PeepSo vs Vanilla Forums
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| Feature | PeepSo checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid Visit Details | Vanilla Forums v1.3.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 100+ |
| Last updated | — | July 3, 2020 |
| Editions | — | Vanilla Forums |
| Pros | — | Embeds the forum or replaces blog comments with forum threads; Forum widgets for discussions, activity and active users; Single sign-on through jsConnect |
| Cons | — | Needs a Vanilla forum, hosted or self-hosted, to connect to; Last tested with WordPress 5.3 per the readme; Replaces native comments once a forum URL is set |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | — | Embed the Vanilla forum inside a WordPress page, Replace native blog comments with Vanilla threads, Discussion, activity and active-user widgets, Single sign-on with jsConnect, Choose forum category for embedded content and widgets |
| Integrations | ||
| Other | — | Vanilla Forums |
| Requires WordPress | — | 3 |
| Tested up to | — | 5.3 |
| Phones home | — | No |