Updating to Venta Theme 1.6.2.2 (Magento 2.4.9) ​

This release targets Magento 2.4.9 compatibility. It also realigns the storefront with Hyvä Default Theme 1.4.6 and confirms compatibility for the full set of Magebit-maintained extensions against the new Magento version. Unlike 1.6.0, this is a runtime/dependency upgrade with no build-stack migration. The steps are limited to Composer, the Smile ElasticSuite 2.11.19 upgrade, and two vendor patches required for PHP 8.4+ on the Mageplaza dependency chain.

Recommended reading before starting:

• Adobe Commerce 2.4.9 release notes
• Hyvä: Upgrading to 1.4.6
• Smile ElasticSuite releases

Prerequisites ​

The previously supported Magento versions remain supported. The steps below are only required when upgrading the project to Magento 2.4.9.

See Installation, Requirements for the full list of supported Magento and PHP versions.

What This Release Includes ​

Magento 2.4.9 compatibility, Magebit extensions ​

Confirmed compatible with Magento 2.4.9 in this release:

Hyvä Default Theme 1.4.6 ​

hyva-themes/magento2-default-theme and hyva-themes/magento2-theme-module are pinned to 1.4.6. Refer to the upstream 1.4.6 upgrade notes for theme-level changes. Venta Theme already incorporates the relevant overrides.

1. Update Composer Dependencies ​

Bump the Magento product edition and the Venta Theme stack in the project's composer.json:

{
  "require": {
    "magento/product-community-edition": "2.4.9",
    "magebitcom/magento2-venta-theme": "1.6.2.2",
    "magebitcom/magento2-venta-theme-module": "1.6.2.2",
    "magebitcom/magento2-venta-theme-smile-elasticsuite-module": "1.6.2.2",
    "hyva-themes/magento2-default-theme": "1.4.6",
    "hyva-themes/magento2-theme-module": "1.4.6"
  }
}

Then run:

composer update \
  magento/product-community-edition \
  magebitcom/magento2-venta-theme \
  magebitcom/magento2-venta-theme-module \
  magebitcom/magento2-venta-theme-smile-elasticsuite-module \
  hyva-themes/magento2-default-theme \
  hyva-themes/magento2-theme-module \
  --with-all-dependencies

2. Upgrade Smile ElasticSuite to 2.11.19 ​

For compatibility with Magento 2.4.9, this release requires smile/elasticsuite:2.11.19. Pin it in composer.json:

{
  "require": {
    "smile/elasticsuite": "2.11.19"
  }
}

Then run:

composer update smile/elasticsuite --with-all-dependencies

3. Run Magento Upgrade ​

bin/magento maintenance:enable
bin/magento setup:upgrade
bin/magento setup:di:compile
bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy -f
bin/magento cache:flush
bin/magento maintenance:disable

Rebuild theme assets in the Venta Theme child theme directory:

cd app/design/frontend/Magebit/{ProjectTheme}/web/tailwind
npm run build-prod

4. Apply Mageplaza Vendor Patches (PHP 8.5) ​

Only required if the project uses Magebit_VentaMageplazaBlog. The two upstream Mageplaza packages still rely on the (boolean) cast, which is removed in PHP 8.5. Both patches replace it with the canonical (bool).

Patch files ​

Create a patches/ directory at the Magento root if it does not exist, then save the two files below into it.

patches/mageplaza-core-bool-php85.patch ​

--- a/Model/Feed.php
+++ b/Model/Feed.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
      */
     public function checkUpdate()
     {
-        if (!(boolean) $this->_backendConfig->getValue('mageplaza/general/notice_enable')) {
+        if (!(bool) $this->_backendConfig->getValue('mageplaza/general/notice_enable')) {
             return $this;
         }

patches/mageplaza-blog-bool-php85.patch ​

--- a/Controller/Adminhtml/Category/CategoriesJson.php
+++ b/Controller/Adminhtml/Category/CategoriesJson.php
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     {
         $this->_objectManager->get(Session::class)->setIsTreeWasExpanded(
-            (boolean) $this->getRequest()->getParam('expand_all')
+            (bool) $this->getRequest()->getParam('expand_all')
         );

Wire the patches into composer.json ​

Add the following block under extra:

{
  "extra": {
    "composer-exit-on-patch-failure": true,
    "patches": {
      "mageplaza/module-core": {
        "PHP 8.5: replace deprecated (boolean) cast with (bool) in Model/Feed.php": "patches/mageplaza-core-bool-php85.patch"
      },
      "mageplaza/magento-2-blog-extension": {
        "PHP 8.5: replace deprecated (boolean) cast with (bool) in Controller/Adminhtml/Category/CategoriesJson.php": "patches/mageplaza-blog-bool-php85.patch"
      }
    }
  }
}

Apply ​

composer install

Composer should report two successful patches in the install output.