MediaWiz Forums

A lightweight, no‑nonsense forum package for Umbraco

Sometimes you don’t need a giant community platform with every bell and whistle. You just want something simple, dependable, and easy to drop into your site. MediaWiz Forums gives you exactly that — a clean, lightweight forum system built for Umbraco developers who value clarity over complexity.

What MediaWiz Forums Does

A straightforward forum engine that uses Umbraco Nodes for posts and your existing Umbraco membership setup for authentication (one is provided if required).

Out‑of‑the‑box features

Forums and nested forums
Group‑secured forums
Sticky posts
Mark posts as solved
Email notifications (built on Umbraco events so you can extend them easily)
Email validation on Register
Anti spam Captcha for signIn and registration
Pre and Post save NotificationHandlers for extending the post workflow.

Update for Umbraco 17

The latest release is fully compatible with Umbraco 17, with a focus on stability, editor experience, and keeping the package lightweight for modern builds.

Why Choose MediaWiz Forums?

Perfect for small to medium communities
Easy to extend and theme
Uses familiar Umbraco concepts
Friendly to beginners and tinkerers alike

Package Compatibility

This package is compatible with the following versions:

Umbraco 17

What's new in v17.0.0

Umbraco 17 Compatibility
Verified and updated to run smoothly on Umbraco 17 and later versions.
Bundled tinyMCE Editor 5.10.7
for consistent post editing now that Umbraco no longer ships it.
Improved templates
for consistent styling across forum components.
New Scripts TagHelper
For injecting CSS/JS from partials and viewcomponents. You will need to add a reference for it in your _ViewImports.cshtml file.
```
@using MediaWiz.Forums.TagHelpers
...
@addTagHelper *, MediaWiz.Forums
```
Improved Indexing & Search
for posts and members. with advanced query options.
General codebase refinements
for better error handling and long-term maintainability.