Simple:Press Core Features

Forum Features

• Theme and template driven
• Plugin system to add features
• Sub-forum support to any level
• Optional post moderation
• User level unread post handling
• Forum ranks and badges
• Image thumbnails and enlargements
• User defined signatures
• Avatar uploads – Gravatar or WordPress
• A toolset for common admin tasks
• Comprehensive search options

• Custom icons for groups and forums
• Comprehensive selection of RSS feed
• Custom smileys including uploads
• Store components outside of plugin
• Create hidden ‘spoilers’ in posts
• Optional support for WordPress shortcodes
• Email notification of posts to admins
• Forum statistics including online list

Security

• Powerful user group and permission system
• Can create private and/or public forums
• Optional ‘math’ spam prevention tool
• Coded to use WordPress secure routines

• Feature to prevent user access to wp admin
• Private RSS feeds for members only
• Email notification of posts to admins

Integrations

• Fully integrated with WordPress registrations and logins
• Uses Cookies to track returning members and guests
• Complete uninstall/removal option

• Comprehensive Administrative Options and Settings
• Fully integrated with WordPress roles and capabilities system

SEO

• Creates pretty/seo friendly permalinks
• Support for the All In One SEO Pack and Google XML Sitemap Plugins

• Page and browser title settings
• Canonical URL’s
• Custom descriptions and keywords

User Profiles

• Extended member profile options
• Each user can set their own timezone
• Full member Listing

• Supports RPX/Janrain 3rd party login
• Social network and IM identities

API

• Extensive use of WordPress style action/filter hooks
• Each display element contained in a template display function

• Full access to the underlying api
• Data inspection tool

Support

• Extensive help text throughout the plugin
• Full online documentation for users and admins

• A growing body of documentation for developers