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January 2026

  • Call for testing: Experimental REST API Caching in WooCommerce 10.5

    Call for testing: Experimental REST API Caching in WooCommerce 10.5

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    Jan 23, 2026


    WooCommerce 10.5 will introduce an experimental caching engine for REST API endpoints, delivering significant performance improvements. Read more

  • WooCommerce 10.5: What’s coming for developers

    WooCommerce 10.5: What’s coming for developers

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    Jan 20, 2026


    WooCommerce 10.5 is scheduled for February 3. This post covers a number of exciting improvements, performance updates, and developer advisories ahead of the 10.5 release. Read more

  • Experimental Product Object Caching in WooCommerce 10.5

    Experimental Product Object Caching in WooCommerce 10.5

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    Jan 19, 2026


    WooCommerce 10.5 introduces an experimental Product Object Caching feature that improves performance by caching product instances during each request, preventing duplicate product loads from the database. Read more

  • We’re Heading to Zagreb: Join Us for Platform Updates, Roadmap Insights, and More

    We’re Heading to Zagreb: Join Us for Platform Updates, Roadmap Insights, and More

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    Shani Banerjee

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    Jan 16, 2026


    We’re headed to Croatia! Come say hello at the IRL Meetup in Zagreb on January 28 for some WooCommerce facts and snacks! Read more

  • Add to Cart button disabled by default in variable products in WooCommerce 10.5

    Add to Cart button disabled by default in variable products in WooCommerce 10.5

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    Jan 16, 2026


    WooCommerce will disable the Add to Cart button on variable product pages until the variation script loads, enhancing reliability on slow networks. Read more

  • Removal of the AccessiblePrivateMethods trait in WooCommerce 10.5

    Removal of the AccessiblePrivateMethods trait in WooCommerce 10.5

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    Jan 15, 2026


    The AccessiblePrivateMethods trait will be removed in WooCommerce 10.5, affecting extensions that incorrectly use it. Developers should adapt their extensions accordingly to ensure compatibility. Read more

  • January Office Hours: Open Forum

    January Office Hours: Open Forum

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    Jan 15, 2026


    Join us for an open forum January Office Hours in the WooCommerce Community Slack on Wednesday, January 21. 16:00 UTC/11:00 AM EST Read more

  • WC REST API fixes for product variation attributes with special characters in WooCommerce 10.5

    WC REST API fixes for product variation attributes with special characters in WooCommerce 10.5

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    Luigi Teschio

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    Jan 14, 2026


    WooCommerce 10.5 introduces two fixes in WooCommerce REST API to improve handling of product variations with special or non-ASCII characters, enhancing developers’ experience. Read more

  • Product Permalink Changes Coming in WooCommerce 10.5

    Product Permalink Changes Coming in WooCommerce 10.5

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    Jan 13, 2026


    WooCommerce 10.5 updates product permalink category selection, prioritizing the deepest category for better SEO and consistency in URLs, affecting specific permalink structures only. Read more

  • Variation prices caching improvements in WooCommerce 10.5

    Variation prices caching improvements in WooCommerce 10.5

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    Jan 8, 2026


    WooCommerce 10.5 introduces improvements to how variation prices are cached, along with a new utility class for working with callbacks. Read more

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