Released on June 24th, 2015.

This is the official b2evolution version 6 stable release and is recommended for all users.

Also available on GitHub.

Installation

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Do it yourself!

Our easy Installation Guide will provide step by step instructions to get you started with b2evolution.

Upgrade

If you're running version 5.1.0 or later, feel free to use the Auto-Upgrade Procedure for a quick and automated upgrade.

In any case, all the upgrade options are outlined here: Upgrading an existing installation.

IMPORTANT:

• If you have been using previous v6 beta versions, you should delete the boostrap_* skin folders before installing this version. Otherwise you will have old files interfering with the new ones.
• Many root files are no longer needed in this version and should ideally be deleted from your web server.
• You should use the provided tool to convert your database to UTF-8. Please check Upgrade to b2evolution version 6.x for instructions.

Changes

In addition to what's been introduced in 6.4.4-beta:

• Enhanced collections list
• Enhanced user groups list
• Enhanced post edit screen
• Enhanced comment edit screen
• Enhanced Forums skin
• Widgets
  • Enhanced User Avatars widget
  • Enhanced Item List widget
  • New Image widget, different from Logo Title widget
• UI Cleanup
• It's now always possible to contact *any* collection owner, even when not logged in, or when contacting from a "main" collection.
• Enhanced DB normalization tool.
• Fixed twitter plugin.
• Bug fixes...