Forum2Blog: vBulletin Forum to WordPress Blog Importer
Forum2Blog is a web based software designed for the WordPress platform that can take a given vBulletin forum thread, scrape it and create a post on the blog based on that thread.

Forum2Blog
Forum2Blog will take the first post from the thread and create the post on your blog, while the rest of the replies from the thread will be added as comments to the post from your blog.
Just imagine how many things you could do with it. There are millions of forums out there powered by vBulletin, lots and lots of interesting topics. Any of those topics can be imported into your blog in seconds with Forum2Blog.
Features:
Easy to use , fully automated
Upload and Run . Import posts in seconds to your blog.
Forum2Blog requires fopen() or Curl to be enabled on your server.
Forum2Blog can only import from vBulletin v3.x forums.
Here’s a short how to do it:
Step1: Specify the thread url you want imported and the post title to be placed on your blog.

Step 2: Select the category to place the reviews under:

Step 3: Specify if you want or not to allow links in the imported post. If you don’t, the links will be removed.

Step 4: Specify if you want or not to allow links in the imported comments. If you don’t, the links will be removed. All the posts except the first from the forum thread will be imported as comments to the post.

Step 5 : Specify if you want or not to allow images in the imported comments.

Step 6 : Password protection ensures only you have access to the script.

Demo Movie
Here is a demo movie so that you can get a full view of Forum2Blog. Also you can see discussions about in Digital Point Forum2Blog thread.
The price for Forum2Blog Importer is $14.99
Instant download link will be provided after payment.
Hi,
You can see a demonstration of how’s working in the demo movie. It’s easy and straight tot he point.
There are plenty of customers who are using this, will drop an email to some who may want to place there sites here as examples.
If the post has multiple pages is there away to get the posts on the additional pages as well. If not could this feature be added.
You could import every page one by one. I will add the option for multiple pages soon. Update will be provided for free.
i purchased this script but it takes fopen url - my server has this disabled. I would apreciate if you could atleast put up requirements before we waste money on a script that is now pretty much worthless.
can you not set this up to use curl, since you have it completely encryted i can’t do anything about or give me a refund
@Charles: 99% of the hosts have fopen enabled by default. Actually you are the only one I hear with this problem. Can’t you contact your host and ask them to enable it?
Anyway, I’ll have a Curl version done too in 2-3 days max. Please contact me after to receive this version.
thank you goscript - im afraid i have mediatemple as my host - they will not turn it back on sometime around jan 07 they turned it off and will not reenable it so i am limited on many things but love this script and want to use it for my site so thanks for the curl version
Can we use these on several blogs, or is it just for use on one blog? Need separate license for each blog?
thanks,
P.S. if want 3, how do we order those?
@Mark Smith: The license is multi blog use. You can use it on as many blog YOU own.
Hi,
I`ve bought your forum2blog script, but when I try to install at /forum2blog/config.php, it shows blank screen. Can you explain it? Need to clear this ASAP.thanks
@warsana:
You have to open config.php file in notepad and change that password
OK, problems cleared. thanks, great script !
HI, i AM INTERESTED TO BUT THIS TOOL. BUT FIRST I HAVE A QUESTION. CAN WE MAKE A FORUM OF IT, A FULL FLEDGED FORUM?
@KnightWane: Forum2Blog will import from a Forum to a Blog, not from a Forum to another Forum.
Just purchased. I found a question about TITLTE.
It changes ” to \”, e.g. How to “Make Money Online”? after posting to my blog, it says: How to \”Make Money Online\”?
Forgive my poor English
One more question:
No Comments
always show: “You are posting comments too quickly. Slow down.”
@Kiss2008:
Regarding the title, this is because you are using microsoft word smart quotes instead of usual quotes.
As for the comments, you must be logged in to your wp-admin area before accessing it. This is why you get this error. Always login before accessing forum2blog area.
GoScript
Thanks for your reply.
Great Script Thx
i want this one to do the following
Step1: Specify the FORUM URL I want imported and it should import all the threads in the forum and place on my blog.
Step1 Option B : Instead of entering a FORUM URL, I can choose to specify multiple URLS and it will import them into my blog.
Step 2: Select the category to place the threads under.
i will pay much for this $$$
@Ahmed: You can select the category which you want to place the thread under, there is no restirction for this one.
As for the other options, I’m working on them
HI , can this software import picture file from the forum to my own blog as well? I am planning to get the content from a porn forum
@bob mar: Yes, the images will show as well on your blog.
Hi! Can I use this script for importing posts from russian blogs?
@Dmitriy: Yes you can.
I already buy Uniquefier Plugin & Movie Automator, can you offer me discount?
English version of vBulletin has charset=utf8, russian has charset=windows-1251, are you sure that script will work with russian vBulletin forums?
@Dmitriy: Sure, I can offer you a discount if you bought other of my scripts as well. As for the Russian question, I am having several buyers using it without problem.
Do you have a discount plan if I want to buy 4 of your 5 scripts? It looks like you can only buy one at a time using the ‘buy now’ button.
Thanks for your help.
@Main Street Marketing: I can offer you 4 scripts for $36 instead of $60
