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While I understand that bugs are part of any Release Candidate cycle, it's concerning that we are still discussing basic optimization issues like proper OPcache support. And let's not even get started on the fact that we still don't have 100% native Nginx support. This becomes particularly ironic with the introduction of the new WHMCS Cloud Solution. With cloud hosting, the resource costs are on their side, so you'd think they'd be rushing to support Nginx to reduce their own infrastructure expenses. It's like being sold a high-performance engine but being told you have to power it with hamster wheels. Maybe once their bills start rolling in, Nginx support will suddenly become a priority. This all points to the bigger issue: the development velocity. Core development feels like it's just about "keeping the lights on" (PHP/ionCube updates) rather than actual innovation. This stagnation has allowed third-party developers like ModulesGarden to build entire businesses by selling us functionality that should have been in the core a decade ago. When you look at the "Total Cost of Ownership" license fees + necessary third-party modules, the value proposition is slipping. Newer platforms like Upmind are entering the market with an API-first architecture and modern features built-in from day one. If WHMCS continues to outsource innovation to the community while raising prices for maintenance updates, that competitive threat is going to become an exodus very quickly. We need core features that match the modern hosting landscape, not just compatibility patches.

I never imagined that a simple update could introduce so many problems — and even worse, apparently without proper testing. It is absolutely ridiculous for a financial management system to have its own financial logic broken. In the last 24 hours, I finally received a response on the open support ticket, along with a so-called “patch” (attached). In practice, this patch only fixes the reports by hiding the incorrect ledger entries. However, in several other areas of the system, the incorrect postings are still happening. For example, the “Transactions” tab inside the client profile continues to show wrong values and misleading entries. So, in short, this patch does not actually fix the root problem — it only masks it in specific reports. For now, apply it if you want to slightly reduce the visible impact, but be aware that the financial logic is still broken in multiple parts of the system. At this point, we are seriously considering rolling back to a previous version — or even migrating away from WHMCS entirely. Year after year, the pricing increases exponentially, while the quality of support continues to decline and critical issues like this keep happening. The current level of instability and support simply does not justify the price they are charging anymore. whmcs_v9.0.0-supporthotfix.1_750a0b77ff.321_WHMCS-24949.zip

Hi WHMCS ecosystem developers! I am excited to share an early heads-up about the upcoming WHMCS 9.0 release by the end of 2025 - a major update that brings important changes to the platform’s technical requirements. As part of this release, several core dependencies will be updated, and minimum system requirements will be increased. These changes are designed to improve performance, security, and compatibility with modern PHP standards. Key Updates in WHMCS 9.0: Minimum PHP version: 8.2 Recommended PHP version: 8.3 Minimum ionCube Loader version: 13.0.2 or higher Recommended ionCube Loader version: 14.4.0 or higher Updated dependencies: A number of underlying libraries and components have been upgraded. Some notable changes include: Smarty v3.1.48 —> v4.3.4 Legacy Smarty Tags are being deprecated and will no longer function in 9.0. Smarty Template Objects (including their use in plugins) will no longer be supported. guzzlehttp v7.4 —> v7.4.5 illuminate v7.x —> v9.0 I have attached a provisional list of dependency changes to this post. Please also use this thread to provide your feedback and ask questions of the Development Team regarding these requirement and dependency changes. These changes will require action from module developers to ensure continued compatibility. We recommend reviewing your module code and preparing for updates ahead of the release. We’ll be sharing more details, including a release window, definitive changelog and developer guidance, between now and the end of 2025 to help you get ready. Thank you for being a valued part of the WHMCS ecosystem. We appreciate your continued support and look forward to working together to make WHMCS 9.0 a successful release. whmcsv90_composerlock_provisional.txt

Okay, maybe I was too quick about credit notes. It seems a lot of the features are "coming soon™️". This is not a Release Candidate lol. This is not even alpha. This is internal development. Nothing can convince me that this release didn't just happen because WHMCS promised us a release in December.

