Magento/Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 - The new online sales experience

If you are looking for a powerful, flexible and secure e-commerce platform, Magento 2.4.6 is the solution for you: the new version of Magento, released on March 14 2023, introduces numerous features and improvements that will allow you to optimize the management and performance of your online store.

Support for PHP 8.2

One of the most important new features of Magento 2.4.6 is the support for PHP 8.2: the most recent version of the most used programming language on the web offers several advantages in terms of speed, security and code quality.

Also, PHP 8.2 is compatible with the latest versions of Elasticsearch, MySQL and MariaDB, which are the essential components for the functioning of Magento and softwares like PimCore.

Performance and scalability improvements

Magento 2.4.6 also introduces significant performance and scalability improvements to the ecommerce platform:

• The optimization of the invalidation logic of the customer data section, which reduces the number of requests to the server and the loading time of the pages.
• Improved performance of Redis, the data caching system used by Magento, which allows you to handle more simultaneous requests.
• Updating composer core dependencies and third-party libraries, which ensures greater code stability and compatibility.

Over 300 quality and security fixes

Magento 2.4.6 also contains over 300 quality and security fixes, which fix several vulnerabilities and bugs present in previous versions:

• The introduction of two-factor authentication (2FA) for the admin panel ofMagento, which increases the level of protection against cyber attacks.
• Enabling strict pattern filtering mode, which prevents spam users from executing JavaScript code in web pages.
• The removal of outdated or insecure payment methods such as Authorize.Net, eWay, CyberSource and Worldpay.

New features for in-store pickup and assisted purchase

Finally, Magento 2.4.6 also introduces new features to improve the shopping experience of online customers:

• Support for in-store pickup of inventory via querypickupLocations, which allows customers to choose the store closest to them to collect the products ordered online.
• The purchase approval workflow, which allows corporate customers to request approval of their orders by managers.
• Seller Assisted Checkout, which allows online sellers to create or edit customer orders via the admin panel.

Conclusions

Magento 2.4.6 is a version full of news and advantages for your e-commerce. If you want to take advantage of all the potential of this platform, we advise you to rely on Tidycode, the agency specialized in the development and customization of e-commerce with Magento.