Overview
Release 2026.018 brings more flexible Moderation Messages, notifications for mentions added during edits, and developer improvements for embeds and custom community experiences.
Schedule
- Staging: Week of October 5, 2026
- Production: Week of October 12, 2026
- Enterprise: Week of October 19, 2026
Moderation Messages in Custom Layouts
Give your community team a more flexible way to share announcements, maintenance notices, and guidance. Create rich Moderation Messages for supported Custom Layout and legacy page experiences, and tailor visibility by category, group, Knowledge Base, role, or rank.
Manage placement in Custom Layouts through Primary and Secondary assets. Existing or customized layouts may need the relevant asset added manually.
Learn More:
https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/1991-moderation-messages
Notifications for Mentions Added During Edits
Keep people in the loop when a conversation changes. Users newly mentioned in an edited post receive a notification, helping them catch requests or updates added after the original post was published.
Embed Link Patterns
Developers and integration partners can make provider-specific content easier to share by extending Vanilla’s embed handling to recognize tokens such as provider:resource:id, alongside normal URLs.
Registered tokens can be recognized when typed or pasted and resolved into rich embeds when a matching handler is registered. Vanilla includes a built-in discussion pattern, while plugins can register additional patterns with matching frontend and backend handlers.
Learn more: Embed Link Patterns.
Category Extensions in Widgets and Fragments
Customer developers can use category extensions in widgets and fragments to bring additional category data into custom community experiences. Technical documentation is available in the code repository for customers using this capability.