Changelog

We are proud to announce a new version of the Facebook For WooCommerce plugin.

This release includes the long-awaited fix for the feed file generator. Currently available as an opt-in experimental feature from the Settings Debug section:

After an initial testing period over a course of release or two, the new feed file generator will be enabled for everyone and the option will be removed.

In the new process, the products catalog is processed in batches and the whole process is orchestrated by the Action Scheduler framework. This allowed avoiding out-of-memory issues that were happening for large catalogs and also improved the admin panel performance during the generation process.

Another big improvement is the addition of internal product validation before attempting to synchronize the product to the Facebook catalog. If the code detects any issues it displays the information in the Facebook metabox in the product edit screen. For example:

Other shipped updates:

• Improved compatibility with the Gutenberg Checkout Block
• Improved ( more concise ) logs format
• Default variation selection algorithm only selects published variations
• New tracked variables: new feed enabled and feed generation time
• Couple of small code refactors and cleanups preparing ground for future updates

Please visit the plugin documentation page to read more about the new feed generator and meta box sync functionality.

The plugin can be downloaded from woo.com and from wordpress.org.

#facebook-for-woocommerce

Hi all!

We’re happy to announce a new version of the Action Scheduler library is out now! It brings you more stability, configuration options, and performance improvements.

Changes

UI

You can now change how many actions to display per page in WordPress Admin Tools > Scheduled Actions. (#771)

Performance

To improve performance, you can now filter the ORDER BY portion of the SQL query that claims actions. In case you can be sure you don’t really care about strict ordering of planned overdue actions, you can e.g. remove ordering by scheduled_time_gmt, which considerably improves the speed of execution of the query and reduces the probability of deadlocks (#773).

In addition, after extensive testing, we’ve decided to drop claim_id index, as it was causing slowdowns and was superfluous since we recently added a composite index that covers claim_id column (#774).

API

When the execution limit is set to 0 (i.e. no limit), then calling ActionScheduler_Compatibility::raise_time_limit( $new_limit ) for $new_limit > 0 won’t set the limit, as it would be imposing a new limit rather than raising it. (#755)

Initialization

There are several problems that might arise during version reconciliation when multiple plugins use Action Scheduler. By applying #731, we’re solving one class of those problems by not triggering autoload of AS classes when testing for the existence of the ActionScheduler and ActionScheduler_Versions classes.

Code gardening

PHP CS fixes and improvements:

• #763
• #780
• #761
• #768
• #762
• #769

Contributors ❤️

Thanks to all the contributors who improved Action Scheduler, tested the PRs and provided their input!

• @ovidiul
• @barryhughes
• @olegabr
• @glagonikas

Please test the new version on your staging environment before going into production and let us know on GitHub if you find any problems.

We’re excited to announce that the first release candidate of WooCommerce 5.9 is now available. We are on track for our planned November 9th release date.

Changes

Since the beta release, the following changes have been made:

• WooCommerce Admin is now 2.8.0 RC 3. See the changelog to know what’s new in 2.8.0, or this commit for the changes from RC 2 to RC 3.
• We fixed a small issue in the fix for the tax location adjustment when adding line items to an order via admin that was included in the beta. #31015
• We have renamed a transient used when showing featured content in the marketplace page, since the old name was already in use. #31002
• New visual style for promoted cards in the marketplace page. #30861
• #30862 (update Storefront banner width and track links in the marketplace page) was supposed to be included in the beta, and was even listed in the changelog, but by mistake it wasn’t; it’s included in the RC.

Testing

If you’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. We’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.

The first beta for WooCommerce 5.9.0 is now available as part of the November release cycle. You can download directly from WordPress.org or through our WooCommerce Beta Tester Plugin.

Highlights

• WooCommerce Blocks 6.1: Blocks package have been updated to 6.1. Please take a look at the release posts for 6.0.1, 6.0.2 and 6.1.0 to see what’s new and improved.
• WooCommerce Admin 2.8.0 RC 2: WooCommerce Admin package has also been updated to 2.8.0 RC 2 with this release of WooCommerce. See the changelog for details on what’s new in this version (and also on previous versions 2.7.1 and 2.7.2)
• Marketplace page redesign: The WooCommerce marketplace page shows a refreshed look, and app cards shows additional bits of information like icons, ratings and reviews. See #30900 and #30840.
• Variable product price caching fix: There was a caching issue that caused incorrect variable product prices to be displayed when VAT exemption was involved. #30889
• Empty billing email via REST API: It is now possible to specify an empty billing email to remove it from an order via REST API. #30850
• Unpaid order cancellation scheduling fix: When the scheduled action to cancel an unpaid order failed it wasn’t re-scheduled for retry. #30830
• Tax location when adding products via admin fix: When a product was added to an order via admin, and the woocommerce_adjust_non_base_location_prices filter was set to return false (to calculate taxes based on the customer locattion, not thee shop location), the location for the taxes was being taken from the admin user, not from the user who performed the order. #30692

Filters and Actions

No new filters or actions have been added or modified in this release.

Database Changes

There are no database changes in this release.

Template Changes

There are no template changes in this release.

Release Schedule

Testing

If you’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. We’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.