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  • WooCommerce 6.9.3 Fix Release
    WooCommerce 6.9.3 Fix Release

    WooCommerce 6.9.3 is available for download. What’s New? You can download the latest release of WooCommerce here or visit Dashboard → Updates to update the plugin from your WordPress admin screen. As usual, if you spot…

  • WooCommerce 7.0 Beta 1
    WooCommerce 7.0 Beta 1

    Beta 1 for the October 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…

  • High-Performance Order Storage: Call for testing, vol 2
    High-Performance Order Storage: Call for testing, vol 2

    As we’re approaching the final stages of implementation of High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS), we believe we’re ready to share the latest solution with you. Thus, we’d like to invite our community for the second…

  • High-Performance Order Storage: Database Schema
    High-Performance Order Storage: Database Schema

    This is the first part of a series of deep dives dedicated to explaining the implementation of High-Performance Order Storage. Please see the introduction and overall timeline in the preamble. There are minimal changes…

  • WooCommerce 6.9.2 Fix Release
    WooCommerce 6.9.2 Fix Release

    WooCommerce 6.9.2 is available for download. What’s New? You can download the latest release of WooCommerce here or visit Dashboard → Updates to update the plugin from your WordPress admin screen. As usual, if you spot…

  • WooCommerce 6.9.1 Fix Release
    WooCommerce 6.9.1 Fix Release

    WooCommerce 6.9.1 is available for download. What’s New? You can download the latest release of WooCommerce here or visit Dashboard → Updates to update the plugin from your WordPress admin screen. As usual, if you spot…

  • High-Performance Order Storage: progress report
    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…

  • WooCommerce 6.9 Released
    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…

  • WooCommerce Blocks 8.5.0 Release Notes
    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…

  • WooCommerce 6.9 RC.1
    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…

  • WooCommerce Blocks 8.4.0 Release Notes
    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…

  • WooCommerce 6.9 Beta 2
    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…

  • WooCommerce 6.9 Beta 1
    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…

  • WooCommerce 6.8.2 Fix Release
    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…

  • Store Editing Roadmap Update – Q3 2022
    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…

  • Plan to update WooCommerce block templates
    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…

  • WooCommerce 6.8.1 Fix Release
    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…

  • WooCommerce Blocks 8.3.0 & 8.3.1 Release Notes
    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.…

  • Goodbye, Yoda conditions
    Goodbye, Yoda conditions

    Update: after additional internal discussions we’ve decided to reverse this decision. WooCommerce will continue to use Yoda conditions as outlined in the WordPress PHP coding standards to stay aligned with the wider WordPress ecosystem.…

  • Stop Registering Customizer Options for Block Themes
    Stop Registering Customizer Options for Block Themes

    Update We have introduced some changes since this post was originally published and starting with WC 6.9, if a site has a block theme active, WooCommerce Customizer options are registered when accessing the Customizer…

  • WooCommerce 6.8 Released
    WooCommerce 6.8 Released

    We are pleased to announce the release of WooCommerce 6.8. This release is backward compatible with the WooCommerce 6.7 version. This release contains: 170 commits from 60 contributors in WooCommerce Core 91 commits from…

  • WooCommerce Payments 3.9.4–4.5.1 Security releases
    WooCommerce Payments 3.9.4–4.5.1 Security releases

    We’ve just started rolling out automatic updates with patches for WooCommerce Payments 3.9–4.5. This fix contains important security improvements so please make sure to update your site if you don’t get the update automatically.…

  • RFC: Removing JS/CSS Source Files From Releases
    RFC: Removing JS/CSS Source Files From Releases

    As the size of woocommerce.zip continues to grow, we are faced with the challenge of reducing the size of the plugin archive. We have a solution in mind, however, this change would potentially impact…

  • WooCommerce Blocks 8.2.1 Release Notes
    WooCommerce Blocks 8.2.1 Release Notes

    A new version of WooCommerce Blocks has been released! Version 8.2.1 is now available for download from GitHub and WordPress.org. This is a patch release to fix the issue that made users unable to select the saved cards…

  • WooCommerce Blocks 8.2.0 Release Notes
    WooCommerce Blocks 8.2.0 Release Notes

    A new version of WooCommerce Blocks has been released! Version 8.2.0 is now available for download from GitHub and WordPress.org. This release contains many enhancements and bug fixes to the Cart, Mini Cart and Checkout blocks, including…