PrestaShop Monthly, March 2026
The last few weeks have been pretty busy at PrestaShop (as you may have heard, PrestaShop has a new owner), so we thought it was a good time to take a step back and recap what’s happened recently. Company news, success stories, product launches, core updates, events, and more: all in one monthly roundup.
We have a lot to cover this month, so let’s get started.
What’s new
PrestaShop’s next chapter
PrestaShop has officially entered a new chapter with cyber_Folks, alongside Sylius and BitBag. More than an ownership change, it sets up closer strategic alignment around shared open-source values, clearly defined positioning for PrestaShop and Sylius, and a broader ambition for European commerce.
This new ownership naturally raised a lot of questions within the PrestaShop ecosystem, so Mikołaj Król and Olivier Binet addressed them publicly in a live Q&A, which you can rewatch here.
TL;DR: PrestaShop’s new vision will revolve around four major themes:
- A clear and consistent product roadmap: focus first on strengthening the core and making it “boringly good.” This means reducing technical debt, completing the Symfony migration, improving upgrades, and shipping long-requested features such as one-page checkout, multi-carrier, stronger promotions, and B2B capabilities.
- Strong and relevant technology partnerships: build a healthier business model around the services merchants actually need: payments, logistics, hosting, and marketing. Integrate these services through partnerships that create value for the whole ecosystem.
- AI-driven innovation and commitment to open source: make PrestaShop an AI-first company and product, while keeping PrestaShop fully open source, API-friendly, and better equipped for faster development, smarter tooling, and future innovation.
- A central role for the ecosystem of merchants, agencies, developers, and partners: reconnect with the community, rebuild trust, improve communication, and make sure PrestaShop grows by supporting the people already creating value around the platform.
Rewatch the session to dive deeper into our new strategy.
PrestaShop 9.1 now available
PrestaShop 9.1 is now available. This release brings the new theme Hummingbird 2.0, a new storefront template designed with accessibility in mind and aligned with European accessibility requirements (European Accessibility Act), while delivering a cleaner, more modern front-end experience. On the technical side: PHP 8.5 and Symfony 6.4 LTS support, a more powerful Admin API, and two experimental features: multi-carrier support and a new discounts manager. Check the release notes
Also, the PrestaShop 8.2.5 update was released: a patch version containing security fixes.
Product updates
This new chapter for PrestaShop didn’t slow down our product teams, as a few notable updates shipped in the last couple of weeks.
The PrestaShop EventBus module is now easier to understand for merchants and experts, with a page on the PrestaShop Marketplace available in 10 languages. EventBus is the backbone of the PrestaShop ecosystem: it connects your store to CloudSync, and enables PrestaShop services and partner modules to work seamlessly. Learn more
PrestaShop certifications, including a new Storefront Skills certification, are now available beyond the Expert Program, opening access to freelance developers, module creators, technology partners, and in-house merchant teams. From now on, a wider range of professionals can validate their skills and earn an official, verifiable badge, with certifications available directly through the Care Center. Learn more
Update Assistant 7.6.0 was released this week with a continued focus on upgrade reliability. This new version adds compatibility with PrestaShop 9.1, improves pre-update audits with better handling of incompatible modules, further harmonizes the update process, and brings a clearer error-reporting interface. Learn more
Open source focus
Hummingbird 2.0 is out, bringing a major architectural overhaul (new default theme in PrestaShop 9.1). Built on Bootstrap 5, it introduces a clearer structure for customization and contribution, with improvements in performance, accessibility, and developer experience. Learn more
Our latest internal hackathon showed how AI can accelerate open-source contribution: in a single day, PrestaShop teams produced 14+ new Admin API endpoints and created a reusable Claude Code Skill to speed up future contributions. Read the report
A new article on the PrestaShop Build blog highlights the official example-modules repository, which gathers more than 20 focused modules designed to help developers move from theory to practice. Covering topics such as grids, Symfony forms, CQRS, Doctrine, hooks, the Admin API, console commands, and more, these modules offer practical examples across a wide range of use cases. All modules are compatible with the upcoming PrestaShop 9.1. Read the article.
