How to install addons in WoW Forever

Addons are folders of files the game loads when you log in. Installing one takes a minute.

Download the addon

Open the addon's CurseForge page (every addon on this site has a Download on CurseForge button) and download the latest file. You get a .zip.

WoW Forever is not one of the game versions the CurseForge app manages, so the simplest way is to install by hand as below.
Find the AddOns folder

Go to the folder where World of Warcraft is installed and open the WoW Forever folder, _forever_. Inside it open Interface\AddOns; create the two folders if they are not there yet.
```
World of Warcraft\_forever_\Interface\AddOns
```
The Battle.net launcher shows the game folder under the cog next to the Play button, Show in Explorer.
Unzip it there

Extract the zip into AddOns. Each addon is one folder whose name matches the .toc file inside it:
```
Interface\AddOns\ForeverChat\ForeverChat.toc
```
If you end up with ForeverChat\ForeverChat\ForeverChat.toc, move the inner folder up one level — the game does not look deeper.
Restart the game and turn it on

Close World of Warcraft completely and start it again: the game finds new addons only at start-up. On the character screen click AddOns and check that the addon is ticked.

If it is listed as out of date, tick Load out of date AddOns.
Update later

Download the new zip and unzip it over the old folder (or delete the old folder first). For an update /reload in chat is usually enough; a new file in an addon needs a full restart.

Something not working?

Ask on the Forever Addons Discord in #help. Say which addon and version you have and paste any error text.