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Discussion Board · Version history

Discussion Board changelog and version history

Latest version
2.6.1
Oct 23, 2026 (17 days ago)
Releases
85
since 2016
In the last year
5
about one every 79 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 201625 releases
  • 201721 releases
  • 20185 releases
  • 20196 releases
  • 20202 releases
  • 20216 releases
  • 20225 releases
  • 20235 releases
  • 20243 releases
  • 20253 releases
  • 20264 releases

20264 releases

  1. Discussion Board 2.6.1Latest

    • *Fixed: Stored XSS via user profile Website field. *Fixed: Plugin Vulnerability to Broken Access Control: restricted topics and their replies were exposed in search results, RSS feeds and sitemaps.

  2. Discussion Board 2.6.0

    • *Fixed: Invisible reCAPTCHA could cause user registration to fail.

  3. Discussion Board 2.5.9

    • *Improved: Updated and tested for WordPress version 7.0

  4. Discussion Board 2.5.8

    • *Fixed: Critical error impacting Discussion Boards Profiles functionality. *Fixed: Plugin Vulnerability to Broken Access Control

20253 releases

  1. Discussion Board 2.5.7

    • *Fixed: Issue where author names were not displaying correctly on some topic boards.

  2. Discussion Board 2.5.6

    • *Fixed: Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution *Improved: Users can now create a topic without needing to add content or a description.

  3. Discussion Board 2.5.5

    • *Fixed: Issue retrieving category options in the settings panel *Fixed: Conflict with other post types when replying to comments

20243 releases

  1. Discussion Board 2.5.4

    • *Fixed: Shortcode [discussion_topics] and [discussion_board board=#] conflict with Divi Theme

  2. Discussion Board 2.5.3

    • Added: new text field to add an Archive Description
    • Improved: display the archive title and archive description on the archive page

  3. Discussion Board 2.5.2

    • Added: new textarea field in the General Tab, allowing users to input custom messages to display post-topic submission
    • Improved: Compatibility with WP 6.5 and PHP v8+
    • Improved: Improvements to the metadata API
    • Improved: Registering scripts with async and defer attributes
    • Improved: Caching for Database Queries in WP_User_Query

20235 releases

  1. Discussion Board 2.5.1

    • Improved: Compatibility with PHP 8 and up
    • Improved: Compatibility with WP 6.3 and up

  2. Discussion Board 2.5.0

    • Fixed: Upload media not displaying on front-end
    • Improved: Tags and codes sanitization

  3. Discussion Board 2.4.9

    • Improved: Tags and codes sanitization
    • Improved: Security

  4. Discussion Board 2.4.8

    • Improved: Compatibility with WP 6.2
    • Improved: Profile and boards archive pages
    • Updated: Topic’s archive that supports PRO version to display category and tags

  5. Discussion Board 2.4.7

    • Added: [discussion_board_registration_only] Register only tab shortcode
    • Updated: Plugin’s Description

20225 releases

  1. Discussion Board 2.4.6

    • Added: Screenshots to details page
    • Updated: List of Contributors & Developers

  2. Discussion Board change-icon

  3. Discussion Board 2.4.5

    • Fixed: Bug where login page was sometimes not being redirect to from WP-Admin
    • Fixed: Only show edit button when an admin user is viewing the forum
    • Added: German translation files

  4. Discussion Board 2.4.4

    • Fixed: Don’t redirect to login page for password protected
    • Added: Ability to log in with email address or username

  5. Discussion Board 2.4.3

    • Updated: Use select2 for multi select on the roles and permissions input field
    • Fixed: Don’t redirect to the login page if it does not exist
    • Fixed: Load settings when a cron is running

20216 releases

  1. Discussion Board 2.4.2

    • Added: oEmbeds for replies

  2. Discussion Board 2.4.1

    • Fixed: Always enqueue customizer color picker as some themes don’t include it
    • Fixed: Allow user to reset password when forcing the plugin login form

  3. Discussion Board 2.4

    • Major update, please test before upgrading
    • Updated: Refactor admin code to be cleaner and easier to extend
    • Added: Free license registration form

  4. Discussion Board 2.3.18

    • Updated: Updated the POT translation files to include new strings
    • Updated: French and Russian translation files

  5. Discussion Board 2.3.17

    • Added: Ability to add custom checkbox fields to the registration form

  6. Discussion Board 2.3.16

    • Fixed: Registration form required fields throw validation if not filled out
    • Fixed: After a user registers, don’t show the registration form again

20202 releases

  1. Discussion Board 2.3.15

  2. Discussion Board 2.3.14

20196 releases

  1. Discussion Board 2.3.13

  2. Discussion Board 2.3.12

  3. Discussion Board 2.3.11

  4. Discussion Board 2.3.10

  5. Discussion Board 2.3.9

  6. Discussion Board 2.3.8

20185 releases

  1. Discussion Board 2.3.7

  2. Discussion Board 2.3.6

  3. Discussion Board 2.3.5

  4. Discussion Board 2.3.4

  5. Discussion Board 2.3.3

201721 releases

  1. Discussion Board 2.3.2

  2. Discussion Board 2.3.1

  3. Discussion Board 2.3.0

  4. Discussion Board 2.2.13

  5. Discussion Board 2.2.12

  6. Discussion Board 2.2.11

  7. Discussion Board 2.2.10

  8. Discussion Board 2.2.9

  9. Discussion Board 2.2.8

  10. Discussion Board 2.2.6

  11. Discussion Board 2.2.5

  12. Discussion Board 2.2.4

  13. Discussion Board 2.2.3

  14. Discussion Board 2.2.2

  15. Discussion Board 2.2.1

  16. Discussion Board 2.2.0

  17. Discussion Board 2.1.1

  18. Discussion Board 2.1.0

  19. Discussion Board 2.0.0

  20. Discussion Board 1.7.4

  21. Discussion Board 1.7.3

201625 releases

  1. Discussion Board 1.7.2

  2. Discussion Board 1.7.1

  3. Discussion Board 1.7.0

  4. Discussion Board 1.6.1

  5. Discussion Board 1.6.0

  6. Discussion Board 1.5.1

  7. Discussion Board 1.5.0

  8. Discussion Board 1.4.0

  9. Discussion Board 1.3.4

  10. Discussion Board 1.3.3

  11. Discussion Board 1.3.2

  12. Discussion Board 1.3.1

  13. Discussion Board 1.3.0

  14. Discussion Board 1.2.0

  15. Discussion Board 1.1.1

  16. Discussion Board 1.1.0

  17. Discussion Board 1.0.9

  18. Discussion Board 1.0.8

  19. Discussion Board 1.0.7

  20. Discussion Board 1.0.6

  21. Discussion Board 1.0.5

  22. Discussion Board 1.0.4

  23. Discussion Board 1.0.2

  24. Discussion Board 1.0.1

  25. Discussion Board 1.0.0

Questions about Discussion Board’s releases

What is the latest version of Discussion Board?

2.6.1, released on Oct 23, 2026 (2 weeks ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is Discussion Board updated?

5 releases in the last year, about one every 79 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from January 2016.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Discussion Board’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.