Update for Zotero 8

[maie...@gmail.com]

Hi everyone,

I'm a bit behind with the update process for plugin. Is there an outline available summarizing the most important changes I have to make?

Best,

Denis

[Dan Stillman]

On 2/3/26 9:56 AM, maie...@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm a bit behind with the update process for plugin. Is there an
> outline available summarizing the most important changes I have to make?

https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/zotero_8_for_developers

[maie...@gmail.com]

Thanks. Am I understanding this correctly that the main change for me is how menu items are registered?

[Dan Stillman]

On 2/3/26 10:05 AM, maie...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Am I understanding this correctly that the main change for me is how
> menu items are registered?
>

That's a new API, but the main changes would be in the Platform Changes
section:

https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/zotero_8_for_developers#platform_changes

They may or may not apply to your plugin.

[maie...@gmail.com]

Is there a way to install Zotero 8 in a way that won't affect my regular Zotero 7 installation? (I will only be able to switch to the new version once I've confirmed the plugin works there, so I need to keep the old version as a fallback in the meantime.)

[Dan Stillman]

On 2/4/26 9:48 AM, maie...@gmail.com wrote:
> Is there a way to install Zotero 8 in a way that won't affect my
> regular Zotero 7 installation? (I will only be able to switch to the
> new version once I've confirmed the plugin works there, so I need to
> keep the old version as a fallback in the meantime.)

You can just run it.

If this is Windows, you can use the ZIP build.

[maie...@gmail.com]

Ok, but it won't mess up the database?

[Dan Stillman]

On 2/4/26 10:14 AM, maie...@gmail.com wrote:
> Ok, but it won't mess up the database?

It will not.