We are back with another update on our release schedule.
What is changing?
WooCommerce 9.4, originally planned for October 21, 2024, will now be released on Monday, November 11th, 2024.
In addition to that change, we are slightly shifting the coming releases to accommodate for the holiday season in some parts of the world. These changes will affect WooCommerce 9.4 through WooCommerce 9.6, included.
Key changes to dates will be as follows:
| New Date | Release |
|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 11th, 2024 | 9.4 release, 9.5 code freeze, 9.5 beta |
| Mon, Nov 25th, 2024 | 9.5 RC release |
| Mon, Dec 16th, 2024 | 9.5 release, 9.6 code freeze, 9.6 beta |
| Mon, Jan 13th, 2025 | 9.6 RC release |
| Mon, Jan 20th, 2025 | 9.6 release |
We will return to the 5-week release cycle we described in a previous post.
Why we’re making this change
In addition to the most recent changes, we made to align our 9.4 release with the upcoming WordPress 6.7. A side effect of that means that we have also decided to preemptively adjusted the 9.5 and 9.6 releases.
Additionally, the shift in dates is meant to accommodate for seasonal holidays in some parts of the world, in an effort to be better able to dedicate ample testing time for a quality final release.
Stay up to date
For the most current information on releases, you can follow our Release Calendar page as well as our Changelog where we post the most up-to-date information.
If you’d like to integrate our release calendar into your preferred calendar application, you can subscribe to our release events using our ICS Release Calendar link
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