Ill take 4 for 36.00 Please send to my email paypal link Thanks.
I already purchased WP uniqueifyer . just need the other 4.
Thanks
Great Script! Question:
is there any way to remove the date link in the commenter’s posts?
@Jack: you will have to edit the theme files for this.
Goscript,
Is the 4 plugins for $36 dollars still available. I already have WP uniquiefier
Bpaul
@Bpaul: Yes, the 4 scripts for $36 offer is still on.
Will send you an email with the payment details a.s.a.p.
Cheers
Hey Go Scr!pt,
Heard a lot about you man , I came to know about your software forum2blog (http://www.forum2blog.com/) thru search engine. I was looking for something like this, but I also saw your discussion on http://goscript.net that it uses fopen function of PHP. but my host has disabled the same due to hacking vulnerabilities….they have asked me to go for a program which uses curl function instead. can you provide me such program?
I am looking for a similar program as another user charles (in the same thread have requested) . Let me know if you can help me out ??
Thanks in Advance
-ash
@ash: Yes, you are not the only one requesting a Curl version of Forum2Blog, so I have it ready already.
Just make the purchase as usual and send me an email after to deliver you the Forum2Blog Curl version.
Cheers
Thanks goScr!pt
I will let you know once done .
Keep Rockin
Is it possible to import all threads at specified forum or subforum on a message board at once?
@Mike: no, for now you can only import them one by one.
goscript, oh well. not what i am looking for, thanks anyway. im only after something that can move all the threads from a specified forum. (Im migrating software and dont want to loose posts).
Pls advise,
Are popular forums like: warriorforum, digitalpoint, webmastersworld and webhostingtalk vBulletin powered?
The idea is to be suree so as to harness the plugin;s capability to the fullest.
Alongwith the plugin do u also provide forums list powered by vBulletin and their pr which are powered by VB?
Hi GoScript,
I’m interested in your 4 scripts for $36 offer, i.e.
# WordPress Uniquefier Plugin v3.0
# News Automator
# Movie Automator
# Forum2Blog Importer
Is it still available? If yes, ould you please send me the payment details?
Thanks!
@rajul: Yes they are powered by vbulletin. I do not offer such a list, but you can easily find plenty of vbulletin powered forums.
@wpnewbie: Yes, the 4 scripts order for $36 is still on. Sending you an email in a sec.
Does this Plugin work with Wordpress 2.8? Interested in testing this out.
Thanks.
@Mike Johnson: yes Mike it works.
Hi GoScript,
I’m also interested in your 4 scripts for $36 offer, i.e.
# WordPress Uniquefier Plugin v3.0
# News Automator
# Movie Automator
# Forum2Blog Importer
Can you send me an email?
So posts and responses in Vbulletin are not linked to users, but randomly assigned a fake name? What if the Worpress site has already imported the members, could the import script match the user names for topic and response posts?
Thanks.
@Chael: Sorry but for now this is not possible.
Bummer, but thanks for the quick response.
Cheers.
Is there any way to have Forum2Blog post as a Draft Post only and not be published instantly? I make small modifications to each post and don’t want to bring the Spiders to my site before I amready.
Thanks.
Mike
@Mike Johnson: I can modify it to post as drafts if you need it this way.
I purchased the script already. If you can do that, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
@Mike Johnson: Sure, will send it via email to you tomorrow.
Hi.
Could you please answer 2 Q.
1. Is your app a WP plugin? or standalone app?
2. Is your app able to parse forum threads that have no RSS feeds?
Thanks.
@ratik:
1. I’d say it’s right between the two, as it’s a WP plugin but you don’t have to copy it in the plugins folder.
2. Yes, Forum2Blog it’s not using rss feeds to read the posts.
is it works with the latest of wordpress plugins ? and sory, this is for
1. vbulletin only
2. digitalpoint.com forum
3. or forum software, which is like phpBB, smf and other ?
@beasiswa luar negri: Yes it is working with the latest version.
Forum2Blog can import posts from any forum powered by vBulletin. (it can import from DP as it is powered by vBulletin)
sory i dont get your means for
is it means, its works for every forum software ?
“Forum2Blog is a web based software designed for the WordPress platform that can take a given vBulletin forum thread, scrape it and create a post on the blog based on that thread.”
Forum2Blog works with vBulletin
thanks for clarify. heres next. Is it possible to modify script to be.
1. adding more than 1 time for one thread. I means i want dont want to make it one for one thread.
2. If number 1 is yes. Here we go, Ive tried your movie poster, would you add schedule post for this ?
Thanks.
@beasiswa luar negri: Yes this will be added soon.
Is it possible with the program to auto up date a VB subject title? Meaning any person that posts under a subject VB titles will be automatically posted on your blog? Would that not be easier?
Example:
A VB Sports board has a category called “football”
Any threads and posts can automatically be fed in your blog?
@Dell: Unfortunately not, because threads order change so there is no way to keep an accurate tracking.
goscript: That my friend,would be an awesome script. Kind of like the way WP-omatic works. If you ever program one..I’ll be your first client..the very first day you finish it and know easily 20 others that would also buy it.
Also, is there a demo around to try out this current program? Just to let you know.. I also bought your WordPress Uniquefier Plugin v3.3 a few months back.
@Dell: will see what I can do about..tho it’s not that easy.
There’s a demo movie you can watch so see it in action.
Not to get the last word..but it’s very true there are many people hounding the net for a program justlike what I explained. Truly
