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  • High-Performance Order Storage: progress report

    In January, we published the initial plan for the Custom Order Tables feature and since then, we’ve been working hard to bring the High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS) to WooCommerce Core. In May, we invited you to test the order migration process and provide feedback on how our initial work performs on real stores of varied…

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  • WooCommerce 6.9 Released

    We are pleased to announce the release of WooCommerce 6.9. 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…

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  • WooCommerce Blocks 8.5.0 Release Notes

    A new version of WooCommerce Blocks has been released! Version 8.5.0 is now available for download from GitHub and WordPress.org. In this release, we have continued to improve the existing filter blocks UI for a cleaner look and feel. Changelog Enhancements Bug Fixes Documentation

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  • WooCommerce 6.9 RC.1

    We’re excited to announce that the first release candidate for WooCommerce 6.9 is now available. We are currently on track for our planned September 13th release date. Changes Since the beta.2 release, the following changes have been made: Testing If you’d like to dive in and help test this new release, our handy WooCommerce Beta Tester plugin allows you to…

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  • WooCommerce Blocks 8.4.0 Release Notes

    A new version of WooCommerce Blocks has been released! Version 8.4.0 is now available for download from GitHub and WordPress.org. This release contains many enhancements and a bug fix: WooCommerce Filter UI Updates As part of our objective to provide a seamless out-of-the-box experience with product filters, we have updated the existing filter block UI for a cleaner…

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  • WooCommerce 6.9 Beta 2

    Beta 2 for the September 2022 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 Updated WooCommerce Blocks to 8.3.1. This includes 8.1.0, 8.2.0, 8.2.1, and 8.3.0. With the latest version of WooCommerce Blocks, the beta versions of the Cart…

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  • WooCommerce 6.9 Beta 1

    Beta 1 for the September 2022 release of WooCommerce is now available for testing! You can either download it directly from WordPress.org or install our WooCommerce Beta Tester Plugin. Changelog You can view a log of all of the changes in this release here. Actions and Filters This release doesn’t add any actions. Filter Description…

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  • WooCommerce 6.8.2 Fix Release

    WooCommerce 6.8.2 is available for download. Some version numbers were incorrectly updated in 6.8.1, causing problems for some sites. These version numbers were correctly updated in this version of WooCommerce. No changes other changes were made, so if your 6.8.1 install is working feel free to skip the update. The WooCommerce team is updating automation…

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  • Store Editing Roadmap Update – Q3 2022

    In the previous roadmap update, I introduced the concept of Store Editing which is used to describe a collection of technologies and interfaces that allow merchants or store builders to customize their store via a no-code-required visual canvas. In the ensuing months we’ve been steadily working away at bringing this to WooCommerce and it’s time…

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  • Plan to update WooCommerce block templates

    We are planning to introduce some changes to the way WooCommerce templates work in block themes. Those include improving template hierarchy, creating a Products by Attribute template and adjusting how templates are listed in the Site Editor. We started a GitHub discussion with all details about the changes we have planned and the rationale for…

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  • WooCommerce 6.8.1 Fix Release

    WooCommerce 6.8.1 is available for download. It introduces a fix for a shipping issue that was introduced in the 6.8.0 release. What’s New? WooCommerce 6.8.0 introduced a bug that caused some stores to include free shipping. This bug was fixed in #34351. You can download the latest release of WooCommerce here or visit Dashboard → Updates to…

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  • WooCommerce Blocks 8.3.0 & 8.3.1 Release Notes

    A new version of WooCommerce Blocks has been released! Version 8.3.1 is now available for download from GitHub and WordPress.org. WC Blocks 8.3.0 contains many enhancements and bug fixes to the Cart, Checkout and Product Categories blocks. Cart and Checkout blocks are enabled and will be bundled in WooCommerce Core in WooCommerce 6.9. This release also introduces the…

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