Version 8.5 Release Notes

Release Information
Version: 8.5
Release Type: Beta
Latest Update: 20th April 2022
Distribution Types: Full and Via Automatic Updater

Version History

8.5.0	Beta 1	20th April 2022

Download

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

Upgrade Process

WHMCS 8.0 and above requires PHP 7.2 or later. WHMCS 8.0 introduces support for PHP 7.4. Earlier versions of WHMCS do not support PHP 7.4.

You will only see the WHMCS 8 updates within the Automatic Updater if you are running on PHP 7.2 or later. If you are running PHP 7.1 or earlier, to update to WHMCS 8 via the Automatic Updater, you will first need to upgrade to PHP 7.2 or PHP 7.3, and then check for updates and perform the update.

Once you are running WHMCS 8, you can upgrade to PHP 7.4.

View Standard Upgrade Steps

Automatic Updating

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

Go to Utilities > Update WHMCS to begin the process.

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

For more information about updating, refer to the Automatic Updater documentation.

Release Notes

cPanel SEO via MarketConnect

You can now offer a powerful SEO tool to help clients optimize their website content and reach the top rankings in Google®'s search results. MarketConnect and WHMCS automatically handle provisioning, renewals, and upgrades between two high-value plans.

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Multi-Year SSL Orders with DigiCert via MarketConnect

You can now offer two-year or three-year DigiCert SSL certificate orders through MarketConnect. WHMCS will automatically handle reissuance and reinstallation throughout the order period, including automated emails and renewals.

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Client Area Home Page SSO

Clients can now use single sign-on to access their active services directly from the main Client Area Home Page. Due to this addition, it is now possible to create custom Client Area Home Page panels that span both columns of the desktop web browser page layout.

Shopping Cart Cross-selling

You can now configure cross-selling to display recommendations when customers add a related item to the shopping cart. You can control recommendation locations, content, and appearance as well as individually configuring the recommendations to associate with each product.

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Metric Billing for Plesk

The Plesk provisioning module now supports usage billing in the Metric Billing tab at Configuration > System Settings > Products/Services. This functionality allows you to bill clients for the individual resources they use, such as email addresses, disk space, or bandwidth.

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Improved System Settings and Setup Tasks Display

When you view Configuration > System Settings, you can now view the list of interfaces in several predetermined categories and use sorting to find features fast. We have also improved how the Setup Tasks list displays.

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