All screenshots are with 0 addons loaded. Screenshots are included of the hidden action bar orientation, and the HUD edit mode layout.

This may not look groundbreaking to many here, but this will be the layout I'm taking to launch so I've decided to share it in case it piques anyone else's fancy. I've dabbled in some Ellesmere UI during beta, which impressed me, but I'm about 90-95% satisfied with this for at least leveling up. I'll no doubt add a few addons here and there and may enable some EUI modules like Forever Essentials/Quickdraw/Quality of Life as they're genuine gems.

Note that this will support a full 8 action bar setup with only action bar 1 shown (Blizz doesn't allow you to hide it) and bars 2-6 being hidden. When bars are hidden, they will only appear when opening the spellbook, macro menu or dragging an item. Bars 7-8 are off to the sides of bar 1 if you feel the need to throw the odd item or macros there for clicking, but the buttons on bars 7-8 should hide if not in use. This is great for me because actionbars are just keybind fodder and I track everying using Cooldown Manager now. If anyone has any questions, shoot!

Edit: Forgot to mention this layout makes use of Swing Timers, Damage Meter, Cooldown Manager and Personal Resource Display (only the resource portion) so make sure to enable (use search bar in options menu) those for full effect!

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When leveling in TBC classic, this is one of my most used addons to double check to make sure I replaced all my ranked spells. I see that the author updated it for WoW Forever as well

Addon: https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/nova-spell-rank-checker

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This has been in development for close to 10 years, and at its core, transforms WoW from a traditional tab-targeting MMO into an action-combat game with Reticle Targeting, Click Casting, Mouse Look, and a ton of other features that help push the moment-to-moment gameplay of WoW towards that action-combat vision.

You can cycle through the GIFs in the gallery for visual explanations of all it does. It's grown into a very feature-rich addon over the years that I'm super proud of, and I'd love for you to give it a try!

You can get it here: https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/combat-mode
Or from Wago: https://addons.wago.io/addons/combat-mode

Disclaimer: ACM is not vibe-coded slop. It's been in development since 2017, with the two leading devs - myself and thericgames - having a combined 30 years of Software Engineering experience under our belts. Some of you may also recognize my username from previous contributions to the addon dev community, going all the way back to 2016, like HeyBarbaruivaUI. But the nature of Software Engineering has indeed changed, and AI usage has become inevitable, as it speeds up the process so much, so AI has been applied responsibly to the project with proper supervision within the last year, with the bulk of its work being done on the GUI. Rest assured, all the core features and 95% of what's here have been in the addon long before AI got good at coding. And, like I said, 30+ years of SWE experience behind this project.

Anyone have something similar to this? The creator stated they're not working on it anymore or porting it over to Forever. It had stylized elements that were my favorite from anything I've seen. Shame this was the one UI addon I used instead of the regular classic default

I posted an early version of this idea a few weeks ago and I've rebuilt it from the ground up and feel it's ready for real use.

Pending approval on Cursed Forge, but you can find the latest release on GitHub.

Everything Blizzard's minimap tracks, at any zoom or size. 

Hey everyone! I’ve just released QuestFocus 1.0.0, a WoW addon I’ve been developing to bring some of the exploration and immersion back to questing.
One thing I’ve always loved about Classic WoW is the feeling of discovering things for yourself. But with modern quest addons, I often find myself following waypoints and staring at the minimap instead of actually experiencing Azeroth.
That’s what inspired QuestFocus.
Rather than showing you exactly where to go, it uses a subtle golden glow around the edges of your screen to guide you in the general direction of your quest. You still have to explore, pay attention to your surroundings and figure things out yourself.
It has Explorer and Guided modes depending on how much assistance you want.
It’s currently built for WoW Forever, with version 1.0.0 now available on CurseForge.
🔗 https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/questfocus/
This is my first public release, and I’d genuinely appreciate any feedback, suggestions or criticism. I’m particularly interested in hearing whether this style of navigation makes questing feel more immersive.
Less GPS. More adventure.

Disclaimer! Vibe coded (apologies to the purists)

For all you OSRS players wanting a loot tracker like me! I always find it interesting seeing how many mobs I've killed and what I gained from them. Got it ready in time so I can track every mob on my new character when Forever releases.

• Available in modern, OSRS, classic and forever flavours.
• Tracks all monster kills and the loot from them whether window is open or not
• Optionally tracks fishing, mining, herblore, containers such as chests etc.
• Show Auction House values using Auctionator database (Requires Auctionator addon) as well as Vendor values
• Highly customisable UI with existing presets as well as the ability to create your own presets
• Optionally notifies you when you loot a valuable item and plays a sound.
• Supports SharedMedia so you can use your own or other addons' shared media such as sounds, borders, fonts etc

AI Disclosure: Claude Code used for the coding! Fully tested in the wow forever beta to ensure everything works as intended.

https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/loottrackerosrs

Hi everyone, I setup a few addons so that I didn't have to remake my UI the day of the release. How can I save these files on a USB?

In the past I'd save the interface and WTF folders, but when I open the classic beta folder, I can't seem to find the WTF folder.

Please and thank you!

Hi ya'll, I really enjoy rain for some reason IRL and in-game, but it doesn't rain enough in-game so I made an add-on for myself, and figured why not publish cause others might enjoy it

Comfy Rain. Rain or snow anywhere, four intensities each, drizzle up to stupid monsoon.

