Everything You Need to Know About the New Magento 2.3.1 Release

Magento 2.3.1 Release

The release of Magento 2.3.1 has been of significant importance for the Magento community this year 2019. Not only this new version has added new tools to help merchants grow their business but has also empowered developers to fulfill client expectations with more concrete results.

With the help of Magento 2.3.1, stores would be able to provide a higher level of services to their customers along with an increase in revenue and the growing number of satisfied customers. So, without wasting any further time, let’s go through its features and see how Magento 2.3.1 adds more value to Magento stores.

  • The PWA or Progressive Web Apps come up to date with full Venia B2B and B2C themes.
  • GraphQL with the coverage of B2B APIs.
  • Built-in click along with collect functionality and shipment cancellations are some improvements you will find in Magento shipping.
  • It has also introduced the Page Builder tool in Magento Commerce edition.
  • Updates in the integrations with Klarna, Dotmailer, Amazon Pay, and Vertex.
  • Magento Global Shipping has partnered with FedEx, UPS, and DHL Express to benefit customers as well as merchants.
  • The Authorize.net extension has been included as a part of M5 Hash End of Life and Signature Key Replacement.
  • Also included the Amazon Sales channel through the Magento Sales and Advertising Channels system.
  • Certain B2B enhancements such as a user-friendly admin, improved performance and the ability to handle up to 3000 addresses on B2B customer accounts.
  • Enhancement in the order creation from the admin panel.
  • Released Inventory Management with the help of in-store pickup fulfillment options, Distance Priority Source Selection Algorithm, and Elastic Search 6.0

To help deal with security issues, Magento 2.3.1 comes with 30 security enhancements including security patch PRODSECBUG-2198 to address the SQL injection vulnerability. Also, it has the patch to secure the Payflow Pro payment method against fraud activities besides security fix to close Arbitrary Code Execution, Cross-Site Scripting, Remote Code Execution, and sensitive data disclosure vulnerabilities.

To help develop attractively designed store pages, Magento 2.3.1 comes with Page Builder Tool. It eliminates the necessity of coding for developing pages to visitors. Moreover, you can check the live previews during the storefront design, form editors for easy data collection including content block editors for updated and enhanced designed content. It also includes the drag and drop content creation feature and much more.

To help with cart and checkout, Magento 2.3.1 comes with a flawlessly functioning “Clear Shopping Cart” button, unlike the previous version. Other improvements include no more mini-cart layout issues, or expired gift cards applied to a customer’s account, or infinite loading indicator for the error during checkout. Also, the counter values for the grid and accurate pagination are correctly displayed in the cart price rule page.

Wrapping Up:

Till now, from what we have gathered, this Magento 2.3.1 release appears to be a step in the right direction. Not only it comes with new features and upgrades to the existing components but also this new release will help increase the Magento’s market share besides improving the experience for both the visitors and merchants.

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