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...

[liftthenrave]

Originally Posted by dougdirac

I notice this plug-in is also available through vBSocial. What is the difference between getting it from vBSocial versus ObsureCloud?

It's the exact same.

Obscurecloud,

I'm having some difficulty with the plugin.

-If a user is created via VB, it is also created in WP.

-If a user is created via WP, it is not created in VB.

-If a user is created via the VB registration, single sign on works.

-If a user is created via the WP registration, single sign on does note.

-If a user, who was created via VB logs in through WP, single sign in works perfectly.

-Avatar sync does not work.

-I "synced" users to the VB database. The tables have been populated, but I am unable to login through VB. The users can all login through WP, but single sign on does not work.

-The admin account does work 100% of the time for all features besides avatar sync.

[obscureclouddon]

Originally Posted by dougdirac

I notice this plug-in is also available through vBSocial. What is the difference between getting it from vBSocial versus ObsureCloud?

VBSocial resells this plugin. The only difference is that they agreed to support their customers and I support mine

[obscureclouddon]

Originally Posted by liftthenrave

It's the exact same.

Obscurecloud,

I'm having some difficulty with the plugin.

-If a user is created via VB, it is also created in WP.

-If a user is created via WP, it is not created in VB.

-If a user is created via the VB registration, single sign on works.

-If a user is created via the WP registration, single sign on does note.

-If a user, who was created via VB logs in through WP, single sign in works perfectly.

-Avatar sync does not work.

-I "synced" users to the VB database. The tables have been populated, but I am unable to login through VB. The users can all login through WP, but single sign on does not work.

-The admin account does work 100% of the time for all features besides avatar sync.

Working via skype to resolve this

[liftthenrave]

Originally Posted by obscureclouddon

Working via skype to resolve this

Thanks so much! Good guy here

[obscureclouddon]

Just dropped the price by 50% to commemorate the new site!
Come check it out.

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

[Heckwork]

Small problem detected. When a user is created in vB and synced to WP the user can be selected to be the author and it does show as the author in the message. But, when you click the author in that message > the author has no messages. Also in CP messages the user show no messages.

[thomas]

Originally Posted by obscureclouddon

Just dropped the price by 50% to commemorate the new site!
Come check it out.

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

Great, ordered.

You should update the redirection from your store:

Firefox can't find the server at osc.wpvb.

[dougdirac]

I'm having trouble getting this to work. Paid for an installed the full version. I want to sync some 13K vB accounts with WP, but so far no luck.

[Aarias]

Please contact me, I haven't heard back from you and I really need to have the thing up and running. Thanks for all the hard work!

[obscureclouddon]

Originally Posted by thomas

Great, ordered.

You should update the redirection from your store:

Yea, thanks. Stupid new site.....