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Pre-Moderated Category
The Pre-Moderated Category add-on allows admins to set certain categories to flag all new discussions, comments, or both. This add-on must be enabled by your Vanilla Customer Success Manager. This option can be used when it is anticipated that content in a certain category may be particularly sensitive, or otherwise should…
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No Index
No Index is an addon that allows moderators & curators to mark a discussion as noindex/noarchive: This addon must be enabled by your CSM or Vanilla Support. Once enabled, you will see an additional option when you click the Cogwheel on Discussions: Once enabled, you will see an indicator that is has been marked as noindex:…
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Signatures
Signatures are an addon that can be enabled at any plan level: Once enabled, there are a few global signature settings you can edit: Keep in mind that these settings will be the baseline for signatures - you can control some of these more granularly by using our Ranks feature: Users may also choose to hide other users'…
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Addon Master List
Please note that many of these plugins are restricted by plan level, if you are uncertain if you plan includes a certain addon or feature, contact your CSM or Vanilla Support. To have an addon enabled that does not appear in settings / addons, contact your CSM or Vanilla Support. It is always strongly recommended to test…
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Why Vanillicon Avatars Changed
In September 2019, Vanilla changed the URLs of their default avatar addon known as Vanillicons. If you never uploaded a photo for your avatar you may have noticed that it changed to something else all of a sudden. What Did We Change? Previously, vanillicons were generated using an MD5 hash of users' email addresses. This…
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Tagging
Overview Tagging is a feature that allows users to add keywords to discussions. For public communities, tags help label specific content for improved findability. When used with advanced search, they help isolate content by a relevant topic and improve results. Tagging also has a module you can add to your theme, which can…
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Auto Role By Email
Auto Role by Email is a Vanilla addon that allows new users to be added to specific roles based on their email domain (in addition to default role). To have this plugin enabled, simply request from your CSM. Considerations Your forum must require users to confirm their email addresses (see settings/registration and toggle…
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Redirector Plugin for Forum Migrations
When to Use Redirector Redirector is a plug-in that translates URLs from many popular forum platforms into Vanilla-friendly URLs. If you’re moving from one of the supported platforms, installing and enabling this plug-in will magically handle maintaining the previous platform’s links, which can be of tremendous SEO value.…
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Creating Social Groups
Groups is an addon for very large communities to allow their users to form their own discussion groups. These groups allows for having discussions outside the normal forum category structure in self-contained areas. Very large communities can be difficult to approach for new users. Groups can be a useful way for users to…
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Gigya Social Login
The Gigya Sign In adds the ability to sign to your community with Gigya Social Login. You will need to configure your site in your Gigya dashboard and then set up your login plugin on the Gigya plugins page before you can use the Gigya addon in Vanilla. Setting up your site in Gigya Instructions on setting up a a site in…