What's Next for Zen Cart?

Upcoming changes to Zen Cart

🚧 UNDER CONSTRUCTION!

PLEASE NOTE: The content listed below has not yet been finalized, and this document is a work in progress.

3.0.0

  • New Feature: Child Templates will be supported, so that storeowners can more easily determine what has been changed from the base release of a template.
  • Modernization: Zen Cart 3.0 will use Bootstrap 5.
  • Modernization: support for older define based language files will be dropped. Moving forward, only Array based language files will be supported.

2.2.0

  • Admin: Fixed - Deprecated “Passing null to parameter #1” log will be created when viewing Admin Packingslip or Admin Invoice.
  • Core: Typo in notifier name NOTIFY_ADMIN_INVOICE_HEADERS_AFTER_TAX corrected.
  • Core: Updates to POSM to support Edit Orders.
  • Core: Password reset via URL (versus emailing a temporary password) is being added to the core. Credit to forum users Numinix and Retched for inspiration.
  • Storefront: Fixed - PHP log created when empty shipping quote returned.
  • Storefront: Fixed - JavaScript problems can occur when gv_balance is null. This is an important fix for JavaScript heavy checkouts (OPC, some payment modules).

2.1.0

Zen Cart 2.1.0 has been released; changes are now listed in What’s New in 2.1.x.

2.0.1

Zen Cart 2.0.1 has been released; changes are now listed in What’s New in 2.0.x.



Still have questions? Use the Search box in the upper right, or try the full list of FAQs. If you can't find it there, head over to the Zen Cart support forum and ask there in the appropriate subforum. In your post, please include your Zen Cart and PHP versions, and a link to your site.

Is there an error or omission on this page? Please post to General Questions on the support forum. Or, if you'd like to open a pull request, just review the guidelines and get started. You can even PR right here.
Last modified January 11, 2025 by Scott Wilson (8bed2e0).