WooCommerce 8.1 RC 1

RC 1 for the September 2023 release of WooCommerce is now available for testing! You can either download it directly from WordPress.org or install our WooCommerce Beta Tester Plugin.

Highlights

Since the release of 8.1 Beta 1, the following changes have been made:

  • Fixed positioning of fixed block toolbar in IFrame editor used for product description, to make work with latest WordPress versions. (#39873)
  • Fixed edgecase performance issues around incentives caching. (#39958)

For the complete list of changes in WooCommerce, view the changelog in the readme for this release.

Actions and Filters

No additional changes introduced.

Template Changes

No additional changes introduced.

Release Schedule

Weโ€™re still on track for our planned September 12 release.

VersionRelease
Release CandidateSeptember 5, 2023
Final ReleaseSeptember 12, 2023

Testing

If youโ€™d like to dive in and help test this new release, our handy WooCommerce Beta Tester plugin allows you to switch between beta versions and release candidates. You can also download the release from WordPress.org.

A set of testing instructions has been published on our Wiki page in GitHub. Weโ€™ve also posted a helpful writeup on beta testing to help get you started.

If you discover any bugs during the testing process, please let us know by logging a report in GitHub.


Keep yourself in the loop!

Sign up for the WooCommerce developer newsletter:
Hidden
Hidden
Hidden


Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *