Magento has been a very powerful and fast growing e-Commerce since it was launched in 2007 by Varien. Nowadays, Magento is chosen as a major digital commerce platform by over 200,000 online retailers because of its modular architecture, complete scalability and a wide range of options. Howewer, like many other softwares, Magento always upgrade its present version to become more compatible with users. The question is "SHOULD WE UPGRADE MAGENTO?"
We all believe that the appearance of the latter is the innovation of the previous. Therefore in this article, we will show you 7 reasons why the answer is YES
1. Security UpdatesThe first reason why we should definitely upgrade Magento version as soon as possible is the security issues. The world of online security is progressing at light speed day by day. Even famous brands such as Adobe, Sony, Amazon and Wal-Mart were all hacked in 2014. Magento has stepped up its default security in the newest version to protect users’ privacy.
What Magento did to patch security gaps:
- XSS vulnerability while creating configurable product variations was addressed.
- Information about different orders was not displayed.
- Changes to PayPal Express checkout.
- An .swf file was removed from the Magento distribution.
- File system was secured better.
- The security of action URLs was enhanced.
- Vulnerability during checkout was fixed
- The randomness function was also more secured
The default Magento theme in the 1.9 version is mobile-responsive which is the best solution for salesman because the site that they invest in is compatible with any device of customers. This means that a shopping cart was design to work on any screen size. With responsive design, it is much more easy for merchants to boost conversion, for mobile-using customers to place an order or checkout anywhere. Moreover, this brings SEO advantages as well. If merchants focus a bit more on the content, this has big implications for SEO also in order to engage customers and reduce bounce rates..
3. Functionality Bug FixesMagento has continously added new functionality and bug fixes which will make your website run more smoothly and efficiently. So why don’t you take these advantages?
Specifically, with platform bugs, Magento 1.9 gave fixes on web store and shopping cart, Promotional Price Rule, Administrative Ordering, Invoicing, Credit Memo, Import, Payment Method and many other fixes.
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