Yeah, except for adding AI to domain search, this release doesn't really provide on any of the other promises. Credit notes doesn't work either. When you cancel an invoice, WHMCS just adds a transaction to the invoice. If the invoice has a total of $100, WHMCS just adds a transaction of $100 and cancels the invoice. There's no credit note or anything.

How WHMCS have set this as a RC instead of a Beta is insane. It's a huge upgrade in terms of it's impact on themes/modules. No beta, no reply from WHMCS, no forums specific to v9.

Your process sounds good apart from WHMCS. I would never recommend trying to import tables to new files. You need to update your existing install as normal. You can update from your version but you may have more luck doing a manual update. Backup everything, upload the new v8.13 files, adjust your hosting/server settings to meet the requirements (e.g you may need to update PHP) then run the installation script.

@BENELUX, Today's the day!! https://blog.whmcs.com/133775/whmcs-90-release-candidate-out-now

This week or next! It sure would be nice to double the size of the engineering team temporarily for one release every few years!

@stormy, I'm glad to hear the e-invoicing feature will be a real value add for you. We are working with expert solution-providers in this space, so we're confident about delivering an easy to use and compliant solution with the broadest coverage. @andp97, Yes, by the end of the year in a pre-release version of WHMCS you will have access to this new feature. This bullet point actually describes two significant features which we're very excited about: 1. A RESTful API which provides access to the product catalogue and shopping cart logic. This will provide a suite of new endpoints to get product catalogue information, add, manipulate and get information about items in the cart (including price breakdowns and totals) and much more, all without touching the cart.php file or PHP session data. This means that power users could create their own highly-bespoke frontends whilst WHMCS handles the maths in the background, before seamlessly passing visitors to the checkout page to complete payment. 2. A brand new thin client powered by the aforementioned new API capabilities, providing a thoroughly modern purchase experience based on Vue.js. I've attached a sneak peak below. The new BuyFlow is a compiled Single-page application, meaning the layout isn't manipulated through templates, but you will be able to customise the colours to match your theme through a custom.css overrides file. The shopping cart as it exists today (cart.php and order form templates) isn't going away and will still be available if you'd like to stay with the familiar experience. Stay tuned to our blog and socials over the coming weeks for more information!

Hi @venkat.j, The current latest version is 8.13. This behaviour suggests the dates were set to 00/00/0000, either by an admin (in which case there should be an entry in the client's Log tab) or by a rogue after-market module (in which case there probably wouldn't). You can edit the date fields to set the actual dates and click Save Changes. The correct dates will be stored.

Hi all, In 8.13 a small improvement was made to the accounting of refunded mass-pay invoices. Prior to this the totals of mass-pay invoices were included in the overall income statistics, but now they are excluded as it's already accounted for by the original invoices.

But you did ask them, and not by just posting here? EDIT: This is a bit old now, but a fast search on this board found:

Hello @ThemeMetro This is a known issue, and we have published a HotFix. For more details, please review the following. Apologies for any inconvenience. Kind regards, Stephen.

Thanks to @Mytihost, I found an elegant solution for this issue. The following hook: add_hook('ClientAreaPage', 1, function($vars) { if (!empty($vars['clientsdetails']['customfields'])) { $customfieldsAssoc = []; foreach ($vars['clientsdetails']['customfields'] as $field) { $customfieldsAssoc[$field['id']] = $field['value']; } return ['customfieldsAssoc' => $customfieldsAssoc]; } }); makes available the value of any client custom field in a template, using i.e. the form {$customfieldsAssoc.17} (where "17" is the id field in the tbl customfields)

Hello, Not at all and it's highly recommended, to change the admin path.

Thank you!

Hi Still waiting on the answer, also. I guess I need to open a ticket then

Hi John. Is there any further news on the ETA for this release?

You may want to check in softaculous you may have the auto update turned on. Go into Softaculous find your install click on edit details auto upgrade select do not auto upgrade. With regards to 9.0 their will still be a lot of developers slightly behind. WHMCS didn't exactly give developers alot of notice with regards to the changes.

