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Re: Feedback: Textpattern CMS 4.9.0 released
Sorry, posted below note to the smd_tags thread now…
@Bloke – Just FYI: Receiving error in TXP 4.9 backend under php 8.4.15 concerning smd_tags-0.8.0:
Deprecated- Using ${var} in strings is deprecated, use {$var} instead in
/home/kliklak/public_html/textpattern/plugins/smd_tags/smd_tags.php
on line
1544
Last edited by jayrope (2026-01-18 14:58:02)
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Re: Feedback: Textpattern CMS 4.9.0 released
Finally done updating 35++ lowkey TXP sites to 4.9. – for the plugins i am normally using (com_connect, smd_whereused, bot_write_tab_customize and few others) i haven’t found any major issues.
A small issue coming up sometimes is, that some plugins are missing direct links to their newest or even 4.9-compatible version or even to a plugin thread here on this forum.
That’s it.
Super nice update for the mail capabilities and bringing TXP up-to-date with PHP and MySQL.
Thank you very much, all devs!
Last edited by jayrope (2026-01-24 20:45:28)
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Re: Feedback: Textpattern CMS 4.9.0 released
You’re welcome.
We need to make a concerted effort to streamline the process of getting the latest plugins listed on plugins.textpattern.com. That will then let update links show up on your Plugins panel.
It’s a laborious manual process at the moment so we need to invest some brainpower into automating it better.
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Re: Feedback: Textpattern CMS 4.9.0 released
I have a client site running 4.8.8. There are a bunch of things I wanted to do that the version didn’t support. Mail handling was one. Dynamic thumbs with multiple formats for srcset is another.
The pagespeed score was gradually dwindling and, last time I checked, it was high-70s/low-80s for mobile and mid-high-80s for desktop.
I installed 4.9.1-dev last night (which is as close to 4.9.0 as makes no difference with a few tweaks and bug fixes) and, without doing a single thing to the site, the pagespeed score leapt to 97 mobile and 98 desktop for performance.
We still have a little legwork to do for SEO and for reducing JS and CSS bloat of old rules and code – and I will do the image srcset thing – but the site absolutely flies (and it was quick beforehand!) without any additional cacheing plugins.
That’s testament to Oleg’s amazing parser optimisations and our overall attention to detail throughout the development process.
So hats off to Oleg and everyone involved in the testing and delivery of this amazing platform. Love y’all.
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Re: Feedback: Textpattern CMS 4.9.0 released
Hats off to Oleg it may sound quaint
But many doubted our cms
When they said we were slow
They told us lies
Now it’s their turn to cry, cry, cry
Now that Oleg made us fly, fly, fly
…. texted postive
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- peterj
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Re: Feedback: Textpattern CMS 4.9.0 released
Thanks so much for this! I am slowly going through sites updating and have encountered no troubles to date. More like troubles (esp PHP warnings) are going away. Nothing but blue skies do I see…
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