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# Using Cloudflare with various forums

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## Overview

Many widely used forum platforms are compatible with Cloudflare.

These include:

* [Discourse ↗](https://community.cloudflare.com/t/using-discourse-with-cloudflare-best-practices/602890)
* vBulletin
* Xenforo
* MyBB

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

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## 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](https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/restoring-visitor-ips/restoring-original-visitor-ips/).

**2**. To prevent admin functions from being affected by caching or performance features, create a [Cache Rule](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/#bypass-cache) to bypass cache on the admin section of your site.

**3**. If you want certain services to access your website (APIs or certain IPs), [configure the WAF](https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/).

**4**. Review your DNS records to make sure all your subdomain records are present. If you cannot find a subdomain, [add the DNS record](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/).

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