Thanks for the detailed update! It’s great to see that ModulesGarden is moving quickly with WHMCS 9.0 compatibility, especially for modules like cPanel Extended and Proxmox VE. I’m curious have you noticed any specific issues or challenges when integrating custom-developed WHMCS modules with the new version, particularly around the updated checkout experience or recurring payments? It would be helpful to know what to watch out for before upgrading.

What I find somehow strange after being using WHMCS for 20 years.. when there was only 2-3 people in the company... bugs was fixed quickly often the same day. Now that I have a list of bugs reported many of them with 1 min solutions to implement, and they still doesnt get implement in X versions of whmcs 8x and still not fixed in WHMCS 9. So I dont know if being a large owned company is always a good thing. Just in December alone me and other people I work with found 3 new bugs of things that has been working since whmcs 5 and suddenly not working and per documentation should work.. I am actually concerned that the developing department / team doesnt have good working structure as they introduce bugs that should not be there that has been working for years. This make us need to use more time on testing before each upgrade and time testing is also a huge cost.. whmcs. should going forward be better in quality and also fixe the backlogs of bugs.

I am simply expressing my feedback. The price rise is unjust, I feel. Now, in the Australian dollar it is now $52 /mo What exactly has been done to the software that justifies the price increase?

I must have something set up incorrectly because the Login to DirectAdmin button doesn't work if the passwords don't match. If the client changes their password on DirectAdmin then the button only directs them to the login screen on the DirectAdmin server.

It would be a nightmare. A lot of add-on modules (that need to be updated too, cause of the different PHP version), and a lot of custom hooks (that also will need to be modified in order to work with a higher PHP version). I guess it will last for at least a few working days, maybe more... so the straight update is not viable. The database migration is also safest (anything going wrong during migration? Not an issue, just roll back and study how to fix it...) So, again, the original question: according to WHMCS doc the database migration is a breeze ( https://docs.whmcs.com/8-13/system/system-tutorials/move-whmcs-to-a-new-server/ ), but will it work with such a high version difference?

Please don't. We cannot afford yet another price increase.

@RadWebHosting's recommendation here is brilliant, and would be my suggestion too! Of course, you can also see a list of all overdue invoices at Billing > Invoices > Overdue in the Admin Area. If you'd be interested in a new event being added to your Notifications settings for when an invoice becomes overdue, I'd recommend opening a feature request here: https://requests.whmcs.com./ I can absolutely see how this would be useful, so getting that feature request open will allow others to comment on and vote for your request. Hope this helps :-)

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Thanks for sharing!

Thanks 🙂 Now displaying well. Shame multicurrency isn't working properly but beggars can't be choosers it's nice to have this feature back.

This is caused by misconfigured WHOIS servers. You need to ensure the correct string for "available". When dealing with this error, you can navigate to the WHOIS interface in WHMCS admin and check some WHOIS responses for domain that status is known For example, you can use "thisdomainisn0tregistered.org" as a test for getting the appropriate response of WHOIS for a domain that is available for registration. Then, you need to incorporate your findings in the whois.json file. Configuring the appropriate values in this manner will ensure that your clients are given the opportunity to register the domain which is "available" and configured for sale in your WHMCS. Example { "extensions": ".org", "uri": "socket://whois.publicinterestregistry.net", "available": "Domain not found." }

Hey@bluesteam, I have just attempted to replicate this scenario in my test environment, but have been unable to get the same result. I would recommend opening a support ticket, and someone can take a deep dive to see if we can get to the bottom of it with you. Regards Jimmy

@bear is right in this case. AI is generally only a help if you already know what you're doing. @MytihostYou can't solve the issue using Javascript. Javascript is a client side language, so you can only use it to manipulate the data you already have received from the client. If you only want to get a set amount of records for each page, you could use the limit() and offset() methods on your collection. Unfortunately, WHMCS doesn't support the paginate() method provided by Laravel. If you're retrieving thousands of records from the database, it's going to be slower than retrieving 50.

You should write your own. AI is not to be trusted.

@ThemeMetro, We've published 8.13.1 with a fix for this case.

