We are pleased to announce that Blesta 4.7.0 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-4.7.0-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!

(Caption: Stripe 3DS / SCA (Strong Customer Authentication) support, during checkout.)

So what is new in 4.7?

Blesta version 4.7 includes an updated gateway system with support for the new Stripe Payments 3DS/SCA gateway, new features & improvements, updated extensions, and more.

New Extensions

These extensions are new with Blesta 4.7.

• Stripe Payments (With SCA, 3DS Support). (See docs.)

Note! If you are using Stripe with tokenization currently, you can install the new Stripe Payments gateway and run the Migration utility to move all existing offsite payment accounts to the new gateway.

Updated Extensions

• DirectAdmin - Clients are no longer required to provide a username, password, or email address.
• DirectAdmin - Added a password generator when changing password.
• Plesk - Updated the strength of automatic password generator.
• cPanel - Domains beginning with “test” no longer result in invalid usernames beginning with “test”.
• VestaCP - Now always generates a unique username that does not already exist in VestaCP.
• Support Manager - Tickets can now be assigned or re-assigned to clients.
• Support Manager - Additional client information now included in email tags.
• Support Manager - Ticket submit button now disabled on click to prevent multiple submissions.
• Order Manager - Orders can now be searched by order number.
• Order Manager - Custom client field default options are now observed on order forms.
• Order Manager - Updated to support the new merchant gateway interface MerchantCcForm.

Changes to the Core

• Updated the merchant gateway system, adding the interface MerchantCcForm to support SCA gateways like Stripe Payments.
• Pay Now links now show a message if the invoice was already paid.
• Logging - The Client Settings logs can now be viewed under Tools > Logs.
• Addons - Renew price and service information is now shown for addon services.
• Client search now includes secondary contacts.
• Amounts are now rounded to the precision specified for the currency, improving rounding.
• Added a markdown editor for Package and Package Option descriptions.
• Added many new tooltips for non-trivial settings.

Changes for Developers

• Added the new merchant gateway interface MerchantCcForm.

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 4.7 will be officially released after the beta phase has completed, which we expect to happen soon. Once we deem 4.7 stable for production, a final release will be issued. You can help by participating in the beta!

We are pleased to announce that Blesta 4.6.0 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-4.6.0-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!

(Caption: Optionally set a different renew price for Packages. Good for onboarding discounts.)

So what is new in 4.6?

Blesta version 4.6 includes some unique new features, usability improvements, updated extensions, and more.

New Extensions

These extensions are new with Blesta 4.6.

• Widepay gateway. (See docs.)

Updated Extensions

• cPanel - Added Single Sign On (SSO) support. Show account totals for each server group.
• cWatch - Implement license upgrades/downgrades and many other improvements.
• DirectAdmin, Proxmox - Added a port field for non-standard API ports.

Changes to the Core

• Renewal Price Option - Optionally set a renew price that is different from the new price for services.
• Configurable Options - You can now set a default option.
• Configurable Options - You can now mark options as “inactive”, so that the option is not available to new clients.
• Configurable Options - You can set descriptions for options that appear as tooltips.
• Invoices - Can now be voided when a service is cancelled even if it is past due, up to a time you specify. (Settings > Company > Billing/Payment)
• Invoices - Improved support for avoiding deadlocks when invoice generation is running.
• Invoices - Invoice search now allows searching by the Invoice ID.
• New Setting allows forcing unique email addresses for clients or all contacts. (Settings > Company > Client Options > General Client Settings)
• When adding a service manually as a staff member, you can select the module row / server to be used, overriding Package settings.
• Module log now includes the staff member that initiated the action.
• When recording payment for a client, staff may now select a status other than “Approved”.
• Client Area - Now show “Pending” transactions in the transactions widget.

Changes for Developers

• Added an FTP(S) library to the core. Previously only SFTP was supported through phpseclib. Currently used by the cWatch module.

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 4.6 will be officially released after the beta phase has completed, which we expect to take a few weeks. Once we deem 4.6 stable for production, a final release will be issued. You can help by participating in the beta!

We are pleased to announce that Blesta 4.5.0 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-4.5.0-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.

(Caption: While viewing a ticket, staff are alerted and can show replies when an update occurs.)

So what is new in 4.5?

Blesta version 4.5 includes a lot of minor improvements that improve usability, new and updated extensions, and more changes for developers.

New Extensions

These extensions are new with Blesta 4.5.

• Paystack gateway. (See docs.)
• Soft Auto Installer plugin. Softaculous integration. Sell application hosting on cPanel. (See docs.)
• Kassa Compleet gateway (Download from Github).
• Kassa Compleet iDEAL gateway (Download from Github).

Updated Extensions

• Support Manager
  • New setting to automatically update status on ticket reply for staff and client.
  • Ajax load ticket replies and status changes while viewing the ticket as staff.
• The SSL Store
  • Cron task for synchronizing renew dates now runs as a module automation task.
• Modules
  • All Modules that request a hostname now allow uppercase letters in the hostname.
• Plugins
  • All Plugins that register navigation links, now use language definitions.
  • PHPIDS will use the x-forwarded-for header if enabled.
• Stripe
  • Invoices being paid now included in the description.

