Hide Version Number. Updated with hiding the version everywhere automatically.

[borbole]

This is a small hack that it will allow you to turn off the public display of the version number of your vBulletin forum. You can enable and disable it at the Acp-Options-Forums Home Page Options.

I know that it can be easily done by changing the language phrase but this way is handier in my opinion.

Updated: With hiding the version in the templates automatically with thanks to Boofo.

Update again. Now it hides the version at the archives as well and therefore the version is hidden everywhere.

[vb4newb]

thanks, maybe you should change it from MYBB in description :)

[borbole]

thanks, maybe you should change it from MYBB in description :)

I caught that as well and I did change it. Thank you :)

[Magnumutz]

Is this allowed by IB? If yes, you should remove it from the Page's Source as well, if possible.

[borbole]

Is this allowed by IB? If yes, you should remove it from the Page's Source as well, if possible.

I am not sure I know what you mean if it is allowed by IB? Did you mean if vb allows it? if so, then yes. You are allowed to remove the version number.

[ragtek]

You don't hide the version number from the js files.
<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_global.js?v=3612"></script>

[mabersoft]

What is the + side of having this?

[borbole]

It helps a bit on avoiding being targeted by the hackers that hunt for version vulnerabilities by googling for them and hacking forums at random.

[mabersoft]

I see. i wil have to use this then. thanks.

[borbole]

You are welcome.

[Magnumutz]

Ok, thanks for the reply borbole.

[ShadowStalker]

Good hack for people who don't want to deal with changing it manually.

[singh9211]

nice mod, thanxxxxxxx

[borbole]

Ok, thanks for the reply borbole.

You are welcome.

Good hack for people who don't want to deal with changing it manually.

Indeed.
nice mod, thanxxxxxxx

You are welcome.

[borbole]

You are welcome.

[cardealercheck]

I'm still showing

<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin 4.0.1" />

Anyway for your code to remove that?

[borbole]

You can remove that manually at the template where it is defined as my hack doesn''t do that. It simply removes it from the footer.

[elwachiman]

installed tnks man

[borbole]

You are welcome.

[cardealercheck]

Thanks for the info

[Juggernaut]

Thanks, installed :D

[daveaite]

I was one of the first sites to upload to vbulletin 4.0 Beta. I literally went live when vbulletin was in beta. After that my site got hacked a bunch of times...and it was hackers searching for my specific version of vbulletin that targeted my site after looking at the logs.

So good mod.

[ChopSuey]

LOL no point in using this, as you can view page source of your site :)

[borbole]

Thanks for the info

You are welcome.

Thanks, installed :D

Thanks for clicking the Install button.

I was one of the first sites to upload to vbulletin 4.0 Beta. I literally went live when vbulletin was in beta. After that my site got hacked a bunch of times...and it was hackers searching for my specific version of vbulletin that targeted my site after looking at the logs.

So good mod.

I know what you mean and that is exactly the idea behind the mod although some may argue that it adds security through abscurity.

LOL no point in using this, as you can view page source of your site :)

As stated above, the point for using this mod is to hide the version number when hackers google for outdated version and hack forums at random. It helps a lot in this case, trust me :)

[vale4u31]

well, nice one but let me tell u something , it's not hide the version number in the archive , i hope u will fix this :)

[thetgc]

It helps a bit on avoiding being targeted by the hackers that hunt for version vulnerabilities by googling for them and hacking forums at random.



Your wrong... this mod only removes the version number, but its useless because you would still appear on google because this is coded into one of the templates:

<meta name="generator" content="vBadvanced, vBulletin 4.0.1" />


Obviously you can take it out if you find the template (not changable in general settings), but you would have to do this every time you upgrade...

Doesnt help at all because google checks the meta rather than content in 99.99% of all cases...

[borbole]

Your wrong... this mod only removes the version number, but its useless because you would still appear on google because this is coded into one of the templates:

<meta name="generator" content="vBadvanced, vBulletin 4.0.1" />


Obviously you can take it out if you find the template (not changable in general settings), but you would have to do this every time you upgrade...

Doesnt help at all because google checks the meta rather than content in 99.99% of all cases...

I am not wrong at all. If you search at google for, Powered by vBulletin? Version 4.0.1, for ex, your forum will not come up in the search results, if the version number is hidden. And that is the wole idea of the mod as stated above numerous times.

[Jabong82]

Installed great mod!

One question though. This hack removes it from the forum area, but my version of Vbulletin still shows up on the CMS homepage? Is there anyway to remove that number too?

