8.0 Release Notes
Version History
Latest Update | Version | Release Type |
---|---|---|
02-26-2021 | 8.0.5 | General Availability (Security) |
10-27-2020 | 8.0.4 | General Availability (Maintenance) |
10-20-2020 | 8.0.3 | General Availability (Maintenance) |
10-06-2020 | 8.0.2 | General Availability (Maintenance) |
10-02-2020 | 8.0.1 | General Availability (Maintenance) |
09-28-2020 | 8.0.0 | General Availability |
09-18-2020 | 8.0.0 | Release Candidate 3 |
09-04-2020 | 8.0.0 | Release Candidate 2 |
08-27-2020 | 8.0.0 | Release Candidate 1 |
08-11-2020 | 8.0.0 | Beta 3 |
N/A — Internal Build | 8.0.0 | Beta 2 |
08-04-2020 | 8.0.0 | Beta 1 |
Upgrade Requirements
Before upgrading through this WHMCS version, make certain that your system meets the following requirements:
Dependency | Minimum Requirement | Recommended |
---|---|---|
ionCube® Loader | ionCube Loader 10.2.0 | ionCube Loader 10.3.1 |
MySQL® | MySQL 5.2 | MySQL 8.0 |
PHP | PHP 7.2 | PHP 7.3 |
- Updates only appear at Utilities > Update WHMCS if you are running a compatible PHP version.
- For information on updating your installation, see Updating Through EOL Versions.
If you upgraded to WHMCS v8.0 Beta 1, you may experience problems retrieving the latest version of the software via the Automatic Updater. If updating directly from v7.10.2 or earlier, this issue will not apply.
- To use the Automatic Updater to update from WHMCS v8.0 Beta 1, you must first apply a hotfix.
- For more information, see our forums.
New Features
Users and Client Accounts
WHMCS now supports accounts and users in a new end-user login management system. Accounts own services for a given entity. A single user can then manage multiple accounts.
New Look Admin Area
Admin Area Blend theme enhancements bring an updated look and better performance to the Admin Area. We’ve also added improved support for mobile devices and tablets.
Mail Deliverability Providers
Admin users can now easily configure email sending from one of several new mail providers. Currently, this includes SparkPost, SendGrid, and Mailgun. Using them enhances your email deliverability and security.
Email Campaigns
The new Email Campaigns tool has replaced the Mass Mail tool. The new features include scheduling and saving drafts of your email campaigns and adding styling.
OAuth2 for SMTP
To facilitate moving away from password-based authentication, OAuth2 is now fully supported. Google® is already available, and we plan to add more providers in the future.
OX App Suite from Open-Xchange
MarketConnect now includes OX App Suite from Open-Xchange. OX App Suite provides an easy-to-use email and communications platform with many features and capabilities.
Updates and Improvements
Improved IDN Support
Sell a broader range of domain names with full International Domain Name support. Enom and ResellerClub support automatic IDN registration, and you’ll benefit from robust IDN validation and usability improvements.
Improved Currency Support
WHMCS now supports up to three decimal places in tax rates and currency values up to 99 trillion.
Deprecations
v4 Theme
The v4 theme for the Admin Area is deprecated. If no admin accounts currently use this theme, upgrading will delete it. If the theme is in use, it will remain available for selection. However, admins who are assigned to this theme will move to Blend when you upgrade.
AutoAuth
AutoAuth was announced as deprecated in WHMCS version 7.10, including an option to enable or disable the feature. When you upgrade, the feature is disabled regardless of its previous value. We will remove AutoAuth in WHMCS version 8.1.
Removals
Legacy PHP Support
Product support for the legacy PHP 5.6, 7.0, and 7.1 environments is removed. To install or upgrade, you must run PHP 7.2 or higher.
PHP Extension Requirement
The IMAP extension is no longer required. The GD extension is no longer required for some features, but is still required for WHMCS as a whole.
Boxes and Modern Templates
The Boxes and Modern templates have been removed.
If products or groups use one of these, upgrading selects a new template that emulates the deprecated template. The system assigns the new template to everything that previously used the deprecated template. Newly-created child templates are based on the Standard template.
This upgrade will not touch custom themes.
Modules
We have removed the PayMate.au, PayMate.nz, GameCP, MediaCP, and Kayako LoginShare modules.
Legacy Files
We have removed whois.php from the Client Area file set. The pipe directory was deprecated and has been removed. Use crons/pipe.php
instead.
For Developers
Library Updates
The following PHP libraries have been updated or removed:
- abraham/twitteroauth: 0.7.4 to 1.1.0
- composer/composer: 1.0.3 to 1.10.6
- ezyang/htmlpurifier: 4.9.2 to 4.12.0
- filp/whoops: 2.1.8 to 2.7.2
- firebase/php-jwt: 3.0.0 to 5.2.0
- google/apiclient: v2.1.3 to 2.7.0
- google/auth: 0.9.0 to 1.11.0
- guzzlehttp/guzzle: 5.3.3 to 7.0.1
- illuminate/console: 5.2.37 to 7.12.0
- illuminate/container: 5.2.37 to 7.12.0
- illuminate/contracts: 5.2.45 to 7.12.0
- illuminate/database: 5.2.37 to 7.12.0
- illuminate/events: 5.2.37 to 7.12.0
- illuminate/support: 5.2.37 to 7.12.0
- illuminate/validation: 5.2.45 to 7.12.0
- knplabs/knp-menu: 2.1.1 to 3.1.1
- laminas/laminas-diactoros: Added 2.3.1
- laminas/laminas-httphandlerrunner: Added 1.2.0
- league/climate: 3.2.1 to 3.5.2
- league/flysystem: 1.0.45 to 1.0.67
- league/oauth2-client: added 2.5.0
- league/oauth2-google: added 3.0.3
- monolog/monolog: 1.18.2 to 2.0.2
- nikic/fast-route: 1.2.0 to 1.3.0
- php-imap/php-imap: 2.0.9 to 3.1.0
- phpmyadmin/sql-parser: 4.2.4 to 5.3.1
- phpmyadmin/phpmailer: 6.0.7 to 6.1.5
- phpseclib/mcrypt_compat: 1.0.5 to 1.0.11
- phpseclib/phpseclib: 2.0.10 to 2.0.27
- punic/punic: 1.6.3 to 3.5.1
- ramsey/uuid: 3.4.1 to 4.0.1
- react/promise: 2.5.1 to 2.8.0
- seld/jsonlint: 1.6.1 to 1.8.0
- seld/phar-utils: 1.0.1 to 1.1.0
- smarty/smarty: 3.1.33 to 3.1.36
- stripe/stripe-php: 6.43.1 to 7.34.0
- symfony/polyfill-ctype: Added 1.18.1
- symfony/polyfill-iconv: 1.2.0 to 1.18.1
- symfony/polyfill-intl-idn: Added 1.18.1
- symfony/polyfill-mbstring: 1.3.0 to 1.18.1
- symfony/polyfill-php72: Added 1.18.1
- symfony/polyfill-php73: Added 1.18.1
- tecnickcom/tcpdf: 6.2.26 to 6.3.5
- zbateson/stream-decorators: Added 1.0.3
Template Changes
For a list of changed files and a graphical view of the exact changes, see the GitHub® repositories below:
Last modified: October 31, 2024