Hi @ghmercado, The domain sync batches are limited to 50, so the notices will never exceed that. We're currently tracking a few different ideas for changes to this notification. Check them out and add your vote to your preferred option: https://requests.whmcs.com/idea/ability-to-disable-domain-sync-emails https://requests.whmcs.com/idea/provide-an-option-to-email-on-domain-sync-only-if-a-problem-is-encountered https://requests.whmcs.com/idea/make-domain-sync-cron-work-in-smaller-then-1-hour-increments-or-allow-syncing-more-than-50-domains https://requests.whmcs.com/idea/add-expired-domains-to-the-automation-status-screen

Technically the other way round - opensrs bought enom and that’s when enom fell apart

No. HEXONET Status (HTTPS API is usually used by 3rd-party Software Integrations)

That's very helpful to keep track, Thank you !

If it's a paid addon, it's unlikely that would be ok with the seller, though I'm sure others (and myself) would like to try and spot the issue.

@elonmusk Check log with which API user it's getting created So you can edit the role assign to that user and remove API access Hope this will help you

Yes we created that , it works perfectly.

Here's the fix! https://whmcs.community/files/file/204-gocardless-eur-payments/

See here: https://github.com/hybula 😃

Hi. For convenience, I wanted to create a custom model for my module. I didn't like having to call Capsule every time I needed information that the module stored in the database. I want to share the code here in case other people didn't know how to do it but also to gather some feedback on this way of doing it. <?php namespace WHMCS\Module\Addon\MyModule; use WHMCS\Model\AbstractModel; /** * Convenience model for custom modules */ class MyModel extends AbstractModel { // Set the table that should be used for searching protected $table = 'mod_mymodule'; // We almost always have access to the service ID. Has to represent a column in the mod_mymodule table protected $primaryKey = 'serviceid'; } When using the model, we're able to do MyModule::find() or create a new instance using 'new MyModule()'.

yes.

sure it's just there's still some work going on in the background, I still have to print domain info properly in WHMCS whois lookup and so on, well there might be some unreturned information in upcoming days cuz as I said above there's still work going on for method that whois calls, but here's the working whois that you can write in your whois.json file if you need .ge domain registration { "extensions": ".ge,.com.ge,.net.ge,.org.ge,.edu.ge,.pvt.ge", "uri": "https://whois.ns.ge:443/index.php?domain=", "available": "NO OBJECT FOUND!" }

which is the definition of a lookup provider. all i'm saying is that WHMCS 7 is designed to either use whois, or a lookup provider, for ALL TLDs - you can't mix and match, e.g this module for .ge, but whois for .com - you have to put all your eggs in one basket.

I am happy to say that the development cycle of vBLink 2.0 is now complete. The release was delayed for a complete ground-up rewrite after WHMCS 4 was announced. It is not ready for download just yet; I have not taken the time to create an installer or documentation because of two major issues that may become a factor in the long term success of vBLink. The first issue is vBulletin 4 support is not included. This is in part because of the fact that I do not agree with decision by vBulletin to change the licensing structure essentially us to purchase new licenses. I own three licenses, two for production sites, one for a development site. The cost to upgrade is going to be huge, especially if I choose the publishing suite. So at this point I have no access to vB4 code. The second issue is that from a business standpoint vBLink has not been a success, or at least the free/paid model that it has been distributed with. In the past year there have been over 400 downloads of vBLink but less than 2% were paid licenses making vB4 support hardly justifiable. So the question now is what to do next, and that is the reason that I am posting this message. Obviously, vBLink without vB4 support is only going to be useful for a short time until v4 goes gold. But without a solid community and financial backing behind it, I have no reason to continue development. But one promise I will make is that if I do walk away from vBLink, I will release all source code into the public domain; I do not believe in holding code hostage. If I do in fact release vBLink 2.0, I'm thinking of a 3-tier release structure... vBLink Basic (Free, Fully Encoded with only account bridging and no extras) vBLink Pro (Mid-range cost, a few admin module source files encoded, fully functional) vBLink Pro Dev (Highest cost, fully functional with full source) All feedback is welcome and will help determine the future of this vBulletin integration.