XOOPS 2.7.2 Final — safer upgrades, stronger foundations
The XOOPS Development Team is pleased to announce XOOPS 2.7.2 Final. This maintenance release builds on XOOPS 2.7.0 with another security-hardening pass, more reliable upgrade tooling, form and theme improvements, and refreshed dependencies for current PHP environments.
Download XOOPS 2.7.2: https://github.com/XOOPS/XoopsCore27/releases
Highlights
Bug Fixes:
* Prevent fatal mysqli_sql_exception errors during installation checks by tolerating missing users tables on fresh installs.
* Ensure the installation wizard does not incorrectly block in-progress, authenticated administrators partway through setup.
* Allow re-installation to succeed by restoring write access to license.php and clearing stale install authentication cookies and key files.
* Fix the initial site setup step to run its administrator-existence query against a properly selected database, avoiding spurious "No database selected" errors.
* Set the default theme for new installations to a bundled theme so the front page loads correctly.
These changes continue the secure-by-default work begun in XOOPS 2.7.0 while preserving compatibility with existing modules.
Enhancements
Clean up orphaned installer key files and stale license.php on each run to keep the install environment tidy.
Reminder: Debugbar is now a standalone module
The Debugbar module is no longer bundled in the XOOPS Core download. Moving the module to its own repository lets it publish fixes and improvements without waiting for a core release.
The underlying php-debugbar/php-debugbar library remains bundled in xoops_lib, so users do not need to run a separate Composer installation.
To install Debugbar:
* Download the current release from the XOOPS Debugbar releases page.
* Copy the included debugbar directory to htdocs/modules/debugbar.
* Install the module from System Admin → Modules.
If Debugbar is already installed, replace its module files with the standalone release and run Update in System Admin. Do not uninstall it first unless you intentionally want to remove its saved settings and profiles.
An overlay upgrade does not delete the old htdocs/modules/debugbar directory. Existing sites must replace those files explicitly so they do not continue running the older copy that was previously bundled with core.
The core Monolog adapter now exposes isActive() and accepts a fourth constructor argument for the default file handler's minimum log level, matching the standalone module's integration contract. It also supports Monolog 2 and 3 level handling and bounds or redacts sensitive file-log context.
Upgrading
From XOOPS 2.7.0
* Back up the database and site files.
* Test the upgrade on a staging copy first.
* Turn the site off from System Options → Preferences → General Settings.
* Copy the new htdocs/ files over the web root, including the updated xoops_lib and xoops_data contents for relocated directories.
* Copy /upgrade/ to the XOOPS root and run the upgrade wizard.
* Update the system, pm, profile, and protector modules from System Admin → Modules.
* Restore or update the standalone Debugbar module if the site uses it.
* Turn the site back on and review the logs.
From XOOPS 2.5.x
Sites older than XOOPS 2.5.11 should upgrade to 2.5.11 first. Run /upgrade/preflight.php before copying the 2.7.2 files; it identifies Smarty 4 template incompatibilities and other items that need attention before the main upgrade.
Full installation and upgrade documentation: https://xoops.github.io/xoops-docs/
System requirements
* PHP — >= 8.2.0; PHP 8.4 or 8.5 recommended
* MySQL / MariaDB — MySQL >= 5.7.8 or MariaDB >= 10.5; a supported MySQL 8.x or MariaDB LTS release is recommended
* Web server — Apache 2.4+ or nginx
For the complete release history, see docs/changelog.270.txt.
Reporting issues
* Bug reports: https://github.com/XOOPS/XoopsCore27/issues
* Support forums: https://xoops.org/modules/newbb/
* Contributing: https://github.com/XOOPS/XoopsCore27/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
Thank you
Thank you to everyone who submitted pull requests, reported issues, tested the Beta and RC packages, translated strings, reviewed security findings, and helped other XOOPS users.
A special thank-you to the maintainers of the XOOPS modules, language packs, XMF, RegDom, and the wider dependency ecosystem.
We also thank JetBrains for supporting the project with PhpStorm licenses.
