What's Next for Zen Cart?

Upcoming changes to Zen Cart

🚧 UNDER CONSTRUCTION!

PLEASE NOTE: Unless otherwise stated, the content listed below has not yet been finalized, and should be considered a work in progress.

3.0.0

The improvements under consideration for inclusion in v3.0.0 are as follows. The changes which are most notable are bolded.

Note: Until the build is released, this list is preliminary and subject to change.

  • New Enhancement: Admin modernization as demonstrated in this PR.
  • 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. (Still TBD)
  • 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.
  • Modernization: Encapsulated plugins will have the ability to insert template content.
  • Test: Major updates to test framework.

2.2.1

Zen Cart 2.2.1 has been released; changes are now listed in What’s New in 2.2.x.

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.



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Last modified March 26, 2026 by Scott Wilson (21144990).