Upgrade To Magento 2.4.4
- May 23, 2022
- Category: Magento 2
I am sure your inbox already pops up with Adobe’s mail “Now available: Magento Open Source 2.4.4” and you are very much excited to have the latest version of Magento 2.4.4 which is much faster & scalable than ever of any Magento version. This new release can be called the massive update
You are thinking about why I should upgrade to the latest version of Magento 2 right so here are the key points which you have to take into consideration.
PHP 8.1 supports
- One of the biggest highlights of Magento 2.4.4 is the support for PHP 8.1. This upgrade significantly enhances the performance and capabilities of your Magento 2 store. PHP 8.1 brings many new features, making it a major step forward for developers.
Software Components Updation
- Magento 2.4.4 comes with updates to several software components, including libraries that now support PHP 8.1. The release also adds support for OpenSearch 1.1 and Elasticsearch 7.16.1, ensuring your store remains compatible with the latest technologies.
Massive Library Changes
- Updated Javascript libraries like matchMedia.js, underscore.js, PrototypeJS, Chart.js Upgraded to PHP Unit 9.5, Upgraded to TinyMCE 5, LessCSS, REQUIREJS
GraphQL bugs fixed
- Magento 2.4.4 fixes several GraphQL bugs, such as issues with product sorting queries, translation errors in multi-site and multi-language stores, and updates to the core GraphQL library. These fixes enhance your store’s flexibility and functionality.
Decouple the Vendor Bundle Extension
- Vendor Bundled Extensions (VBEs) are third-party extensions that are thoroughly tested and included with each supported version of Magento Open Source and Adobe Commerce.
- Adobe removed most VBEs in 2.4.4.
- Vendors continue to support these extensions on the Adobe Commerce Marketplace.
- As vendors no longer need to depend on core releases to deliver updates, they can provide merchants with the latest support and new capabilities more frequently.
- Merchants should migrate to the official extensions, which are available on the Commerce Marketplace. Amazon Pay, dotdigital, Klarna, Vertex and YotPo. Only Braintree is now included in VBE.
OpenSearch Support Added
- Adobe adds support for another in-store search engine. Along with Elasticsearch, stores can use OpenSearch.
Security Enhancement
- Additional Security enhancement has been released which includes Email variable usage that has been deprecated previously now it has been completely removed in this release as a continuation of that security risk mitigation.
- The major change in Integration tokens has been implemented as they can no longer be used for API Bearer token authentication. Previously, an integration token could be used as a standalone key for token-based authentication. However, this behavior has been disabled by default due to the security implications of a never-expiring access token. The previous behavior can be enabled through the command line or Admin. See Token-based authentication.
- Session IDs are no longer stored in the database. and much more security enhancement took place in this release
Platform enhancement
- By taking into consideration platform enhancement adobe now provides the support of ElastcSearch 7.16
- Jquery library has been upgraded to 3.6 along with jquery-UI library has been upgraded to version 1.13.0. Several other JavaScript libraries have been updated to the latest versions.
If you own the Magento Store, it is advisable to keep your eCommerce Store updated to the latest version of the platform to avoid any security breach & get the highest ROI from your eCommerce Store.
If you are looking for assistance to handle your Magento upgrade, our team will definitely help you with that.