Asgaros Forum review (2026): is it any good?
Lightweight discussion board plugin for WordPress
Asgaros Forum report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for a light forum with polls inside WordPress
Asgaros Forum is a free WordPress plugin with profiles, polls, reactions, uploads and moderation. It has no paid support, one named integration (myCRED) and needs a WordPress site you host yourself.
Who Asgaros Forum is for
- Fits if you run WordPress and want a free forum with polls and basic moderation
- Works for small communities that don't need a paid license
Who Asgaros Forum is not for
- Skip it if you don't use WordPress, as it runs nowhere else
- Not for you if you want paid support, because help comes from a public support forum
- Too light for a larger community that wants named integrations, as only myCRED is listed
- Watch out: you do the hosting, backups and updates yourself
Why Asgaros Forum gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyThe plugin is $0 and the maker accepts donations, but it needs a WordPress site you host, which is where the cost sits.
- BFree plan and trialNo paid tiers exist and nothing is capped. You still need your own hosting.
- CFeaturesProfiles, polls, reactions, uploads, moderation and several instances are there. The listing shows only one integration and no paid support.
- DEase of useIt is installed, hosted and updated by you on WordPress.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, inside WordPress, with myCRED the only integration named.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Asgaros Forum's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/asgaros-forum#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/asgaros-forum.svg" alt="Asgaros Forum: 2.0 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Asgaros Forum stands among course and community platforms
Asgaros Forum's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 23 of the 98 other course and community platforms we grade, and level with 21.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 71 of 98) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0).
Asgaros Forum has no paid plan.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 1.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 99 course and community platforms we grade, cut by the letter each got. Asgaros Forum’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 17 of 98, level with 61
- BFree plan and trialAbove 71 of 98, level with 26
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 98, level with 54
- DEase of useAbove 0 of 98, level with 22
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 98, level with 24
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 78 course and community platforms. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Asgaros Forum, or make your own?
Keep it
Asgaros Forum is free, so making your own would save you nothing.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 54 of the 98 other course and community platforms grade higher.
What you could make
- RSS reader: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- A members' space with posts, chat and events that people keep coming back to.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: roles and permissions.
What this rests on. Asgaros Forum’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Asgaros Forum?
Asgaros Forum is a WordPress plugin that adds a discussion board to a site, with profiles, a members list, polls, reactions, uploads and moderation tools. It is distributed free through WordPress.org, with a donations page on the maker's site. It uses the WordPress editor for posts and can run multiple forum instances.
Worth knowing
- It runs only inside WordPress and you host it yourself.
- The vendor lists no paid support plan; support is through its public support forum.
- It lists a myCRED integration but no other named integrations.
Key features
- WordPress-native forum
- A forum page is created at install and posts are written in the WordPress editor.
- Profiles and members list
- Members get profiles and a searchable members list, plus notifications and feeds.
- Polls, reactions and uploads
- Topics support polls, reactions and file uploads.
- Moderation and permissions
- Post approval, banning, reporting, moderators, permissions and user groups.
- Multiple instances
- Can run several forum instances, in several languages, and is compatible with WordPress multisite.
- Customizable theme
- A responsive theme whose colors and fonts can be changed.
Asgaros Forum pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Asgaros Forum is free to use.
- Starts at
- Free
- Free plan
- The plugin is free to download; the maker's site accepts donations.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Asgaros Forum | $0 | Free WordPress plugin installed on your own site; no paid tiers are listed. |
Read from wordpress.org on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Asgaros Forum before you buy.
Works with
- myCRED
Asgaros Forum alternatives
- Asgaros Forum vs wpForo
Free plan · from $15/mo
Common questions
Does Asgaros Forum have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Asgaros Forum is listed for Web.
Does Asgaros Forum have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Asgaros Forum is listed for Web.
Is Asgaros Forum open source?
Asgaros Forum is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.