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...

[Salvo]

The active assistance that pushed me to buy the pro version suddenly turned off the responses...I'm so disappointed...

[HitpeHD]

I have unfortunatly some problems.

- The Avatar is not working, because i cant activate it in menu. i changed the storeage and installed the user photo plugin.

- Is there a way to post only an excerpt to forum and not the whole text with a "Read more..." Text?

- What is very bad is, that the comments made in forum are not transferred to wordpress. This is very strange.

When these three things you can change, is this the best plugin ive ever seen. For contact check your e-mails. I send you one.

Please contact me.

[Noli]

Hi,

the plugin worked perfectly but recently started with the following error message:

wp-assets require WordPress 2.6 or newer. Please update!

this gets displayed after a user tries to login in over the forum.

i already checked the customer section on your site if there is an update.

im using the latest version of wordpress and vb4

[6piston]

hi obscureclouddon

I bought your full version but faced this upon entering the settings:
Warning: mysql_fetch_assoc(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL

I have a screenshot here:
picture

what should i do?

[PakGamerz]

i am looking to buy your pro plugin for my upcoming website, I just have need this plugin for one reason, if it is able to single sign on within wordpress and vbulletin, And uses wordpress database only, So users will not need to register on vbulletin, And the users will able to post blogs on wordpress and threads on vbulletin. Is that possible? if yes then i am ready to purchase the plugin.

[obscureclouddon]

Thanks for all of the support thus far.

Sorry for the absence. I've had a very busy past few weeks. I took some time off to travel with the family. Sorry to keep anyone waiting. While I try to check here for support requests as often as possible, the best way is always via email to ensure a timely response.

I will address all of the concerns above.

But in the mean time, here is what I've been working on:

First, many have asked to have the forum url added to the wordpress theme. here is how to accomplish this -
add this code to your wordpress theme file where you want the link to the vb thread

PHP Code:

$vb_thread_id = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), "vb_thread_id", TRUE );
$options = get_option('osc_wpvb_options');
$forum_path = $options['vb_path'];
$home_path = get_option( "home" );
$vb_thread_link = $home_path . $forum_path . "showthread.php/" . $vb_thread_id;
 $title_link = isset($vb_thread_id) && $vb_thread_id != "" ?  $vb_thread_link : get_permalink(); 


then use the variable $title_link where you want the link to the vb thread to show up in your WP theme. it will use the permalink if there is no synced thread.
also, this will only work in the loop.

Secondly, I have just about finished porting the plugin to vB5. This should be ready tomorrow. Due to the way they gutted vB5, it will only work from WP->vB. The reason is that there are no hooks to trigger things in vB5. I will work on a solution. It will go one of two ways: either vB gets an update with some hook mechanisms, or I will do it by modding the core files.

Lastly, the other thing that keeps getting requested is to have the plugin post only the excerpt from WP. I will work on an option for this in the next update.

Additional note: the avatar sync feature seems to be broken. I will get that in the next update.

Now to the support requests.......

[obscureclouddon]

Originally Posted by Salvo

The active assistance that pushed me to buy the pro version suddenly turned off the responses...I'm so disappointed...

See my above post for excuses.....

Anyway, if you are still in need of support, check your email, i'll send you my Skype info.

Sorry for the delay.

[obscureclouddon]

Originally Posted by HitpeHD

I have unfortunatly some problems.

- The Avatar is not working, because i cant activate it in menu. i changed the storeage and installed the user photo plugin.

- Is there a way to post only an excerpt to forum and not the whole text with a "Read more..." Text?

- What is very bad is, that the comments made in forum are not transferred to wordpress. This is very strange.

When these three things you can change, is this the best plugin ive ever seen. For contact check your e-mails. I send you one.

Please contact me.

Please let me know via email if you still need support.
See above for more info on the first and third issue.
The second issue should be solved with the newest version available for download on the site.

[obscureclouddon]

Originally Posted by Noli

Hi,

the plugin worked perfectly but recently started with the following error message:

wp-assets require WordPress 2.6 or newer. Please update!

this gets displayed after a user tries to login in over the forum.

i already checked the customer section on your site if there is an update.

im using the latest version of wordpress and vb4

Try setting the login redirect field in the settings page. This will redirect users to the path you designate.

[obscureclouddon]

Originally Posted by PakGamerz

i am looking to buy your pro plugin for my upcoming website, I just have need this plugin for one reason, if it is able to single sign on within wordpress and vbulletin, And uses wordpress database only, So users will not need to register on vbulletin, And the users will able to post blogs on wordpress and threads on vbulletin. Is that possible? if yes then i am ready to purchase the plugin.

That is exactly what this plugin is for!