Today, after a refreshingly short beta and release candidate phase, we are excited to announce that XenForo 2.2.0 is now prepared, seasoned, baked and served, replacing XenForo 2.1.11 as our primary supported XenForo version.
This release adds a collection of great new features to XenForo, including the ability to repurpose forums as article repositories, a new way to encourage guest users to register, a progressive web app and a completely redesigned rich text editor. Check out the following list for some highlights:
We have also added preliminary support for the upcoming major release of PHP 8.0.
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 or upgrade from your Admin control panel (Tools > Check for upgrades...).
Note that add-ons and custom styles may be broken after upgrading to 2.2. 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 2.2; 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 2.2.
Alongside the release of XenForo 2.2.0, we are also releasing updated versions of each of our official add-ons:
Customers with active licenses for these add-ons may download the new versions from their customer area.
This release adds a collection of great new features to XenForo, including the ability to repurpose forums as article repositories, a new way to encourage guest users to register, a progressive web app and a completely redesigned rich text editor. Check out the following list for some highlights:
- Forum and thread types system
- Updated rich text editor
- User profile banners
- Username change requests
- Search forums
- Forum SEO controls
- Writing before registering support
- Progressive web app
- Activity summary emails
- Style archive import and export
- REST API additions
- Profile post attachments
We have also added preliminary support for the upcoming major release of PHP 8.0.
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 or upgrade from your Admin control panel (Tools > Check for upgrades...).
Download XenForo 2.2.0
From the licensed customer area
Note that add-ons and custom styles may be broken after upgrading to 2.2. 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 2.2; 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 2.2.
Alongside the release of XenForo 2.2.0, we are also releasing updated versions of each of our official add-ons:
- XenForo Media Gallery 2.2.0
- XenForo Resource Manager 2.2.0
- XenForo Enhanced Search 2.2.0
- XenForo Importers 1.4.0
Media Gallery:
Lightbox navigation and attachment mirroringResource Manager:
Teams, review custom fields and review votingEnhanced Search:
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Download official add-ons
From the licensed customer area
Requirements
The following are minimum requirements:- PHP 7.0 or newer
- MySQL 5.5 and newer
- All of the add-ons listed here require XenForo 2.2.
- Enhanced Search requires at least Elasticsearch 2.0
