Integration with vBulletin - Wordpress vBulletin integration

Integrate your vBulletin forum with Wordpress.

The lite version of this Wordpress vBulletin bridge allows your Wordpress posts to be posted to vBulletin.

This is a Wordpress plugin that facilitates this functionality. Just install it in your WP plugin folder and set up the path to your vBulletin installation. As long as the forum is on the same server, this works well.

No need to combine the databases. No need to modify core WP files.

It's that easy!

All of your Wordpress posts will be posted in your forum. You will designate a forum to take these posts. If you have sub forums that match the name of the category of the Wordpress post, this plugin will automatically put the post there.

The full version, available at wp-vb-bridge.obscurecloud.com// allows more functionality to fully integrate your Wordpress and vBulletin including:

Wordpress->vB features:

1. *Registration sync - new users created on WP are automatically created on vB
2. *New post sync - new WP posts are intelligently posted to the matching forum. There are some controls on which forum they are posted to.
   Options:
   - Posts can be attributed to the user posting or
   - All posts can be attributed to a designated user
3. *Comment sync - new comments made on WP are posted to the synced forum
4. *Login sync - when you login or logout of WP, the vB session is created or destroyed at the same time
5. *Avatar sync - vBulletin avatars are used on WP comments (requires user-photo WP plugin)
6. *No modification of core WP files!
7. *No modification of WP config file!
8. *100% plugin setting based - install the plugin, set your forum path, activate the features you want, enjoy!

vBulletin ->Wordpress features *NEW*

• *Registration sync - new users created on vB are automatically created on WP
• *New thread sync - new vB threads are intelligently posted to the matching WP category.
  Options:
  - Only post to designated category
  - Try to match forum name (or any of its parents) to a WP category then post to the designated category if no match is found.
  - Try to match forum name (or any of its parents) to a WP category then create a new WP category
• *Reply sync - replies made to synced threads will have replies posted to the matching WP post
• *Login sync - when you login or logout of vB, the WP session is created or destroyed at the same time
• *No modification of core vB files!
• *No modification of vB config file!
• *100% plugin based - this plugin will create the vB plugins needed through the WP plugin settings page!

This is still a work in progress so the code will be updated often.

Feel free to let me know how it works, additional features you'd like, and if you have any problems.

Here is a guide from a user:
Thanks a bunch for putting this together BAJR
Quick Guide.

First unpack the folder into plugins, where all the files and sub folders should reside in [wb-vb] folder.

now in Wordpress Plugins, activate the plugin and then go to Settings --> WP Vb integration


Essentials are as follows: (everything else you can play with!)


1) Path to vBulletin. / means the Vbulletin Forum is in your root folder. ie www.mysite.com/
/forum/ means the Vbulletin Forum is in a folder called forum. ie www.mysite.com/forum/
ALWAYS add the trailing /


2) Activate login sync feature [check box]


3) Activate post sync feature [check box]

4) Forum ID - this is the NUMBER of your desired linked forum ( sub forums are added from this) so look at your vbulletin URL

http://mysite.com/forumdisplay.php?6-The-Forum the ID would be 6


5) vBulletin user id to assign posts to - this is numerical as well. so ID number of who you want to add these too.



6) vBulletin -> Wordpress Settings

Add vBulletin plugins ... click add


7) go back up and click [TEST] - if all is well you should see... vB loaded Plugins - 1|1|1|1|1|1|1



8) SAVE CHANGES...

[BAJR]

cheers - I got past that by re-uploading ( I should have guessed that )

now I am trying to synch... is there a step by step? once I am sincying I will get the header footer integration as well.

youa re a genius... but I don't have a pm yet

[obscureclouddon]

Originally Posted by Power_user_EX

Hey obscureclouddon .. really nice work , Cheers! I am planning to purchase it soon.

I have a couple of pre-sales questions for ya :

1. Will the normal commenting system of wordpress work after installing the plugin ? -or- can it be enabled again if your plugin disables it? I want guests to post comments using their email and name in addition to VB users being able to post comments in WP using their forum(VB) account.

