update to 1.7.7 or I must wait ?

[ChOmar]

I have Prestashop version 1.7.5 should I update to 1.7.7 or I must wait ?

[joseantgv]

Update it.

[ChOmar]

14 minutes ago, joseantgv said:

Update it.

Is it easy to update knowing I have many modules?
and why I should update?

[PrestaHeroes USA]

3 hours ago, ChOmar said:

Is it easy to update knowing I have many modules?
and why I should update?

Hi, make a copy of your production shop, in a subdomain.  Then perform upgrade to ensure it goes smoothly.  There is a process for upgrade, create test, perform upgrade, then move production to another subdomain, move your new upgraded shop to your domain, import orders customers and any other changes into your new production system.  

you will learn a lot using this process and make you a better shop admin in the future.

Here is PS guide on upgrade process, it may differ somewhat from above but our agency has a lot of upgrade experience.

 

https://devdocs.prestashop.com/1.7/basics/keeping-up-to-date/upgrade/

[ChOmar]

41 minutes ago, El Patron said:

Hi, make a copy of your production shop, in a subdomain.  Then perform upgrade to ensure it goes smoothly.  There is a process for upgrade, create test, perform upgrade, then move production to another subdomain, move your new upgraded shop to your domain, import orders customers and any other changes into your new production system.  

you will learn a lot using this process and make you a better shop admin in the future.

Here is PS guide on upgrade process, it may differ somewhat from above but our agency has a lot of upgrade experience.

 

https://devdocs.prestashop.com/1.7/basics/keeping-up-to-date/upgrade/

Thanks man, which one better 1.7.7 or 1.7.7.5?
and all module works in this version?

[PrestaHeroes USA]

2 minutes ago, ChOmar said:

Thanks man, which one better 1.7.7 or 1.7.7.5?
and all module works in this version?

 

Hi, before upgrading, make a list of all 3rd party modules...then check from where you got them if compliant with the later version of php that 1.7 runs on.  

for the most part I would think they will be fine for 1.7.7 but it's down to PHP level...you will want to run the highest php level supported by 1.7.7...

[ChOmar]

thanks 😃

7 minutes ago, El Patron said:

1.7.7 but it's down to PHP level

I think it's not down, php level in 1.7.5 is 7.1 or later and php level in 1.7.7 is 7.3?
  

 

4 hours ago, ChOmar said:

and why I should update?

Please tell me I must upgrade or stay with my version if it's fine?

[Crezzur.com]

Why do you need to update?
You run an e-commerce store that contains a lot of customer and payment information.

This data must be kept as secure as possible.  Since this is what your customers expect from your company. There is nothing more unpleasant than having to tell them that all their private data has been leaked onto the World Wide Web.

If you know that there will be no more security updates for PHP 7.3 by the end of 2021, then you also know that this is no longer the case for all previous PHP versions.

Hackers know that many companies do not keep their software up to date and with a simple search method you will quickly find all these web stores.  It is not a question if but when such a major hack will take place.  If you continue to use outdated software, you simply increase the chances that your online store will become a victim within x time.

For example, there are thousands of webshops that still run on Prestashop 1.6, if you know that the last Prestashop release was in 2018-2019 and the highest PHP version compatible is 7.1 (PHP 7.1 will no longer received security updates since the end of 2019) for these webshops it is just waiting for someone to take advantage of the many known security breaches in Prestashop 1.6 and or PHP

If you make it a good habit to always update your webshops, this will always take half an hour of your time, because in the worst case you will get some error messages that you have to solve.  When you skip multiple versions and then perform all updates at once, this will result in a lot of error messages that often take you several hours with basic programming knowledge.

In summary: if you as a customer could choose between an online store that uses software that may be insecure because no security updates has been released for more then two years or an online store that uses the latest security techniques. which would you prefer to trust your private, company and/or payment details to be stored in their database?

At Crezzur, all our customers are running on the latest versions.  We help them with the updates so that they don't have to spend time on this themselves.  We have been using this update strategy since 2013 and have never had any complaints.

Resources:

PHP support: https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php

Prestashop vulnerability: https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/prestashop/

Prestashop module vulnerability

https://build.prestashop.com/news/critical-security-vulnerability-in-prestashop-modules/

Prestashop release dates:

https://www.prestashop.com/en/versions

Edited September 14, 2021 by Crezzur (see edit history)

[ChOmar]

 

20 minutes ago, Crezzur said:

all our regular customers are running on the latest versions.  We help them with the updates so that they don't have to spend time on this themselves.  We have been using this update strategy since 2013

Thank you for your good words 😃

one more question 

Why in detail Ja MarketPlace I bought, for example, the latest version is 1.7.5?
I have to buy it again or what?

 

 

 

Edited September 14, 2021 by ChOmar (see edit history)

[Crezzur.com]

Most of the times the modules work when there are no big changes for example 1.7.5 and 1.7.7, to be sure contact your theme/module developer.

You can always make a copy of your store and upgrade to see if this module works also with the newest version (just to be sure)

[Daresh]

The longer you wait, the harder the upgrade will be in the future, better keep your store up to date.

[Mediacom87]

Hi,

You have chosen to use version 1.7 of Prestashop.

This version has been under development for more than 5 years and is still not stable with many bugs which obliges you to absolutely always update to correct these bugs.

Nevertheless, by monitoring potential security flaws, quite rare on Prestashop you should not have any security obligation to update your version of PrestaShop, so if your store works exactly as you want, do not rush and always test on a development version of your store.

Regarding the opinions on PHP updates, frankly, the only real advantage of upgrading is to enjoy better performance and not Prestashop sites running on PHP 5.6 will not suffer any mass flame thrower attack as some providers are ready to announce to play fear. No PHP 7.1 will not ruin your career by allowing the plundering of your customers' data.

Let us recall that the cost of updating a prestashop is not 50€ even for a minor version since it is necessary to test everything before doing anything and thus time has a certain cost and for a merchant it is even more important because it has difficulty in understanding that this time lost for the sale or the delivery is really a gain on the long term.