Blesta 4.8 is now available! Link to order form products with configurable options preselected, sell subdomain hosting with cPanel, limit the number of accounts resellers can create. Softaculous support added for Plesk and CentOS Web Panel, new Pterodactyl and APNSCP modules, and much more!

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

What’s new in 4.8?

• Link to order form products with configurable options preselected. (See docs.)
• Added a Pterodactyl module for game and voice server hosting. (See docs.)
• Added an APNSCP module for shared hosting. (See docs.)
• Updated the cPanel module to allow selling of subdomains, restricting the number of accounts resellers can create, and including a dedicated IP address.
• Updated the Plesk module to allow name servers and the server hostname to be set in the module and included in the welcome email.
• Updated the Soft Auto Installer Softaculous plugin to add support for Plesk and CentOS Web Panel. (cPanel previously supported)
• Updated the installer to allow the MySQL port to be specified for hosting environments that use a non-standard port.
• Removed date ranges shown for config options to reduce redundancy from the parent.
• Added new currency formats for ####.##, and ####,##.

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

Sponsored Development

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

• KnownHost

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

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We are pleased to announce that Blesta 4.8.0 BETA 1 has been released!

Can I participate in the beta?

If you have an owned or monthly license with us directly, you may download blesta-4.8.0-b1.zip in the client area now (Login Required). If you obtained your license from a reseller or distributor, you may be able to participate. Contact your reseller to find out. As with any beta, this release is for non-production use only and is unsupported. During installation, choose to start a free trial, open a ticket to request a trial key, or use your dev license if you have one.

Once you are up and running, head to the forums to report any issues and let us know what you think! If you have a license and are verified or become verified on our Discord chat, you’ll have access to a license holder only beta forum.

Visit the Beta Forums! Visit Discord Chat!

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So what is new in 4.8?

Blesta version 4.8 includes a new Pterodactyl and APNSCP module, the ability to link to order form products with configurable options preselected, new features & improvements, updated extensions, and more.

New Extensions

These extensions are new with Blesta 4.8.

• Pterodactyl Game Server Module (See docs.)
• APNSCP Hosting Module (See docs.)

Updated Extensions

• cPanel - Add support for selling subdomains under a pre-defined list of domains.
• cPanel - Using a configurable option a dedicated IP address can be used for new accounts.
• cPanel - An account limit can now be set for resellers on the package.
• Plesk - Allow name servers to be specified for the server and used in the welcome email.
• Order - Configurable option values can be preselected when linking to a specific package.(See docs.)
• Order - Skip service configuration step if there is nothing to configure.
• Order - Added a cart page for ajax templates.
• Soft Auto Installer - Added support for Softaculous for Plesk and CentOS Web Panel. (See docs.)
• Authorize.net - Added additional validation.

Changes to the Core

• During installation, the MySQL port may be overridden from the default 3306.
• Added new currency formats for ####.##, and ####,##.
• Removed date ranges shown for config options to reduce redundancy from the parent.
• The navigation cache is now cleared during upgrade.

Changes for Developers

• Created a new hostname validation utility for use by extensions.

Note Regarding Hotfixes

Blesta now ships with bundled encoded files that support PHP 5.4 through PHP 7.3 out of the box. This means that you should not need to upload any hotfixes unless you are running a version of Ioncube loaders older than version 10.1. If you are running old Ioncube loaders, upgrade Ioncube or apply the following hotfix based on your PHP version:

• PHP version >= 7.1.0 - use /hotfix-php71/blesta/
• PHP version >= 5.6.0 and < 7.1.0 - use /hotfix-php7/blesta/
• PHP version >= 5.4.0 and < 5.6.0 - use /hotfix-php54/blesta/

See the release notes for more details on this release.

Is there something you want to see in Blesta? Create a new feature request or upvote an existing one!

When is the final release?

Version 4.8 will be officially released after the beta phase has completed, which we expect to happen soon. Once we deem 4.8 stable for production, a final release will be issued. You can help by participating in the beta!