CiviCRM version 6.1.0 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 5.81.x.
We are committed to keeping CiviCRM free and open, forever. We depend on your support to help make that happen. We thank all our partners, members and ESR subscribers, who are regular financial contributors. If you can, please donate.
What's new in CiviCRM 6.1
General Improvements & Additions
Sytem-wide performance improvements. File system now available as alternative cache storage. Improvements to performance of deduping.
Improvements to SearchKit
Support for inline editing for phone, email and address fields. Ablity to add SearchKit display (via FormBuilder) to the Case Summary screen in CiviCase.
UI/UX Improvements
Dark mode improvements. Additional icons added to the CiviCRM-logo menu. Add SVG logo to CiviCRM (standalone) login screen. General improvements to contribution page widget settings tab. Relocation of "cleanup caches and update paths" page to a menu item to "clear caches".
Improvements to CiviCRM Standalone
Addition of maintenance mode.
Big thanks to Andie Hunt, Alice Frumin and Jon Goldberg for putting up together release notes.
This release was developed by the following code authors:
AGH Strategies - Alice Frumin; Artful Robot - Rich Lott; CiviCRM - Benjamin W; CiviCoop - Jaap Jansma; CiviCRM - Coleman Watts, CiviCRM - Tim Otten; Coop SymbioTIC - Mathieu Lutfy, Shane Bill; Dave D; Freeform Solutions - Herb van den Dool; Fuzion - Luke Stewart; Jens Schuppe; JMA Consulting - Monish Deb, CiviCRM - Seamus Lee; Megaphone Technology Consulting - Jon Goldberg; MJW Consulting - Matthew Wire; Nicol Wistreich; Sjoerd Langkemper; Squiffle Consulting - Aidan Saunders; Third Sector Design - Kurund Jalmi, William Mortada; Wikimedia Foundation - Eileen McNaughton
Most authors also reviewed code for this release; in addition, the following reviewers contributed their comments:
civiservice.de - Andreas Howiller; Daniel Strum; JMA Consulting - Edsel Lopez; Joinery - Allen Shaw; Matt5K; Mosier Consulting - Justin Mosier; Tadpole Collective - Kevin Cristiano
New Extensions
- 3CX VOIP Integration - 3CX PBX integration for CiviCRM. Makes it possible to log calls and lookup contacts in CiviCRM.
- Auto Trash Cleanup - This extension is meant to essentially cleanup contacts that are in the Trash, but not permanently deleted.
- Drupal One Time Login - Provides one-time-login tokens for CiviCRM mailings or Scheduled reminders via Drupal 9+ integration.
- UTMALTOR - Automatically adds UTM codes to your CiviMail URLs so you can filter on mailing/campaign/date in your analytics tool.
- UTM Tracking - UTM Tracking is an extension to track the UTM Source, UTM Medium and UTM Campaign across various entities in CiviCRM such as Contributions, Recurring Contributions, Activities, Participants and Memberships.
- CMS User Delete - Deletes the linked CMS User when permanently deleting a CiviCRM Contact.
- Group Permissions - Creates a permission "In Group: X" and "Not in Group: X" for each Group
that has "Group Type=Access Control". - Simplified Accounting - Simplifies the accounting in CiviCRM and reduce duplicity.
- Landing Pages - Add (landing) pages to your CiviCRM installation. Landing pages are just HTML pages that can contain text, images, and hyperlinks.
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- Make a donation or contribute to a Make it happen campaign.
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CiviCRM is community driven and is sustained through code contributions, bro-hugs but not tech-bros, and financial support from its community. Help CiviCRM do a world of good.
