[-=Sniper=-]

ok, this should work

install https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=83230

Add a new plugin in global_start

PHP Code:

if (THIS_SCRIPT === 'index')
{
$vbulletin->templatecache['header'] .= '<script type=\"text/javascript\">
<!--
    function fetch_latest()
    {
          if (latest.handler.readyState == 4 && latest.handler.status == 200 && latest.handler.responseText)
          {
               fetch_object(\'latest\').innerHTML = latest.handler.responseText;
          }
    }
    
    function getlatest()
    {
         latest = new vB_AJAX_Handler(true);
         latest.onreadystatechange(fetch_latest);
         latest.send(\'ajax.php\', \'do=latest\');
    }
//-->
</script>';
} 


Add a new plugin in ajax_start

PHP Code:

if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'latest')
{
require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_forumlist.php');
// #################### PROCESS LATEST THREADS #######################
// fetch the permissions for each forum
global $vbulletin;

$forumperms = array();
foreach($vbulletin->forumcache AS $forum) {

    $forumperms[$forum["forumid"]] = fetch_permissions($forum['forumid']);

    // ## HIDE FORUMS WITHOUT THE CANVIEW PERMISSION ##
    if (!($forumperms[$forum["forumid"]] & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canview']) AND !$vbulletin->options['showprivateforums']) {
        $limitfids .= ','.$forum['forumid'];
    }
}
unset($forum);

if ($vbulletin->options['threadpreview'] > 0) {
    $previewfield = ', post.pagetext AS preview';
    $previewjoin = 'LEFT JOIN '.TABLE_PREFIX.'post AS post ON(post.postid = thread.firstpostid)';
}

$getthreads = $db->query_read("
    ## GET LATEST THREADS ##
    SELECT thread.*,thread.iconid AS threadiconid $previewfield
    FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."thread AS thread
    LEFT JOIN ".TABLE_PREFIX."deletionlog AS deletionlog ON(thread.threadid = deletionlog.primaryid AND type = 'thread')
    $previewjoin
    WHERE open <> 10
    AND forumid NOT IN (0$limitfids)
    AND thread.visible = '1'
    AND deletionlog.primaryid IS NULL
    ORDER BY lastpost
    DESC LIMIT 5");

while($thread = $db->fetch_array($getthreads)) {

    $threads = true;
    $thread['title'] = fetch_censored_text(fetch_trimmed_title(unhtmlspecialchars($thread['title']), 22));
    $thread['date'] = vbdate($vbulletin->options['dateformat'], $thread['lastpost'], 1);
    $thread['time'] = vbdate($vbulletin->options['timeformat'], $thread['lastpost']);
    $thread['preview'] = preg_replace('#\[quote(=(&quot;|"|\'|).*\\2)?\](.*)\[/quote\]#siU', '', $thread['preview']);
    $thread['preview'] = htmlspecialchars_uni(fetch_trimmed_title(strip_bbcode(fetch_censored_text($thread['preview']), false, true), $vbulletin->options['threadpreview']));
    $thread['replycount'] = vb_number_format($thread['replycount']);
    $thread['views'] = vb_number_format($thread['views']);

    // thread icon
    $show['icon'] = false;
  $icon = fetch_iconinfo($thread['iconid']);

  if (is_array($icon)) {
      $show['icon'] = true;
      $thread['threadiconpath'] = $icon['iconpath'];
      $thread['threadicontitle'] = $icon['title'];
  }

    // show goto new post
    $show['firstnew'] = false;
    $bbforumview = fetch_bbarray_cookie('forum_view', $thread['forumid']);

    if ($bbforumview > $vbulletin->userinfo['lastvisit']) {
        $lastread = $bbforumview;
    } else {
        $lastread = $vbulletin->userinfo['lastvisit'];
    }

    if ($thread['lastpost'] > $lastread) {

        $threadview = fetch_bbarray_cookie('thread_lastview', $thread['threadid']);

        if ($thread['lastpost'] > $threadview) {
            $show['firstnew'] = true;
            $show['icon'] = false;
        }
    }

    exec_switch_bg();

    eval("\$threadbits .= \"".fetch_template('forumhome_latestthreadbit')."\";");
}
if ($threads) {
    $show['latestthreads'] = true;
}
echo $threadbits;
// memory saving
unset($thread, $threads);
$db->free_result($getthreads);
} 


in the FORUMHOME template find

$threadbits

replace with

<div id="latest">$threadbits</div>

Find

$vbphrase[latest_threads]

replace with

$vbphrase[latest_threads] [<a href="#collapseimg_forumhome_latestthreads" onclick="getlatest();">Reload Latest Threads</a>]