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WooCommerce 5.5.2 fix release
WooCommerce 5.5.2 is available now. This release resolves performance degradation issues and fixes several bugs identified in 5.5.0 and 5.5.1. These updates are unrelated to the recent security vulnerability that was solved by WooCommerce…
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WooCommerce 5.6 Release Schedule
About a year ago, we announced that we would be shifting to a monthly release cycle for WooCommerce core. As we mentioned in the past, this shift was part of a longer journey toward…
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Critical Vulnerability in Multiple Versions of WooCommerce
tl;dr A critical vulnerability was detected in multiple versions of WooCommerce and the WooCommerce Blocks feature plugin. Patches for each impacted version have been created and deployed automatically to vulnerable stores.. The details A…
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WooCommerce 5.5 and WordPress 5.8
tl;dr WordPress 5.8, expected for July 20th, will include many new features which will serve as a first step towards full site editing (or FSE). In this post, we will detail some actions we…
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WooCommerce 5.5.0 Released
WooCommerce 5.5.0 is a minor release, and everything included should be backwards compatible with the previous version. This release contains: 210 commits from 23 contributors in WooCommerce Core. 207 commits from 28 contributors in…
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PayPal standard will be hidden on new installs
Notice: The workaround mentioned in this post is only available for use up to WooCommerce 8.8.3. You can read more about this change in the 8.9 release post. Only for new installs with WooCommerce…
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WooCommerce 5.5 RC2
WooCommerce 5.5 RC2 is now available and includes more compatibility fixes for the upcoming WordPress 5.8. We are on track for our planned July 13th release date. Changes This release contains the following changes:…
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WooCommerce Blocks 5.5.0 Release Notes
A new version of WooCommerce Blocks has been released! Version 5.5.0 is now available for download from GitHub and WordPress.org. This release introduces enhancements such as adding screen reader text to price ranges and allowing HTML…
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WooCommerce Community News: June 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…
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WooCommerce 5.5 RC1
We’re excited to announce that the first release candidate is now available for WooCommerce 5.5. We are on track for our planned July 13th release date. Changes This release contains couple of changes from beta:…
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WooCommerce Blocks 5.4.0 Release Notes
A new version of WooCommerce Blocks has been released! Version 5.4.0 is now available for download from GitHub and WordPress.org. This release includes updates to the express payment section in Cart and Checkout blocks, an update to…
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WooCommerce 5.5.0 Beta 1
The first beta package for WooCommerce 5.5.0 is now available as part of the July release cycle. You can download directly from WordPress.org or through our WooCommerce Beta Tester Plugin. Highlights IE 11 support…
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Settings Page Infrastructure Refactor
tl;dr WooCommerce 5.5 will include an extensive refactoring of the settings pages infrastructure. While there are no breaking changes, there’s a new preferred way of structuring settings pages classes, and existing extensions that add…
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WooCommerce Blocks 5.3.1 Release Notes
Today we released a patch version of WooCommerce Blocks which includes several fixes and improvements in preparation for WordPress 5.8. It’s version 5.3.1 and is available on WordPress.org and GitHub. The fixes are mostly related to the…
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WooCommerce 5.4.1 Fix Release
Following today’s developer advisory, this release focuses on resolving issues caused as a result of the migration to jQuery 3. Changelog Fix – Update jQuery compatibility changes to trim functions to work with types…
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WooCommerce 5.4 Temporarily Unavailable
tl;dr The recent release of WooCommerce 5.4 has been pulled from availability to limit the impact of a jQuery-related bug until a fix is available in version 5.4.1. The details WooCommerce 5.4, which was…
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WooCommerce 5.4 Released
The fifth minor release of 2021, WooCommerce 5.4, has been officially released! We’ve been hard at work and this release has 336 commits from 25 contributors in WooCommerce Core 125 commits from 24 contributors…
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WooCommerce Blocks 5.3.0 Release Notes
A new version of WooCommerce Blocks has been released! Version 5.3.0 is now available for download from GitHub and WordPress.org. This release includes a number of enhancements, bug fixes, and some behind-the-scenes work to allow third party…
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Action Scheduler 3.2.0 Released
A new version of ActionScheduler is now rolled out and available for download. This version will also be included with WooCommerce 5.5 (July release) and onwards. Notable changes in this release includes: Add a…
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WooCommerce Community News: May 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…
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WooCommerce Blocks 5.2.0 Release Notes
A new version of WooCommerce Blocks has been released! Version 5.2.0 is now available for download from GitHub and WordPress.org. This release includes a number of enhancements, bug fixes, and some behind-the-scenes work to allow third party…
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WooCommerce 5.4 Release Candidate
We’re excited to announce that the release candidate is now available. We are on track for our planned June 8th release date. Note that this is a minor release focusing on bug fixes and…
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Plan to remove IE 11 support in WooCommerce
tl;dr In parallel to WordPress, WooCommerce core and all WooCommerce projects maintained by Automattic will be removing IE11 support in their subsequent versions. In the case of WooCommerce core, the most immediate version, WooCommerce…
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Improving Analytics Comparisons for Leap Years
It’s something many of us may not think about every day, but when leap year pops up every so often, the extra day it brings with it can present plenty of challenges and quandaries…
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Coming Soon: WooCommerce Testing Guide
We recently conducted a survey asking you how we can make the WooCommerce platform better for developers. One of the insights we discovered from the results of that survey is that a majority of…