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WooCommerce 8.6 Upcoming Fixes: Checkout Page, Product Page, and Compatibility with Woo Subscriptions

After the release of WooCommerce 8.6, we received reports from users who encountered the following issues: We are preparing a fix for the following issues. You may monitor their progress via these two pull…
Tutorial: Overriding notice templates

Are you using a classic theme and want to customize the classic notices? Are you using a block theme, and want to customize the block notices or want to use the classic notice? Keep…
WooCommerce 8.6: Product Blocks & Order Attribution Updates

We are pleased to announce the release of WooCommerce 8.6.0. This release is backwards compatible with the previous version. This release contains 365 commits from 73 contributors in WooCommerce Core. As always, we recommend creating a backup…
WooCommerce 8.6.0 Delayed

Hi everyone! We have an important update regarding the release of WooCommerce 8.6. Originally slated for today, February 13, 2024, we’ve made the decision to postpone the release to Thursday, February 15, 2024. This…
Developer Advisory: Changes in order coupons line item storage

Back in October, we created a GitHub discussion regarding an issue with the storage of metadata concerning coupons applied to orders. The short version is that once a coupon is applied to an order,…
February Office Hours: Web API & Open Discussion

We would love for you to join us for February office hours, just a few weeks away on Wednesday, February 21st, 2024. As a reminder, during Office Hours, we are absolutely open to answering…
WooCommerce 8.6 RC: Classic notice templates for classic themes & more

Hello everyone! WooCommerce 8.6 RC is now available for testing! You can either download it directly from WordPress.org or install it via the WooCommerce Beta Tester Plugin. What’s new in WooCommerce 8.6? In addition to the…
Store Editing Snaps: Enhancing Product Display and Streamlining Store Management

Hello and welcome to another round of Snaps from the WooCommerce Store Editing team! 🎇 Every couple of weeks, we give an update on all the work being done on WooCommerce Blocks from behind…
Developer Advisory: WP 6.4.3 causes “Incompatible Archive” on upload error

The release of WP 6.4.3 introduced code which categorizes plugin files zipped on macOS machines to be deemed incompatible for upload. The details With the introduction of the following checks in the core files…
Introducing New WooCommerce Developer Documentation

We’re excited to announce the launch of our new WooCommerce Developer Documentation site. This resource is designed to assist developers in building powerful ecommerce stores, crafting unique extensions or themes, and contributing directly to…
WooCommerce’s Web API: We want to hear from you!

We’re looking to gather feedback from folks using the WooCommerce Web API to build tools, extensions, and more! As you may know, WooCommerce ships with several server-side web APIs, collectively called the “Web API”.…
WooCommerce 8.6 Beta: Upgrades to Product Blocks

Hi there! The beta version of WooCommerce 8.6 is now available for testing! You can either download it directly from WordPress.org or install our WooCommerce Beta Tester Plugin. What’s new in WooCommerce 8.6? WooCommerce 8.6 adds some…
WooCommerce Blocks Extensibility Snaps: Additional Checkout Fields Progress

Hello and welcome to the January edition of WooCommerce Blocks Extensibility Snaps! This post is a monthly update to highlight things we’ve been working on and keep you up to date with our plans…
Addressing Concerns and Commitment to Improvement – WooCommerce 8.5 Release

On Jan 9, 2024 we released WooCommerce 8.5.0. Quickly thereafter, we began receiving reports about issues, which brought into question the quality control for this release. We want to acknowledge and address the challenges…
WooCommerce 8.5.2: Fixes to Remote Inbox Notifications

Hi everyone! We are pleased to announce the release of WooCommerce 8.5.2. This release should be backwards compatible with the previous version. What’s new in 8.5.2? WooCommerce 8.5.2 included updated logic to notifications that are…
Store Editing Snaps: January 01 – 12

Hello and welcome to another round of Snaps from the WooCommerce Store Editing team! 🎇 Every couple of weeks, we give an update on all the work being done on WooCommerce Blocks from behind…
Fix for the fatal error when editing customer profile in WooCommerce 8.5

We have received reports from the community about a fatal error when trying to edit the customer profile with certain extensions installed. The error message may appear as Call to undefined function wc_add_notice() or…
Getting to Know Woo: Extending the New Product Editor with React

This is the second part of a series of posts where we cover extensibility in the new product editor. If you haven’t already, please check out the first post, Getting to Know Woo: Extensibility…
The WooCommerce Legacy REST API extension is now available in WordPress.org

Three months ago we announced that the Legacy REST API will be removed from WooCommerce as of version 9.0. However, for those who have not been able to transition to the more modern REST…
WooCommerce 8.5.1 issues with Web Application Firewall (ModSecurity)

Since the release of WooCommerce 8.5.1 yesterday, we received reports about stores getting 403 Forbidden errors caused by Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules set up in their hosting configuration while the Order Attribution feature is enabled.…
WooCommerce 8.5.1 Released

Hi everyone! We are pleased to announce the release of WooCommerce 8.5.1. This release should be backwards compatible with the previous version. What’s new in 8.5.1? This release includes the fix for the known…
Update on the WooCommerce 8.5 known issue

Hello everyone! We would like to inform the community that the fix for the known issue in WooCommerce 8.5 is ready and will be included on an upcoming point release. During the development and…
January Office Hours

What does the Legacy REST API mean for you? Last month we posted about the removal the Legacy REST API starting with WooCommerce version 9.0, as well as the release of the Legacy REST…
WooCommerce 8.5.0 Released

We are pleased to announce the release of WooCommerce 8.5.0. This release should be backwards compatible with the previous version. This release contains 5000+ commits from 63 contributors in WooCommerce Core. As always, we recommend creating…
Store Editing Snaps: December 18 – 29

Hello and welcome to another round of Snaps from the WooCommerce Store Editing team! 🎇 Every couple of weeks, we give an update on all the work being done on WooCommerce Blocks from behind…