Invision Community 5

Enhance your user info panel with this powerful, fully customizable application for forum topic posts. You do not need to show all the information; you can choose to show or hide any one of them or just hide them for mobile viewing. You can also choose what user groups can see each piece of information.
User Info Panel
Edit the width of the user info panel between 200px and 350px
Profile Info
Show/Hide the user ID
Show/Hide the user group with color formatting
Personal Info
Show/Hide the user's birthday
Change the birthday view to show the member's age instead
Show/Hide the user joined date
Change the joined date to one saying "With Us For X Days"
Show/Hide the user's online status
Show/Hide the user's last activity
Show/Hide the users timezone
Show/Hide the user's follower count
Show/Hide the user's connected device
Content
Show/Hide the user post count
Show/Hide the user's post-per-day ratio
Show/Hide the user's reputation
Show/Hide the user's amount of leader board members of the day won
Show/Hide the Achievements
Choose to use a gold font for the member of the day
Show/Hide the user's solved content
Clubs
Show/Hide the user's clubs as icons at the bottom of the user info panel (The club name will appear on hover)
Change the size of the club's icons
Requirements:
Forums application
Notes:
This version doesn’t show the Number of Topics created and the topics-per-day ratio; it may return in a future version.
This version doesn’t show the secondary group’s names or images; it may return in a future version.
This version doesn’t show profile fields as it is already displayed on userInfoPanel and we can only add new stuff on IPS5; we can’t hide/remove existing stuff so it would show twice.

This app automatically sorts Saved Actions alphabetically in the topic moderation menu, making moderation faster and more organized.

Topic Reading Time displays an estimated reading time on each topic, so members can instantly see how long it may take to read the full discussion from start to finish. The estimate is calculated using the topic’s entire content (including replies) and is shown directly on the topic page.
Settings
This app includes flexible configuration options:
Cache Expiration Time – controls how long reading time values are cached.
Words Per Minute – adjust the reading speed used for the calculation.
Allowed Groups – choose which member groups can see the reading time.
Allowed Forums – select which forums the reading time will be displayed in.
Smart Cache Invalidation
To keep the estimate accurate, the cache is automatically rebuilt whenever the topic is updated:
A new post has been added
A post is deleted
A post visibility state changes (hidden/unhidden)
This keeps the reading time accurate at all times, without slowing down your community.

This application will restrict the ability of to users reply to topics in specific forums. Only the topic author and staff (chosen groups or moderators of the forum) will be able to reply. The editor will not appear for those who cannot reply.
Settings:
Forums where the restriction will be applied
Type of restriction: specific groups or moderators of the forum
Enable message in the topic
Type of message
Message content

This application will display files from subcategories when the category you're browsing hasn't files.
It is compatible with the layout chosen for the categories (table or grid).
Requirement:
Downloads app

This application will enable 4 features that appear disabled when a new user creates an account:
Recent Profile Visitors block Pop-up when the user receives a new message View signatures? Automatically follow content/comments

This application adds a link in the forum view (classic or snippet) that opens a pop-up listing all users who posted in the topic, along with their post counts.
Setting:
Groups allowed to view the pop-up.
Requirement:
Forums app.

This application will add a link to a pop-up to display a list of all members who have downloaded the file. The pop-up link appears in index blocks and Downloads widgets and is only available to users who are allowed to see who downloaded the file. The link will appear on the download count for the file, as shown below:

Requirement:
Downloads app

This tiny application simply turns the Security Question field into a password field, so whatever you type isn’t visible on screen.
Why this matters:
Even if “no one is supposed to see it,” it’s the same idea as hiding a password. For example, I record videos all the time, and the security answer would show up in the recording. Because of that, I used to disable Security Questions for my group altogether.

This application allows you to mark a conversation as unread so you can come back to it later, when the time is right. It will appear as unread in your messages list, making it easy to find.

This application allows private messages to be converted into forum topics. Useful if you run a support forum and users keep sending private messages instead of using the forum for support.
Conversion options:
Select the forum where the topic will be created
Apply tags (if enabled)
Leave the conversation after conversion
Settings:
Choose which member groups are allowed to convert messages into topics

This application allows topic authors to run specific topic-saved actions that the administrator permits. Public saved actions will only be visible to the topic author if they do not have moderator permissions to run standard saved actions.
Requirement:
Forums app.

This application integrates Perplexity AI and Google Gemini AI with IPS5 to automatically generate AI-powered summaries for forum topics. When enabled, the app analyzes the content of a topic and produces a clear, concise summary using the selected AI provider, helping members quickly understand long or complex discussions.

