{{Infobox software | name = Zen Cart | logo = ZenCart Logo.png | logo size = 150px | logo caption = The Art of Ecommerce | screenshot = Zencart 1.5.5a Admin Panel Screenshot.png | caption = Zencart Admin Panel screenshot. <br/> (Version 1.5.5a) | collapsible = | author = Zen Ventures, LLC | developer = [http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=infopages&pages_id=9 The Zen Cart Development Team] | latest release version = {{Zen Cart version}} | latest release date = {{Zen Cart version|releasedate}} | operating system = Cross-platform | genre = Online store management system | license = GNU General Public License | website = {{URL|http://www.zen-cart.com/}} }} '''Zen Cart''' is an online store management system.<ref name="ZhuMa2011">{{cite book|author1=Rongbo Zhu|author2=Yan Ma|title=Information Engineering and Applications: International Conference on Information Engineering and Applications (IEA 2011)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fKAzECEfd-0C&pg=PA618|date=13 November 2011|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4471-2386-6|pages=618–}}</ref> It is PHP-based, using a MySQL database and HTML components. Support is provided for numerous languages and currencies, and it is freely available under the GNU General Public License.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ltd |first=Numinix Web Development |title=Zen Cart Plugins by Numinix |url=https://www.numinix.com/shop-by-ecommerce-platforms-zen-cart-plugins-modules-c-179_250_373 |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=Numinix |language=en-US}}</ref>
==History== Zen Cart is a software fork that branched from osCommerce in 2003.<ref name="Montgomery2011">{{cite book|author=Liv Montgomery|title=Online Business Promotion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qujI_ffy1PYC&pg=PT115|date=1 April 2011|publisher=AudioInk|isbn=978-1-61339-043-6|pages=115–}}</ref><ref name="Yu2014">{{cite book|author=Eddie Yu|title=Speedlights And Elephands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g5CFAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT194|date=28 February 2014|publisher=Panoma Press|isbn=978-1-907722-54-7|pages=194–}}</ref> Beyond some aesthetic changes, the major differences between the two systems come from Zen Cart's architectural changes (for example, a template system) and additional included features in the core.<ref name="Steers">{{cite book|author=Robert Steers|title=Building a Business Online|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lDhQnVFVRSYC&pg=PT56|publisher=Robert Steers|isbn=978-1-4477-9584-1|pages=56–}}</ref> The release of the 1.3.x series further differentiated Zen Cart by moving the template system from its historic tables-based layout approach to one that is largely CSS-based.
== Plugins == As support for Zen Cart dropped in recent years, many third party companies are creating Zencart plugins and modules<ref name=":0" /> that can help users solve problems like installing reCAPTCHA v3<ref>{{Cite web |title=reCAPTCHA v3 |url=https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/docs/v3 |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=Google Developers |language=en}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Free and open-source software}} * Comparison of shopping cart software
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==External links== <!-- Posting links here to commercial hosting/customization services is considered spam under Wikipedia policy and will lead to warnings and/or bans. --> * {{Official website|http://www.zen-cart.com/}}
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