PrestaShop 8.0.0: An Important Update Full of New Features

PrestaShop version 8.0.0 represents a significant step forward for the e-commerce platform, introducing numerous new features and improvements.

Main features:

• Compatibility with PHP 8.1: Improved performance and security.
• Upgrade to Symfony 4.4: Upgrade to the LTS version of Symfony.
• New security page: Configure password policy and manage user sessions.
• WebP format support: Better image compression than JPEG and PNG.
• Improved product page (experimental): Improvements in combination management and bulk edition.
• SEO optimization: Improving the visibility of category pages.
• Multistore: Improvements to multistore compatibility in the back office.
• DKIM signatures for emails: Reduce the likelihood of emails being marked as spam.
• Customizable installation: Choice of modules and themes to install.
• Improved webservice: Display of the status and URL of the store's webservice.
• Media versioning: Preventing outdated versions of JavaScript and CSS files from being loaded.
• CLI Updates: Configuring the store via the server terminal.
• Partial updates in ObjectModel: Partial updates on ObjectModel entities.

Additionally, PrestaShop 8 marks an important step towards enterprise neutrality, and all versions have received performance improvements.

Currently available versions include a non-branded version on GitHub and a branded version, PrestShop Basic Edition, with future plans to introduce a third version, PrestaShop Edition.

For more details, visit the PrestaShop official website.