Blesta 5.4 is now available! This release has additional improvements to the domain manager, custom ticket fields for support departments, data feeds with embed codes for your website including a TLD pricing grid, the ability to manually scale the size of your logo for the client area, config option overrides to allow module rows and groups to be chosen by the client (great for allowing the client to choose the location for their hosting after selecting their plan), and much 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 5.4?

• Added a bulk option for staff for renewing domains and updating name servers.
• Added custom ticket fields for support departments within the support manager.
• Added a new data feeds feature. Use an embed code on your website for client counts, package and TLD pricing and information.
• Added an option to set the size of the client area logo by drag and drop.
• Added an option for configurable options to override module row or module group. Great for allowing the client to select server location.
• Added preliminary support for PHP 8. Non-production use only for now!
• Updated the Import Manager to improve importing from WHMCS.
• Updated the Extension Generator to add support for generating registrar modules.
• Updated Stripe Payments, adding ACH verification improvements and transaction status improvements.

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.

• Updated the Extension Generator to support the creation of registrar modules.
• Improved custom templates acting as child themes. Partial views are now loaded correctly from the default templates.
• We recommend updating your extensions to support PHP 8 if they don’t already.

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.

Stay Connected!

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

Our friends over at Softaculous have released a new plugin for Blesta called WordPress Manager by Softaculous.

What does the WordPress Manager plugin do?

The plugin allows clients to manage their WordPress installations directly from within Blesta, under the “Manage” link for their hosting service. The cPanel module is currently supported, and other shared hosting modules will likely be supported in the future.

Screenshot below. For more screenshots, see the marketplace listing.

Blesta being the preferred billing panel of a large portion of our clients, ever since we launched the WordPress Manager in Softaculous several clients have inquired about being able to access it from the Blesta client panel as it would be convenient for their users that they will not have to login to their panel of WordPress admin to manage their WordPress sites. Now that we have launched the integration we hope it will make WordPress management easy for the users. — Softaculous

How can I get it?

A license for WordPress Manager can be purchased from Softaculous for a low yearly rate and works with unlimited servers.

What third party extensions should we highlight next? Let us know in the comments below.

We are pleased to announce the released of Blesta 5.3.2, which addresses bugs discovered in the 5.3 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/5.3.2.

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 5.3.0 or 5.3.1. If you are running an earlier version, you must download the full release.

Download 5.3.2 Patch Download 5.3.2 Full

SHA256 Sum

% blesta-5.3.2.zip
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% blesta-5.3.0-5.3.2.zip
ab86be50ddcc46639a06a327af7e7cafd4e7a0e3a0909adf2ee35cc380023810

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 5.3.1, which addresses bugs discovered in the 5.3 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/5.3.1.

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 5.3.0. If you are running an earlier version, you must download the full release.

Download 5.3.1 Patch Download 5.3.1 Full

SHA256 Sum

% blesta-5.3.1.zip
32b1b22f9eafba2d741534c42cf0255316af0bcbff923709c7c06e327f27d5ea

% blesta-5.3.0-5.3.1.zip
059ed7b32b403951409448774104db07af3a884b6f1300505bbda8064fbd0e32

To patch your installation, please follow the instructions for Patching an Existing Install from our user manual.

Blesta 5.3 is now available! The domain manager introduced in 5.1 and updated in 5.2 has been updated again with TLD pricing sync, and an official OpenSRS registrar module. Widgets on the client dashboard can now be sorted and enabled or disabled, just like client cards. Services can now be pushed from one client to another, package descriptions can now be added to invoice line items, and much more!

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a75705ce4a4fc504f3517cd473840fbe05b824c3583ee7cc4802df8adcdc4921

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 5.3?

• Added an option so that Package descriptions can be appended to invoice line items.
• Added a new client profile bulk option to push services from one client to another.
• Added the ability to sort and enable or disable Client Dashboard widgets, like Client Cards.
• Added many new Messenger templates for clients, so they can receive SMS messages.
• Added a new Authorize.net Accept.js merchant payment gateway.
• Added a new OpenSRS domain registrar module.
• Updated Stripe Payments to add support for ACH.
• Updated the Domain Manager to add support for importing pricing with markup and rounding.
• Updated the Domain Manager to implement DNS Management, Email Forwarding, ID Protection, and EPP code through some registrars.
• Updated the Order System to honor the CAPTCHA requirement if set for client logins.
• Updated modules to log curl errors to file logs.

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

Developers

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 more registrar module methods (See docs).
• Added before/after event actions (See docs).
• When creating templates, missing views are loaded from the default template.
• Modules and plugins can now write to the cron log.

Sponsored Development

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

• KnownHost
• Soluency
• Wulf Systems

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.