CiviCRM version 5.78.0 is now ready to download. This is a regular monthly release. Upgrade now for the most stable CiviCRM experience:
Users of the CiviCRM Extended Security Releases (ESR) do not need to upgrade. The current version of ESR is CiviCRM 5.75.x.
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What's new in CiviCRM 5.78
SearchKit Charts and Graphs
Enable the "ChartKit" extension and visualize your data in SearchKit.
Multi-Participant Registration Improved
Event registration pages that allow registering multiple participants now (optionally) request payment at the end, not the beginning.
Big thanks to Andie Hunt, Alice Frumin and Jon Goldberg for putting up together release notes. See also the version-specific upgrade tasks. The last entry goes back to CiviCRM 5.67, regarding smarty tokens being phased of Message Templates.
This release was developed by the following code authors:
AGH Strategies - Alice Frumin; Agileware - Justin Freeman; ALL IN APPLI admin; Artful Robot - Rich Lott; Benjamin W; BrightMinded Ltd - Bradley Taylor; CEDC - Laryn Kragt Bakker; Christian Wach; Circle Interactive - Pradeep Nayak; CiviCRM - Coleman Watts, Tim Otten; CiviDesk - Yashodha Chaku; civiservice.de - Gerhard Weber; Coop SymbioTIC - Mathieu Lutfy; Dave D; DevApp - David Cativo; Francesc Bassas i Bullich; Freeform Solutions - Herb van den Dool; Fuzion - Jitendra Purohit, Luke Stewart; iXiam - Luciano Spiegel; JMA Consulting - Monish Deb, Seamus Lee; Lemniscus - Noah Miller; Megaphone Technology Consulting - Jon Goldberg; MJW Consulting - Matthew Wire; Nicol Wistreich; Progressive Technology Project - Jamie McClelland; Third Sector Design - William Mortada; Wikimedia Foundation - Eileen McNaughton
Most authors also reviewed code for this release; in addition, the following reviewers contributed their comments:
Andy Clark; Guydn; Jade Gaunt; JMA Consulting - Joe Murray; Mosier Consulting - Justin Mosier; Richard Baugh; Skvare - Mark Hanna; Tadpole Collective - Kevin Cristiano; Third Sector Design - Michael McAndrew
New Extensions
- CoShares data - CoShares is a front end for CiviShares. This extension provides custom data fields and configuration that is used by CoShares.
- Member Book - To print the Member Book according to the Italian law for Associations an Co-operatives.
- Dedupe Monitor - Eases duplicate detection by performing periodic background scans for duplicate candidates across all contacts.
- Recurring Contribution UX - Improve the visitor's UX of the contribution form when using recurring options.
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