We’ve got your six! Blesta 5.6 is now available! More domain manager updates, including improvements to the importer and a new OVH domains registrar module. New payment gateways Payfast and BTCPay Server. Updates for existing extensions including staff only Knowledgebase articles, static URLs for the Download Manager, updates to the Order Plugin, cPanel, and Pterodactyl modules, and more.

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If upgrading from a release prior to 5.0, please review the version 5.0 announcement prior to upgrading. 5.0 was a major release and increased system requirements. ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR FILES + DATABASE PRIOR TO UPGRADING.

See the documentation for details on how to install or upgrade.

What’s new in 5.6?

• Added a new OVH domains registrar module.
• Added a new Payfast payment gateway.
• Added a new BTCPay Server cryptocurrency payment gateway.
• Added the option to create Staff only Knowledgebase articles.
• Added descriptions for domain config options to help clients checking out.
• Updated the Import Manager to significantly improve importing domains from WHMCS.
• Updated the Import Manager to include a mapping file for SolusVM WHMCS services.
• Updated the Download Manager to add stable download URLs (think latest.zip).
• Updated the cPanel module to make use of the password generator and improve stats.
• Updated the Pterodactyl module to allow for unlimited swap and custom panel ports.
• Updated the Stripe Payments gateway to better handle error cases.
• Updated the Order Plugin to show a cart button for “domain and other” order form types in all cases.
• Updated Email templates to allow bulk editing of the From Name and From Email.
• Added support for PHP 8.1 with Ioncube. We continue to support PHP 8.0/8.1 with SourceGuardian.

See our beta announcement for more and the release notes for everything.

Developers

Reminder: If you are a developer, we recommend updating your extensions to support PHP 8 if they don’t already. PHP 7.4 has been EOL since November 28th!

Sponsored Development

A big shout out to the following companies for sponsoring development for one or more items in this release.

• Benno Wulf Systems
• Packet Rabbit, Inc.

Sponsored development is a good way to support Blesta and get a shout out for your company! Interested? Reach out and say hello.

Stay Connected!

Like our Facebook page, join our Facebook group and Subreddit, follow us on Twitter, and join us in Discord.

We are pleased to announce the released of Blesta 5.5.3, which addresses bugs discovered in the 5.5 branch. A big thanks to everyone who participated in helping to make Blesta better by reporting and confirming bugs on our forums and discord chat, we appreciate your help!

The release notes are available at https://docs.blesta.com/display/support/5.5.3.

Always run /admin/upgrade in your browser or via CLI after updating the files for your installation. Patch releases may only be applied to the minor release to which it belongs. Only apply this patch if you are running 5.5.0, 5.5.1, or 5.5.2. If you are running an earlier version, you must download the full release.

Download 5.5.3 Patch Download 5.5.3 Full

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% blesta-5.5.3.zip
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% blesta-5.5.0-5.5.3.zip
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To patch your installation, please follow the instructions for Patching an Existing Install from our user manual.

We are pleased to announce the released of Blesta 5.5.2, which addresses bugs discovered in the 5.5 branch. A big thanks to everyone who participated in helping to make Blesta better by reporting and confirming bugs on our forums and discord chat, we appreciate your help!

The release notes are available at https://docs.blesta.com/display/support/5.5.2.

Always run /admin/upgrade in your browser or via CLI after updating the files for your installation. Patch releases may only be applied to the minor release to which it belongs. Only apply this patch if you are running 5.5.0, or 5.5.1. If you are running an earlier version, you must download the full release.

Download 5.5.2 Patch Download 5.5.2 Full

SHA256 Sum

% blesta-5.5.2.zip
d7972fc92edb0ef09b709df6481f54d8df3b402649506cb6194bce560c47d1ae

% blesta-5.5.0-5.5.2.zip
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To patch your installation, please follow the instructions for Patching an Existing Install from our user manual.

We are pleased to announce the released of Blesta 5.5.1, which addresses bugs discovered in the 5.5 branch. A big thanks to everyone who participated in helping to make Blesta better by reporting and confirming bugs on our forums and discord chat, we appreciate your help!

The release notes are available at https://docs.blesta.com/display/support/5.5.1.

Always run /admin/upgrade in your browser or via CLI after updating the files for your installation. Patch releases may only be applied to the minor release to which it belongs. Only apply this patch if you are running 5.5.0. If you are running an earlier version, you must download the full release.

Download 5.5.1 Patch Download 5.5.1 Full

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% blesta-5.5.1.zip
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% blesta-5.5.0-5.5.1.zip
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To patch your installation, please follow the instructions for Patching an Existing Install from our user manual.

Blesta 5.5 is now available! The domain manager continues to get updates, including a bulk TLD import with pricing markup, advanced renewal of domains, and automatic price overrides for domains, and a new internet.bs registrar module. We also added an abandoned order feature, an option to hide client fields that are not required on both order forms and within the client area, adjust the start value and format of client ID’s, and more.

SHA256 Sum

77895977ba9054536bf7d945059f64011413b397d1ab914f163845fceb6624bb

If upgrading from a release prior to 5.0, please review the version 5.0 announcement prior to upgrading. 5.0 was a major release and increased system requirements. ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR FILES + DATABASE PRIOR TO UPGRADING.

See the documentation for details on how to install or upgrade.

What’s new in 5.5?

• Added a bulk TLD import option to the domain manager.
• Added the option for domains to renew further in advance than services.
• Added an option to lock in prices for new domains.
• Added new filter options to the Domain Manager, to filter by TLD or Registrar.
• Added a new Internet.bs domain registrar module.
• Added a new abandoned order option to send reminders to clients with unpaid orders.
• Added an option to hide client fields that are not required on orde forms and within the client area.
• Added the ability to set the Client ID Start Value, Client ID Format, and Client ID Increment value.
• Added a Package setting to automatically set a price override for new services, locking in the original price.
• Added transaction messages within the transaction expand area for supported gateways.
• Updated the Portal plugin to add support for multi-language.
• Updated Stripe Payments to show an ACH “Mandate”, and add support for transaction messages.
• Updated Namecheap, Namesilo, and Logicboxes to support TLD import and price sync.

See our beta announcement for more and the release notes for everything.

Developers

Reminder: If you are a developer, you should review the version 5 Migration Guide and update your extensions if you haven’t already done so.

• Added a new event for Email Verification.
• Added a Doc Comments file in ~/lib/doc_comments.php for auto completion support in IDEs.
• Modules may now insert their own content in the client service management overview page.
• We recommend updating your extensions to support PHP 8 if they don’t already.

Sponsored Development

Sponsored development is a good way to support Blesta and get a shout out for your company! Interested? Reach out and say hello.

Stay Connected!

Like our Facebook page, join our Facebook group and Subreddit, follow us on Twitter, and join us in Discord.