Magento store owners and developers eagerly wait for Magento’s quarterly update. And, the first release of 2021 by Magento is all set to cherish users with over 280 new fixes to core code and 35+ security enhancements packed in Magento 2.4.2.
Magento Open Source 2.4.2 not only introduces enhancements to performance and security but also significant platform improvements. The new release offers resolution for 290 GitHub issues by Magento community members and enhancements in GraphQL. Also, all the issues identified in 2.4.1 have been fixed in this version update.
The highlights include:
Magento Commerce 2.4.2 comes with several improvements in the platform’s quality and performance that offer a better experience to both developer and merchant. Businesses with complex catalogs and multi-store implementations can benefit from increased scalability of improved API performance.
VBE Improvements including Buy Now Pay Later functionality by Braintree, transactional SMS messages via dotdigital, and global shipping support by Vertex’s community codes.
Magento 2.4.2 will allow merchants to install urgent security fixes without implementing other functional fixes and enhancements provided with the release. The security-only patch, patch 2.4.0.12 (Composer package 2.4.1-p1) offers fixes to vulnerabilities identified in Magento 2.4.1.
Magento 2.4.2 backs up online payment for improving purchase approval experience that previously supported only offline payments. However, merchants now have the flexibility to accept purchasing policies no matter what’s the payment method.
Online payment option at checkout, reminders via emails and onscreen notifications to add payment details.
The latest Magento 2.4.2 also comes with new GraphQL APIs – Company and Requisition Lists supporting important B2B use cases for headless commerce implementations.
Introduced first in Magento 2.4, the new Media Gallery now features Image Optimization, which when enabled will allow the use of web-optimized image versions than the full, higher version stored in the gallery.
The new Media Gallery also supports the Access Control List in the Admin to help Merchants in defining user permissions. It will allow designers and/or digital agencies to access the Magento instance and manage assets directly in the system without merchants exposing the data.
Page Builder now offers content previews for mobile and desktop views while reducing the efforts of migrating content to Page Builder and customizing Page Builder CSS.
PWA Studio continues to improve time to market and lessen the total cost of ownership for Progressive Web Application (PWA) development. Merchants can leverage the PWA Studio’s multi-language and multi-currency support to easily and promptly launch international websites as high-performing PWAs.
Magento 2.4.2 brings in the concept of In-product Guidance to offer personalized and scalable in-product experiences for users. The in-product experiences will help to drive awareness for new product features, quickly get new customers onboarded, and enable users to learn high-value or under-used features.
To conclude, Magento 2.4.2 aims at offering more opportunities for eCommerce store owners to make their store a better and secure place for online shopping. Upgrade your store to Magento 2.4.2 to offer an uninterrupted eCommerce experience to your users.
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