The Magento 2.4.3 update is now available. This update is a big one! The release includes over 370 new fixes to the core code and 33 security enhancements. It’s really important to keep up to date with Magento releases. These releases not only help keep the day to day running of your online store smooth, they also help to keep it secure.
<h2>What’s in the 2.4.3 update?</h2>
This release is bursting with enhancements! There are literally pages and pages of details available to read <a href="https://devdocs-beta.magento.com/guides/v2.4/release-notes/open-source-2-4-3.html">here</a>. We know you’re busy so we’ve picked out some of our favourite highlights that we think will benefit you the most:
<h3>Substantial Security Enhancements</h3>
We all want to make sure that our customers' details are secure. The latest release includes 33 Security patches that help to close remote code execution (RCE and cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.
<h3>New Composer Plugin</h3>
The new Composer Plugin for Magento Open Source will minimize a security vulnerability known as dependency confusion. The plugin will perform integrity checks during installation.
<h3>Infrastructure Updates</h3>
This includes enhanced functionality within the Customer Account, Catalog, Cart &amp; Checkout and Promotions to name a few!
<h3>PayPal Pay Later</h3>
Offering a “buy now, pay later” service to your customers can help increase sales. Magento 2.4.3 now supports Paypal Pay Later allowing customers to pay for their order in bi-weekly installments rather than at the time of purchase.
<h3>Performance Enhancements</h3>
The improvements decrease indexation time for Product Price and Catalog Rule indexers. It also exclude a website from a customer group or shared catalog, which reduces the number of records for indexing and improves indexing times.
<h3>Page Builder</h3>
The Page Builder extension is now the default content editing tool for Adobe Commerce 2.4.3 and Magento Open Source 2.4.3. If required, it can replace the WYSIWYG editor with any third-party module.

Page Builder replaces the TinyMCE editor in the following Admin areas:

CMS Page

CMS Block

Category Description

Product Description

All the content created in TinyMCE has been migrated into Page Builder as HTML.
<h3>Bundle Products</h3>
There have been some great improvements to the Bundle Product feature including the ability to add a bundle product with more than one checkbox option to the cart. Also, the stock status is now updated based on the stock levels of the child products.