The summary is generated in the same language as the first post and will mention any additional languages used throughout the discussion. Summaries are created on demand and displayed directly within the topic view, providing valuable context without replacing the original content.
This application is ideal for communities with long threads, support forums, or knowledge-based discussions where quick comprehension is essential.
Supported AI Providers
Perplexity AI
Perplexity AI is a paid artificial intelligence platform focused on delivering fast, accurate, and well-sourced responses. It combines large language models with real-time web search to generate clear, concise summaries grounded in up-to-date information.
Google Gemini AI
Google Gemini AI is an advanced large language model designed to understand and summarize complex content with high accuracy. It excels at processing long discussions and generating structured, neutral summaries suitable for forums and knowledge-based communities.
Settings:
AI to use
Select which forums the AI summaries are available in
Choose which member groups are allowed to view the summaries
Requirement:
API Key from Perplexity: https://www.perplexity.ai/enterprise
API Key from Gemini: https://aistudio.google.com/app/api-keys
Forums application

With the appropriate 'Can Use IP Tools?' permission, moderators can now view all IP addresses associated with a member directly from their profile in a dedicated tab. This feature also enables moderators to ban these IPs directly from the same screen, accessible on the forum side. Only moderators with the 'Can Use IP Tools?' permission will see this IP address list, which will appear as a link on the member's profile card.
Setting:
Allow profile owner to view the list: only moderators with permission Can use IP tools? enabled can view the IP Addresses list. If you enable this, the profile owner will also be able to view the IP Addresses list but he won't see the links to BAN the IP and to USAGES of the IP.

This application will allow members (from specific groups) to rejoin users who left or were banned from conversations.
Setting:
Groups who can rejoin members

This application automatically displays similar existing topics while a member is creating a new topic, helping prevent duplicates and encouraging better discussions. As soon as the user finishes typing the topic title, the app searches the community using the IPS Core Search engine and shows an expanded list of relevant topics directly on the posting screen. Some benefits for your community include Elasticsearch compatibility, fewer duplicate topics, improved content discovery, enhanced posting quality, and cleaner forums with reduced moderation effort.
How it works:
User starts creating a new topic
When the title field loses focus, the app:
Builds a search query
Executes a Core Search request
Matching topics are shown instantly below the title field
Users can review existing discussions before posting
Settings:
Number of topics to display
Minimum topic title length
Can view Similar Topics
View Similar Topics in (specific forums)

This application adds a Share This Post link to posts that are not visible to guests, to easily and quickly copy the post URL. Because IPS does not provide this option, users must manually copy the post URL from the post date, meaning registered users lose the ability to easily share posts when guest access is restricted.
Default IPS5:


With this application installed:

This application restores an IPS4 feature that allows members to switch between the Downloads category layout views quickly. Currently, members can switch between views on Account Settings -> Content Preferences, enable Change layout views, and then choose a view on the Downloads Category View.
Note
This feature must be enabled by an administrator in the ACP -> Members -> edit any group -> Group Settings tab -> enable Can change layouts.
Available choices:
Table view
Grid view
Requirement:
Downloads application.

This application restores an IPS4 feature that allows members to quickly switch between forum index layout views. Currently, members can switch between views on Account Settings -> Content Preferences, enable Change layout views, and then choose a view on the Forum Index View. You can also use this application to enable it on new accounts: https://www.sosinvision.com.br/index.php?/file/344-new-members-defaults/
Note
This feature must be enabled by an administrator in the ACP -> Members -> edit any group -> Group Settings tab -> enable Can change layouts.
Available choices:
Table view
Grid view
Fluid view
Modern view
Requirement:
Forums application.

This application allows admins to select content (categories, items, clubs, and members) that new members will automatically follow upon account creation or validation, based on your configuration.
Basic Settings:
Frequency of notifications. Let others see that the user follows the content. Apps supported:
All apps that their containers (categories) and content items (topics, images, files, blog entries, records, adverts, tutorials, videos, etc.) can be followed. A tab to follow Clubs and Members will also appear as an option. Specific Apps:
Pages: Each database will be displayed in its own tab. Gallery: Albums will appear in addition to categories and images. Note:
The app tabs will appear only if the corresponding app is installed and enabled.

Content History will keep track of the latest content items viewed by members so they can access them faster. Members will be able to view only items accessed by themselves.
Notes:
Each content item type will have its tab. Pages will have one tab per database Each tab will use a template from the source content item Moderator actions will be available for those who can moderate the content Admins will be able to view content items viewed by all members in the Logs module on ACP Settings:
System online Display content item icon in tabs Number of log entries per page Log visits from groups Log visits to all content items installed on your board (topics, images, files, articles, raffles, tutorials, entries, quizzes, etc.) Flood control in minutes: prevent the same action from being logged if it occurs again within the set amount of minutes Prune logs: number of days to prune

This application will display an overview of Badges and Achievements (rank progress and badges earned by the browsing member) in your community.
The Achievements tab won't appear to guests.

This application allows admins (with the Can sign in as members permission enabled) to quickly log in as any member from the front end, without needing to access the Admin Control Panel.

Requested by @TomCat

This application allows admins and moderators to manage followers—adding or removing them through the Admin CP or the front-end—for forums, categories, and their content (topics, downloads, blog entries, gallery images, etc.) across the suite.
Compatible with:
Forums
Downloads
Gallery
Blogs
Calendar
Pages

This application adds two new tabs to user profiles — one showing their Solutions and another displaying their Most Helpful replies. Users can only see posts they have permission to view.
Both are features used in the Forumsa app only: ACP -> Community -> Forums -> edit a forum -> Forums Settings -> Topic Solutions.