Recent posts
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Reorganizing The Woo Community Slack for Better Collaboration
We’re streamlining our developer Slack workspace with clearer channel organization, new spaces for marketplace vendors, and dedicated areas for technical discussions.
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Product Gallery (beta) block: Roadmap update
📢 Using the Product Gallery (beta) block? Big updates are coming: ✅ Simplified settings ✅ Better thumbnails ✅ Mobile-first design ✅ All images shown by default Stay tuned for full details and docs 🙌
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Stepping in to lead Woo: My vision for the future
After serving as interim lead of Woo, long-time engineering leader steps up to permanently guide WooCommerce’s future, focusing on platform modernization and open-source innovation.
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WooCommerce 9.7: Pre-release updates
WooCommerce 9.7 will introduce a modernized Payments interface, enhanced shipping displays, and major performance improvements for the block editor. Discover what’s coming in this release.
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Developer advisory: pnpm version bump
🚨 Developer Advisory: We recently updated the version of pnpm to version 9.15.0. Developers building on Woo will need to update pnpm in their environments.
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A MailPoet engineer sets up the WooCommerce monorepo
Ready to dive into WooCommerce development? 🚀 Check out Ján’s guide for setting up your dev environment, working with the monorepo, and making awesome contributions 💻🔥
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WooCommerce 9.6: Fresh new tools and modernizing classics
🚀 WooCommerce 9.6 is here! 🎨 Brands plugin auto-enabled 💡 Refreshed product editor 📐 Smarter unit defaults 📦 Enhanced Product Summary block 📊 API upgrades & fixes Update now & explore the full changelog:
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Developer advisory: Coming Soon Mode by default
🚨 Developer Advisory: Upcoming WooCommerce 9.6 introduces changes to the default behavior of “Coming Soon” mode for new installs. 📖 See details + actions for developers:
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Enabling Brands: Update for WooCommerce 9.6
🚀 Exciting news: With the coming release of WooCommerce 9.6, Brands will be fully integrated into core! 🎉 Enabled by default, it simplifies brand management for everyone. No more plugins—it’s all built-in now!
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Developer advisory: Product review form template version update
🚨 New Dev Advisory: The single-product-reviews.php template markup has been updated to include an autocomplete attribute. 📖 Learn more:
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Order DataStore Caching — A new approach to optimize WooCommerce performance
Order DataStore Caching is coming! 🎉 This experiemental feature moves raw order data caching to the HPOS layer for improved performance.
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New WooCommerce blocks cart item image filter
WooCommerce 9.6 introduces a filter to modify cart item images in Cart & Checkout blocks via the Store API response. 🎨 Customize with ease! 📖 Learn more:
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Developer advisory: Block Checkout field entities
🚨 New Dev Advisory: WooCommerce 9.6 changes how checkout field visibility settings are saved—they’ll now apply globally instead of to individual checkout block instances. 📖 Learn more:
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Join us for January’s Developer Office Hours: The future of WooCommerce themes
Join us Jan 22 at 22:00 UTC for Developer Office Hours! Ellen Bauer, WooCommerce’s Product Lead for themes, blocks & patterns, will share insights on theme development and block patterns.
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Feedback request: Adding order fulfillments to WooCommerce
Feedback wanted! We’re planning to introduce fulfillments into WooCommerce core and we want to know how it can best serve you. Check out the article for details and designs.
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WooCommerce 9.5.2: Dot Release
🚀 WooCommerce 9.5.2 is live 🔒 Improved coupon security: Prevent overuse during checkout with atomic locking. 🔄 Customers API: Mutations now restricted to customer & subscriber roles.
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Let’s Talk Accessibility & Compliance in Woo Stores – with Bet Hannon
Join us for a live event on January 28 with special guest @bethannon of @AccessiCart. With EAA coming in June, we are discussing how to achieve and maintain accessibility compliance in your WooCommerce stores.
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Developer Advisory: Return value of response in `extensionCartUpdate`
⚠️ Developer Advisory: Return value of response in `extensionCartUpdate` ✍️ We’ve published a quick workaround. If this issue affects you, check it out on our blog.
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WooCommerce 9.6: Pre-release updates
🚀 WooCommerce 9.6 Beta is here! 🎉 Get a sneak peek at new features like a refreshed product editor, Store API upgrades, improved measurement units, and more. Final release on January 20, 2025. Stay…
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Card Testing Attacks and the Store API
🛠️ Learn how to fortify your defenses against card testing attacks in the Store API.
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WooCommerce 9.5: Convert guests to loyal customers through delayed account creation and cross-selling
🚀 WooCommerce 9.5 is here! 👉 Utilize delayed account creation to convert guest shoppers to loyal customers 👤 Personalize product experiences with Cross-Sells, and more… 🧾 Confirm payment status in receipts
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Modernizing the WooCommerce payments experience: Technical changes ahead
Big changes ahead for WooCommerce payment gateways! We’re introducing a new React-based settings interface and standardized integration patterns in WC 9.6. Extension developers, prepare your integrations for testing.
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WooCommerce in 2025: Building a platform for the future
WooCommerce is evolving. We’re bringing essential commerce features into core to create a more powerful platform for builder-supported stores at scale.
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December Office Hours: Holiday Hang Out
Join us for December Office Hours on Wednesday, December 18, from 17:00 – 18:00 UTC in the Woo Community Slack!
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Generate test data for WooCommerce with Smooth Generator
Need realistic test data for your WooCommerce store? Smooth Generator helps developers populate stores with products, orders, and customers automatically. Check out the latest version.