Finally, a big thank-you to bwlab, CodeenCode, Evolutive, Griiv, Kiwik, MademoiselleBio, and Progi1984 for their contributions to the new version of the Admin API as part of the call for contributions launched last year.
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PrestaShop success stories
The new PrestaShop Enterprise version of Molly Bracken’s ecommerce website is now live. For the ready-to-wear and accessories brand, which is present in more than thirty countries, this marks the beginning of a new chapter: turning its online store into a fully fledged growth driver. Read the success story
Store Lashes shared how PrestaShop supports its B2B growth, giving the team more flexibility and autonomy while making it easier to roll out PayPal’s installment payment option for professional customers and support higher-value purchases. Read the article and watch the video
Moulin coopératif de Mouriès also shared its migration from WooCommerce to PrestaShop, using the move to transform a simple online catalog into a more robust ecommerce platform with stronger storytelling, marketing automation, and a more polished customer experience. Read the article
Aguatec Piscinas shared how its migration from WooCommerce to PrestaShop helped unlock growth, improving site performance, SEO structure, and operational efficiency. Read the article
PrestaShop also announced a strategic partnership with Pennylane to help merchants prepare for France’s upcoming e-invoicing requirements with a native compliant solution already in place. Learn more
On the logistics side, our partnership with Sendcloud makes it easier for merchants to automate shipping, connect to 160+ carriers, and simplify returns directly from PrestaShop. Learn more
Hoalen’s story with Stripe is a strong example of what PrestaShop’s flexibility makes possible: unified online and in-store payments, faster reconciliation, and a smoother omnichannel experience. Read the success story
Another milestone worth celebrating: PrestaShop has now passed 9,000 stars on GitHub, a nice signal of the project’s visibility and the energy of its open-source community. Share the good news ⭐
Looking to make the most of your store this spring? A new guide on the PrestaShop blog walks merchants through six practical steps for building seasonal campaigns around Easter and Mother’s Day. It covers promotional mechanics, automation, checkout readiness, trust signals, AI-assisted support, and compliance. Check the guide
Around the ecosystem
The Ecommerce Open Source Summit, organized by Friends of Presta, took place on March 26 in Paris, bringing together ecosystem players to discuss open, composable, and non-locked-in ecommerce models. The event featured sessions involving PrestaShop on the Call for Contribution project, the transformation of e-invoicing, and broader discussions around sovereignty, platform dependency, cloud infrastructure, payment networks, and international expansion. Keynote presentations by Olivier Binet and Mikołaj Król also highlighted the future of PrestaShop, Sylius, and the broader European open-source landscape. Learn more
A new benchmark from the Friends of Presta association, based on the analysis of 125,523 domains representing 82% of the French market, confirmed PrestaShop’s strong position. The study ranks PrestaShop as the country’s number one ecommerce CMS by estimated merchant revenue (€7.96bn combined), the leading open-source platform among the highest-traffic ecommerce sites, and the second most-used CMS for B2B companies. Check it out
PrestaShop Tour in Nantes on April 2, featuring workshops, partner talks, a B2B omnichannel case study, and networking with the local ecosystem. Event page
PrestaShop Tour in Barcelona on April 16, with sessions on payments, AI-powered commerce, B2B and B2C growth, storefront performance, and customer experience. Event page
Klaviyo also released a new beginner-friendly B2C CRM guide focused on personalization, unified customer data, and smarter marketing activation. Download the guide
Speaking of guides, our website features a new “Resources” section, where you can find all of PrestaShop's latest white papers, guides, and research reports. Visit the resources library
That’s it for this month. From the live Q&A on PrestaShop’s new direction to the PrestaShop 9.1 milestone, March made one thing obvious: this new chapter is already taking shape, and next month’s updates are already in the works.
Stay tuned.
