vbulletin 5

**migratoria** · April 13, 2018

Hi pegasus

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

**pegasus** · April 14, 2018

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.

**migratoria** · April 15, 2018

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

**Alfa1** · April 15, 2018

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.

**migratoria** · April 16, 2018

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

**Alfa1** · April 16, 2018

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:
Screenshot-2018-4-16 Cookie Search Engine.png

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.

**pegasus** · April 16, 2018

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.