[BeatHimUp]

Many come across having issues/troubles installing some old version of plugin for mybb 1.8.

There is a very simple way to bypass it and get it install on your mybb. 

For example we are using myaward plugin for this tutorial which suppose be not working on mybb 1.8.

Plugin link - http://www.mybbcentral.com/thread-8418.html

This plugin shouldn't be working on mybb 1.8 after you uploaded, it should show something like :

   

This Solution should work on every plugin, there may some issues of using an older plugin, 
however most of them should be working properly.

This can be done after you have upload the plugin or before, simple just edit a file in your plugin.

As I said I will be using myward plugin for this tutorial, go to the file inc > you should then find a php file
which named my_awards.php, or whatever your plugin called, and edit it with notepad or whatever.
Scroll down a bit you will see something like, 



and change that 16* on compatibility to 18* or 1.8*, or add an " , " behind the 16* and add 1.8*

For example, 



Which will make this plugin compatible on every 1.8 version of mybb.
All you need to do now is upload this file again or just edit it via FTP.

Result :



That's it for this tutorial, let me know if you have any questions come across on website development, wordpress, mybb etc etc.

Thanks  <3

kind regards,
BeatHimUp

[Dean Winchester]

Decent trick and very simple. Although I'd like to warn you that due to core difference in MyBB 1.6 and 1.8 not all plugins would work neatly.

[ali_mybb_import13532]

Nice suggestion! This should definitely fix the issue.

[BeatHimUp]

Decent trick and very simple. Although I'd like to warn you that due to core difference in MyBB 1.6 and 1.8 not all plugins would work neatly.

I have already mentioned on my thread, not all of them may work, however In my experiences, most of the popular ones work fine. 

There are nothing needed to be warn since I have mentioned on my thread

Nice suggestion! This should definitely fix the issue.

Which is not a suggestion but tutorial, which is not something should be fix
Thanks for your comment though.

[Angelic]

Good thread, very simple trick. Won't work for every one of them but for most it will.

[BeatHimUp]

Good thread, very simple trick. Won't work for every one of them but for most it will.

Indeed, thanks a lot   <3