[borbole]

It should be a way to remove it from the cms homepage but to be honest I don''t know vb''s cms as I have never used it. Sorry that I can''t be of help.

[steve1966]

Installed great mod!

One question though. This hack removes it from the forum area, but my version of Vbulletin still shows up on the CMS homepage? Is there anyway to remove that number too?

it is not showing up on my cms homepage with the older version but the new update it does so just use the previous version if you have not got it i can pm you it

[Allan]

This hack delete our french copyright, a suggestion:

In "Hide Version" pluginn find:$vbphrase['powered_by_vbulletin'] = 'Powered by <a href="http://www.vbulletin.com" id="vbulletinlink">vBulletin&trade;</a><br />Copyright &copy; vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.';

Replace with:$vbphrase['powered_by_vbulletin'] = preg_replace("/Version [\d\.]+/","", $vbphrase['powered_by_vbulletin']);

[borbole]

I hadn''t thought of other languages to be honest as I use only english at my forum. Thanks for reminding me and for posting the code. I am sure it will come in handy to a lot of people who use another language other than english.

[ascott]

Uploaded it and turned it on in admin CP but it never worked for me :(

[sd2310]

Uploaded it and turned it on in admin CP but it never worked for me :(Only the display of the translation copyright or the hack himself ?

[sKippah]

Nice one but does not really help. Just open the Source Code and u will find at the very top
<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin 4.0.1" />


Would be nice if u would do a recode, that will hide the whole Version Numbers

[ascott]

Only the display of the translation copyright or the hack himself ?

It was still showing the 4.0.1 but now that I've updated to 4.0.2 it's working correctly now :up:

[thetgc]

Nice one but does not really help. Just open the Source Code and u will find at the very top
<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin 4.0.1" />


Would be nice if u would do a recode, that will hide the whole Version Numbers#

Thats what I said. As long as this is in the source code, google and other search engines will always show your website... regardless of it been removed from the bottom of the footer... please research how google uses the meta tags...

[kho91]

its not working in the cms page

[borbole]

Sorry about that but I don''t have a cms that I could test it.

[sd2310]

its not working in the cms page Definitely, this CMS causes a lot of issues. It only remains to edit directly the phrase: remove Version {1} from powered_by_vbulletin. I didn't find others methods.

[borbole]

its not working in the cms page

Definitely, this CMS causes a lot of issues. It only remains to edit directly the phrase: remove Version {1} from powered_by_vbulletin. I didn't find others methods.

I changed the hook back to parse_templates and not it should hide the version at the cms pages as well. Download the updated file and let me know how it will go. Sorry for the inconvienance.

[ascott]

Top job borbole, works in the CMS as well :up:

[motorola]

Installed !
Thanks

[borbole]

You are welcome guys :)

[borbole]

Instructions to remove the version from showing at the page source were added at the very first post of this topic.

[Hikikomori]

well, nice one but let me tell u something , it's not hide the version number in the archive , i hope u will fix this :)
Same question, any plans to remove it from the archive? :cool:

[borbole]

I will look into it as soon as I will have some free time.

[aaronrand]

Beautiful, thank you

[joyboy2001]

not working for 4.0.2 ...

[badawidollah]

installed
thanks

[borbole]

@aaronrand, @badawidollah, you are welcome guys :)

@joyboy200, did you enable the mod after you installed? It works fine on every version of the 4X version, until now.

[Mastergumble]

Humm, its hiding the @ year too...

[borbole]

Humm, its hiding the @ year too...

Fixed. The year now it is shown.

[synseal]

I had a message from vbulletin after installing this modification, please read.

Greetings- re: http://www.mysite.org/

It has come to our attention that all or part of the legally-required vBulletin copyright information has been removed or hidden from the footer template of your forum and as such contravenes the vBulletin License Agreement. You can read the License Agreement here:

http://www.vbulletin.com/order/license_agreement.php

The footer template must contain, at least, the following, it must be in English, and it must be readily visible:

Powered by vBulletin
Copyright ? 2010 vBulletin Solutions, Inc.

Please restore the missing information: Please restore the date to the copyright. If you have removed the date for security reasons, just the current year satisfies the legal requirement.

If you do not wish to display the vBulletin copyright information, you may opt to purchase the Branding Free option. The 'Branding Free' license is available at a cost of $170 per license and only applies to a single site/license. To purchase this log into the Members Area, click on 'Renewal/New Purchases', then 'Continue' to get to the Branding Free option.

http://www.vbulletin.com/members/

Once you have purchased this option, you will have the right to remove the vBulletin/vBulletin Solutions copyright info from the footer template. Note that this is for one license only and is in addition to the cost of the license. If you ever transfer this license, the branding free option will transfer with it.

