[Duplicate] "What's New" section does not honor product status

[version 1.3.8a] The new_products.php module does not, in all cases, honor the product's status. Fix would be to add "and p.products_status = 1" to all queries.

This is a known bug. There's a fix here:
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpost.php?p=483788&postcount=3

Thanks, Steven300. I guess I should have done a thorough job of looking at the forum before creating the thread (newb). If I make changes to the default modules, what is the likelihood that the next update will clobber them and not have this correction in them? In other words, am I best off using override modules in my template until I know that the solution has been made a part of the distribution?

am I best off using override modules in my template until I know that the solution has been made a part of the distribution?

You are ALWAYS better off to use the overrides.

This will definitely be fixed in the next version, 1.4.0. Use the override system to make this fix and then when you next upgrade, you can remove the override.

Thanks, all! [nice, responsive community :yes:]