[SC] Forum Statistics 1.5.8

Showcase active discussions, standout resources and community members in one customizable activity panel.



Your community’s best activity, all in one place.

[SC] Forum Statistics brings your forum’s discussions, resource listings and member leaderboards together in a polished, tabbed activity panel. Help visitors find new conversations, discover popular downloads and see who is contributing to your community.

Choose your tabs, pin important content, customize the appearance and position the panel where your members will see it. AJAX tab switching and optional automatic refresh keep browsing smooth without full-page reloads.

Full feature list

10 configurable activity tabs

• Latest posts.
• New threads.
• Unanswered threads.
• Most replied discussions.
• Most viewed discussions.
• Most reacted discussions, ranked by first-post reaction score.
• Latest resources.
• Updated resources.
• Most downloaded resources.
• Top rated resources, ranked by average rating and then rating count.
• Enable, disable and reorder tabs.
• Choose the default tab through tab ordering.
• Display 1–100 regular activity rows per tab.

Pinned highlights

• Feature up to 20 threads and resources above regular results.
• Add content using its URL or ID.
• Reorder pins with simple arrow controls.
• Mix threads and resources with appropriate column headings.
• Customize the pinned-section title.
• Pinned items do not consume the regular row allowance.
• Avoid duplicate pinned items in regular results.
• Pins bypass listing filters while respecting content permissions and ignore lists.

Content controls

• Include or exclude selected forums and resource categories.
• Apply an activity window or include all time.
• Set a minimum rating count for top-rated resources.
• Open thread links at the beginning, first unread post or latest post.
• Show relevant forum/category links, dates, authors and activity metrics.
• Unread indicators for signed-in members.
• Optional thread avatars.
• Square or round resource icons.

Member sidebar

• Choose Most posts, Most appreciated or New members.
• Display 1–15 members.
• Show or hide the sidebar independently.
• Uses XenForo’s member statistics and visibility permissions.
• Appears beside activity on wide screens and below it on smaller screens.

Appearance and placement

• Light and dark style support.
• Four accent presets: Ocean blue, Violet, Emerald and Sunset.
• Color pickers and hex inputs for active-tab backgrounds, tab highlights and section highlights.
• Adjustable section-highlight opacity.
• Optional bold text throughout the panel.
• Compact row spacing.
• Customizable panel and pinned-section titles.
• Responsive layout with horizontally scrollable tables.
• Native XenForo widget placement.
• Forum-list widget created on installation.
• Optional placement below sub-navigation.
• Dedicated activity page.

Browsing and refresh

• AJAX tab switching without full-page reloads.
• Manual refresh button.
• Optional automatic refresh every 60–900 seconds.
• Automatic refresh pauses when the page or panel is hidden.
• Failed automatic refreshes stop retrying until a manual refresh is attempted.
• Keyboard tab navigation.
• Accessible table headings and labeled scroll regions.

Permissions and efficiency

• Dedicated “View Forum Statistics” user-group permission.
• Respects content visibility and visitor ignore lists.
• Respects member-list access.
• Resource features become unavailable when Resource Manager is inactive or inaccessible.
• Short-lived ranking cache reduces repeated database work.
• Content visibility is checked again on every request.
• Phrase-based interface text supports translation.

Requirements

• XenForo 2.3.0 or newer.
• PHP 8.0 or newer.
• XenForo Resource Manager is required only for resource tabs and resource pins.

Additional details

• Rankings may take up to 60 seconds to reflect changes.
• Activity windows filter eligible content; ranking counters remain lifetime totals.
• Child forums and categories must be selected separately.
• Below-sub-navigation placement requires the standard XenForo template insertion point. Normal widget placement is available for custom styles.