Also please be aware that you must retain all copyright notices within the actual product programming code (these notices do not affect any visible vBulletin pages) and this does not allow you to re-brand the software with another name. It only allows you to remove the vBulletin/vBulletin Solutions copyright information.

(You may remove the logo and replace it with your own without purchasing the branding free option, but not the copyright information.)

Please take action to rectify the infringement within 28 days in order that the way forward can be determined. Please note that addressing the matter will prevent the possibility of the license being revoked, following which a new license will be necessary to continue running your vBulletin. In this eventuality, appropriate action may be taken by our copyright enforcement agency in accordance with DMCA rules. Thank you for taking care of this promptly.

All the best,
Marlena Machol
Links Submissions, vBulletin

http://www.vbulletin.com/


I have had to uninstall this mod because it hides the year 2010, just letting you know and others to prevent them getting the same notification from vbulletin.

Look forward to this being updated to conform with the legally-required vBulletin copyright information being shown then I will install it again.

Many thanks.

[borbole]

Now it is fixed. The year is shown as it can be seen at the new screenshot attached under the first post. Thank you for letting me knowing about this :)

[Mastergumble]

Tkx =)

[synseal]

Thats grand, working fine now, Thank you!

[borbole]

You are welcome guys :)

[Boofo]

Here is a way to do the manual template edits from the first post via a plugin:

Hook Location: parse_templates
Title: headinclude version removal

Plugin PHP Code:

require_once(DIR . '/includes/adminfunctions_template.php');

// Remove version from showing when viewing page source
$find1 = trim(preg_replace('#^\$final_rendered = \'(.*)\';$#s', '\\1', compile_template('var SIMPLEVERSION = "{vb:raw vboptions.simpleversion}"')));
$replace1 = trim(preg_replace('#^\$final_rendered = \'(.*)\';$#s', '\\1', compile_template('var SIMPLEVERSION = ""')));

$find2 = trim(preg_replace('#^\$final_rendered = \'(.*)\';$#s', '\\1', compile_template('<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin {vb:raw vboptions.templateversion}" />')));
$replace2 = trim(preg_replace('#^\$final_rendered = \'(.*)\';$#s', '\\1', compile_template('<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin" />')));

$vbulletin->templatecache['headinclude'] = str_replace($find1, $replace1, $vbulletin->templatecache['headinclude']);
$vbulletin->templatecache['headinclude'] = str_replace($find2, $replace2, $vbulletin->templatecache['headinclude']);

[borbole]

Here is a way to do the manual template edits from the first post via a plugin:

Hook Location: parse_templates
Title: headinclude version removal

Plugin PHP Code:

require_once(DIR . '/includes/adminfunctions_template.php');

// Remove version from showing when viewing page source
$find1 = trim(preg_replace('#^\$final_rendered = \'(.*)\';$#s', '\\1', compile_template('var SIMPLEVERSION = "{vb:raw vboptions.simpleversion}"')));
$replace1 = trim(preg_replace('#^\$final_rendered = \'(.*)\';$#s', '\\1', compile_template('var SIMPLEVERSION = ""')));

$find2 = trim(preg_replace('#^\$final_rendered = \'(.*)\';$#s', '\\1', compile_template('<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin {vb:raw vboptions.templateversion}" />')));
$replace2 = trim(preg_replace('#^\$final_rendered = \'(.*)\';$#s', '\\1', compile_template('<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin" />')));

$vbulletin->templatecache['headinclude'] = str_replace($find1, $replace1, $vbulletin->templatecache['headinclude']);
$vbulletin->templatecache['headinclude'] = str_replace($find2, $replace2, $vbulletin->templatecache['headinclude']);


Thank you for posting this :) I had totally forgotten to include the edits for the templates in a plugin.

[Bellethiel]

Hm have you found a way to hide the version number in the archive yet? It would be nice if that would be included in this mod.

[borbole]

Hm have you found a way to hide the version number in the archive yet? It would be nice if that would be included in this mod.

I just did that. Now it hides the version at the archives as well and therefore the version is hidden everywhere automatically. The first post is updated with the new mod file and a screenshot of the version removed at the archive.

