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WHMCS 8.9 Now Available in General Availability

By David / March 11th, 2024


We are pleased to announce the release of WHMCS 8.9 to General Availability.

This marks the end of pre-production testing, and WHMCS 8.9 is now the recommended version for all new installations and updates.

What's new in WHMCS 8.9
  • PayPal Payments - Enabling you to accept payments with PayPal, with full recurring billing support, utilising PayPal's Saved Payment Methods technology enabling flexible recurring and on-demand billing of variable price and term subscription plans.
  • PayPal Card Payments - Allowing you to accept all major credit and debit cards transparently and seamlessly with an on-website checkout experience, using your PayPal merchant processing account.
  • New Admin Level View Invoice Permission - A new admin user permission which can grant read-only access to view invoices without access to manage/edit.
Learn more in the WHMCS 8.9 Preview Microsite.

Getting the Update
Automatic Update
You can update to the latest version of WHMCS using the Automatic Updater. Simply navigate to Utilities > Update WHMCS to begin the update process.

As always, a download is also available for those who wish to install or upgrade manually. You can download WHMCS 8.9 from our downloads page.

Thank you for continuing to support and use WHMCS and we hope you enjoy the latest version!

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