77
Asgaros Forum
A nimble little forum that keeps your site running fast.
HealthyDeclining
77/100
The lightweight design is excellent but support and security issues remain concerns.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.8★
207 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-9%
Declining
83 → 76 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining · -9% in the last year
83/day a year ago→76/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayAsgaros Forum is widely praised for being lightweight, easy to set up, and visually appealing with good integration, but users report occasional support gaps, feature limitations, and a past security vulnerability.
What people like
- +Lightweight and runs efficiently×2
- +Easy to install and set up×3
- +Visually appealing and integrates well with site design×3
- +Provides a shortcode for a full-featured forum
- +Compatible with AMP
- +Works reliably and as expected×3
- +Free core version with optional donation
- +Offers many options and advanced features while remaining simple×2
- +Active development and responsive author support×3
- +Works well with WooCommerce
Common complaints
- −Incompatible with block themes / widgets
- −Limited extra features and can be finicky, not very user-friendly
- −Support is slow or unresponsive, registration emails may not be received×2
- −Editing posts can break links and images, adding unwanted characters
- −Security vulnerability (CSRF) in versions ≤ 2.2.1 and lack of full vendor response (since 2.2.1)
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.64★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 4%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-11-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 207 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2025-07-31★★★★★AmazingGreen Website
- 2025-06-27★★★★★*FANTASTIC JOB!!*NuT^CrAcKeR
- 2025-04-03★★★★★Widget?biredip
- 2025-01-09★★★★★Working great!Shuaib
- 2025-01-04★★★★★Great Forum Solution for WordPresstezza007
- 2024-12-15★★★★★Le plugin est excellentphbme
- 2024-06-04★★★★★3/5aghafir92
- 2024-02-23★★★★★Plugin is excellentKlaus Wilde
- 2024-02-03★★★★★Forum support does not work – registration failediczek
- 2024-01-05★★★★★Simple and efficientwebmasterscr
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
64
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
67
Prior 7-day baseline
56
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
235
Mean release-day peak (30d)
64
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-4.5%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
24%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.88
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
84%
5★ share in analyzed sample
4%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.58 → 4.64★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered