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WooCommerce 5.6.0 Beta 1
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The first beta for WooCommerce 5.6.0 is now available as part of the August release cycle. You can download directly from WordPress.org or through our WooCommerce Beta Tester Plugin. Highlights Added a new options to enable a lookup table to improve filtering by product attributes. A new “Refunds and Returns Policy” sample page will be…
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Announcing a change to the WooCommerce Blocks Version Support Policy
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To enable more efficient and effective development of experimental features powered by the WordPress Gutenberg project, the support policy for WooCommerce Blocks is switching from L2 to L0. This effectively means that beginning with WooCommerce Blocks 5.6.0, the feature plugin will require the latest versions of WordPress and WooCommerce. Background For the past two years,…
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WooCommerce 5.5.2 fix release
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WooCommerce 5.5.2 is available now. This release resolves performance degradation issues and fixes several bugs identified in 5.5.0 and 5.5.1. These updates are unrelated to the recent security vulnerability that was solved by WooCommerce 5.5.1. Here’s what’s new: Solved: Non-performant query in 5.5.1 causing performance issues in admin pages. Solved: Search query not showing expected…
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WooCommerce 5.6 Release Schedule
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About a year ago, we announced that we would be shifting to a monthly release cycle for WooCommerce core. As we mentioned in the past, this shift was part of a longer journey toward smaller, more frequent, and more stable releases, with fewer fix releases. As a general rule, our aim has been to publish…
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Critical Vulnerability in Multiple Versions of WooCommerce
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tl;dr A critical vulnerability was detected in multiple versions of WooCommerce and the WooCommerce Blocks feature plugin. Patches for each impacted version have been created and deployed automatically to vulnerable stores.. The details A security vulnerability in WooCommerce and WooCommerce Blocks was recently discovered and reported to us via our HackerOne security program by security…
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WooCommerce 5.5 and WordPress 5.8
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tl;dr WordPress 5.8, expected for July 20th, will include many new features which will serve as a first step towards full site editing (or FSE). In this post, we will detail some actions we have taken to make WooCommerce ready for that moment and some details on what we are planning ahead for. Block-based Widget…
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WooCommerce 5.5.0 Released
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WooCommerce 5.5.0 is a minor release, and everything included should be backwards compatible with the previous version. This release contains: 210 commits from 23 contributors in WooCommerce Core. 207 commits from 28 contributors in WooCommerce Admin. 93 commits from 13 contributors in WooCommerce Blocks. 97 commits from 17 contributors in ActionScheduler. As always, we recommend…
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PayPal standard will be hidden on new installs
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Notice: The workaround mentioned in this post is only available for use up to WooCommerce 8.8.3. You can read more about this change in the 8.9 release post. Only for new installs with WooCommerce 5.5 and above, PayPal Standard which is included in WooCommerce core will not be loaded by default. #29971 We strongly encourage…
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WooCommerce 5.5 RC2
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WooCommerce 5.5 RC2 is now available and includes more compatibility fixes for the upcoming WordPress 5.8. We are on track for our planned July 13th release date. Changes This release contains the following changes: Tweak – Exclude block templates from showing up in product edit page. #30138 WooCommerce Admin Fix – Fix and refactor explat…
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WooCommerce Blocks 5.5.0 Release Notes
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A new version of WooCommerce Blocks has been released! Version 5.5.0 is now available for download from GitHub and WordPress.org. This release introduces enhancements such as adding screen reader text to price ranges and allowing HTML in product titles in the All Products block. In addition, the release includes various bug fixes, including a fix to ensure…
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WooCommerce Community News: June 2021
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Howdy, Woo Developer Community! 👋 Here are some updates of recent happenings that you may have missed over the past month. Some items are detailed in previous posts on this blog, and other items are pulled from sources like GitHub. We’ve packaged everything into a digest to help keep everyone in the loop. Developer Resources…
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WooCommerce 5.5 RC1
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We’re excited to announce that the first release candidate is now available for WooCommerce 5.5. We are on track for our planned July 13th release date. Changes This release contains couple of changes from beta: Fix – Issue with Product Add-ons where multiple-choice (images) setting would show false when hovering over the image. #30096 Fix –…
