The major release focuses mainly on a major update to Symfony 5 and supports PHP 8.1, but it also brings several user-facing changes and exciting news for developers. Read on for more information.

If this is your first time contributing, you might be asking: what can I help with? We organize our ideas and plans in our Jira board. We divide our workload by teams and special projects. Find your tribe and start right now!

Senior software engineer Volha Pivavarchyk, a contributor to the Product team, is one of the people developing the email builder. In this article, the Lithuania-based contributor talks about the high-quality professionals she met in our community, the new features they are working on, and how much she enjoys and learns from being a part of Mautic.

This out-of-cycle minor release provides Mautic users with support for PHP 8.0 in the 4.x series. It also includes bug fixes relating to tag import, the Marketplace and plugin installation.

Software developer and technical writer Favour Chibueze, a contributor to the Education Team, is one of the people involved in writing the end-user documentation of Mautic. In this article, the Nigerian contributor talks about how she joined our community, the importance of awareness and documentation, as well as how it feels to be a part of an open-source project.

The third feature-based release in the Mautic 4.x series brings about major changes in how you can manage your contacts and their many-to-many relations, beyond companies. Dynamic content filters are now available for plugins, such as the now open source plugin Custom Objects.

Software developer Dennis Ameling, a contributor to the Product Team of Mautic, is one the people involved in building the Mautic Marketplace, a new feature in the Mautic 4.2 release. In this article, the Norwegian-based member of our community explains a little about the idea behind the Marketplace, and provides a sneak peak of other features to come.

The Mautic Community Sprint is here again, and you are welcome to join the event between Monday, May 2nd, and Wednesday, May 4th. Come meet us in Budapest, Hungary, kindly hosted by Cheppers, and get involved with our awesome community! During the event, we will work collaboratively on some tasks, and the Leadership Team will also hold a board meeting to work long term strategies.

Our in-person conferences are a great opportunity for Mautic users in a region to gather, learn and network. In the Mautic Community we have decided to rotate continents each year for our in-person conference, which gives an opportunity for local communities to host the event. We are inviting you to submit a proposal before the end of April 2022 for consideration – we will make the final decision during our community sprint in Budapest.

Senior software engineer Miroslav Fedeleš, aka Fedy, has been with the Mautic Community for two years. For the Czech professional, the exchange with other contributors and the learning opportunities are the highlights of his experience. In this article, Miroslav briefly describes how he started contributing to the community and some of the improvements he was a part of. He also tells a little about the benefits of joining the community.