Version 7.5.0 Release Notes

Release Information
Version: 7.5
Release Type: Beta
Release Date: 22nd February 2018
Distribution Types: Full and Via Automatic Updater

Version History

Version	Release Type	Release Date
7.5.0	Beta 1	22th February 2018

Download

Download the latest version of WHMCS from https://download.whmcs.com/

Upgrade Process

View Standard Upgrade Steps

Automatic Updating

If you are running WHMCS 7.0 or later, you can use the built-in Automatic Update utility.

Simply navigate to Utilities > Update WHMCS to begin the process.

If the update was released recently, you may need to click the Check for Updates button before the update will show as available.

WHMCS v7.5.0 requires Ioncube Loader 10.1 or higher. The Automatic Updater verifies this requirement for you in v7.4.2. If you are using the Automatic Updater and are not yet on v7.4.2, then you will not see the v7.5.0 update but only v7.4.2. Use the Auto Updater to first update to v7.4.2. After this, v7.5.0 will viewable and the Automatic Updater will be able to verify all requirements before proceeding to this latest version.

For more information about the Automatic Updater and troubleshooting please refer to the Automatic Updater documentation.

Release Notes

Support for PHP 7.1 & 7.2 - WHMCS v7.5 and greater now supports PHP 7.1 and 7.2. Support is still provided for security maintenance versions PHP 5.6 and 7.0. Because of this broad environment support, no immediate action is required to WHMCS v7.5 other than having the Ioncube Loader 10.1. If you wish to update your environment to PHP 7.1 or 7.2 following your update to v7.5, please ensure any customizations or integrations also support your target environment before making changes.

Domain Grace and Redemption Grace Periods Support - WHMCS now supports Domain Grace and Redemption Grace Periods for domains, along with the automatic applying of fees related to Grace and Redemption Periods. Learn more at Domain Grace and Redemption Grace Periods

Staff Mentions - You can now mention other staff members using the familiar @mention syntax when creating client or ticket notes for those users to receive an email notification regarding your note. Learn more at Staff Mentions

Password Generation for Provisioning - WHMCS v7.5 introduces a new default behaviour for the automatic generation of passwords for provisioning of new services. The default password complexity has been increased to consist of 14 characters, containing both lower and uppercase letters, numbers and symbols. If you wish to continue using the previous auto generated password format, you can do so by navigating to Setup > General Settings > Security and selecting the option Generate passwords containing a combination of letters and numbers only under the Auto Generated Password Format setting.

Client Tickets Overview Tab - Quicker more convenient access to view a customers ticket history without leaving the client profile.

Affiliate Referral Tracking - Get deeper insights into where your affiliate referral traffic is coming from, and see trends in the volume of traffic over time.

Marketing Emails Consent - New functionality has been added that enables you to request your customers to opt-in or opt-out from marketing emails during checkout and registration. A new consent log will maintain a history of customers opt-in and opt-out requests, and new email template merge fields have also been made available to allow users to opt-in or opt-out at any time. Learn more at Marketing Emails Automation

Data Retention Policy Automation - New functionality has been added to allow automatic enforcement of your client data retention policy. Learn more at Data Retention Policy Automation

MarketConnect - SiteLock - The new SiteLock integration allows you to offer Website Security services to your customers that includes scanning, detection and automatic removal of malware from websites as well as WAF and CDN services. Learn more at SiteLock via WHMCS MarketConnect

MarketConnect - Dashboard Widget - A new dashboard widget provides an overview of active MarketConnect services and allows you to keep track of your available balance more easily.

Attachments support in Ticket Related APIs - The API functions OpenTicket, AddTicketReply and AddTicketNote now support attachments. Learn how to use them in our API Reference Documentation

Deprecation & Removal Notices

VentraIP - VentraIP, the domain registrar module for VentraIP Wholesale, has been updated to Synergy. Synergy Wholesale provides their latest integration on the WHMCS Marketplace, https://marketplace.whmcs.com/product/3757. As a result, the module of the company's former integration will no longer be distributed or maintained in future WHMCS releases. This module will be removed from your WHMCS system if not in use upon upgrade to v7.5.0.

Legacy Module Removal - During the v7.5.0 update, a one-time routine will inspect and attempt to remove legacy & deprecated modules. This will reduce the possibility of code incompatibility if you decide to update your environment in the near future. Removal will only occur if it is not actively in use. The Activity Log will have a list of any removals. As well, if removal is not performed and the module remains in your installation, an email will be generated for all full admins so that further investigation can be performed. Inspection will be performed for the following modules: Addons - fixed_invoice_data; Fraud - telesign, varilogix_fraudcall; Gateways - alertpay, bidpay, egold, eway, ewayuk, gocardless, googlecheckout, ideal, internetsecure, libertyreserve, myideal, openecho, payoffline, stormpay; Registrars - directi, dottk, netregistry, planetdomains, registerfly, resellerclubbeta, tppinternet, ventraip; Servers - castcontrol, dotnetpanel, enkompass, enomtruste, ensimx, fluidvm, plesk10, plesk8, plesk9, pleskreseller.