Changes to the Core

• Automatically add new lines when creating manual invoices.
• Invoices that have partial payments can now be modified, as long as the total remains the same.
• Added support for the x-forwarded-for header for load balanced environments. (To enable, see Settings > System > General)
• Updated Maxmind GeoIP to use the new GeoLite2 database. (If using GeoIP, you should update your database file under Settings > System > General > GeoIP)
• Automatically split log data for gateways and modules that exceed storable size. (Resolves issues with the increasing size of data returned by many API’s)

Changes for Developers

• Plugin navigation links are now multi-language capable.
• Added a new core Captcha library.
• All vendor code now pulled in through composer, old paths deprecated.

And more! See the release notes for more details.

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 4.5 will be officially released after the beta phase has completed, which we expect to take a few weeks. Once we deem 4.5 stable for production, a final release will be issued. You can help by participating in the beta!

We are pleased to announce that Blesta 4.4.0 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-4.4.0-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!

(Caption: New configurable options for text, text area, and password fields.)

So what is new in 4.4?

Blesta version 4.4 includes new extensions, and new features, including new configurable option types that make Blesta more powerful than ever.

New Extensions

These extensions are new with Blesta 4.4.

• GoCardless gateway (See documentation).
• WHMSonic module (See documentation).
• cWatch module (Should be in final release).

Updated Extensions

• Support Manager:
  • Added markdown editor support.
  • Image attachments now displayed as thumbnails with image slideshow.
• cPanel: Now logs reseller ACL API requests.
• Logicboxes: Updated API for whois calls.
• Download Manager: Added markdown editor support to category descriptions.
• Offline Payment Gateway: Added markdown editor support to payment instructions.
• Order Manager: Added markdown editor support for setting order form descriptions.

Changes to the Core

• New Configurable Option field types, including: text, textarea, password.
• New “Add-ons” tab in staff area when managing a parent service, where add-ons can be added and managed.
• Availability of Credit Card and ACH can be overridden for each client under Payment Accounts.
• New markdown editor available when creating or editing Package Groups.
• Recurring invoices now copy public/private notes.
• Staff added services now default to “Pending” status.
• Updated the client area to the latest Bootstrap 3 release.
• Made improvements for better PHP 7.2 support.
• Reduced file size of PDF invoices by as much as 800%.

Changes for Developers

• Developers can use the new password generator on form fields.
• Developers can use the new markdown editor on textarea fields.

And more! See the release notes for more details.

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 4.4 will be officially released after the beta phase has completed, which we expect to take a few weeks. Once we deem 4.4 stable for production, a final release will be issued. You can help by participating in the beta!

We are pleased to announce that Blesta 4.3.0 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-4.3.0-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!

(Caption: Adding and sorting Package Groups on an Order Form)

So what is new in 4.3?

Blesta version 4.3 includes several new extensions, and new features, including features to help you respond to GDPR requests and ease the burden of compliance.

New Extensions

These extensions will be included in the final release of 4.3, but can be downloaded separately now.

• Vultr module (Download from the forums).
• TeamSpeak 3 module (Download from the forums).
• CyberPanel module (Download from the forums).
• CoinPayments gateway (Download from Github).
• CoinGate gateway (Download from forums).

Updated Extensions

• Order Manager
  • Clients may now order Restricted Packages that are assigned to them.
  • Package Groups can be sorted by drag and drop, changing their order of display on order forms.
  • Embed code may now be set for the order form, for tracking or conversion data collection. (See docs.)
  • Listens for the Clients.delete event, and removes a deleted client’s order data (For GDPR).
• Support Manager
  • Tickets may now be permanently deleted, normally after a defined period of time in the trash.
  • Added new ticket status “On Hold”.
  • Now listens for the Clients.delete event, and removes a deleted client’s tickets (For GDPR).
• Download Manager
  • Improved staff management UI.
  • Unauthenticated users now see a message when there are hidden files in a directory to indicate so.
• Billing Overview
  • Proforma stats can now be displayed.
• SolusVM: Added a password generator for root password changes.
• Client Documents: Listens for the Clients.delete event and removes associated documents (For GDPR).
• PayPal Payments Standard: Payer’s email address is now stored in the transaction reference field.

Changes to the Core

• Clients may now be fully deleted (GDPR: Right to erasure / Right to be forgotten).
• Client data may now be exported in JSON file format (GDPR: Right to portability).
• Clients may now opt-in to email marketing (GDPR: Consent).
• New addon services can now be prorated to renew at the same time as their parent.
  • The option may be found under (Settings > Company > Billing/Payment, and within the Client Group).
• Staff may set a reason when manually suspending a service.
  • To include the reason on your Service Suspended template, use the tag {service.suspension_reason}.
• Most submit buttons are now disabled on click to prevent duplicate submissions.
• Added JSON format to the Report Manager.
• Added a new log for client setting changes, to track marketing opt-in/opt-out requests.
• Google Finance discontinued their exchange rate service. See the list of current processors.

Changes for Developers

• Plugins can now register service management options like modules. (See docs.)
  • Note: If any plugins implement this, a section will appear for Packages to assign them.
• Modules can now create their own automation tasks like plugins. (See docs.)
• Added a new event, Clients.export. (Clients.delete should be used in your plugins for GDPR.)
• Added a new javascript password generator, that can be used by extensions.
• The Event System has been updated, and the Events component has been deprecated. (See docs.)

And more! See the release notes for more details.

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 4.3 will be officially released after the beta phase has completed, which we expect to take a week or two. Once we deem 4.3 stable for production, a final release will be issued. You can help by participating in the beta!