Invision Community 5.1 has been quietly in development for a while now, and brings many exciting things such as ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ and ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

It's worth noting that 5.0 to 5.1 is not a major leap, in the way that 4.x to 5.0 was, but there are several major 'things' along with a slew of improvements to key areas.

We're at the point where enough has been finished that we're ready to get some early testing and feedback.

How to apply

All you need to do is register your interest in this topic.

We can't take everyone on, we're really looking for around six to begin with and you'll be testing on a new Cloud site pre-loaded with 5.1 Alpha.

I'll contact those via DM with instructions on what to do next.

Allow us a few days to wait for enough replies before we contact you.

We'll aim to get going within the next few weeks.

Thanks!

Calling for duty!

Happy to help. 👍

I'm interested

We operate two instances and are very interested in the new features; we would like to support the process through intensive testing.

I can help. I've reported several bugs myself.

Oh go on then

4 hours ago, Marc said:

Oh go on then

If we're self-hosted, would we be importing our current site?

If yes, I'd be happy to help.

I have a small site with about 100k posts, and a medium site with about 2m posts.

4 hours ago, Square Wheels said:

If we're self-hosted, would we be importing our current site?

If yes, I'd be happy to help.

I have a small site with about 100k posts, and a medium site with about 2m posts.

They will be new installs, we won't be importing any existing data. You'll be able to test that out on your own server during the beta process.

1 minute ago, Stuart Silvester said:

They will be new installs, we won't be importing any existing data. You'll be able to test that out on your own server during the beta process.

OK, since there will only be a few slots, I don't think my input would be as valuable as the developers who have responded, please withdraw me from consideration.

This is worth it for the gifs.

Thanks to everyone stepping up to help.

Edited June 26Jun 26 by socceronly

On 6/24/2026 at 3:40 PM, ClawOfWinterfell said:

Happy to help. 👍

I politely remove my expressed interest.

include Self-Hosted?

On 6/24/2026 at 3:20 PM, Matt said:

you'll be testing on a new Cloud site pre-loaded with 5.1 Alpha.

2 hours ago, ofir102 said:

include Self-Hosted?

On 6/29/2026 at 5:20 AM, ofir102 said:

include Self-Hosted?

To be clear, Invision Community 5.1 will be coming to Invision Community Classic (aka "self hosted").

Just like with v5, the first alpha releases are not thoroughly tested for upgrades, so the safest way is to create a number of cloud accounts running 5.1 Alpha 1.

Invision Community Classic customers are welcome to join the alpha testing group.

I can join too.

interested :)

@Matt Will there be any new template customization features in version 5.1?