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WHMCS 8.6 Release Candidate Now Available

By Matt / October 7th, 2022


We are excited to announce the release of WHMCS 8.6 Release Candidate.

This marks the end of feature development for the 8.6 series and is the final stage before version 8.6 is promoted to general availability status.

Thank you to everyone who has taken part in the Beta so far and we invite everyone to try the new features and functionality in WHMCS 8.6 by downloading and installing the Release Candidate.

What's new in WHMCS 8.6
WHMCS 8.6 headlines with support for PHP 8.1 - the latest available PHP version at the time of writing.

Other changes include OAuth2 Support for Microsoft® Services and a new and improved way to browse and discover Payment Gateways you wish to use via Apps & Integrations integration.

For more information about all of the new features in WHMCS 8.6, visit the What's New in WHMCS 8.6 Microsite

Take part in the beta
Our public beta program gives you direct access to try our early pre-production releases and help test and contribute to the development process. To get started, you can download WHMCS 8.6 or update to it using the Automatic Updater today.

As always, pre-production releases are intended for testing only and are not recommended for production use.

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