Wix forum alternative: Community Forum & Q&A for Wix
Community Forum & Q&A is a forum and message board app for Wix sites, made by Kayabyte. It replaces the Wix Forum app that Wix discontinued. Add a forum and Q&A board to your Wix site. Members ask, answer and talk in categories, right inside your site. Each thread gets its own page, with the first post and all replies written out, which helps Google find what your members write. In Q&A mode the person who asked can mark an accepted answer. Members and replies are unlimited on every plan.
Search engines decide what they index and when. The app gives them the full conversation to read; it does not promise any ranking.
Getting started
- Install Community Forum & Q&A from the Wix App Market.
- Open Forum in your site dashboard. The Setup tab lists three steps and ticks each one when it is done.
- Add the forum page to your site. It is a normal page, so you can put it in your menu.
- Add one thread page. The app links you to the right place in the Editor and shows when the page exists.
- Publish your site. New threads now appear in the forum and each one has its own address.
What visitors can do
- Browse categories and a list of threads, sorted by latest activity, newest or unanswered.
- Search threads and replies.
- Start a thread and reply. Members of your site post with their member name. Guests can post with a name and email if you allow it.
- Follow a thread and get an email when someone replies.
- In Q&A mode, the person who asked marks an accepted answer, and an Unanswered filter shows what still needs one.
The forum follows your site’s fonts and colours. It works with a keyboard and a screen reader, and comes in English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch and Japanese, following the page language or the language you choose.
Thread pages
Each thread is an item in a collection in your own site’s CMS, and your site shows it on a thread page. Wix builds that page on the server and lists it in your sitemap. The page carries the title, a short description, the first post and all approved replies as text in the HTML the server sends. A small script the app places in the page head adds structured data (DiscussionForumPosting, or QAPage in Q&A mode when there is an answer). In our test, Google’s Rich Results Test read a thread page with an accepted answer as a valid Q&A item. Replies that are waiting for approval or hidden are not shown.
Addresses: by default Wix builds each address from the title, so a question gets an address like /forum-threads/how-do-i-track-my-order%3F. One setting on the thread page (URL slug structure: {Slug}) gives clean addresses like /forum-threads/how-do-i-track-my-order, and the app follows whichever one your site uses. The Setup tab shows where to change it.
Moderation
- An approval queue in the dashboard. Guests’ first posts wait for approval by default.
- Honeypot field, a rate limit and a link limit against spam.
- Lock, pin, move, merge and delete threads. Edit or delete replies.
- Pro: a word filter, approval for everyone and member bans.
Plans
| Free | Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 | $6.99 per month, or $5.59 per month billed yearly. 14-day free trial |
| Members and replies | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Threads | Up to 100 | Unlimited |
| Categories | 3 | Unlimited |
| Thread pages for search engines | Yes | Yes |
| Q&A mode, reply emails, basic moderation | Yes | Yes |
| “Powered by” link | Small link | Removed |
| Private (members-only) categories | No | Yes |
| Word filter, approval for everyone, member bans | No | Yes |
| Product Q&A on Wix Stores product pages | No | Yes |
| CSV import and export, custom colours | No | Yes |
Billed by Wix.
FAQ
What happened to the Wix Forum app? Wix removed it from the App Market on 15 April 2025, switched off posting on 15 October 2025 and discontinued it on 1 March 2026, when Wix says forums and their data are deleted. Wix points site owners to Wix Groups. Sources: Adding Wix Forum, Moving your forum to Wix Groups and the Wix developer docs. See what to use now that the Wix Forum app is gone.
Groups or a forum app? Wix Groups is made by Wix. It suits a small club that wants a social feed. A forum app suits a support forum or a Q&A board where people look for a topic, search replies and find a thread from Google. The replacement guide has a table, and how to add a forum to Wix covers the three ways.
Can Google read the replies? Each thread page holds the first post and all approved replies as text, and Wix builds it on the server and lists it in your sitemap. Whether and when Google indexes a page is up to Google, and no tool can promise a ranking. You can check a page with View page source and Google’s URL Inspection. See Wix forum SEO.
Do I need a paid Wix plan? The app has a Free plan, but that is separate from your Wix site plan. I could not find a Wix page that says whether dynamic pages or the CMS need a premium Wix plan, so check that on your own site before you rely on it. The forum needs the thread page, which is a dynamic page in your site, and logging in uses the Wix Members area. Guests can post with a name and email if you allow it.
Do I need a Wix Members area? Members log in through Wix Members and post with their member name. If you allow guests, they can post with a name and an email. You choose in the settings.
Does it make my forum rank on Google? No tool can promise that. Each thread gets its own page with the full conversation, which gives Google something to read.
Where is the forum data kept? In collections in your own site’s CMS. Threads, replies and categories are public, because they appear on your site. Guest emails and followers are private. See the privacy policy.
How do I stop spam? Guests’ first posts wait for approval, there is a honeypot, a rate limit and a link limit, and you can lock or delete threads. Pro adds a word filter and bans.
Is there a thread limit? Free has up to 100 threads and 3 categories. Members and replies are unlimited on every plan.
Can visitors ask questions on a product page? On Pro, yes. Questions on a Wix Stores product page become threads tagged with that product.
What happens to my data if I remove the app? Wix can keep app data with the site after the app is removed. Use Delete app data in the app first if you want it gone. See the privacy policy.
How do I get help? Email support@kayabyte.dev. We answer within one business day, Monday to Friday, Central European Time.