Hey,

No problem asking, that's what this forum is for - however there are several links on the right hand side here that could answer most of your questions. Definitely take a look at the plugins page.

Check out the blog linking plugin - has the ability to create a blog post from a forum post, and can also create a forum post from a blog post automatically amongst other things.

Not 100% sure what you mean by 'connect via Facebook' however we do offer a share this plugin that integrates the share this service allowing you to share topics / posts on social networking sites.

Simple:Press allows you to organise users into usergroups which you have complete control over. Using permissions on forums you have created, you can limit usergroups to specific forums, allowing people to only access the forums / areas you want them to.

If you click the your language button from the tiles on the right hand side at the top of this page, it takes you to our translations page - for which you can see that for core files, plugins and themes - German is roughly 90% translated throughout.

Yes we offer a private messaging plugin with inbox, and also a file uploader plugin.

If you buy Gold or Silver membership you get access to all plugins, themes and future updates.

The themes are not hard to customise as long as you are familiar with WordPress and the way templates work (and of course have a basic understanding of CSS and some PHP) - The one theme that you get as a bonus with a membership is 'Unified' theme that is fully responsive for mobile and tablet use.

I'm not sure I fully understand the next question, although it is fully integrated into WP, and very stable!

As you can see in the stats section below, you can see several stats relating to who's online, like currently online, currently browsing this page, devices in use, see all online activity etc. These can be removed easily if unnecessary, or tweaked using the template functions with arguments.

The SP roles are different from WP roles, however you use the WP roles to determine which usergroups your SP members can fall into. Although the users are all WP users, SP just gives them labels so to speak - they are still and always will be just WP users.

We have a basic math question captcha which you can put in place using permissions, or an advanced captcha plugin which involves dragging an image into a circle.

As we demonstrate here in this very post, being a guest your post has gone into 'moderation' and in order for your post to be visible to other users, an admin or mod has to respond, or allow the post using our admin bar plugin. You can set up new usergroups for newly registered users - although this is normally controlled using a membership plugin with Simple:Press such as wishlist member, in which as long as the plugin conforms to WP's API, will work well with SP.

Simple:Press has been around for quite some time and will continue to be. Updates are regular (v5.5.1 was released a month or so ago and v5.5.2 is planned for the end of the month) Please see our latest news and developments section which is open to non-members.

Hope this answers all your questions.