WoW Forever Addons: What Works

Addons work in World of Warcraft: Forever, on the modern addon API rather than the Classic Era one. Here is what works, where addons go on the live game, and why one might not show up. Addon authors start at the developer guide.

Which Addons Work

Blizzard's developers said on the September 17 Q&A that Forever took "the modern API approach".Blizzard: Developer Q&A, September 17, 2026. Blizzard's statement on the WoW UI Discord, as Wowhead quotes it, adds that Midnight's addon restrictions are active. So addons that draw the game's own values keep working, and addons that read the combat log do not.

Warcraft Forever, a community addon site, lists UI, questing, bag, map, vendor and tooltip addons as working on the beta client. For the leveling side, the leveling addons page tracks the Forever file or launch plan of each one: Questie, TomTom, Guidelime, RestedXP and Zygor.

Share Image: Questie GitHub release v12.0.1+v1.0.3 notes, with Added Forever client support first under New Features and Forever fixes below

Will Classic addons work?

Most will not load as they are. Classic Era addons target the older API; Forever shares Mainline's architecture. Look for a "Forever" file on the addon's download page first: CurseForge lists one for Questie and TomTom.

If the AddOns list marks an addon out of date, its .toc file lists an older interface number than the client. The Warcraft Wiki lists 16001 for the Forever beta.

Addon Compatibility by Build

The installed beta observed for the October 8 table was build 1.60.1.70205; the TOC interface number listed for Forever is 16001.

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Published file means the author lists a Forever-targeted release. Reported working or Reported broken repeats a named third-party report about the file on the stated build; read the report's test scope. Tested means WoW Forever Guides ran that release on that exact build and recorded it. This registry has no client tests from WoW Forever Guides. A file tag or .toc value alone does not confirm behavior.

Last updated October 8, 2026; re-check each addon release and client build.

Installing Addons

1. Close the game.
2. Put each addon folder in World of Warcraft\_forever_\Interface\AddOns\.
3. Check the folder name matches the .toc file name inside.
4. Start the game.
5. Open the AddOns list on the character screen.

CurseForge's beta-to-live guide gives _forever_ as the live folder.Source: CurseForge: How to Migrate WoW Forever Addons from Beta to Live, October 25, 2026, checked Nov 8, 2026. During the beta, addons went in World of Warcraft\_classic_beta_\Interface\AddOns\, and older guides still print that path. The addon install guide covers app installs and moving beta addons.

Sources disagree on new folders. Warcraft Forever says the beta only picks them up when the game starts. The Warcraft Wiki says /reload has picked up new addon files since patch 9.0.1. Try /reload first, and restart the client if the folder still does not appear.

For RestedXP's download and guide-import steps, follow RestedXP setup for Forever.

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For Addon Developers

The WoW Forever addon developer guide covers what an AI model, or a person, needs before writing Forever code: interface 16001, Lua 5.1, the C_ namespaces, secret values and the combat log limits. Its six pages are the Forever patterns, the API cheat sheet, the pitfalls, the code templates, the AI prompts and the Forever Beacon sample addon.

The addon maker builds a small addon from one sentence, no Lua needed. Every file is checked against the Forever client API, and eight ready examples download too.

Blizzard's Built-in Cooldown Manager

Blizzard's September 24 beta build added a Cooldown Manager, which pulls key information from the buff bar or action bar into a spot you place yourself.Source: Blizzard's September 24 Beta Development Notes, checked Sep 28, 2026. It ships turned off: enable it under Options, Gameplay Enhancement. The developers also named a built-in damage meter on the September 17 Q&A; the beta notes say nothing yet about its availability.

What It Covers so Far

In the September 24 build, the Cooldown Manager tracked only Druid, Mage, Priest, Warrior and Warlock, and had no support for spell ranks. The October 1 beta build adds Rogue and racial abilities, and duplicate entries for each spell rank on supported classes should be gone. These are confirmed beta changes.Source: WoW Forever Beta Development Notes, October 1, checked Oct 1, 2026. That left Hunter, Paladin and Shaman. The September 24 notes promised more classes in future updates, with no date.

