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Integrates with an external user system, support for topic and forum subscriptions, and many more features listed below. Requirements ------------ [](#requirements) - PHP 5.3.0 - Multibyte - Decoda - - TypeConverter - - CakePHP 2 - Admin Plugin - - Utility Plugin - - Composer Compatibility ------------- [](#compatibility) - v3.3 - CakePHP 2.x, PHP 5.3, Composer - v3.x - CakePHP 2.x, PHP 5.2 - v2.x - CakePHP 1.3, PHP 5.2 Contributors ------------ [](#contributors) - Jose Antonio Sanchez - Spanish Locale - Kristoffer Darj - Swedish Locale Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) Thorough documentation can be found here: Features -------- [](#features) Forums - Unlimited Parent and child forums - Activity and latest post tracking - Auto-locking of old topics - Individual settings for reading, posting, replying, etc - Access/private specific forums through ACL - Create topics or polls - Reply to topics, or quote previous posts - Topic and forum subscription with email notifications - Post up and down ratings Moderation - Moderators, Super Moderators and Admin levels - Restrict moderators to specific forums - Inline moderation and management - Mass processing (Move, Delete, Close, etc) - Ability to edit and manage users content Administration - Full admin panel using CakePHP Admin plugin - Utilizes ACL for permissions - Can add, edit, order, delete all data - Manage all reported content - Promote, demote, create access levels, staff and moderators - Manage all aspects and content Security - Utilizes CakePHPs Auth and Security Components - Advanced flood protection (Posts and Topics) - Hourly post limitations - Registration security wall - Form protection against bots and hackers Miscellaneous - BBCode support using Decoda - Mark topics as read (Session) - Log created topics and posts (Session) - Report system for topics, posts and users - Search through topics (Title and Post) - RSS feeds for each forum ### Health Score 40 — FairBetter than 88% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity35 Limited adoption so far Community25 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity69 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 96.6% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~29 days Recently: every ~81 days Total 28 Last Release 4178d ago Major Versions 3.3.0-rc2 → 4.0.0-beta2013-01-26 3.3.0-rc3 → 4.0.0-rc12013-01-29 3.3.0 → 4.0.0-rc22013-02-01 3.3.1 → 4.0.12013-06-19 4.1.0 → 5.0.0-rc12013-08-15 PHP version history (2 changes)3.2.0-rc3PHP >=5.2 3.3.0-rc1PHP >=5.3.0 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7fde949ba5bf8f6af95b77cf88fe1362c4cc7519edbcd4f8891f1564da621fdb?d=identicon)[milesj](/maintainers/milesj) --- Top Contributors [![milesj](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/143744?v=4)](https://github.com/milesj "milesj (365 commits)")[![blat](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/27487?v=4)](https://github.com/blat "blat (4 commits)")[![jameslarking](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/408075?v=4)](https://github.com/jameslarking "jameslarking (2 commits)")[![Ali1](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/218558?v=4)](https://github.com/Ali1 "Ali1 (2 commits)")[![kristofferdarj](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1397680?v=4)](https://github.com/kristofferdarj "kristofferdarj (1 commits)")[![rchavik](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/39490?v=4)](https://github.com/rchavik "rchavik (1 commits)")[![ceeram](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/111448?v=4)](https://github.com/ceeram "ceeram (1 commits)")[![jannaahs](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5788643?v=4)](https://github.com/jannaahs "jannaahs (1 commits)")[![kamui545](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/356978?v=4)](https://github.com/kamui545 "kamui545 (1 commits)") --- Tags plugincakephpforum ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/mjohnson-forum/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/mjohnson-forum/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/mjohnson-forum) ``` ### Alternatives [jeremyharris/cakephp-lazyload An association lazy-loader for CakePHP 61591.9k2](/packages/jeremyharris-cakephp-lazyload)[offline/oc-mall-plugin E-commerce solution for October CMS 1744.6k2](/packages/offline-oc-mall-plugin)[cakedc/mixer A plugin to discover and manage CakePHP plugins and generate skeleton application code. 4521.2k1](/packages/cakedc-mixer) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)