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Your WordPress site deserves a forum that actually scales.

Jetonomy stores forum data in dedicated database tables – not in wp_posts – so your community stays fast no matter how big it grows. Trust levels let the community moderate itself. CSS custom properties match any theme automatically. Free forever.
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Every WordPress forum plugin makes you choose between features and performance.

✗ bbPress slows down at scale

Everything lives in wp_posts - queries degrade past a few thousand topics

✗ wpForo is hard to theme

Custom styles fight your theme. CSS overrides pile up. It never looks native.

✗ Manual moderation burns out your team

No trust system, no auto-promotion - you review every post from every user, every day

✗ No Q&A or ideas built in

You need separate plugins for accepted answers, feature voting, and roadmap boards

Jetonomy solves all four with a single free plugin.

The only WordPress forum built on custom tables, trust levels, and the Interactivity API.

Every other forum plugin stores data in wp_posts or bolts moderation onto WordPress roles. Jetonomy was architected from scratch – dedicated database, automatic trust levels, and WordPress-native real-time UI.

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Dedicated database - not custom post types

Forums, posts, replies, votes, and activity logs live in 22 custom MySQL tables. Denormalized counters mean no COUNT queries on page load.

02

6 trust levels that automate moderation

New accounts are rate-limited and cannot post links. As members contribute, they earn abilities automatically. By Level 4, the community moderates itself.

03

WordPress Interactivity API for real-time UI

WordPress Interactivity API powers real-time voting, sorting, and reply loading. Jetonomy has revision history, diffs, forking, starring, and collections.

Everything included. Free forever.

Forums, Q&A, Ideas & Feed

Four space types – threaded discussions, accepted answers, feature voting, and social feeds.

Trust levels & auto-moderation

Six trust levels with automatic promotion. New accounts rate-limited. Reliable members earn abilities.

Full-text search

MySQL FULLTEXT with type filtering. Swappable backend for Meilisearch or Elasticsearch.

Three-layer permissions

WordPress capabilities, per-space roles, and trust levels in a single permission check.

Voting & reputation

Upvote/downvote posts and replies. Good answers surface. Top contributors on the leaderboard.

Notifications & subscriptions

Branded email notifications, in-community bell, per-space and per-post subscriptions.

bbPress & wpForo importers

Auto-detect existing community. Dry-run before committing. Resume on failure.

61+ REST API endpoints

Full CRUD for spaces, posts, replies, votes, users, tags, notifications, and moderation.

Template overrides & CSS tokens

Override any template. CSS custom properties adapt to your brand via theme.json.
Self-moderating communities

6 trust levels that let your community manage itself

New accounts start at Level 0 – rate-limited, no links. As members contribute, they earn reputation and abilities. By Level 4, they have full moderation powers. Set thresholds once – the system runs itself.

  • Automatic spam prevention - rate limits and link blocks stop most spam before it reaches the queue
  • Earned moderation abilities - trusted members can edit, close, and move posts
  • Reputation that means something - +10 per upvoted post, +15 per accepted answer, -20 for spam

Need reactions, messaging, polls, analytics, or badges? Jetonomy Pro adds 13 modular extensions starting at $69/year. See Pro plans

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bbPress stores everything in wp_posts. Queries degrade past a few thousand topics. Jetonomy uses dedicated tables with denormalized counters, Q&A spaces, idea boards, trust levels, and 61+ REST API endpoints – all self-hosted.
wpForo uses custom tables but has no trust system, partial REST API, and requires manual CSS overrides. Jetonomy has 6 trust levels, full REST API, and adapts to any theme via CSS custom properties.
Yes. Built-in importers auto-detect your installation. Dry-run previews everything without touching data. Resume on failure. No record limit.
No. Forums, Q&A, ideas, voting, trust levels, moderation, search, notifications, 61+ REST API endpoints, and importers are all free forever. Pro adds optional extensions like messaging, analytics, and badges.
Free plugin – no strings. Pro plans include a 30-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked.
Yes. Full docs at store.wbcomdesigns.com/jetonomy/docs/ – installation, settings, REST API, hooks, template overrides, and developer guides.

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Self-hosted on your WordPress install. No SaaS dependency. No per-user pricing. Your data stays on your server.

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