Using Cloudflare with various forums

​​ Overview

Many widely used forum platforms are compatible with Cloudflare.

These include:

• Discourse
• vBulletin
• Xenforo
• MyBB

If you have a forum using these platforms, you can increase its speed and safety by adding Cloudflare.

​​ Steps

1. Cloudflare acts as a reverse proxy, meaning that all visitor IP addresses will become Cloudflare-affiliated IP addresses. If you are using services like Stopforumspan or blocking registration by IP address, you need to restore original visitor IPs .

2. To prevent admin functions from being affected by caching or performance features, create a Page Rule to exclude the admin section of your site.

3. If you want certain services to access your website (APIs or certain IPs), configure IP access rules .

4. Review your DNS records to make sure all your subdomain records are present. If you cannot find a subdomain, add the DNS record .

5. Review your Cloudflare performance and security settings .