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...

[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!

[obscureclouddon]

Originally Posted by bankcroft

Is there any way to connect a vBulletin board and a Wordpress blog that are on the same domain, but use different domains in the foreground?

My case is this:

Wordpress: http://www.dartblaster.de/ (actually: http://www.bankcroft.net/dartblaster or /public_html/dartblaster/)
vBulletin: http://www.blasted.de/ (actually: http://www.bankcroft.net/forum or /public_html/forum/)

The way i read your question, it should work just fine with that configuration.

[obscureclouddon]

Ok, I couldn't wait.
I went ahead and posted the vBulletin 5.x version.
It will be getting quite a few updates in the near future, but it's up!

http://wp-vb-bridge.obscurecloud.com/features-2

[soaringpine]

Purchased the unified theme instructions today on your site....

Have one question about the Vbulletin/Wordpress plugin. Will future Wordpress upgrades be ok with your pugin?

[obscureclouddon]

Originally Posted by soaringpine

Purchased the unified theme instructions today on your site....

Have one question about the Vbulletin/Wordpress plugin. Will future Wordpress upgrades be ok with your pugin?

For the foreseeable future, I will be ensuring compatibility with wordpress.

[Noli]

Originally Posted by obscureclouddon

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

no changes here unfortunatly. i still get: wp-assets require WordPress 2.6 or newer. Please update! If i try to login to admincp i get the same error message.

[obscureclouddon]

Just put up an update that is going to help with the incompatibility issues some people have been experiencing.

[Noli]

was the Paid-Version also updated? I just downloaded it but it doesnt look updated.

edit: just checked the files and im now on 0.40. i still have the problem that users cant login to the forums without getting a error message. i already reinstalled the vbulletin plugins through the wordpress admin and synced the users but the login problem is still there.

[obscureclouddon]

Originally Posted by Noli

was the Paid-Version also updated? I just downloaded it but it doesnt look updated.

edit: just checked the files and im now on 0.40. i still have the problem that users cant login to the forums without getting a error message. i already reinstalled the vbulletin plugins through the wordpress admin and synced the users but the login problem is still there.

Sorry, i didn't convey this very well. To take advantage of the changes, you will have to remove the vB plugins and reinstall them. This can be done from the settings page.

[NguReaper]

Thanks for the update obscure! It is very much appreciated. I noticed one thing when you have the articles posted in a forum section as a thread and let's say somebody posts on the homepage article it seems that the post on the homepage will not sync and post on the thread that is made also. Any help or is there not an option for this? Also as a suggestions for a future feature when somebody replies to a comment have it do a quote notification on the thread. Thanks!