{"id":5326,"date":"2022-02-05T23:30:59","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T22:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.axew3.com\/w3\/?page_id=5326"},"modified":"2026-09-12T18:08:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T16:08:45","slug":"wordpress-phpbb-integration-install","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.axew3.com\/w3\/wordpress-phpbb-integration-install\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress phpBB integration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Download plugin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Install and how to<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

WordPress Only:<\/strong> If you allow users to log in, register, and change their emails only within WordPress<\/strong>, there is no need to install the phpBB extension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Bidirectional (Both):<\/strong> If you allow users to register and manage their accounts across both WordPress and phpBB together<\/strong>, you must install the phpBB extension inside phpBB to keep everything synchronized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


phpBB Only:<\/strong> If you allow users to register and update their profiles only within phpBB<\/strong>, you must install the phpBB extension inside phpBB if you want those profile updates to automatically sync across to WordPress. Note that you may have to sync users transferring existent usernames if there are and the integration is used this way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTE:<\/strong> PHP version 7.2 or higher is required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTE:<\/strong> Ensure that the WordPress administrator activating this plugin shares the exact same email address as a user in phpBB, especially if the administrator performing this action is not WordPress User ID 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CRITICAL NOTE ON ROOT USERS:<\/mark><\/strong>
WordPress User ID 1 and phpBB User ID 2 (if they still exist and were not deleted after installation) are completely excluded from the integration code. However, you must ensure<\/strong> that these two accounts do not share their username or email address with any other<\/em> user ID across phpBB and WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before you begin, verify if these two specific User IDs exist and if you are using them. While WP UID 1 and phpBB UID 2 can share the same email or username with each other<\/em>, neither of them must ever share a username or email with any other account on either platform.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To repeat:<\/strong> Please double-check this requirement before starting if these accounts exist or are actively being used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WordPress phpBB integration by email<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This plugin use cookies and do not change nothing into phpBB or WordPress files or db: it only update the user’s sessions, the email, password (and eventually the user URL), and add users into the linked CMS when they register. Require 6\/7 db rows on the WP db options table to work (search with a regexp sql the option_name<\/em> text w3all<\/em> into the options table to see).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is MANDATORY<\/strong> for users to register, change, or update their emails and passwords only<\/strong> within WordPress OR only<\/strong> within phpBB if the companion phpBB extension is not installed on the phpBB side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allowing users to register or update their profiles on both platforms seamlessly is only possible if the phpBB-WordPress extension is fully installed and active inside phpBB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without that extension, when a user registers or updates their profile inside phpBB, those changes (such as password changes, URL updates, or user creation) will not<\/strong> happen simultaneously in WordPress. The synchronization will be delayed until that user explicitly logs into or visits the WordPress side while authenticated. Alternatively, you can simply disable the profile\/email update module inside phpBB to force users to use WordPress for profile management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are 1,001 ways to configure the integration between phpBB and WordPress. However, always remember a fundamental rule: this is a WordPress plugin, meaning its code only executes when WordPress pages load!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See how to use and download the phpBB integration extension<\/strong> here<\/mark>: phpBB WordPress common tasks integration extension<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you need to migrate all your existing WordPress users into phpBB before starting the live integration, follow the required transfer steps to get up and running quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alternatively, you can automate this process over time without running a manual bulk transfer. By setting the option “Add users in phpBB if they do not exist when users log in to WordPress”<\/strong> to YES<\/strong> (available in plugin version 2.9.2 or higher<\/em>), your existing WordPress users will be automatically created in phpBB the next time they log into WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: This automatic creation will only succeed if a user with the exact same email or username does not already exist inside phpBB.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you do not manually match your usernames and emails across platforms before starting, remember that the plugin login<\/strong> and profile update<\/strong> functions match accounts strictly by email address<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n