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...

[akademikper]

Originally Posted by obscureclouddon

Have you tried changing the vb db to utf-8?

Yes I have tried many times, but always failed. Do you have any suggestions, thank you.

[obscureclouddon]

I'm looking at the current issues. Will post back when I find out what's going on.

[RobAC]

Originally Posted by obscureclouddon

I'm looking at the current issues. Will post back when I find out what's going on.

Please do. I'm close to upgrading my forums to 4.2.2 and I want to integrate your bridge, but want to make sure that everything will work.

[obscureclouddon]

Originally Posted by RobAC

Please do. I'm close to upgrading my forums to 4.2.2 and I want to integrate your bridge, but want to make sure that everything will work.

Unfortunately, since I'm not a full time forum manager, my site has been hacked, defaced, spammed and whatever else you guys deal with on a daily basis, and now my WP theme is outdated and throwing errors, so I'm just going to start from scratch. So it'll be a while before I have something to report. I am going to remake the site from scratch so I can get a good idea of what's going on.

Not that I didn't before, but I really have a lot of respect for you guys who manage forum communities. It's a serious pain in the ass......

I just put this site up so that it can demo the plugin, but I find myself spending so much time on just combating the spam and hack attempts, I don't even know if it's really worth it anymore.

[obscureclouddon]

Originally Posted by Sinjen

What's the best way to install the update?

All you have to do is overwrite the plugin directory with the new one.

[obscureclouddon]

Originally Posted by TheSSDReview

So I dont quite understand....will it generate a post with excerpt and link? Also, can I ask what type of title is rendered? Is it the same as the full article?

The title is not affected by this change.

As for the excerpt and link, yes. If the option is selected, it will pull the WP excerpt into vb instead of the post content. It will then append the permalink to the new vB post. You can customize the link text in the WP plugin settings.

[obscureclouddon]

Originally Posted by RobAC

Any updates on this?

If you haven't already, hit me up on skype and I'll see what I can do to help you get going.

[LoneStarr]

Hello,

I just bought this nice plugin. Was looking for something like that for ages. Great work!
But I have a little problem. The login via vBulletin allways gives me some errors. Seems like there is a problem with other plugins. Login via wordpress works fine.

And I wonder if it is possible to post content from a specific wp-category to a sepcific vB forum? Or is it just possible to post into one forum?

[Wajow-community]

Very nice!

Ca it be update for 4.2.1? I want to use it what i must doe witch steps i must follow to make it possible?

[Naijasite]

i have uploaded it to wordpress and made changes on the Wordpress vBulletin Integration Settings. How do i upload or add the plugin to vbulletin?