2. I don't want users to create account or manage their profiles on WP - since this might be a serious threat to us. We need Profile creation and management via VB only. Is is possible?

3. On WP we don't want any link containing "/wp-admin/" or "/wp-login.php" since direct access to them have been disabled permanently on our servers for security.

4. We have VBSEO installed on our forums ... will your plugin work in this case ?

5. In regards to Vbulletin->WP : Does this plugin automatically create new WP accounts for all existing forum accounts ?

Thanks,
1.) The plugin does not change anything about the core of Wordpress. It uses the built in hooks to ADD functionality. The comment system will still work as it has. What the plugin does is takes those comments and if there is a vB thread synced to the WP post being commented on, it will also post the comment on vB. I literally just finished working with another customer to get it to work as you described. Now, if a guest (not logged into WP or vB) posts a comment on WP, it will sync that to vB as well using the name put into the WP comment form.

2.) You do not have to utilize the registration sync feature. It as been designed to be flexible enough to work without synced user accounts. So you can continue to only have user account created and managed in the way your site already works.

3.) The plugin does not add any administrative links. You will have to access the WP dashboard to configure the plugin settings from an admin account, but there is nothing for users there.

4.) I do not know of any conflicts with VBSEO. If any arise, I'll be happy to fix them as that is a pretty popular plugin.

5.) If you choose to sync the users, yes. You do not have to.

[BAJR]

Nope I just can't work out how to synch... going mad...

is there a stp by step guide to the requirements in wordpress and vbulletin ?

[Power_user_EX]

Originally Posted by obscureclouddon

Thanks,I literally just finished working with another customer to get it to work as you described.

Does that mean ... that a new updated version is expected ?

- Thanks! .. Awesome .. I am buying this soon!

[BAJR]

Already bought it... and see this as the next step for my forum... trouble is... well... I can't for the life of me get it to work...

forum on Vbulletin called Projects Forum ID link on Wordpress called Projects
nothing.

plus... how do you create multiple categories <-> links.

The one thing needed is a simple user guide.

ie it says... "Fixed issue with posting to sub forums." but not how to actually do this in teh first place. - or perhaps I am dumb ( has been said!)

current problem is when I [test] commectction... I get [object XMLDocument] in an alert box



please help...

[obscureclouddon]

Originally Posted by BAJR

Already bought it... and see this as the next step for my forum... trouble is... well... I can't for the life of me get it to work...

forum on Vbulletin called Projects Forum ID link on Wordpress called Projects
nothing.

plus... how do you create multiple categories <-> links.

The one thing needed is a simple user guide.

ie it says... "Fixed issue with posting to sub forums." but not how to actually do this in teh first place. - or perhaps I am dumb ( has been said!)

current problem is when I [test] commectction... I get [object XMLDocument] in an alert box



please help...

Sorry you are having issues. Did you get my skype info in the pm? i'd be happy to look at it for you to make sure everything works.

[obscureclouddon]

Originally Posted by Power_user_EX

Does that mean ... that a new updated version is expected ?

- Thanks! .. Awesome .. I am buying this soon!

It's already available!

[BAJR]

Thanks obscure. but I have yet to get any pms from you.
i tried your support forum form as well with my email. i take it you did not get that/

please email me... info (at) bajr.org with details..

[stamos2003]

I found the issue with the characters, it was the database colation which I fixed now and it works.

However porting the users into wordpress from vbulletin does not work. I have around 70.000 users in vbulletin but the import stops at around 7000 users with a blank page.
I assume this is due a database timeout?
any hint how to correctly convert all users?

edit_ after hitting the button several times I am up to 21.000 users now, let's see how that goes.

[BAJR]

Just an update. where I have to say brilliant support from the man. Awsome help... easy to sort.

If you have any doubts about this integration - don't.! it is brilliant.