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  • WooCommerce 5.7 Released
    WooCommerce 5.7 Released

    WooCommerce 5.7 has been officially released! We’ve been hard at work and this release has 268 commits from 24 contributors in WooCommerce core 86 commits from 17 contributors in WooCommerce Admin 87 commits from…

  • WooCommerce 5.8.0 Beta 1
    WooCommerce 5.8.0 Beta 1

    The first beta for WooCommerce 5.8.0 is now available as part of the September release cycle. You can download directly from WordPress.org or through our WooCommerce Beta Tester Plugin. Highlights The REST API now…

  • WooCommerce Blocks 5.9.0 Release Notes
    WooCommerce Blocks 5.9.0 Release Notes

    A new version of WooCommerce Blocks has been released! Version 5.9.0 is now available for download from GitHub and WordPress.org. Most of the work we did during this release was behind-the-scenes work to get our second iteration…

  • WooCommerce 5.7 will be released on September 21, 2021
    WooCommerce 5.7 will be released on September 21, 2021

    As many folks know, WooCommerce Core adheres to a monthly release cycle, and as a general rule, our aim has been to publish final releases on the second Tuesday of each month. For WooCommerce…

  • WooCommerce Community News: August 2021
    WooCommerce Community News: August 2021

    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…

  • Requirements Change for Action Scheduler
    Requirements Change for Action Scheduler

    tl;dr In an upcoming release of Action Scheduler, we are planning to raise the minimum WordPress and PHP requirements needed to use the plugin. The details As of Action Scheduler 3.2.1 (the current release…

  • WooCommerce 5.7 RC 1
    WooCommerce 5.7 RC 1

    We’re excited to announce that the first release candidate is now available for WooCommerce 5.7. We are on track for our planned September 14th release date. Changes WooCommerce Blocks 5.7.1 WooCommerce Admin 2.6.0 final. Testing If you’d…

  • Peek into the WooCommerce Blocks Roadmap
    Peek into the WooCommerce Blocks Roadmap

    The WooCommerce team has been hard at work in bringing blocks to merchants and stores around the world. We believe strongly that blocks and full-site editing are important components for the future of WooCommerce…

  • WooCommerce Blocks 5.8.0 Release Notes
    WooCommerce Blocks 5.8.0 Release Notes

    A new version of WooCommerce Blocks has been released! Version 5.8.0 is now available for download from GitHub and WordPress.org. This release contains a new block! When used on a page with the All Products block, the…

  • WooCommerce Stripe support policy change
    WooCommerce Stripe support policy change

    tl;dr Starting with version 5.6, WooCommerce Stripe will transition to a new version support policy that aligns with WooCommerce’s overarching L-2 version support policy. The details WooCommerce Stripe currently supports versions of WordPress back…

  • WooCommerce 5.7.0 Beta 1
    WooCommerce 5.7.0 Beta 1

    The first beta for WooCommerce 5.7.0 is now available as part of the September release cycle. You can download directly from WordPress.org or through our WooCommerce Beta Tester Plugin. Highlights Product variations manual menu…

  • Help us make the WooCommerce Platform Better
    Help us make the WooCommerce Platform Better

    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…

  • WooCommerce 5.6 Released
    WooCommerce 5.6 Released

    WooCommerce 5.6 has been officially released! We’ve been hard at work and this release has 256 commits from 36 contributors in WooCommerce Core 139 commits from 22 contributors in WooCommerce Admin 79 commits from 18 contributors in…

  • Storefront 3.8.0 Release Notes
    Storefront 3.8.0 Release Notes

    Today we have released Storefront 3.8.0. The new version can be downloaded from WordPress.org and GitHub. This release includes a fix for missing arrows on <summary> tags, fixes to the Search block when added to the widget…

  • WooCommerce Blocks 5.7.0 Release Notes
    WooCommerce Blocks 5.7.0 Release Notes

    A new version of WooCommerce Blocks has been released! Version 5.7.0 is now available for download from GitHub and WordPress.org. This release contains several fixes for the Checkout Block validation system, as well as…

  • New Developer Guide: Testing Extensions and Maintaining Quality Code
    New Developer Guide: Testing Extensions and Maintaining Quality Code

    As we shared in a previous post, results from the developer survey we conducted earlier this year revealed that many developers want more information about how to test the extensions they build for WooCommerce.…

  • WooCommerce 5.6 RC 2
    WooCommerce 5.6 RC 2

    WooCommerce 5.6 RC 2 is now available. We are on track for our planned August 17th release date. Changes This release contains couple of changes from beta: WooCommerce Admin 2.5.0. Testing If you’d like…

  • Brace yourselves: new product filtering by attributes is coming
    Brace yourselves: new product filtering by attributes is coming

    The filtering of variable products in WooCommerce has been broken for some time. The problem appears when there are variable products where some variations have stock and others don’t, and the “hide out of…

  • WooCommerce 5.6 RC 1
    WooCommerce 5.6 RC 1

    We’re excited to announce that the first release candidate is now available for WooCommerce 5.6. We are on track for our planned August 17th release date. Changes This release contains couple of changes from beta:…

  • Improving API Queries for Low Stock Products
    Improving API Queries for Low Stock Products

    tl;dr Recent improvements to the REST API fix slow queries for products with low stock. There is a new REST endpoint that affected developers should adopt. The Details There was a recent issue in…

  • WooCommerce Community News: July 2021
    WooCommerce Community News: July 2021

    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…

  • WooCommerce Blocks 5.6.0 Release Notes
    WooCommerce Blocks 5.6.0 Release Notes

    A new version of WooCommerce Blocks has been released! Version 5.6.0 is now available for download from GitHub and WordPress.org. This release introduces several enhancements and bug fixes in many of our blocks including…

  • New Download Handling May Cause Errors
    New Download Handling May Cause Errors

    tl;dr Recent updates that improve security around the handling of downloadable products may cause unexpected errors in some environments. The details WooCommerce currently supports three different download methods for downloadable products: Force Downloads X-Accel-Redirect/X-Sendfile…

  • WooCommerce 5.6.0 Beta 1
    WooCommerce 5.6.0 Beta 1

    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…

  • Announcing a change to the WooCommerce Blocks Version Support Policy
    Announcing a change to the WooCommerce Blocks Version Support Policy

    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…