Matomo 5.0.1
5 January 2024
Matomo version 5.0.1 is now available.
Upgrading to Matomo 5.0.1
Matomo 5.0.1 can be upgraded to (or installed) using any of Installatron's products. Use Installatron's optional Automatic Update feature to automatically apply Matomo updates as new versions are released, or use Installatron's Clone feature to duplicate an existing Matomo install to test the 5.0.1 upgrade prior to applying it live. Get started managing your Matomo installations with Installatron
What's New in Matomo 5.0.1
This patch fixes a regression issue when upgrading to Matomo 5 when you are using the MyISAM storage engine for MySQL 8. It’s also now possible to use variables in the custom variables in the tag manager.
Bug Fixes and Changes
- Optimize segment SQL when segment subqueries are used [by @diosmosis, @bx80, @sgiehl]
- Apply max execution time limit to goals live query [by @sgiehl, @bx80]
- Improve performance of queries for complex custom reports using segments [by @bx80]
- Adds new license key section to plugin menu [by @sgiehl]
- Add new diagnostic commands to provide archiving status information
- Fix: strnatcasecmp(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string1) of type string is deprecated [by @blankse, @sgiehl]
- [Bug] First/Last visit displayed date doesn’t take website timezone into account. [by @mneudert]
- [Bug] Transition popover does not work for rows with “%” [by @mneudert]
- [Bug] mktime(): Argument #1 ($hour) must be of type int, string given in /mnt/efs/plugins/VisitTime/functions.php line 18 [by @sgiehl]
- Hide all sites item in site selector for custom dimension management [by @sgiehl]
- Improve escaping of values in CSV exports [by @sgiehl]
- Avoid possible update problem with MyISAM tables on MySQL 8 [by @sgiehl]