
XenForo 2.2.5 is now available for all licensed customers to download. We strongly recommend that all customers running previous versions of XenForo 2.2 upgrade to this release to benefit from increased stability.
This release changes the default CAPTCHA method from reCAPTCHA to hCaptcha. If you were using the default CAPTCHA settings, you will automatically be switched over to hCaptcha. If you provided your own reCAPTCHA keys or chose a different CAPTCHA method, your existing CAPTCHA settings will be retained. If you are unable to upgrade to this release, you may need to change CAPTCHA settings to avoid disruption. Please see our separate .
Some of the changes in XF 2.2.5 include:
The following public templates have had changes:
- account_privacy
- attachment_macros
- bookmark_item_node
- captcha_recaptcha
- color_picker_macros
- core.less
- core_datalist.less
- core_filter.less
- core_formrow.less
- core_input.less
- core_menu.less
- custom_fields_macros
- date_input
- forum_post_thread
- helper_js_global
- helper_user_dob_edit
- inline_mod_actions
- input_extended.less
- member_about
- notice_enable_push
- poll_macros
- post_article_macros
- post_macros
- prefix_macros
- rating_macros
- search_form_post
- setup.less
- tag_macros
- two_step_backup
As always, new releases of XenForo are free to download for all customers with active licenses. You may now or grab the new version from the .
Current requirements
Please note that XenForo 2.2 has higher system requirements than earlier versions.The following are minimum requirements:
- PHP 7.0 or newer (PHP 8.0 recommended)
- MySQL 5.5 and newer (Also compatible with MariaDB/Percona etc.)
- All of the official add-ons require XenForo 2.2.
- Enhanced Search requires at least Elasticsearch 2.0.