Hello, I’m interested to purchase your script.
I have a question, how if the forum is required to login first before we can read the thread? if we click on thread link it will force us to login page..
Maybe you can give an option login and password for the forum on your script? so we can import from forum that require to login first.
Thanks.
@mbul: right now this is not possible but will be working on something like this.
Hello,
When you pull forum post vbulletin forums does it publish the post immediately? Or is there some type of draft function? I’m asking because I usually like to edit the titles and any other un-necessary information
Thanks,
Paul
@Paul: You can import them as scheduled or you can edit the post after and mark it as drat so you can make the desired changes.
What is Zero Sized Reply. Whenever i try to post from Forums i get this error.
@Sagar: send me an email with the forum thread you tried to import.
hey there, some of the posts i pull from forums just have a title and nothing else comes with it, like the actual post or the comments, could you take a look at my website and see what i mean, am i doing something wrong or does the script work better with a certain version of vbulletin??? i have only been able to get one forum post to import the comments but the rest just pull the title and not article thanks heaps besides that problem im loving all the scripts i brought. thanks heaps
@mzzjax: please let me know a thread you tried to import from and you did not succeed.
I purchased this script but it is not working - after filling out the fields in the form and then hitting submit it returns a blank page ??
@Dan: is curl enabled on your host?
output from phpinfo
curl
cURL support enabled
cURL Information libcurl/7.19.5 OpenSSL/0.9.8l zlib/1.2.3 libidn/0.6.5
@Dan: please send me an email with your url to check on it.
Hi goscript,
Are you planning to release a newer version of this plugin. This plugin is awesome and I have been using it on one of my websites for quite sometime.
But there is one very important feature missing. When I import the post from a forum, it is directly posted. But there might be some unwanted smileys or comments which we might like to edit out. Or we might like to add some unique content in the first post for SEO purposes. So, is it possible to add an edit feature so that we can check and edit the post if needed before publishing.
You can let the comments be as it is but only for the main post/first post you can enable the edit feature before posting. This will make it even a more awesome plugin.
One more thing that some others might not know is that this plugin can import single posts too instead of the whole thread. Just enter the direct link to the post and it will import. I do so mostly and the edit feature would especially be great for such a case as there is only a single post then and then if we edit and modify the post before final posting then it would be really good for SEO purpose too as it would be completely unique content then.
Please enable this ability to edit the post before final posting in the next version of this plugin.
@Zaman: Hi,
Yes I can implement the edit feature by adding an option to add the post in wordpress as a draft so you can publish it after you make the changes.
Will work on it this days and release the update.
Cheers
We just purchased this and yes we have curl and fopen() active on our server, how ever when selecting a post, its not importing the information… it only imports a few words
Ok i discovered the problem if a post has ’ instead of ‘ it cuts the post off after the ’ how can we fix this I need this asap… I would edit the code myself to get it to work but its all encoded
Please send me an email with the url you are trying to import.
Sent…
I also think you should make it an option to not import the replies as comments
@Heather: If you don’t want replies imported then wouldn’t be easier and faster just to copy+paste?
What would be the point in using Forum2Blog if you want only the first post?
@goscript
Thanks for replying. That would be really great if you can make the edit option or enable it to be saved as draft so that I can make changes before publishing.
Please release the update soon. It would be really great and highly appreciated.
One more thing. I am planning to move the website to one of my reseller accounts at hostgator. Do you have any customer who has hosted sites using this plugin at hostgator and does this plugin work in hostgator.
Regards,
Zaman
@Zaman: I am having all my websites with hostgator and I am having no problems at all.
I like the sound of this plugin, the only thing which is stopping me buying it is I see from some of the comments that curl needs to be enabled my host (hostgator) how would I find this out and how I would enable it if it wasn’t!
cheers
Ok sorted out the curl, do you have a price for the forum2blog and the movie automator?
Hi Goscript,
I think heather has a point,
quote = “Ok i discovered the problem if a post has ’ instead of ‘ it cuts the post off after the ’ ” I have found this to be the case, is there anyway this can be fixed? I can supply the url if you need it.
@Brash: Please let me know the url.
@Heather @Brash:
I have received no email with the url
it seems cant work with vBulletin 3.7.0 can you fix it?
@this: Please send me an email with the forum thread url you tried to import.
now i always get this error message
“Error 404 - Not Found
Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn’t here”
so i’ve try to reupload, but i’ve got the same error
@this: must be your permalinks setting, or make sure you are not using caps.
where are we supposed to email you at because I sent one minutes after your original request for me to do so
@Heather: goscript @ goscript.net
You can find this to the top right of any page under the about tab.
does your script can import blog posts which included images, too?
@nima: the images will be hotlinked.