up to date
Members recently online	3.0	Up to date
Print friendly	1.5	Up to date
Profile page lite	1.3	Up to date
Quick search	4.2	Up to date
Register email	3.9	Up to date
Report post notice	1.8	Up to date
Resolved	1.2	Up to date
Search log	1.8	Up to date
Server error log email	1.0	Up to date
Similar threads	8.2	Up to date
Sold	1.1	Up to date
Staff online	1.2	Up to date
Style info	1.1	Up to date
Subforum links responsive	1.0	Up to date
Thread starter user banner	1.3	Up to date
User agent	2.6	Up to date
User state check	1.0	Up to date
User upgrade conversation	1.2	Up to date
User upgrade reminder	1.4	Up to date
Version check	1.9	Up to date
View profile	1.2	Up to date
Warn thread	1.9	Up to date
XFRM download log	1.2	Up to date
Chat	2.2.6	Up to date

 

[mazzly]

Here is a list of the most used addons by forums that are using the Addon Update Notifier (I'm the author of this addon...)

The Best Xenforo Addons for your forum

Here is a list of the top 90 most used XF addons by our users. This list should give you an idea of which addons are probably worth installing on your forum.

xf-addon-update-notifier.com

 

[Frode789]

Ah.... but are those add-ons simply the ones available through the RM? Don't forget... there are a few developers that don't offer their add-ons via the RM in any manner.

No, it shows others such as Showcase and RMS.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Ah.... but are those add-ons simply the ones available through the RM? Don't forget... there are a few developers that don't offer their add-ons via the RM in any manner.

What better addon developers would you recommend that don't show up in the RM? I'd imagine paid ones right?

I try to use fewer addons these days but the ones I usually go for are premium.

 

[Joeychgo]

The Best Xenforo Addons for your forum

Here is a list of the top 90 most used XF addons by our users. This list should give you an idea of which addons are probably worth installing on your forum.

xf-addon-update-notifier.com

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Yes... paid ones. Some developers simply choose not to push their wares over on the XF RM site.
I run several that are from a major developer and they are not listed at XF at all. You have to deal directly at that developers site.

Showcase (both Bob's REAL version and Andy's poor attempt to attach to the coat tails of a successful add-on by naming one the same) are listed in the XF RM.
My curiosity was does it track ones like Bob's Link Directory, his Reviews, AMS, and Classified add-ons.
I'm assuming (since I haven't looked at it and really have no desire to use it, especially if it does what I think it does) it has a connection back to a central server and sends data on what is installed on that site back to the central repository... for me, that's a BIG no thank you. A certain 3rd party developer out of Vietnam left a really "crusty" taste in my mouth over similar processes... especially when his previous behavior (and support of "cracked" software) came to the forefront.
I "might" be OK with a long time presence developer to do such... but for someone that is new to the scene... no thanks. I'm not an accomplished PHP developer and would have NO idea what else their code might do. So, I prefer to avoid those items like they might be "STD" Mary.

I've always put Bob's addons on a top shelf of being great addons.

The guy knows how to create them!