The newest version of Omeka S, version 4.2.0, is now released and available. As usual you can download it at omeka.org/s/download.
On compatibility: this version adds official support for PHP 8.4, and now requires at least PHP 8.1.
One headline feature in this release is “item stubs.” Creating sites that are based heavily around linking can be a little inefficient: in the middle of adding a book, you might realize you need a new item to represent the author, for example, and have to stop and start over, be very careful about the order you create things in, or operate in multiple tabs or windows at once. Stubs aim to ease this kind of workflow by letting you create new items while you’re editing or creating another item: where you previously could only select existing items, there’s now an option to create a new one using a simplified interface. The items created this way are full-fledged items that you can go back to edit or fill in later.
This release also includes many more features large and small, and a pile of bug fixes and improvements. There are changes and updates that address accessibility, performance, internationalization/localization and more. To read about all the changes, check out the release notes.