Admin CP

A quick tour of the XenForo Admin CP Beginner Where everything lives in the XenForo Admin CP: options, add-ons, permissions, widgets, styles, tools and logs, and which sections you will use most. Getting Started · 3 min read · Updated Sep 27, 2026 › Find your XenForo, PHP and MySQL versions Beginner Three version numbers decide which add-ons you can run. Here is where to find each one, and what XenForo 2.2 and 2.3 need. Getting Started · 3 min read · Updated Sep 27, 2026 › Disable or uninstall an add-on (and what gets deleted) Beginner Disabling switches an add-on off and keeps its data. Uninstalling removes its data for good. When to use each, and how. Installation · 3 min read · Updated Sep 27, 2026 › XenForo permissions explained: groups, forums and "Never" Beginner Almost every "the add-on does nothing" question is a permission. How user groups, forum permissions and Never combine, and how to check what a member can do. Configuration · 4 min read · Updated Sep 27, 2026 › Add a widget and choose where it appears Beginner Installing an add-on that brings a widget does not put it on your pages. How to add a widget, pick its position and order it. Configuration · 4 min read · Updated Sep 27, 2026 › "Oops! We ran into some problems": find the real error Beginner That message hides the real error from visitors. Here is where XenForo keeps the details, and what to send us so we can fix it fast. Troubleshooting · 4 min read · Updated Sep 27, 2026 › Use the file health check to find missing or changed files Beginner A partly uploaded add-on causes strange errors. The file health check compares every file with what should be there. Troubleshooting · 4 min read · Updated Sep 27, 2026 › Where to find an add-on's settings Beginner Most add-on settings live in Setup > Options, but not all. Where to look, and the settings that switch an add-on on. Configuration · 4 min read · Updated Sep 27, 2026 › XenForo security checklist for forum owners Intermediate Ten checks that protect your forum: two-step verification for staff, fewer administrators, updates, backups and trusted add-ons only. Advanced Topics · 3 min read · Updated Sep 27, 2026 ›