> Portal Navigation:
> 
> - Append `.md` to any URL under `https://dev.wix.com/docs/` to get its markdown version.
> - Pages are either content pages (article or reference text) or menu pages (a list of links to child pages).
> - To get a menu page, truncate any URL to a parent path and append `.md` (e.g. `https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk.md`, `https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk/core-modules.md`).
> - Top-level index of all portals: https://dev.wix.com/docs/llms.txt
> - Full concatenated docs: https://dev.wix.com/docs/llms-full.txt

## Resource: Introduction



## Article: Introduction

## Article Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-forum-v2/introduction.md

## Article Content:

# Introduction

 

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The Wix Forum v2 API provides the functionality for retrieving posts and categories from a forum.
Learn more [about Wix Forum](https://support.wix.com/en/article/wix-forum-about-wix-forum).

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## Before you begin

Before using any `wix-forum.v2` functions, make sure to [install Wix Forum](https://support.wix.com/en/article/wix-forum-adding-and-setting-up-your-forum) on your site. 


To use the wix-forum-v2 API, import `wixForum` from the `wix-forum.v2` module. 

```javascript
import wixForum from 'wix-forum.v2';
```

## Terminology

- **Post**
  A post written by a site collaborator.

- **Category**
  A logical group assigned to similar and related posts in the forum.