Shared hosting vbulletin old version support

Originally Posted by MechanicWeb-shoss

Another way is to install an older version of XAMPP on your local computer, host the site there, and upgrade to the latest version:

Once upgraded, you can then find a decent shared hosting provider.

The problem with using shared hosting with old MySQL is that the server likely hasn’t been updated in ages, leaving many security concerns. Almost all decent providers use recent versions of MySQL.

This is one of the few situations where I would recommend a user go with a VPS – where they can run their own version of MySQL. That is – if they are intent on not upgrading the installation and want to keep it live.

If they just want to be able to upgrade – your suggestion of using XAMPP may work -…