bss-magento-2-extension-update

BSS Commerce Magento 2 Extension Update – June 2022

by Anna Nguyen

Do you know Hyva theme – the cutting-edge technology now? It’s a new trendy Magento 2 frontend that solves many Magento 2 problems about website development and speed.

Understanding its outstanding features, BSS Commerce has already implemented updating Magento 2 extensions with Hyva theme compatibility in June 2022.

Besides that, the other updates continue, including PHP 8.1 and Magento 2.4.4 compatibility, bug fixing, and feature customization. Check the details now!

First of all, 4 modules are being officially compatible with Hyva theme in June 2022:

In CategoryMagento 2 extension
Product ImprovementGrouped Product with Custom Options
User ExperienceMega Menu
Sale MotivationOut of Stock Notification
Sale MotivationProduct Labels

Secondly, you can check the next Magento 2 extensions that have already compatible with PHP 8.1 and Magento 2.4.4 below:

In Category Magento 2 extensionVersionPHP 8.1/PHP 7.x compatibilityM2.4.x compatibility
Product Improvement Custom Option Templatev1.1.0PHP 8.1M2.4.4
Product Improvement Simple Details on Configurable Product v1.3.8PHP7.x
B2B ExtensionsB2B Registration v1.3.2PHP 8.1M2.4.4
B2B ExtensionsRequest for Quotev1.2.1PHP 8.1M2.4.4
User ExperienceComing Soon & Maintenance Pagev1.0.6PHP 8.1
Order Management Custom Order Numberv1.1.3PHP 8.1M2.4.4
Customer ExtensionCustomer Attributesv1.3.5PHP 8.1M2.4.4
AdministrationGeoIP Store Switcherv1.4.2PHP 8.1M2.4.4
AdministrationImport Export Wishlist Itemv1.0.8M2.4.4
SEO ExtensionsMeta Tags Templatev1.2.4PHP 8.1M2.4.4
SEO ExtensionsRich Snippetsv1.1.9PHP 8.1M2.4.4
SEO ExtensionsXML Sitemapv1.1.8PHP 8.1M2.4.4
Sale MotivationPromotion Barv1.1.4PHP 8.1M2.4.4
Free ExtensionReindex from Backendv1.0.5M2.4.3 (Package core)
Magento 2 Administration Packagev1.0.5M2.4.3 (Package core)

1. Product Improvement

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1.1. Magento 2 Custom Option Template

Custom Option Template extension makes up your product pages with an unlimited number of customized templates. These are applied to the custom options section and are more friendly with customers.

In v1.1.0, we also optimize code compatible with declarative schema.

1.2. Magento 2 Dependent Custom Options

The next update of Dependent Custom Options after v1.1.2 in May is v1.2.3 in June: Fix bug when upgrading module from v1.0.9 to v1.1.2.

1.3. Magento 2 Minimum Quantity of Configurable Product

Magento 2 Configurable Product Minimum Quantity Extension is the ultimate solution for store owners who want their customers to be required to order configurable products with a base quantity.

  • Set the minimum quantity allowed in the shopping cart for a specific configurable product.
  • Tailor messages to notified customers of the minimum quantity requirement.

In v1.0.7, we both fix bug and new update:

  • Fix bug Dicompile: PHP version 8.1/Magento version 2.4.4. 
  • Convert file InstallSchema into db_schema.

2. B2B EXTENSIONS

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2.1. B2B Registration for Magento 2

Customizing your registration form is essential, regardless of whether your website targets only B2B users or includes B2B and B2C visitors.

Only by classifying customers, you can come up with appropriate pricing, promotion strategies, or customer management.

Magento 2 B2B Registration Form extension allows you to add unlimited attributes in the signup form and verify customer registration before activating accounts.

We focus on this extension and there are 2 updated versions this month:

  • v1.3.2: Compatible with Magento 2.4.4 and PHP 8.1; Compatible with BSS M2 Company Account: Add new config Is Company Account in Backend when both modules are enabled; Fix prefix database when setup module; Convert setup to patch data.
  • v1.3.3: Fix the bug not displaying Personal Information fields in My Account on Frontend.

2.2. Magento 2 B2B Company Credit

Magento 2 B2B Company Credit extension enables the tracking of purchase order information, defining customer credit limitations, and enhancing communication between store owners and B2B clients.

This extension allows customers to:

  • Purchase many times, make payment one time
  • Buy on credit unlimitedly within the assigned credit line
  • Get rewards and financial incentives for running their business

In v1.0.4, B2B Company Credit has feature updates: Split template of Company Credit Info grid and Log transaction grid; Compatible with Declarative Schema; Do not support checkout with multi-addresses.

2.3. Magento 2 Company Account

Being known as a solution of account management in B2B business, now, in v1.2.0, Magento 2 Company Account has already been better with many updates:

  • Fix bug add-ons CustomerToSubUser: can not assign customer to sub-user without SMTP; no external lock with order_id; Button “Back” is not translated because it has not yet used the translated card in the template.File; 
  • Update: Add role submit Order Waiting for sub-user; Admin company account and sub-user have permission to approve Order Waiting; Company Account Report permission feature; Compatible with BSS M2 Customer Attributes: Attribute ‘Is Company Account’ of BSS M2 Company Account is enabled when adding BSS Customer Attributes; Add email notifications when updating sub-user/role and re-compose the email order in Configuration (BE).

