# New major version 4.2.0 of OXID eShop released

**URL:** <https://forum.oxid-esales.com/t/new-major-version-4-2-0-of-oxid-eshop-released/39848>\
**Category:** OXID Announcements\
**Tags:** release\
**Created:** [October 29, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.oxid-esales.com/t/new-major-version-4-2-0-of-oxid-eshop-released/39848 "2009-10-29T15:53:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![marco.steinhaeuser](https://forum.oxid-esales.com/user_avatar/forum.oxid-esales.com/marco.steinhaeuser/32/1832_2.png) [@marco.steinhaeuser](https://forum.oxid-esales.com/u/marco.steinhaeuser)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.oxid-esales.com/t/new-major-version-4-2-0-of-oxid-eshop-released/39848/1 "2009-10-29T15:53:28Z")

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Hi everybody,

a few minutes ago, the official blog post about the major release 4.2.0 of OXID eShop was published on this page:  
[http://www.oxid-esales.com/de/news/blog/new-major-version-420-oxid-eshop-released](http://www.oxid-esales.com/de/news/blog/new-major-version-420-oxid-eshop-released)

A couple of new features and bug fixes where introduced to all editions of version 4.2.0 of OXID eShop. The highlights are: multidimensional variants, Application Packaging Standard, template override system, simplified language management in admin area.

You will find the update files for OXID eShop Community Edition along with the release notes in OXIDforge’s download area.

> **[OXID eShop version 4.2.0 • OXIDforge](https://oxidforge.org/en/oxid-eshop-version-4-2-0.html)**
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> General hints for this package Selection list name handling changed: it does not strip tags from it now, tags are stripped only from currency. Instead, tags are encoded to entities (e.g. \>a\<), so they look the same in frontend. In new user...

Make sure you have a look at your templates: In this major update the basic templates were changed.

Regards

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.oxid-esales.com/user_avatar/forum.oxid-esales.com/system/32/4245_2.png) [@system](https://forum.oxid-esales.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.oxid-esales.com/t/new-major-version-4-2-0-of-oxid-eshop-released/39848/2 "2026-07-13T20:35:32Z")

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