Update on MyBB Development

Greetings to all,

As we continue to try and reach out to the community with more information on our progress, development, et cetera, this blog post is here to inform you on our current plans for MyBB 1.4, MyBB 1.6, and MyBB 2.0. We are not going to be giving in-depth information away on MyBB 1.6 or 2.0 until they near completion but I would like to draw a general outline and sum up some information that has been spread across the internet.

MyBB 1.4.5

Work is currently going to completing MyBB 1.4.5. It will contain over 100 various fixes, and include performance and stability improvements among other things. We want to put MyBB 1.4.5 through a 2-week beta testing phase before we release it to the general public. This is done in order to ensure we minimize any regressions from changes that have been made to the code since MyBB 1.4.4 and so you can have a smooth transition upgrading from MyBB 1.4.4 to MyBB 1.4.5.

MyBB 1.6

We are steadily and diligently working on development for MyBB 1.6. There have been 17 features/improvements officially “completed” and are in the process of Quality Analysis. We have several more near completion. You won’t be seeing any huge changes in MyBB 1.6 and we have taken steps to ensure that when MyBB 1.6 is officially released it will be a stable release. This is done so we can keep the impact on theme creators and plugin and mod authors down to a minimal level. This will lead to a smooth transition between MyBB 1.4 and MyBB 1.6 and I’m looking towards at least 60% of all plugins should still work with MyBB 1.6 with minimal changes (essentially just the “compatibility” indicator updated for most).

MyBB 2.0

We have been brainstorming, sharing ideas, sharing mockups, etc for the past few months. We will probably be brainstorming and trying new ideas for MyBB 2.0 for the most part all the way up to the general testing of MyBB 1.6 and then we will shift gears to MyBB 2.0.

We hope everyone enjoys this small update on our development and future plans. We will continue to space out these updates during our normal development cycles to keep you informed on the going-ons of MyBB.

33 thoughts on “Update on MyBB Development”

thanks for giving us information about ur new updates

Over 100 various fixes on MyBB 1.4.5, it’s better release this soon.
So, I can usi it for my big forum 🙂
Does the MyBB 1.6 including the idea wishlist? http://ideas.mybboard.net/

Yo thanks for the updates.

was being to think this was a dead project.

looking forward to the releases

Thank you for keeping us updated. And thank all of you for all of your hard work on MyBB!

Thanks for updating us with new plans of MYBB team. Ofcourse users always look forward for new ideas and new features. To keep us updated, keeps users stick to the script! 🙂

Please consider including OpenID login support in later versions

Leonidas Papadopoulos, this really isn’t the place to be making suggestions for future versions.

Thanks to everyone for your comments

It seems like everything is going well in terms of development. I expect a lot from you MyBB! 😛

Thanks for the update 😉

@ The Developers or Mods, look at was the right way to ask you what’s going on with 1.4.5. You see many Users thinks Mybb was Death.

hope to hear more in the near futur,
looking forward to this

Many thanks 🙂

Thanks for the update info

Thanks for the update

Thanks
i love mybb alot

Thanks for the update guys…….Keep up the fantastic work.

Where is 1.8?

Its MyBB 1.4, MyBB 1.6, MyBB 2.0.

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We can skip version numbers if we think enough has changed to warrant a larger change in numbers. 🙂

Thanks for info and of course for keeping on track with this project!

Will you continue the support for MyBB 1.4 if 1.6 is released? At least security updates should be provided.

Can’t wait 🙂

Mike, yes, we will still provide security updates for MyBB 1.4 after MyBB 1.6 is release. It works like this:

MyBB 1.4 released – Bug fixes for 1.2 stops. Support continues for 1.2 until we feel that the majority of users have had enough time to work out any issues and upgrade. Security fixes for MyBB 1.2 continue until MyBB 1.6 is released.

Likewise, this is how it will work for MyBB 1.6:
MyBB 1.6 released – Bug fixes for 1.4 stops. Support continues for 1.4 until we feel that the majority of users have had enough time to work out any issues and upgrade. Security fixes for MyBB 1.4 continue until MyBB 2.0 is released.

Thanx,
That will be so cool.

The Inferno Development community awaits your next version. Thank you MyBB ^^ keep up the great work!

Great! I can’t wait for 2.0!

Is there an ETA for 1.4.5?

Thanks

@Paul, bit of a late reply, but it will be along soon. For future reference, there is never an ETA set for any release, they’re just released whenever they’re ready.