[lubbie]

Very Nice. Thanks. Installed

[borbole]

Very Nice. Thanks. Installed

You are welcome :)

[elwachiman]

nice working in vb4.0.7 tnks

[DAMINK]

Cheers borbole.
Works great mate.

[borbole]

Glad to hear it guys. Thank you for your feedbacks/comments :)

[Alecsmith]

Working with 4.0.7 thanks :)

[theoutlawed]

Simple and saved me some time from editing it out. Thanks!

[borbole]

You are both welcome :)

[BadgerDog]

Imported and installed on v4.04pl1 ...

Thanks ... :)

Badger

[doobiefillin]

not working on 4.0.8

[davidg]

yes is not working with 4.0.8 i confirm

[sulasno]

using this hack to check the current version

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=255054

there is an error;

[demonfatal]

Borbole, Great mod except your forgot to hide the vB version in the ACP login page...
So everybody can see it...

[borbole]

Borbole, Great mod except your forgot to hide the vB version in the ACP login page...
So everybody can see it...

You can rename the acp directory ;)

[doobiefillin]

any updates? not working with 4.1 for me

[borbole]

any updates? not working with 4.1 for me

It works fine for vb 4.1 as well. You can see it at my own forum.

http://www.forumservices.eu/

[Da-Vinci]

Just installed it on 4.1.0 PL2 and it works perfectly.

Installed and rated 5.

[davidg]

works with latest vbulletin thank you :-)

[LVGgebruiker]

Thank you for this nice small hack.

[lubbie]

Hi. Is there any similiar mod for 3.8. Searched for it but cant find anything. Thanks for your help

[borbole]

Just installed it on 4.1.0 PL2 and it works perfectly.

Installed and rated 5.

works with latest vbulletin thank you :-)

Thank you for this nice small hack.

Thank you for your comments and feedbacks guys :)

Hi. Is there any similiar mod for 3.8. Searched for it but cant find anything. Thanks for your help

The 3.8. version of this mod can be found here:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=235962

[lubbie]

Thanks a lot

[borbole]

Thanks a lot

No problem.

[XiTCLUB]

working on 4.1.3 Thanks........

[romaszek]

Hey.
It is so.

Powered by vBulletin™
Copyright ? 2011 vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.

As to make in one line?


Powered by vBulletin™, Copyright ? 2011 vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.

Thanks.

[Rideharder]

work with vBulletin® Version 4.1.4 ?

[oldfan]

Installed on 4.1.5 , working great thanks

[charlesr]

Works in 4.1.7

[MrD]

Hi,
there is an Easyer Way to Remove the Versions Info.
Edit the Phrase vbulletin_copyright
And Remove Version {1}

[ForceHSS]

is this the same as buying the branding free option?

[wat3v3r]

is this the same as buying the branding free option?

No as branding free option will remove all mentions of Vbulletin from your forum. This one will still show "Powered by vBulletin?" .....only the version number is hidden.

[RonH.]

Hi,
there is an Easyer Way to Remove the Versions Info.
Edit the Phrase vbulletin_copyright
And Remove
Yes, that's the way I did it as well.

[borbole]

Hi,
there is an Easyer Way to Remove the Versions Info.
Edit the Phrase vbulletin_copyright
And Remove

That would not hide the version at the templates and it can be seen at the page source.

[FReeSTER]

I dont think this is working on vB4.1.7
With this Mod I get an error on the usercp page.

[borbole]

I dont think this is working on vB4.1.7
With this Mod I get an error on the usercp page.

I don''t think so. This mod doesn''t touch anything remotely connected with the usercp page.

[FReeSTER]

I don''t think so. This mod doesn''t touch anything remotely connected with the usercp page.

I re-installed the mod again to get the error and post it here. I confirmed this again is this mod giving me error when I click on the UserCP or go to the usercp.php file

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 152435 bytes) in /home/mfn/public_html/beta/forums/includes/functions.php on line 7062

[ForceHSS]

installed on 4.1.7 PL2 works well so far will test a bit as well

[ForceHSS]

no problems at all thanks

[Scyther]

Nice Mod....
Thanks..marked installed...

[MaXimus]

Installed it and it's working fine on vBulletin v4.1.8

[Sym]

What a wonderful way to stop script kiddies.

[Fready]

What a wonderful way to stop script kiddies.

Not really
IF anyone knows their vb stuff they would just go to:
http://www.yoursiteurl.com/admincp/index.php

And then it would tell them which version they are using.
vBulletin 4.1.5 Admin Control Panel

This modification doesn't hide that part there.;)

[Boofo]

Or:

http://www.yoursiteurl.com/forums/register.php


There are plenty of places this doesn't catch, if you know where to look. Do a search for simpleversion or templateversion in the templates.

