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  • WooCommerce 3.0.0 RC2

    WooCommerce 3.0.0 RC2 is available for testing. This fixes a bunch of issues from 3.0.0 RC1 which we’ve spent the last 2 weeks working on. Notable fixes include: Fixed some edge case gallery issues…

  • Developer Chats.
    Developer Chats.

    Starting with the 3.1 release cycle, we will begin holding dev chats every 2 weeks. These meetings will happen every other Tuesday on WooCommerce Slack and are open to the community. Each chat will…

  • WooCommerce 3.0.0 RC1

    This was quite the week. A few days ago we announced the decision to reversion and release 2.7 as 3.0.0. This was due to finding a critical bug in the way the system handles timestamps, which…

  • Important update regarding the upcoming WooCommerce release; 2.7 will be 3.0.0

    tl;dr: We’re re-versioning WooCommerce 2.7 as WooCommerce 3.0.0, and releasing this on 4th April 2017. We found a critical bug in the way the system handles timestamps, which wasn’t caught sooner, and have had numerous requests…

  • WooCommerce 2.7 Release Candidate

    The release candidate for WooCommerce 2.7 “Bionic Butterfly” is now available! Shipping a release candidate (RC) means we think we’re done, but with hundreds of thousands of stores and so many plugins and themes…

  • Adding support for WooCommerce 3.0’s new gallery feature to your theme

    As you know we’ve redesigned the product gallery feature in WooCommerce to deliver a richer experience in 3.0.

  • WooCommerce 2.7 beta 3
    WooCommerce 2.7 beta 3

    Today we tagged WooCommerce 2.7 “Bionic Butterfly” beta 3. If you’d like to find out whats new in 2.7, you can read more about 2.7 in our first beta post here and our second beta post here.…

  • WooCommerce 2.7 beta 2

    Today we tagged WooCommerce 2.7 “Bionic Butterfly” beta 2. It contains a whole host of bug fixes and is ready for testing! if you’d like to find out whats new in 2.7, you can read more…

  • WC 2.7 extension compatibility examples #3 – Bookings

    WC 2.7 extension compatibility examples

  • WooCommerce 2.6.14 security/fix release notes

    The WooCommerce 2.6.14 fix release is now available. You can download it from WordPress.org or as an automatic update in your administration panel. ~23 commits made it into this release fixing several issues and hardening…

  • WC 2.7 extension compatibility examples #2 – Deposits

    Our goal this time is to have the WooCommerce Deposits extension work with both WooCommerce versions 2.6.x and 2.7.x, display no notices, and use the CRUD abstraction to future-proof our code. Like in our…

  • Improved logging in WooCommerce 2.7

    One of the changes coming in 2.7 is an improved log system. We’ve made a significant effort to address the limitations of the logger with a focus on extensibility. In this post I’ll outline…

  • WooCommerce 2.6.13 fix release notes

    The WooCommerce 2.6.13 fix release is now available. You can download it from WordPress.org or as an automatic update in your administration panel. ~8 commits made it into this release fixing a few issues.…

  • WC 2.7 extension compatibility examples

    Our team have been looking at updating some of our extensions for 2.7 compatibility and we thought it would be good to share our notes in doing so. The first bunch we reviewed were EU…

  • Deprecation in WooCommerce Core

    Deprecation is a method of discouraging usage of a feature, or practice, in favour of something else without breaking backwards compatibility or totally prohibiting it’s usage. To quote the Wikipedia article on Deprecation: While a deprecated…

  • WooCommerce 2.6.12 fix release notes

    The WooCommerce 2.6.12 fix release is now available. You can download it from WordPress.org or as an automatic update in your administration panel. ~12 commits made it into this release fixing a few issues.…

  • WooCommerce 2.6.10 fix release notes

    The WooCommerce 2.6.10 fix release is now available. You can download it from WordPress.org or as an automatic update in your administration panel. ~30 commits made it into this release fixing several issues. The main…

  • 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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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…