Recent posts
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Exploring Variation Filtering and Custom Tables
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Many developers and merchants are likely familiar with a gap in WooCommerce’s functionality around filtering products based on their variations. This quirk makes it difficult for customers to find what they’re looking for quickly, which ultimately translates to lost sales and lower revenues for merchants running WooCommerce. The WooCommerce Core team has been aware of…
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WooCommerce 5.2 Beta 1
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WooCommerce 5.2 is now available for beta testing! You can either download it directly from WordPress.org or install our WooCommerce Beta Tester Plugin. What’s new? This is a minor release focusing on bug fixes and performance improvements. Just like other minor releases, this release also aims to be backward compatible with previous WooCommerce releases. Highlights WooCommerce Blocks…
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WooCommerce Blocks 4.7.0 Release Notes
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There’s a new version of WooCommerce Blocks available! Version 4.7.0 is now available on WordPress.org and GitHub. This release introduces: Several fixes around payment gateway display and extensibility interface, more stability around payment methods, styling fixes, and general fixes, check the changelog below for more information. Dev note A new configuration property is available to registered payment methods…
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Adding your own store management links
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In the new and improved WooCommerce home screen, there are two points of extensibility for plugin developers that have recently had some attention. The first is the setup task list, allowing you to remind the user of tasks they need to complete and keeping track of their progress for them. The second is the store…
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Integrating your Payment Method with Cart and Checkout Blocks
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Since we released the first iteration of the Cart and Checkout blocks to users of the WooCommerce blocks feature plugin last year, one of the most common requests we’ve received from stores that are trying out this new checkout flow is to support the payment method they are using. Over time, the WooCommerce team has…
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Compatibility Issue with E2E Environment and WordPress 5.7
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tl;dr The built in testing container/server in the @woocommerce/e2e-environment package does not initialize properly with WordPress 5.7. We plan to release an update to the package next week that will include a fix for this issue. The details After each WordPress release, the Docker-WordPress project releases companion images providing docker-compose support for that version of WordPress. The e2e-environment container does not…
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WooCommerce 5.1 Released
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We’re excited to announce that WooCommerce 5.1 is now released! This is the third minor release of 2021 and has 279 commits from 37 contributors in WooCommerce core. 109 commits from 22 contributors in the WooCommerce Admin package. 175 commits from 18 contributors in the WooCommerce Gutenberg Products Block package. This is a minor release, which means everything is…
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Extension Developer Guide
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There is an updated guide available for building WooCommerce extensions. Read through it today by clicking the button below: About the guide If you want to develop extensions for WooCommerce, getting started can be intimidating. The WooCommerce environment contains lots of moving parts and functionality that requires familiarity with a number of different programming languages…
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WooCommerce Blocks 4.6.0 Release Notes
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There’s a new version of WooCommerce Blocks available! Version 4.6.0 is now available on WordPress.org and GitHub. This release contains mostly bugfixes, some technical debt pay down, and a few changes to better support extensibility. Fixes include respecting out of stock visibility setting in the All Products block, hiding the “browse shop” link in the cart block empty…
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WooCommerce Community News: February 2021
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A note from your developer advocate Howdy, Woo Developer Community! 👋 As many folks may know, we facilitate a Community Chat in the #core channel of the WooCommerce Community Slack every month. This chat typically occurs the last week of the month and, for folks who attend regularly, you may have noticed that we didn’t…
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Use Setup Tasks to provide a first-class on-boarding experience for merchants
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As a plugin author, you’ll often have one or more set up tasks you want to guide your user through to get the most out of your plugin. Two challenges are making sure users see your tasks and making sure they complete them all. The WooCommerce home screen is a consolidated landing space for users…
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Help us make the WooCommerce Platform Better
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We’re part of a team focused on improving the WooCommerce platform, and we’re trying to make it better for all developers. To help us better understand your needs as a developer, we’re inviting you to a quick survey. We’d love to get your input: Your comments and insights will help us make WooCommerce better for…