The September 24 known issues also say the Personal Resource Display doesn't show combo points. The October 1 notes say combo points on the target frame and Personal Resource Display have updated art, without calling that issue fixed. The beta class changes guide covers the same notes by ability.

Why Raid Frames and Action Bar Addons Broke in Beta Tests

One kind of addon broke on the beta client in a September test: anything that does math on another unit's health. A hands-on test on beta build 1.60.1.69913 found that UnitHealth returns a secret number, and addon code errors if it tries to add to or compare it.Source: What the WoW Forever beta breaks for addons, checked Sep 28, 2026.

Grid2 failed on its first health read, while Blizzard's own frames were unaffected. This is a reported test result, not a Blizzard statement.

Secure Snippets and Project Detection

The September 18 community report, captured September 28, tested build 1.60.1.69913 and said the client lacked loadstring_untainted, which Blizzard's restricted code calls. In that test, secure snippets did not compile; the report inferred that action-bar paging and click-casting addons such as Clique would fail. Its summary table called this "Probably a bug." This is historical report evidence, not a current-build check.

The September 18 report, captured September 28, found WOW_PROJECT_ID returning 1 on build 1.60.1.69913, a dated test result. A later retained October 12 probe on build 1.60.1.70338 reported Forever project ID 18. Recheck the project value on the client you target. On the earlier build, a library that loaded only on Classic could see the retail value and skip loading. The addon pitfalls page covers safer ways to detect the client.

If Addon Settings Disappear After a Restart

On September 21, a player reported on Blizzard's forums that addon SavedVariables were written to disk but not restored after a full client restart. Other addon authors replied with the same problem.Source: WOWF Beta: Addon SavedVariables bug report, checked Sep 28, 2026. On September 25, one of them said settings were saving again on client build 1.60.1.70009, dated September 23. No Blizzard reply confirms a fix, so update the client before you blame the addon.

UI Replacements That Have Shipped

Full UI packs were stuck like raid frames until their authors rebuilt around the restrictions. Icy Veins reported on September 28 that EllesmereUI, which it calls the winner of CurseForge's Addon Trials for Midnight, has a Forever build. The creator's post, as Icy Veins quotes it, says every module works, including the Cooldown Manager display "for the specs that blizzard has data for."Source: WoW Forever Players Can Now Build Their Perfect UI With EllesmereUI, checked Sep 28, 2026.

WeakAuras Is a Community Fork

Wowhead notes that WeakAuras stopped development before Midnight's addon changes. A fork by a different author was listed on CurseForge as WeakAuras Forever and warned: "This is not the WeakAuras you're used to."Source: WeakAuras Forever, checked Sep 28, 2026. That September 28 description said combat log triggers never fire, target debuffs and cooldowns started in combat freeze until combat ends, and pre-pull reminders still work.

Where Blizzard Draws the Line

Blizzard told Game Informer it does not want addons to have "too much power and control over a player's experience."Source: Addons in WoW Forever? Blizzard Devs Just Addressed the Big Question, checked Sep 28, 2026. Neither that Game Informer interview, as Icy Veins reported it on September 17, nor Blizzard's September 17 Q&A states a specific policy for leveling-guide addons. RestedXP already sells Forever routes, and Zygor plans Forever guides for its Elite plan at launch.

Share Image: RestedXP RXPGuides GitHub release v4.11.12 from September 30, 2026, listing Barrens, Mulgore, Teldrassil and dungeon guide changes for Forever

A September 20 player thread on Blizzard's forums asks for leveling addons like Zygor and RestedXP to be banned from Forever. It had no staff reply when we checked.

What Players Say

Questie split streamers across 10 channels: some praised its small features, others hit tracking gaps or outdated quest directions. Opinions from live streams, not confirmed facts.