Jekyll2026-05-01T10:55:26+00:00https://webtrees.net/feed.xmlwebtreeswebtrees is a web application that allows you to publish your genealogy online, collaborate with family members and take control of your data. webtrees 2.2.6 released2026-04-29T00:00:00+00:002026-04-29T00:00:00+00:00https://webtrees.net/blog/2026/04/29/new-webtrees-release-2-2-6<![CDATA[
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webtrees 2.2.6 is now available for download.

It includes fixes for a number of security issues. Credit to Boris Unckel for reporting these.

The major changes are listed below

  • Ensure CLI commands only run from the CLI
  • Increase the number of generations available in charts
  • The hideshowpassword plugin is abandoned and has been replaced
  • Fix double HTTP request when logging out
  • Loading indicators now fade in after a second to avoid flashing for fast requests
  • Configurable delay for slide show images
  • Add error handling for modules that fail to boot
  • Update list of bad robots
  • HEAD:SUBM missing from GEDCOM export when privacy filters are disabled
  • Fix CLI tools cannot access private trees
  • Improve searching for Arabic text with diacritics
  • Performance - lazy-load privacy restrictions
  • Performance - remove unnecessary SQL queries for null users
  • Build .ZIP archives on disk instead of in memory to allow larger exports
  • Don’t compress media files in .ZIP exports to improve performance
  • Fix Postgres compatibility for media types
  • Fix Markdown in notes in reports breaks formatting
  • Add SQL debug logging for developers
  • Add watermarks to images in reports
  • Fix name overflow in pedigree reports
  • Show progress while deleting data when importing large trees
  • Improve styling of the loading indicator
  • Minimal theme now supports dark-mode
  • Nicer colours for timeline charts
  • Fix some webhosts use modified phpinfo()
  • Fix compatibility issues with SQL-Server, PostgreSQL and Firebird
  • Fix fatal errors if lifespan-chart contains no dates
  • GEDCOM import now shows progress when deleting old data
  • Update .htaccess for apache 2.4

See the change log for details.

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webtrees 2.1.26 is now available for download.

It contains backported updates from 2.2.5.

See the change log for details.

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webtrees 2.2.5 is now available for download.

The major fixes are listed below

  • Add support for PHP 8.6
  • Don’t show BURI in chartbox when DEAT is present
  • Fix: Interactive table features don’t work without pretty urls
  • Show names of linked records in pending changes log
  • Count individuals (not dates) in statistics
  • When adding a child to a family, put it between older and younger children
  • Improved support for Legacy GEDCOM dialect
  • Bypassing forms with CAPTCHA caused session error.
  • Include combining diacritics from non-latin alphabets when normalizing text
  • Add CLI commands to create/edit/delete users and trees
  • Add more paths to robots.txt
  • Compatibility with SQL-Server
  • Move the color theme palette to inline CSS
  • Remove references to bing maps
  • MacFamilyTree generates GEDCOM with duplicate XREFs
  • Remove Bing Maps - it closed in June 2025
  • Allow _TODO items to contain markdown and links
  • Don’t renumber XREFs when pending changes exist
  • Only use solid icons and upgrade fontawesome package
  • Fix install error - pdo_mysql.default_socket not available on Windows
  • Use default language for custom welcome text, if the current language is unavailable
  • Add EDUC & PROP as extra fields in advanced search
  • Do not exlcude names of type ‘marriage’ in the Family name
  • Show socket path as disabled instead of readonly
  • Be clear that MariaDB is supported as well as MySQL
  • Relationship chart parameters always reset to defaults
  • memory_limit = -1 means unlimited
  • Fix FAMC label in events of close relatives
  • Setup wizard reported memory_limit as zero
  • Fix new username/email differs by case from existing
  • Fix column name in anniversaries table
  • Block robots from more pages

See the change log for details.

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webtrees 2.1.25 is now available for download.

It contains backported updates from 2.2.4.

See the change log for details.

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webtrees 2.2.4 is now available for download.

  • Fix: editing NOTE records causes corrupt data
  • Fix: compatibility with Postgres
  • Fix: divorce statistics
  • Fix: link from individual page to user page

See the change log for details.

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webtrees 2.1.24 is now available for download.

It contains backported updates from 2.2.3.

See the change log for details.

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webtrees 2.2.3 is now available for download.

  • Fix: compatibility with some JustCarmen modules
  • Fix: problems upgrading from webtrees 2.1
  • Fix: show why robots are blocked to help debugging

See the change log for details.

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webtrees 2.1.23 is now available for download.

It contains backported updates from 2.2.2.

See the change log for details.

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webtrees 2.2.2 is now available for download.

  • Security: fix for XSS vulnerability
  • Update: logic for detecting and blocking bad robots/crawlers
  • Update: use UUIDv7 instead of UUIDv4
  • Add: Support for PHP 8.5
  • Add: Armenian translation
  • Fix: date input in advanced search
  • Fix: memory limitations when creating ZIP files
  • Fix: Rename ‘Google Webmaster Tools’ to ‘Google Search Console’
  • Fix: delete user sessions when deleting users
  • Fix: first week misaligned on calendar widget when 1st of month is a Sunday
  • Fix: highlighting current day in calendar widget
  • Fix: missing translations of Godparent and Cemetery
  • Fix: incorrect URL in Austrian historic events
  • Fix: don’t use CDN for bootstrap files during setup
  • Fix: Postgres compatibility
  • Fix: broken links cause error in re-order media page
  • Fix: ignore accented letters in branches list
  • Fix: searching individuals/families using accented letters
  • Fix: typo in French relationships
  • Fix: do not automatically populate new _UID fields
  • Fix: timestamps for new/edit news/journal articles
  • Fix: support more tags from Heredis
  • Fix: use SVG icons as defaults in the welcome blocks
  • Fix: statistics for birth/death/marriage/divorce should count individuals/families, not events
  • Fix: family submitters should not appear on individual page
  • Fix: allow searching by UID/_UID
  • Fix: increase indent size for individual numbering
  • Fix: system emails sent in wrong language
  • Fix: trailing space after empty NOTE tag
  • Fix: column widths on research tasks block
  • Fix: don’t show empty place links
  • Fix: wrong default parameters in URL for relationship chart
  • Fix: date columns sorting incorrectly in individual/family tables
  • Fix: don’t close modals when clicking on the backdrop

See the change log for details.

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webtrees 2.1.22 is now available for download.

It contains backported updates from 2.2.1, plus a fix to the auto-update that should allow upgrading from 2.1 to 2.2.

See the change log for details.

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