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  • WordPress 5.6 and jQuery 3
    WordPress 5.6 and jQuery 3

    tl;dr WordPress 5.6 will ship with jQuery 3.5.1 and an updated version of jQuery Migrate, which will help you identify potential compatibility issues in your extensions. Developers should ensure extensions are compatible with jQuery…

  • WooCommerce Dependency Extraction Webpack Plugin
    WooCommerce Dependency Extraction Webpack Plugin

    WooCommerce Dependency Extraction Webpack Plugin is a tool for managing your extension’s WordPress and WooCommerce dependencies. It extends the WordPress version and adds WooCommerce functionality on top so you don’t need to declare dependencies…

  • Tutorial: Adding React Support to a WooCommerce Extension
    Tutorial: Adding React Support to a WooCommerce Extension

    Starting with WooCommerce 4.0, the React-powered admin interface of WooCommerce Admin has been included as part of the core WooCommerce experience for developers and merchants. This inclusion opens up lots of options for developers…

  • WooCommerce Blocks 3.8 release notes
    WooCommerce Blocks 3.8 release notes

    A new version of WooCommerce Blocks has been released! Version 3.8.0 is available for download from GitHub and WordPress.org. This version will also be available in the upcoming WooCommerce 4.8 release. Bug Fix This release fixes a…

  • WooCommerce 4.7 is now available!
    WooCommerce 4.7 is now available!

    We are excited to announce that WooCommerce 4.7 is now publicly available! It has been in development since October 2020 and has been updated with 393 commits from 22 contributors. This is a minor release, which…

  • Storefront 2.9.0 release notes
    Storefront 2.9.0 release notes

    Today we released Storefront 2.9.0 with support for PHP 8 and WP 5.6! The new version can be downloaded from WordPress.org and GitHub. As of this release, all CSS files included in Storefront are minified…

  • Spam Orders and Accounts from Bots
    Spam Orders and Accounts from Bots

    tl;dr Versions of WooCommerce prior to 4.6.2 contain a vulnerability that allows guest users to create accounts during checkout even when the “Allow customers to create an account during checkout” setting is disabled. This…

  • WooCommerce Blocks 3.7.1 release notes
    WooCommerce Blocks 3.7.1 release notes

    A patch version of WooCommerce Blocks has been released. Version 3.7.1 is available for download from GitHub and WordPress.org. This release fixes an issue with the signup feature in the Checkout block. The API now only creates…

  • WooCommerce 4.6.2 fix release
    WooCommerce 4.6.2 fix release

    This release fixes a bug discovered recently that allows anonymous users to create an account during checkout even when the “Allow customers to create an account during checkout” setting is disabled. The fix to…

  • Inheritance in PHP 8
    Inheritance in PHP 8

    tl;dr Inheritance errors due to incompatible method signatures will generate fatal errors in PHP 8, which may cause developer plugins to break.  You should check your code for classes that extend functionality in their…

  • WooCommerce Blocks 3.7 release notes
    WooCommerce Blocks 3.7 release notes

    A new version of WooCommerce Blocks has been released! Version 3.7.0 is available for download from GitHub and WordPress.org. Sign up for an account in Checkout block This release includes support for creating an account from the…

  • WooCommerce 4.7.0 Release Candidate
    WooCommerce 4.7.0 Release Candidate

    We’re excited to announce that the release candidate is now available! We are on track for our planned November 10 WooCommerce 4.7 final release date. Note that this release candidate doesn’t include any changes since…

  • WooCommerce 4.7.0 Beta 2
    WooCommerce 4.7.0 Beta 2

    WooCommerce 4.7.0 beta 2 is now available for testing! This version reverts one change for templates and also includes an updated version of WooCommerce Admin 1.6.3. You can either download it directly from WordPress.org…

  • October 29: Community Chat #15
    October 29: Community Chat #15

    Our next Community Chat is going to take place on Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 18:00 UTC in the #core channel of the WooCommerce Community Slack. If you don’t already have access to the…

  • WooCommerce 4.6.1 fix release
    WooCommerce 4.6.1 fix release

    This release fixes WooCommerce Admin bugs introduced in WooCommerce 4.6.0. The main issue affected stores running WooCommerce 4.6.0 together with the latest version of Gutenberg installed as a plugin. For those stores, the Analytics…

  • WooCommerce 4.7.0 Beta 1
    WooCommerce 4.7.0 Beta 1

    WooCommerce 4.7.0 beta 1 is now available for testing! You can either download it directly from WordPress.org or install our WooCommerce Beta Tester Plugin. What’s new? The WooCommerce 4.7 release contains an updated version…

  • Using the Admin Notes Inbox in WooCommerce
    Using the Admin Notes Inbox in WooCommerce

    Note: A previous version of this article provided instructions using class names that were deprecated in WooCommerce 4.8. The instructions below have been updated to reflect the new class names. Note: Since WooCommerce 6.1,…

  • WooCommerce 4.6 is now available!
    WooCommerce 4.6 is now available!

    We are excited to announce that WooCommerce 4.6 is now publicly available! It has been in development since September 2020 and has been updated with 327 commits from 31 contributors. This is a minor release, which…

  • Storefront 2.8.0 release notes
    Storefront 2.8.0 release notes

    Storefront 2.8.0 has been tagged for release and uploaded to WordPress.org. This is small maintenance release. Here’s the changelog: Dev: Reinstate PHPcs linting #1463 Dev: Add wp-env npm script alias #1489 Dev: Tweak npm config & scripts for release tooling changes #1462…

  • WooCommerce Blocks 3.6.0 release notes
    WooCommerce Blocks 3.6.0 release notes

    A new version of WooCommerce Blocks has been released! Version 3.6.0 is available for download from GitHub and WordPress.org. This release is fully compatible with WooCommerce 4.6, scheduled to be released tomorrow, and includes…

  • WooCommerce 4.6.0 Release Candidate
    WooCommerce 4.6.0 Release Candidate

    After releasing the beta version last week we found a few issues that needed fixing. We fixed those issues and are moving ahead according to the plan. We’re excited to announce that the release candidate is now…

  • WooCommerce Blocks 3.5.0 release notes
    WooCommerce Blocks 3.5.0 release notes

    There’s a new version of the WooCommerce Blocks plugin. Version 3.5.0 is now available on WordPress.org and GitHub. This release is mostly a fix release with more enhancements around payment methods. More resilient payment methods. When a…

  • WooCommerce 4.6.0 Beta 1
    WooCommerce 4.6.0 Beta 1

    Edit 2020-09-29: Added one more item to the “Notable fixes and improvements” section that was missed in the original version of this post. Beta 1 for the October release of WooCommerce is now available…

  • September 24: Community Chat #14
    September 24: Community Chat #14

    Our next Community Chat is going to take place on Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 18:00 UTC in the #core channel of the WooCommerce Community Slack. If you don’t already have access to the…

  • WooCommerce Blocks 3.4.0 release notes
    WooCommerce Blocks 3.4.0 release notes

    There’s a new version of the WooCommerce Blocks plugin. Version 3.4.0 is now available on WordPress.org and GitHub. This release is mostly a fix release with a few notable bug fixes and a performance fix. Fixed issue…