vbulletin 5

Hi pegasus

I have converted my Vbulletin 4 in vbulletin 5.4.1
You have this mod for the version?

We do not currently support vBulletin 5.x and due to the low install base and low adoption rate of that version (less than 3% of all vBulletin forums in the past 6 years) we have no plans to support that version in the near future.

Too bad because after years to vb4 i have changed to version 5.4.1 is really nice and stable
Vb4 is becoming obsolete, the users do not update at vb5 because more mod they are not updated!

Re-evaluate your thinking about it

Most sites that try vb5 migrate to XenForo or IPS within a year. vb marketshare has shrunk from 79% to 32% and it keeps shrinking. Try vb5 for a while and then consider if that's really the platform for your needs.

Vbulletin 5 in the past it started badly but now the 5.4.x version is much higher than the other forums.
The only negative factor is the incompatible mods

This is why addon developers will not do releases for vb5:
https://tools.digitalpoint.com/cookie-search
Scroll all the way to the bottom.

And this is where its going:
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vbulletin has actively pushed addon developers out by removing hooks and plugin functionality for some years. I don't think they are coming back. There is no market.

It started in 2010 or 2011, when they banned Google from allowing advertisements with the terms "vBulletin add-on" etc, and the contact email Google required for getting permission from vBulletin Solutions was a person who was no longer with vBulletin so the email address was dead.

It is not clear from the Cookie-Search as well what portion of the vBulletin-5 forums are hosted or self-maintained. Hosted vBulletin-5 forums cannot install add-ons. My guess is that a majority of the number, until recently anyway, has been hosted.

It is simply a business issue. Since vBulletin-5 is a complete rewrite over vBulletin-4, it is basically a new platform we would need to support, rather than just adding compatibility with some new functions or a new style. Adding support for a new platform well, with full allocation of development resources (rare), takes at least 4-6 months before alpha. That is a lot of up-front investment. The Cookie-Search charts show that better ROI could be achieved by supporting XF2, IPS, or even Burning Board, before vBulletin 5.