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  • May 9th: Dev chat #3

    It’s time for our third dev chat, if you missed something in the last one, you can recap our summary here. Our third dev chat will be on May 9th at 16:00 UTC in the #core channel of the WooCommerce Community Slack. If you don’t already have access to the group, you can request an…

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  • WooCommerce 3.0.5 fix release notes

    The WooCommerce 3.0.5 fix release is now available. You can download it from WordPress.org or as an automatic update in your administration panel. ~44 commits made it into this fix release. The full changelog is below. * Fix – Tooltip display within shipping zone modals. * Fix – Fix missing title for actions column on mobile.…

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  • Dev Chat Summary: April 25th

    This post summarizes the dev chat meeting from April 25th. (agenda, Slack archive). Product Admin UI Mock-up of proposed redesign. The UI changes are primarily to reduce confusion with new users. Product data panel remains the same. Primary concerns are about existing plugins that add fields still being compatible with the redesign, especially the price…

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  • WooCommerce 3.0.4 fix release notes

    The WooCommerce 3.0.4 fix release is now available. You can download it from WordPress.org or as an automatic update in your administration panel. ~77 commits made it into this fix release. The full changelog is below. * Fix – Variations were not inheriting the product image and shipping class ID. * Fix – Prevent rating/review counts…

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  • April 25th: Second Dev Chat

    Last week was our first developer chat. Thanks to everyone that attended. If you weren’t able to be there, you can read the summary. Our second dev chat will be on April 25th at 16:00 UTC in the #core channel of the WooCommerce Community Slack. If you don’t already have access to the group, you…

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  • WooCommerce 3.0.3 fix release notes

    The WooCommerce 3.0.3 fix release is now available. You can download it from WordPress.org or as an automatic update in your administration panel. This release fixes several issues we’ve had reported and found ourselves whilst monitoring the support forums. The full changelog is below. = 3.0.3 – 2017-04-13 = * Fix – Fixed an issue with…

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  • WooCommerce 3.0.2 fix release notes

    The WooCommerce 3.0.2 fix release is now available. You can download it from WordPress.org or as an automatic update in your administration panel. This release fixes several issues we’ve had reported and found ourselves whilst monitoring the support forums. The full changelog is below. = 3.0.2 – 2017-04-12 = * Fix – Removed required states for…

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  • Dev Chat Summary: April 11th.

    This post summarizes the dev chat meeting from April 11th. (agenda, Slack archive). CRUD Search Helpers Open Issue. We need to investigate wether we can re-use WP_Tax_Query or not. Actual taxonomy storage probably won’t change when we move to custom tables. See discussion. Main props should definitely be queryable. Custom meta should be supported. WP_Meta_Query.…

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  • WooCommerce 3.0.1 fix release notes

    The WooCommerce 3.0.1 fix release is now available. You can download it from WordPress.org or as an automatic update in your administration panel. This release fixes issues reported since 3.0.0 launch on Github and the support forums. The full changelog is below. * Fix – Show catalog hidden products within grouped products. * Fix – Fade…

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  • Say hello to WooCommerce 3.0 “Bionic Butterfly”

    Today we’re excited to release WooCommerce 3.0 (previously 2.7), dubbed the “Bionic Butterfly”, into the wild! 3.0 has been in beta since December, development since August, and has had over 3000 commits from 115 contributors. Read on to find out what’s new! 3.0 is a major update. As always, please ensure extensions and themes are compatible before upgrading, test on…

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  • April 11th: First Dev Chat & 3.1 Kick-off

    We previously announced that we would begin holding developer chats every two weeks with the community on our Slack. These chats will take place in the new #core channel — a channel meant to focus on the development of WooCommerce core. Our first dev chat will be on April 11th at 16:00 UTC. Future chats…

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  • End-to-end testing WooCommerce

    It is important for developers to be able to easily and quickly test new versions of WooCommerce. The Core Testing Checklist has 30 items in it, and is a manual process. Running through the whole thing is tedious and time consuming, so automating the process would be a big improvement. End-to-end (e2e) testing tests whether the whole flow…

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