Addons

Tazdingo recommendation

Start with built-in tools and add only a missing function. One quest helper, one bag replacement and one suitable Auction House tool are easier to troubleshoot than overlapping suites. A Forever-tagged download is evidence of intended support, not a successful test on this character. Check the author's release notes, dependencies and game flavour before installing; a development branch is not a stable release. Keep previous settings before migration. Imported auras can load yet fail in combat, so check the required triggers rather than assuming an import means compatibility (Musca Auras author notes).

Before you install

• The rules. A Blizzard representative told addon authors that Forever shares the modern game's interface, including the vast majority of APIs available in patch 12.1.5 (Icy Veins). That brings the same combat restrictions as the modern game. ForeverDB notes that Forever hides cooldowns and damage-over-time effects from addons in combat, and an addon author on Blizzard's forums describes "secret" values that addons can't read. The shared engine does not prove compatibility; the author still needs to support this flavour and its restrictions.
• Where addons go. The live game installs into its own _forever_ folder inside your World of Warcraft folder, so addons go in World of Warcraft\_forever_\Interface\AddOns. The beta used _classic_beta_ (ForeverDB).
• Choosing the file. Use CurseForge's Forever filter. Questie, Details!, Deadly Boss Mods and Auctionator each ship a single download tagged for Forever and several other versions, so there's no separate "-forever" file to look for. Other authors publish separate Forever projects with "Forever" in the name, such as Spy (Forever) or ForeverAuras.
• Out-of-date addons. Classic addons show as "Out of date". Ticking "Load out of date AddOns" may work but can throw errors (foreverchanges.pro).
• Bringing your beta setup. Nothing comes over by itself. Copy the files you want from the beta's WTF folder into the same place under _forever_ with the game closed; per-character settings only fit if the names match (ForeverDB). See Known issues.
• Built-in features. Turn on the Cooldown Manager (Options, Advanced Options) and the Damage Meter (Options) before hunting for an addon; since 8 October the Cooldown Manager covers every class (foreverchanges.pro).

Popular addons and their Forever status

"Yes" means a file tagged for Forever was on CurseForge on 26 October 2026.

Made for Forever

ForeverDB keeps a running list of new addons to watch, picked from the addon community but untested. Several are small games or social tools rather than gameplay aids.