2.4. Magento 2 Request for Quote

Magento 2 Request for Quote allows having a price discussing between B2B business and store owners. It is a tool to improve B2B Sales and enhance business relationship. 

Now, in v1.2.1, the module is updated: 

  • Compatible with Magento 2.4.4 and PHP 8.1; 
  • Compatible with declarative schema; 
  • Update: only apply template when module activated

2.5. Magento 2 Store Credit

The Magento 2 Store Credit extension is an useful method that may speed up refunds and improve client loyalty. Accordingly, you can refund by store credit right into Customer Account. Customers can spend the credit on later purchases.

There are 2 bugs that are fixed in v1.1.4: Fix bug compatible with PHP 8.1: does not place order; Fix bug choose calendar in Report of BSS Store Credit.

3. USER EXPERIENCE

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3.1. Coming Soon & Maintenance Page for Magento 2

With the Custom Maintenance Page & Coming Soon Page for Magento 2 extension, the website admin can design a stunning page to inform visitors that it is temporarily inaccessible. It will give visitors a good impression and encourage them to come back later.

It is updated into v1.0.6: Fix CSS error when switching modes. Compatible with Magento marketplace (convert setup dir). Fix bug background-repeat. Change subscribe function into ajax. Compatible with PHP 8.1.

3.2. Magento 2 Improved Product Sorting

This module supplies customers with 8 new commercial attributes to sort the catalog by discount, newest, recent orders, etc. to hit the buyers’ demands and push sales and promotional items to the max level. Several bugs, in v1.0.2, are fixed: Fix bug when entering the frontend category page, Fix bug sorting options don’t work, Fix issue arrange sort empty.

4. Free ExtensionS

4.1. Social Login for Magento 2

Magento 2 Social Login extension is the essential extension for any Magento site to speed up customer login process. It allows customer to log in Magento site through social media accounts like Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus…

In v1.0.9, we fixed the bug date-picker box not showing when clicking the Date of Birth field in the create account popup.

5. Customer ExtensionS

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5.1. Magento 2 Customer Attributes

If you run a B2B website, you should add extra custom fields that correspond to your interests and verify the validity of your B2B customers rather than making the sign-up form too brief.

Magento 2 Customer Attributes allows adding unlimited fields that you need to customer registration to collect more important customer data and get a better understanding of your potential buyers from the very first place.

In v1.3.5, the updates of this extension are: Compatible with Magento Version 2.4.4 and PHP 8.1; Fix bug compatible with Swagger; Update logic: Add variable email template; Fix displays store labels in order detail; Fix not pass when running composer dump-autoload.

6. Sale Motivation 

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6.1. Free Shipping Bar for Magento 2

Customers love free shipping! Knowing this obvious fact, Magento 2 Free Shipping Bar extension will help you present your free shipping policy to buyers in a compelling and irresistible way.

It is also updated for a better feature’s name in v1.1.3: Change config name “Subtotal include tax” into “Free shipping threshold include tax”. Fix bug config “Free shipping threshold include tax” doesn’t work when Display Subtotal = Excluding Tax.

6.2. Magento 2 Out of Stock Notification

You can bring a friendly experience for customers with Magento 2 Out of Stock Notification extension. This allows customers and guests to sign up for out of stock products. The extension will automatically send a notification email to the list of subscribed customers when the product is back in stock.

There are 3 times for updating in June 2022:

  • Compatible with Hyva theme
  • v1.3.0: Fix bug dicompile and click button “Cron now” redirected to frontend. Convert install/upgrade schema scripts to db_schema.xml files and data/patch format.
  • v1.3.1: Fix bug cannot run executeQueryinRow() due to missing $setup variable.

7. Administration

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7.1. Magento 2 GeoIP Store Switcher

Detecting users’ IP locations and redirecting them to the appropriate store view takes a second with GEOIP Store Switcher extension. Now, it is compatible with M2.4.4/PHP 8.1 in v1.4.2. Besides that, we fix bug not auto redirecting when enabling or disabling pop-up, fix bug of having to flush the cache for auto redirect to work properly.

In v1.4.3: Compatible with function strpos() PHP8.1 & M2.4.4.

8. SEO Extensions

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8.1. Meta Tags Template for Magento 2

Utilizing Google’s structured data principles, the Meta Tags Template enables you to create and optimize the metadata for your online business. It gives store owners a number of capabilities, including customisation and the ability to create an auto-filling template for thousands of your products. 

This module is updated in June with v1.0.7 including fixing bug Dicompile: PHP version 8.1/Magento version 2.4.4 and converting file InstallSchema to db_schema.

*Note: The latest version of the BSSCommerce extension is available on your account.

Please login to your account and go to My Downloadable Products to get the link to update the version on your site.

Besides manually installing Magento 2 extensions via SSH, we also support installing via composer.

ADVANTAGES OF USING COMPOSER:

Quick installation

Easy management

Synchronization with Marketplace

Please take a look at our guide for composer installation support: 

https://wiki.bsscommerce.com/docs/general-guides/install-magento-extension/install-magento-2-composer/

If you have any questions or require any assistance, please feel free to contact us.

We are always willing to support you.

For more reference, see our Magento 2 Extension Update in May 2022.

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