Download XOOPS 2.7.2: https://github.com/XOOPS/XoopsCore27/releases
The XOOPS Development Team
July 2026
The XOOPS Development Team is pleased to announce XOOPS 2.7.2 Final. This maintenance release builds on XOOPS 2.7.0 with another security-hardening pass, more reliable upgrade tooling, form and theme improvements, and refreshed dependencies for current PHP environments.
Download XOOPS 2.7.2: https://github.com/XOOPS/XoopsCore27/releases
Highlights
Bug Fixes:
* Prevent fatal mysqli_sql_exception errors during installation checks by tolerating missing users tables on fresh installs.
* Ensure the installation wizard does not incorrectly block in-progress, authenticated administrators partway through setup.
* Allow re-installation to succeed by restoring write access to license.php and clearing stale install authentication cookies and key files.
* Fix the initial site setup step to run its administrator-existence query against a properly selected database, avoiding spurious "No database selected" errors.
* Set the default theme for new installations to a bundled theme so the front page loads correctly.
These changes continue the secure-by-default work begun in XOOPS 2.7.0 while preserving compatibility with existing modules.
Enhancements
Clean up orphaned installer key files and stale license.php on each run to keep the install environment tidy.
Reminder: Debugbar is now a standalone module
The Debugbar module is no longer bundled in the XOOPS Core download. Moving the module to its own repository lets it publish fixes and improvements without waiting for a core release.
The underlying php-debugbar/php-debugbar library remains bundled in xoops_lib, so users do not need to run a separate Composer installation.
To install Debugbar:
* Download the current release from the XOOPS Debugbar releases page.
* Copy the included debugbar directory to htdocs/modules/debugbar.
* Install the module from System Admin → Modules.
If Debugbar is already installed, replace its module files with the standalone release and run Update in System Admin. Do not uninstall it first unless you intentionally want to remove its saved settings and profiles.
An overlay upgrade does not delete the old htdocs/modules/debugbar directory. Existing sites must replace those files explicitly so they do not continue running the older copy that was previously bundled with core.
The core Monolog adapter now exposes isActive() and accepts a fourth constructor argument for the default file handler's minimum log level, matching the standalone module's integration contract. It also supports Monolog 2 and 3 level handling and bounds or redacts sensitive file-log context.
Upgrading
From XOOPS 2.7.0
* Back up the database and site files.
* Test the upgrade on a staging copy first.
* Turn the site off from System Options → Preferences → General Settings.
* Copy the new htdocs/ files over the web root, including the updated xoops_lib and xoops_data contents for relocated directories.
* Copy /upgrade/ to the XOOPS root and run the upgrade wizard.
* Update the system, pm, profile, and protector modules from System Admin → Modules.
* Restore or update the standalone Debugbar module if the site uses it.
* Turn the site back on and review the logs.
From XOOPS 2.5.x
Sites older than XOOPS 2.5.11 should upgrade to 2.5.11 first. Run /upgrade/preflight.php before copying the 2.7.2 files; it identifies Smarty 4 template incompatibilities and other items that need attention before the main upgrade.
Full installation and upgrade documentation: https://xoops.github.io/xoops-docs/
System requirements
* PHP — >= 8.2.0; PHP 8.4 or 8.5 recommended
* MySQL / MariaDB — MySQL >= 5.7.8 or MariaDB >= 10.5; a supported MySQL 8.x or MariaDB LTS release is recommended
* Web server — Apache 2.4+ or nginx
For the complete release history, see docs/changelog.270.txt.
Reporting issues
* Bug reports: https://github.com/XOOPS/XoopsCore27/issues
* Support forums: https://xoops.org/modules/newbb/
* Contributing: https://github.com/XOOPS/XoopsCore27/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
Thank you
Thank you to everyone who submitted pull requests, reported issues, tested the Beta and RC packages, translated strings, reviewed security findings, and helped other XOOPS users.
A special thank-you to the maintainers of the XOOPS modules, language packs, XMF, RegDom, and the wider dependency ecosystem.
We also thank JetBrains for supporting the project with PhpStorm licenses.
Download XOOPS 2.7.2: https://github.com/XOOPS/XoopsCore27/releases
The XOOPS Development Team
July 2026
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