VaultBB Documentation
Everything you need to install, configure, and use VaultBB premium plugins and extensions for MyBB 1.8.x and phpBB 3.3.x.
Welcome to the Vault' docs
VaultBB is a suite of premium plugins and extensions built around a shared framework called VaultBB Core. Rather than a collection of independent add-ons, VaultBB products share a unified admin interface, centralised logging, a plugin registry, and a consistent design language — so every plugin or extension you install feels like a native part of your forum's control panel.
VaultBB is available for two forum platforms:
- MyBB 1.8.x — a plugin-based ecosystem installed via the MyBB Admin CP
- phpBB 3.3.x — an extension-based ecosystem installed via the phpBB ACP Extensions manager
Both platforms use VaultBB Core as their shared foundation, providing the Registry for tracking active plugins, the Logger for structured audit logs, the AdminUI component library, and the UpdateChecker that polls for new releases from a single manifest endpoint.
VaultBB Core must be installed and activated first. Every other VaultBB plugin or extension performs a hard dependency check on activation and will abort gracefully if Core is missing or below the required minimum version.
MyBB Plugins
VaultBB Core
The foundational framework for MyBB. Install this before anything else — it provides shared infrastructure for all VaultBB MyBB plugins.
Advanced Dice Rolls
A full-featured dice engine with immutable stored results, hidden rolls, drop/keep notation, profiles, conditional rendering, and roll labels.
phpBB Extensions
VaultBB Core (phpBB)
The foundational framework for phpBB 3.3.x. Provides the Registry, Logger, AdminUI, Settings, Notifier, and Update Checker services consumed by all VaultBB phpBB extensions.
Minimum Post Characters
Enforce a per-forum minimum character count on posts, with group-based bypass via phpBB permissions. A free, standalone GPL-2.0 extension — no VaultBB Core dependency required.
How This Documentation Is Organised
Each plugin and extension has its own section covering installation and database schema, configuration settings, end-user usage (where applicable), and the admin UI. Start with VaultBB Core for your platform, then move on to whichever plugins or extensions you are installing.
If you run into issues, the VaultBB → Logs page in your Admin CP is the first place to check — every significant event across all VaultBB products is recorded there with timestamps and a full JSON context payload.