We did a good job when it comes to optimizing Magento 2 products to security, speed, and scalability requirements. The last Magento Open Source 2.4.6 release includes great enhancements, so we made our themes and modules fully compatible.
Besides, in March 2023, we released nice alternatives to improve your website. Here is the list with 16 improvements. Are you ready to use them?
Have a look at our monthly report.
Updates for the fastest Magento 2 theme - Argento
First, you may see general updates for all Argento themes and extensions.
- Compatibility with Magento 2.4.6 and PHP 8.2.
- Fixed error that happens when the ProLabels module is disabled.
- Updated SEO Pagination default configuration.
- Added Sold Together Import/Export extension.
Second, let’s remind you that the Argento theme includes 24 built-in modules. Despite the rich UX, our template still has a perfect Google page speed insight score of 98 on the desktop.
And, every month we work on updating the theme extensions to increase your store productivity. Since March 2023, you can use the improvements in the next modules: Ajax Pro — 1.6.19 (was 1.6.18), Ajax Search — 1.13.5 (was 1.13.1), AMP — 1.5.5 (was 1.5.3), AskIt — 1.12.14 (was 1.12.10), Attribute Pages — 1.5.3 (was 1.5.2), Breeze — 2.4.5 (was 2.3.2), EasySlide — 1.7.1 (was 1.6.28), Easybanners — 1.9.6 (was 1.9.3), Easytabs — 1.11.4 (was 1.11.2), Fblike — 1.3.8 (was 1.3.7), Featured Attributes — 1.1.7 (was 1.1.6), GDPR — 1.5.13 (was 1.5.9), Highlight — 1.8.6 (was 1.8.4), Pagespeed — 1.7.1 (was 1.6.8), ProLabels — 1.6.24 (was 1.6.22), SEO Suite - swissup/module-hreflang — 1.5.6 (was 1.5.3), swissup/module-rich-snippets — 1.5.4 (was 1.5.0), swissup/module-seo-cross-links — 1.1.11 (was 1.1.7), swissup/module-seo-images — 1.3.17 (was 1.3.16), swissup/module-seo-urls — 1.5.40 (was 1.5.38), swissup/module-seo-xml-sitemap — 1.1.14 (was 1.1.13), swissup/module-seo-pager — 1.2.11 (was 1.2.9), swissup/module-seo-templates — 1.6.5 (was 1.6.3), swissup/module-seo-html-sitemap — 1.1.15 (was 1.1.14), Sold Together — 1.9.4 (was 1.9.0), Testimonials — 1.3.6 (was 1.3.3).
Updates for Breeze front end
Breeze 2.4.0, 2.4.2, Breeze Evolution 2.1.1, and Breeze Blank 2.3.3 got Magento 2.4.6 and PHP 8.2 compatibility. That means better safety, integrity, and improved performance. We'd say the Breeze front end is already on top of performance grades.
For the latest information, our clients go on with a 98-100 speed score on mobile. Well, if you already use Breeze in your store, you can independently check results at https://pagespeed.web.dev/.
If not, please check the following Breeze themes to find the best one for your online business:
Back to updates released in March 2023:
- Added ability to include third-party scripts. This is a useful feature to include third-party scripts without affecting page speed scores. The following modules will use this feature out of the box:
- GoogleAnalytics
- GoogleTagManager
- Recaptcha
- Added ability to show header icons without delay to decrease LCP value.
- Added missing minlength, maxlength, min, and max js validators.
- Updated all bundled js libraries.
- Drastically reduced LCP value for Evolution theme.
- Reduced noise at category listing for touch devices in Evolution theme - Add to cart button will use secondary button styles now.
Updates for Magento 2 modules
- Magento 2.4.6 and PHP 8.2 compatibility in all bundled modules.
- Fixed possible incorrect billing address data when it’s moved to the shipping step.
- Improved styles when billing is moved to the shipping section.
- Fixed billing address title position when rendered after shipping address.
- Improved callback debouncing when multiple Ajax requests are sent at the same time.
- ShipperHQ integration added - reload totals when selecting extra shipping options.
Ajax layered navigation 1.4.0, 1.4.1
- Fixed elasticsearch integration.
- Added the ‘Load Previous Page’ button.
- Fixed add more button logic page calculating.
- Fixed “On Sale” or “Rating” incorrect items count.
- Added page-detector.js component (?p=).
- Fixed Plugin/…/Rating/ElasticsearchCollectionFilterPlugin.php.
- Magento 2.4.6 compatibility.
- Removed unused filterOutputHtml method and fix #58.
- Removed deprecated complete callback (Magento 2.4.6 fix).
- Improved override mini cart preloading.
- Magento 2.4.6 compatibility.
There’re some bug fixes for Ajax search 1.13.2, 1.13.5.
Full Page Cache Warmer 1.10.25
- Added getNotVisibleProductRewriteIds function (memoization) to decrease SQL query count.
Checkout success page 2.0.5, 2.0.6
- Compatibility with Magento 2.4.6.
- Stability improvements.
- Fix the inability to drag and drop new blocks or reorder existing ones when Success Page builder is enabled.
- Breeze integration added.
- Security fix: do not allow to add of an attachment using the order_id parameter.
- Do not allow to upload/edit/remove attachments from the order view page if the corresponding option is disabled.
- Newly uploaded files will be added to the top, so users see them without scrolling down the list.
- A lot of code cleanup was made.
- Improved error message placement for checkbox fields.
- PHP 8.2 compatibility.
- Resize only important image types.
- Added standalone Resizer.php and Scaler.php models.
- Stability improvements.
- PHP 8.2 compatibility.
- Fixed PHP error in Magento commerce edition.
- PHP 8.2 compatibility.
- Stability improvements.
We added the PHP 8.2 compatibility for Vat Number Validation 1.4.3, GeoIp 1.5.5, Rich Snippets 1.5.1, 1.5.2, Email Templates 1.1.5, AMP 1.5.4, Product Labels 1.6.23, Easy Banners 1.9.4, Recaptcha 1.4.5, Testimonials 1.3.4.
As you may see, many Magento 2 modules got PHP 8 compatibility. And that's nice because PHP 8 is designed to make the code more elegant and bring amazing performance improvements. Equally important, if you want to know more about the features and enhancements of the latest Magento 2 versions, here are links to the official pages:
For more details on how to use the Magento 2 theme or extension and its fresh updates, visit the docs at SwissUpLabs.
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