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  • WooCommerce 2.7 beta 1 is here
    WooCommerce 2.7 beta 1 is here

    WooCommerce 2.7 codename “Bionic Butterfly” has been tagged in GitHub and is ready for testing! This is a major release with large structural changes to help us work towards a more performant platform. There…

  • 2.7: A new CLI for WooCommerce
    2.7: A new CLI for WooCommerce

    WooCommerce brings many improvements to the WP-CLI powered command-line interface we introduced back in WooCommerce 2.5. WP-CLI is a set of command-line tools for managing WordPress installations Our WC-CLI layer adds tools for managing…

  • WooCommerce 2.6.9 Security/Fix Release Notes
    WooCommerce 2.6.9 Security/Fix Release Notes

    The WooCommerce 2.6.9 security/fix release is now available. You can download it on WordPress.org or as an automatic update in your administration panel. ~44 commits made it into this release fixing several minor issues and…

  • WooCommerce 2.6.8 Fix Release Notes
    WooCommerce 2.6.8 Fix Release Notes

    We’ve made a small update today (WooCommerce 2.6.8) to fix a few issues. You can download it on WordPress.org or as an automatic update in your administration panel. This release had ~14 commits. Fixed an issue where…

  • The new CRUD classes in WooCommerce 2.7
    The new CRUD classes in WooCommerce 2.7

    High order volume is one of the best problems a store can have, but it can really slow down your site’s performance. That’s why our team’s main focus this year (and going into 2017) is performance…

  • WooCommerce 2.6.7 Fix Release Notes
    WooCommerce 2.6.7 Fix Release Notes

    We’ve made a small update today (WooCommerce 2.6.7) to fix a few issues. You can download it on WordPress.org or as an automatic update in your administration panel. This release had ~11 commits. Fixed an issue where…

  • WooCommerce 2.6.6 Fix Release Notes
    WooCommerce 2.6.6 Fix Release Notes

    We’ve made a small update and released WooCommerce 2.6.6 today to fix a potential conflict with extensions. You can download it on WordPress.org or as an automatic update in your administration panel. Only ~2 made…

  • WooCommerce 2.6.5 Fix Release Notes
    WooCommerce 2.6.5 Fix Release Notes

    The WooCommerce 2.6.5 fix release is now available. You can download it on WordPress.org or as an automatic update in your administration panel. ~82 commits made it into this release fixing several minor issues. The main…

  • New product gallery merged in to core for 2.7
    New product gallery merged in to core for 2.7

    Followers of this blog will know that we’ve been talking about the possibility of revamping our product gallery display on single product pages. This post is simply to document that this has now been confirmed and indeed…

  • The New WooCommerce Product Image Gallery
    The New WooCommerce Product Image Gallery

    A couple of weeks ago we posted about an experiment we were working on to improve the product galleries in WooCommerce, particularly the mobile experience. We laid out options to have a lightbox, a magnification/zoom, or…

  • A new product gallery coming to 2.7. Maybe.
    A new product gallery coming to 2.7. Maybe.

    The product image galleries in WooCommerce basically haven’t changed since version 1. The layout is fine, but the lightbox functionality is looking more than a little tired. Most importantly the experience on smaller handheld devices…

  • WooCommerce 2.6.4 Fix/Security Release Notes
    WooCommerce 2.6.4 Fix/Security Release Notes

    The WooCommerce 2.6.4 fix/security release is now available. You can download it on WordPress.org or as an automatic update in your administration panel. ~20 commits made it into this release fixing several minor issues. The main…

  • WooCommerce 2.6.3 Fix/Security Release Notes
    WooCommerce 2.6.3 Fix/Security Release Notes

    The WooCommerce 2.6.3 fix/security release is now available. You can download it on WordPress.org or as an automatic update in your administration panel. ~104 commits made it into this release fixing several minor issues and…

  • WooCommerce 2.6.2 Fix Release Notes
    WooCommerce 2.6.2 Fix Release Notes

    The WooCommerce 2.6.2 fix release is now available. You can download it on WordPress.org or as an automatic update in your administration panel. ~140 commits made it into this release fixing several minor issues and…

  • WooCommerce Connect moves into Alpha 2
    WooCommerce Connect moves into Alpha 2

    For the last couple months, since the first Alpha release, we’ve been diligently working on WooCommerce Connect. We’re excited to announce that we have more features you can exercise in the latest Alpha release.…

  • WooCommerce 2.6.1 fix release notes
    WooCommerce 2.6.1 fix release notes

    The WooCommerce 2.6.1 fix release is now available. You can download it onWordPress.org or as an automatic update in your administration panel. ~43 commits made it into this release fixing several minor issues and…

  • Say hello to WooCommerce 2.6 “Zipping Zebra”
    Say hello to WooCommerce 2.6 “Zipping Zebra”

    Today we’re excited to announce WooCommerce 2.6 “Zipping Zebra” has been released into the wild. 2.6 has been in beta since the end of April, development for ~5 months, and has had over 1700 commits from 25…

  • WooCommerce 2.6 Release Candidate
    WooCommerce 2.6 Release Candidate

    The release candidate for WooCommerce 2.6 “Zipping Zebra” is now available. RC means we think we’re done, but with thousands of users and hundreds of plugins and themes with WooCommerce support, it’s possible we’ve missed something.…

  • WooCommerce 2.6 Beta 4
    WooCommerce 2.6 Beta 4

    WooCommerce 2.6 Beta 4 has been tagged and is now available from Github. You can download beta 4 here Since beta 3, we’ve made a handful of fixes and tweaks you can view here.…

  • WooCommerce 2.6 Beta 3
    WooCommerce 2.6 Beta 3

    WooCommerce 2.6 Beta 3 has been tagged and is now available from Github. Since beta 1 there have been a number of fixes, tweaks and commits (159) so be sure to give it a…

  • WooCommerce 2.6 Beta 2
    WooCommerce 2.6 Beta 2

    WooCommerce 2.6 Beta 2 has been tagged and is now available from Github. Since beta 1 there have been a number of fixes, tweaks and commits (183) so be sure to give it a…

  • Introducing WooCommerce Connect – Alpha Edition
    Introducing WooCommerce Connect – Alpha Edition

    For the past few months, we’ve been quietly working on something we think will be a big part of the future of WooCommerce: WooCommerce Connect. Connect is a new architecture for integrating services with WooCommerce. We’re…

  • WooCommerce 2.6 Beta 1 is here
    WooCommerce 2.6 Beta 1 is here

    WC 2.6 codename “Zipping Zebra” has been tagged and is ready for testing. This is our 2nd major release of 2016 and has around 900 commits in total. You can download beta 1 here. Release Highlights 2.6.0 has a…

  • New REST API based on the WP REST API in 2.6
    New REST API based on the WP REST API in 2.6

    During the development of WooCommerce 2.1 (Back in Feb 2014) we knew that one day WordPress would have it’s own REST API, but the demand was so great for such a thing in WooCommerce we…