• Game's own weather sounds, layered so they don't loop obviously, plus distant thunder
• Wind gusts move the rain, the audio and the light together, not on separate timers
• Time of day. Run the world's lighting off your clock instead of the realm's. Aussie on a US server and it's 4am in game at your lunchtime? /comfy time local. Or +9 to shift it, or 18 to pin golden hour forever. Works with the rain off, so it's a lighting mod on its own
• Export your whole setup as one line of text and paste it to a friend
• Every slider prints its slash command while you drag it, so you learn them without trying

What it can't do, up front:

• It's a screen-space overlay. Addons can't touch the game's real 3D weather, lighting, particles or sky
• So: no rain outside a window while you're stood indoors, no sky or fog changes, no puddles
• Real server storm? It gets out of the way and lets the game's own 3D rain fall. That one's better than anything I can draw

What I actually want help with:

• Indoor detection is a guess and it gets it wrong. The client answers for the whole building you're in, not what's over your head, so courtyards, awnings, bridges and cave mouths fade the rain out when they shouldn't. /comfy bug grabs your coords for you
• Do the intensities feel right, or is the top end silly?
• What's missing? Fog and drifting leaves are on the list, nothing's locked in

Free, MIT, no network calls, doesn't phone home.

CurseForge: https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/comfy-rain

Source: https://github.com/LibruaryNFT/comfyrain

You can try it right now. Beta's up until Friday 10am PDT, and the free open stress test is today 2-6pm PDT, any WoW account, no beta invite needed. After that there's a gap until launch on the 4th. Reply here, I read all of it.

Hi, does someone know if we can make these bar to be bigger ? I tried to find any option ingame, but I really can't find it.
It's really too little for me to easily read them, but the only option I found that could make them bigger was to increase all my UI size (and that's just not the best solution to rework all my UI for that).

Hopping someone will know !

Hi all, just asking if there are any addons that make the levelling experience slightly easier in terms of where to go? One thing I really struggle with Forever as a Retail Andy is knowing WHERE to level and which quests to take and which to ignore due to not being worth it. Are there any addons or resources to help this? I don't want something like RXP or GuideLime where its a speedrunning guide but just something that points me in the right direction.

Furthermore if there are any addons that help with quest tracking in different zones and dungeons that would be helpful too!

Thanks in advance.

Hiya,

I came back to WoW for the Forever release and really liked Blizzard’s new quest tracker. It looked great, but I missed some of the QoL features other addons offered.

So I made BetterTracker to add more customization and useful controls while keeping that familiar look and feel. I thought others might appreciate it too, so I wanted to share it.

It keeps Blizzard’s tracker and adds:

• Zone Grouping: Collapsible zone sections, current zone first, and optional auto-collapse for other zones.
• Sorting: Sort by quest level, title, or Blizzard Order, with unfinished or completed quests first.
• Completion Controls: Fade or minimize completed quests and hide finished objectives.
• Zone Previews: Hover over a collapsed zone to see its quests and progress.
• Custom Colors: Choose Blizzard, BetterTracker, or Custom presets, with adjustable colors and text brightness.
• Quick Controls: Expand or collapse zones directly from the tracker, and right-click the Quests header for sorting and settings.

First release is now on CurseForge. I only play WoW Forever, so compatibility with other versions hasn’t been confirmed. Obviously, beta will be over soon, but I will be updating this for the full release.

CurseForge: BetterTracker

Full disclosure: Codex was used to assist with coding, optimizing performance, and combining screenshots during this project. It made things faster and easier for me.

Thank you for all the feedbacks in my previous post about my little addon project “Hunggy’s Ring HUD”

Now it is fully customizable! You can switch places of every circular bar, make it a full circle, a half circle, a 1/4 circle…etc.
With the help of the new Vidual HUD Layout editor, customizing your own Ring HUD has never been easier
Just drag and drop the layers and they will snap into place!

For Druid players, never lose track of your Feral energy and Mana in any shapeshift form!
You can choose to display mana and energy even when you are in bear form!

Long story short, thank you for all the feedbacks and inspiration, hope you guys enjoy.

Download Hunggy’s Ring HUD here:
https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/hunggys-ring-hud

I play in 4k and after the today's update everything in the MDT addon is TINY. Any way to fix this?

My updated custom BigWigs style inspired by WeakAuras, with customizable icons, animations, indicators, and movable anchors. ToriWhite_SharedMedia wago.io Discord

My updated Healer profile for the Ellesmere UI. Includes minor visual improvements. You can now import FHD & 4K, Tank/DPS & Healer profiles with a single click. (ToriWhite) How to install ToriWhite_SharedMedia wago.io Discord

My updated Tank/DPS profile for the Ellesmere UI. Includes minor visual improvements. You can now import FHD & 4K, Tank/DPS & Healer profiles with a single click. (ToriWhite) ToriWhite_SharedMedia wago.io Discord  How to install

I made a lightweight tanking HUD for Protection Warriors:

• Rotation, rage and threat at a glance
• Voice callouts for Revenge, Shield Block, Sunder full and more
• “Refresh Sunder / Rend / Thunder Clap” warnings, 1–10 s before they drop
• Fully movable, WeakAuras-style layout, no setup needed

I won't be actively following this Reddit thread. There's too much toxicity and too many Karen arguments here for me, so if you want to reach me, please use the CurseForge project page. https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/warrior-tanking-suite

AI disclosure : Art is made by AI code 80% by me rest are bug fixes by AI on things I couldn't get to work on my own .

I play with controller in WoW Forever beta, trying my best to keep everything simple, no cluster in the middle of the screen so I can enjoy the scenery

Addons used:
EllesmereUI - for unit frames and CDM mostly
ConsolePort - for controller action bars
Hunggy’s Ring HUD - my own creation, for personal resource, cast bar, swing timers and combo points

Released it this week!

Is there a way to add an icon for a typical spell and just only show the cooldown in the icon? "No GCD Swipe" is unchecked and I added a Heart Strike icon but it appears to stay solid at all times.