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Find an add-on's settings, grant permissions, place widgets and keep scheduled tasks running. · 16 articles

Pick a crawler policy preset, review Monitor mode activity and switch to Block when you are ready.

  • 1 · How Monitor and Block modes diff...
  • 2 · Pick a preset
  • 3 · Understand the four controls
  • 4 · How crawlers are identified
1 min read · Updated Oct 5, 2026 Read guide

Learn how to configure Profile Post Share: choose which user groups can share, show share counts and alert original posters.

  • 1 · Open the add-on options
  • 2 · Choose which user groups can sha...
  • 3 · Show the share count
  • 4 · Send alerts to the original post...
2 min read · Updated Oct 5, 2026 Read guide

Learn how to find and adjust the More Threads options so the related topics list works the way you want on your articles.

  • 1 · Open the options
  • 2 · What the list does
  • 3 · Adjust each option
  • 4 · Check the result
1 min read · Updated Oct 5, 2026 Read guide

Configure Custom Node Icon so the right people can use it. You will find the options and set the permissions before uploading icons.

  • 1 · Open the options
  • 2 · Review each option
  • 3 · Set permissions
  • 4 · Check that the settings work
1 min read · Updated Oct 5, 2026 Read guide

Learn how to set up Captcha questions on Posting so it appears where you want and skips trusted members. You will pick positions, forums and conditions.

  • 1 · Open the settings
  • 2 · Choose where the captcha appears
  • 3 · Set conditions for who sees it
  • 4 · Turn it on or off for specific f...
1 min read · Updated Oct 5, 2026 Read guide

Learn how to set a download timer for each user group, with separate timers for resource and post attachments, in Advanced Download Pro.

  • 1 · What the timer does
  • 2 · Open the add-on options
  • 3 · Set a timer for a user group
  • 4 · Set resource and post attachment...
1 min read · Updated Oct 5, 2026 Read guide

Add left and right ad code to the Advanced Download page, including the fix if Google Adsense conflicts with the default XenForo display.

  • 1 · Where ads show
  • 2 · Add ad code in the options
  • 3 · Fix Google Adsense conflicts
  • 4 · Check the result
1 min read · Updated Oct 5, 2026 Read guide

Learn how to configure Advanced Download so attachments and resources use a new download page. You will know where its options are and what the page does.

  • 1 · What the add-on does
  • 2 · Open the options
  • 3 · Review each option
  • 4 · Test the download page
1 min read · Updated Oct 5, 2026 Read guide

Set how long a thread must be visible and how long repeat visits are suppressed, so you can tune Real Views qualified view counts.

  • 1 · How qualified views work
  • 2 · Open the settings
  • 3 · Change the visible-time threshol...
  • 4 · Change the repeat window
1 min read · Updated Oct 3, 2026 Read guide

Create routing rules, set backups and sending limits, and use the route checker so you can control which provider sends each kind of email.

  • 1 · How routing works
  • 2 · Add a rule
  • 3 · Change rule order
  • 4 · Customize email categories
1 min read · Updated Oct 1, 2026 Read guide

Almost every "the add-on does nothing" question is a permission. How user groups, forum permissions and Never combine, and how to check what a member can do.

  • 1 · User groups: who permissions bel...
  • 2 · Yes, No and Never
  • 3 · Where permissions are set
  • 4 · After installing an add-on: gran...
4 min read · Updated Sep 27, 2026 Read guide

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