[I.G.O.T.A.]

Installed, thank you.

[Schoelle]

Not really
IF anyone knows their vb stuff they would just go to:
http://www.yoursiteurl.com/admincp/index.php

And then it would tell them which version they are using.


This modification doesn't hide that part there.;)

If the admin of www.yoursiteurl.com know their stuff then the only thing that appears there is a small popup where you have to enter the user and password from the htaccess protection :)

[Fready]

If the admin of www.yoursiteurl.com know their stuff then the only thing that appears there is a small popup where you have to enter the user and password from the htaccess protection :)

Sounds interesting, please tell me how to do such a thing.

[ForceHSS]

Sounds interesting, please tell me how to do such a thing.
http://www.tools.dynamicdrive.com/password/
I can make it for you if you wish but will need some info in private. You can try yourself first if you wish

[Schoelle]

Sounds interesting, please tell me how to do such a thing.

You need a .htpasswd and a .htaccess file.
Check if you can store the .htpasswd file outside the www root folder if possible. This depends on your host.

More information here: http://www.htaccesstools.com/articles/htpasswd/
Or just google for "htpasswd protection"

Setup a different user/password combination than your forum user.

so e.g. your vb admin user is
user: admin
password: vbulletin123
then choose this for your htpasswd protection:
user: techguru
password: methinks
Don't use the same login because then it is useless!


The .htaccess file goes into the /admincp folder (note the leading '.' which is important to hide the file)
The .htpasswd file goes in the best case outside of the folder that is accessible from outside. But you can also store it in the /admincp folder. (also note the leading '.')


Why doing this? If someone gets hold of your admin login then they still cannot login into your admincp!
You can / should do the same with the /modcp folder. But setup a different user / password combination there.

[rjmjr69]

Doesnt work for 4.1.0

[ForceHSS]

Doesnt work for 4.1.0

it does am using it myself

[rjmjr69]

It doesnt for me

[deverill2010]

I'm on 4.1.10 and it works for me too.

I did have it installed ages ago though but it's stayed working through upgrades of VB.

[BlueCheri]

Nice mod, thanx

[sevak]

thanks dear

[otttto]

Is not working on 4.1.10

[deverill2010]

Yes it is, I am running it on 4.1.10

[ForceHSS]

works on 4.1.11 as well

[rfranklin]

Thanks!

[tonym]

Thanks.... works in 4.2

[14DH01]

hello,
Good mod :up:

my vb: 4.2.0

[gemmk1]

Thank you Barbole. Loved all your mods for xenforo and its great to see you on here.Hope your vBulletin forum opens up again so i can support you on there to

[K!nG]

Just installed it on 4.2.1 and it's still showing version number in the archive. Any suggestions ??

Thanks in advance.

[ForceHSS]

Just installed it on 4.2.1 and it's still showing version number in the archive. Any suggestions ??

Thanks in advance.

once installed you need to turn it on
admincp/settings/options/Forum Home: Options/Hide vBulletin Version Number = Yes

[K!nG]

Thanks :) I thought it will have it's on settings in admincp and i looked for those and couldn't find them. Thanks again for ur quick response :)

[ForceHSS]

your welcome

[K4GAP]

Works perfectly on 4.2.1

[oldfan]

works great with 4.2.2, thanks

[zeu52]

You don't hide the version number from the js files.
<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_global.js?v=3612"></script>
Installed this mod and it's working as advertised, but I'm also curious about hiding the version number in the source as well. It's still fairly easy to figure out what version of the forum is running based on the v parameter being passed to the various scripts. Is this something that can be done as well? Mainly just for people looking for future vulnerabilities and all that.

[final kaoss]

Try this but try it on a test skin/install first! And please help with feedback if you do to help with troubleshooting.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=310958

[madmaxmangos]

Just updated to vbulleting 4.2.3 Beta 1 - The mod is removing the 4.2.3 part but the "Beta 1" still remains on the end.

Any suggestions to fix that?

[chloe101]

Just updated to vbulleting 4.2.3 Beta 1 - The mod is removing the 4.2.3 part but the "Beta 1" still remains on the end.

Any suggestions to fix that?

Search for phrase "powered by" and remove "Version {1}"

[RattieRats]

Thank you so much for this very easy to use

[oldfan]

works 4.2.5.