Today, we are excited to announce that XenForo 2.1.0 has completed its pre-release phase and is now our primary supported XenForo version. This release adds a number of significant features to XenForo. The major features include:
As always, new releases of XenForo are free to download for all customers with active licenses, who may now grab the new version from the customer area.
Download XenForo 2.1.0 and official add-ons
Note that add-ons and custom styles may be broken after upgrading to 2.1. You must test your add-ons thoroughly or look for updates. Be especially careful with add-ons that cover similar features to ones that are added to 2.1; these may conflict with the core XenForo data. If data conflicts are found, they will need to be resolved in a new add-on release or by removing the add-on before upgrading to 2.1.
Official add-on updates
We have also released updates to all of our official add-ons that are compatible with XenForo 2.1:
Aside from a number of bug fixes, these add-on releases also have several new features and improvements:
The following are minimum requirements:
If you are already running a pre-release version of XenForo 2.1, you will be pleased to know that you can easily upgrade to this version using the new One-click upgrades system (assuming your server configuration allows it).
Otherwise, full details for how to install and upgrade XenForo can be found in the XenForo manual.
Note that the official add-ons must be upgraded after upgrading to XenForo 2.1.
- Native push notifications on supported devices/browsers
- Editor button management
- Enhanced editor integration and advanced BB code option syntax
- Markdown support
- Tables
- Reactions
- URL unfurling
- Emoji enhancements including an improved smilie menu with easy emoji access
- Video uploads
- Approval queue improvements
- Guest performance improvements including guest page caching
- Content bookmarking and sharing
- A fully featured REST API
- One click XenForo upgrades and easier add-on installation
- BB code and rich text editing for profile posts and comments
As always, new releases of XenForo are free to download for all customers with active licenses, who may now grab the new version from the customer area.
Download XenForo 2.1.0 and official add-ons
Note that add-ons and custom styles may be broken after upgrading to 2.1. You must test your add-ons thoroughly or look for updates. Be especially careful with add-ons that cover similar features to ones that are added to 2.1; these may conflict with the core XenForo data. If data conflicts are found, they will need to be resolved in a new add-on release or by removing the add-on before upgrading to 2.1.
Official add-on updates
We have also released updates to all of our official add-ons that are compatible with XenForo 2.1:
- XenForo Media Gallery 2.1.0
- XenForo Resource Manager 2.1.0
- XenForo Enhanced Search 2.1.0
- XenForo Importers 1.1.0
Aside from a number of bug fixes, these add-on releases also have several new features and improvements:
- The Media Gallery and Resource Manager support the REST API, push notifications, reactions, content bookmarking, and auto-read marking of alerts where relevant.
- The Resource Manager now allow moderators to provide public reasons when deleting a resource; the "support URL" field can now be toggled per category; the resource discussion can now be manually changed or removed per resource; page criteria has been added to target individual resource categories; and resource views are now tracked.
- The Media Gallery has re-introduced a configurable limit for the max length of media/album titles and descriptions and an option to control the default privacy setting of albums (defaulting to public).
- The Importers now include support for importing from XenForo 2.1, including importing bookmarks and reactions.
The following are minimum requirements:
- PHP 5.6 or newer (PHP 7.2 recommended)
- MySQL 5.5 and newer (MySQL 5.7/8.0 or equivalent recommended)
- All of the official add-ons require XenForo 2.1.
- Enhanced Search requires at least Elasticsearch 2.0.
If you are already running a pre-release version of XenForo 2.1, you will be pleased to know that you can easily upgrade to this version using the new One-click upgrades system (assuming your server configuration allows it).
Otherwise, full details for how to install and upgrade XenForo can be found in the XenForo manual.
Note that the official add-ons must be upgraded after upgrading to XenForo 2.1.