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WooCommerce 7.9.0 Beta 1 Released
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Beta 1 for the July 11 release of WooCommerce is now available for testing! You can either download it directly from WordPress.org or install our WooCommerce Beta Tester Plugin. Highlights Since the release of 7.8.0, the following changes have been made: For the complete list, view the changelog in the readme for this release. Upcoming PHP Requirement Change While 7.9.0 continues…
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Developer Office Hours: June Edition
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Hey folks, we are back again with our Monthly Office Hours. If you missed the last session, here’s a recap on our conversation around code testing and quality. This Month’s Office Hours We will hold office hours on June 21st from 16:00UTC until 17:00 UTC in the #developers channel on the WooCommerce Community Slack. This month, we will be…
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Best practices for the use of the “cart fragments” API
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Beginning with WooCommerce 7.8, we implemented a change that disables the cart fragments script from being enqueued on all page routes of a WooCommerce store by default. Responsible for updating the cart widget after a successful add-to-cart event, the script can cause performance issues on stores not using that functionality. Going forward the script will…
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Clear Testing Instructions on Pull Requests is the First Level of Quality Engineering
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What is Our Long-Term Goal? We strongly believe in the importance of having high-quality testing instructions in Pull Requests. This will allow us to perform front-load testing earlier in the process (before the PR is merged), and avoid late-breaking issues in the release process. This move will make the Pull Request stage one of the…
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Vulnerability patched in several WooCommerce Extensions for payment processing
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What you need to know Update: This post was updated June 15, 2023 to add all updated, backported versions of the WooCommerce Stripe Gateway. On April 16, 2023, a vulnerability was discovered in the WooCommerce Stripe extension. Once the issue was reported, our team prioritized fixing affected versions. While addressing the issue, we identified the…
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WooCommerce 7.8 Released
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We are pleased to announce the release of WooCommerce 7.8.0. This release should be backwards compatible with the previous version. This release contains: As always, we recommend creating a backup of your site and making sure that your theme and any other plugins are compatible before updating. You can check out this update guide for more information. Upcoming…
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WooCommerce Blocks 10.4.2 Release Notes
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The latest version of WooCommerce Blocks, version 10.4.2, is now available for download on WordPress.org and GitHub. Changelog Bug Fixes
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WooCommerce Blocks 10.4.0 Release Notes
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The latest version of WooCommerce Blocks, version 10.4.0, is now available for download on WordPress.org and GitHub. Notable Changes Enable Single Product block We are introducing the Single Product block, which will allow you to select and display any product on a page, post, or template. Enable blockified templates The blockified version of the Single Product template is…
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Store Editing Snaps: May 22 – June 02
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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 the scenes. Let’s take a look at some highlights of what we’ve done since our last update. Note that the linked #numbers that…
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WooCommerce 7.8.0 Release Candidate 2
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Release Candidate 2 for the June 2023 release of WooCommerce is now available for testing! You can either download it directly from WordPress.org or install our WooCommerce Beta Tester Plugin. What’s New? There have been two fixes since the release of RC.1: See the full changelog for all of the changes included in this release. Actions and Filters There have been…
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WooCommerce 7.8.0 Release Candidate
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Release Candidate 1 for the June 2023 release of WooCommerce is now available for testing! You can either download it directly from WordPress.org or install our WooCommerce Beta Tester Plugin. What’s New? There have been two fixes since the release of Beta.2: See the full changelog for all of the changes included in this release. Actions and Filters There have been…
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New Requirement for WooCommerce 8.2: PHP 7.4+
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The details The minimum PHP version required for WooCommerce was bumped from 7.2 to 7.3 in WooCommerce 7.7 in May 2023. As part of that announcement, we mentioned that during mid 2023, we would bump the PHP requirement for WooCommerce to 7.4. Starting with version 8.2, scheduled for release in October 2023, WooCommerce will require…
