{"id":401184,"date":"2023-11-21T05:39:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T05:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webkul.com\/blog\/?p=401184"},"modified":"2025-12-18T12:28:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T12:28:56","slug":"how-to-upgrade-prestashop-1-7-to-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webkul.com\/blog\/how-to-upgrade-prestashop-1-7-to-8\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Upgrade PrestaShop 1.7 to 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How to Upgrade PrestaShop 1.7 to 8:<\/strong> Launched in 2007, PrestaShop has become one of the best eCommerce platforms for creating an online store due to its out-of-the box features. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

PrestaShop is easy to use and offers a user-friendly administrative onterface. It is currently used by 300,000 shops worldwide and is available in 60 different languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PrestaShop 8, the first major version since the original release of PrestaShop 1.7.0 in 2016, will be a new evolution for the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PrestaShop 8 comes with a wide range of new advance features and in this blog post I will explain them in detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What are the new features offered by PrestaShop 8<\/strong>?<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In addition to over 170 bug fixes, PrestaShop 8 brings compatibility with PHP 8.1, enhanced security, faster loading speed, and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.<\/strong> Compatibility Support<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PrestaShop version 8 is compatible with PHP version 8.0 and 8.1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Running PrestaShop on the most recent PHP version is important as each PHP version brings performance and security improvements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, compatibility with PHP version 8 will help you store run faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Enhanced Security<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Security is one of the top priorities for every online store. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some improvements have been done in PrestaShop 8 to strengthen the security<\/a> for protection against online threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new security page added in restaShop 8 that allows the shop administrators to manage their customer & employee sessions and configure password policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.<\/strong> Password policy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strong passwords are essential to the security of any e-commerce site as well as to individual users. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online merchants can select the password security score between 0 to 4 with 0 meaning extremely easy to guess and 4 very unguessable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will allow the store managers decide how strict they want to be about user passwords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During registration, the users now get color-coded indication while setting up the password. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will help them understand whether their password is strong enough and meet store\u2019s minimum requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4.<\/strong> Manage customer and employee sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shop administrators can now see history of users and employees sessions. Delete a session and sign out the user by clicking on the delete button in the Actions column.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5.<\/strong> Protection against SQL injection attacks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SQL injections are one of the most common cybersecurity threats and can have potentially devastating effects for online shops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attackers use them to bypass a website’s authentication controls and steal sensitive data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

PrestaShop 8 includes enhanced protection against SQL injection attacks, thus helping protect your your customer’s data<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Faster Loading Speed<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Speed is an integral part of the of the user experience in eCommerce websites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When customers open the website for the very first time, they expect it to load quickly and any delay can lead to lost sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As compared to PrestaShop 1.7, PrestaShop 8 has undergone significant architectural and performance improvements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new version includes an update to Symfony 4.4, which means that it will benefit for high performance and security enhancements of the framework’s latest version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to the new caching engine used in PrestaShop 8 which makes it quicker than PrestaShop 1.7. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new caching engine reduces the page load time and increase the speed<\/a> of an online shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Image Formats<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

PrestaShop 8 supports the popular WebP format for your products. WebP<\/a> images are smaller in size compared to PNG and JPEG but maintain the same quality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With smaller images, your website tends to load faster and ranks better on SEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To configure the image settings, navigate to Design > Image Settings > Images generation options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Also, the store owners can now upload the store logo in SVG image format. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. New Product Page<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

As compared to PrestaShop version 1.7.8, the product page in PrestaShop 8 has been significantly improved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combination management and bulk edition has been enhanced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In PrestaShop 8.0, the new product page is disabled by default bcecause it does not include all the features of the standard product page. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, you can still activate it under Advanced Parameters > New & Experimental Features > Experimental features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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9. SEO Features<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

SEO is essential as it helps your website rank higher in search engines, allowing you to have better visibility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As compared to its predecessor – PrestaShop 1.7, PrestaShop 8 has several new features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n