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  • Request for comments: Removing the filter to turn off WooCommerce Admin
    Request for comments: Removing the filter to turn off WooCommerce Admin

    Overview We are plotting a path that will eventually eliminate the ability for developers to programmatically disable WooCommerce Admin via the woocommerce_admin_disabled filter. We understand that many stores and extensions rely on this filter…

  • WooCommerce 5.4 Beta 1
    WooCommerce 5.4 Beta 1

    The release cycle for June’s release of WooCommerce 5.4 has begun! A beta.1 package is available for download directly from WordPress.org or through our WooCommerce Beta Tester Plugin. Highlights jQuery 3 Compatibility: In preparation…

  • WooCommerce Payments is adopting a new version support policy
    WooCommerce Payments is adopting a new version support policy

    tl;dr Beginning with its next release, WooCommerce Payments will begin transitioning to a new version support policy that aligns with WooCommerce’s overarching L-2 version support policy. The details WooCommerce Payments currently supports versions of…

  • WooCommerce 5.3 Released
    WooCommerce 5.3 Released

    We’re excited to announce that WooCommerce 5.3 is now released. This is the fourth minor release of 2021 and has 352 commits from 30 contributors in WooCommerce Core. 145 commits from 29 contributors in…

  • WooCommerce Blocks 5.1.0 Release Notes
    WooCommerce Blocks 5.1.0 Release Notes

    There’s a new version of WooCommerce Blocks available! Version 5.1.0 is now available on WordPress.org and GitHub. This release includes better error reporting for incorrectly registered payment methods and some improvements to the emitEventWithAbort event emitter. There…

  • WooCommerce 5.3 Release Candidate 2
    WooCommerce 5.3 Release Candidate 2

    We’re excited to announce that the second release candidate is now available. We are on track for our planned May 11th release date. Note that this is a minor release focusing on bug fixes…

  • WooCommerce Community News: April 2021
    WooCommerce Community News: April 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 5.0.0 Release Notes
    WooCommerce Blocks 5.0.0 Release Notes

    There’s a new version of WooCommerce Blocks available! Version 5.0.0 is now available on WordPress.org and GitHub. This release mostly contains behind the scenes refactors (as we gradually convert the JavaScript code to TypeScript),…

  • Improving releases with automation
    Improving releases with automation

    Overview To further streamline the software development lifecycle for WooCommerce and to help ensure a steady frequency of small, stable releases, the WooCommerce core team is taking steps to make the release process smoother,…

  • WooCommerce 5.3 Release Candidate
    WooCommerce 5.3 Release Candidate

    We’re excited to announce that the release candidate is now available. We are on track for our planned May 11th release date. Note that this is a minor release focusing on bug fixes and…

  • WooCommerce 5.3 Beta 1
    WooCommerce 5.3 Beta 1

    Beta 1 for the May release of WooCommerce is now available for testing! You can either download it directly from WordPress.org or install our WooCommerce Beta Tester Plugin. What’s new? This is a minor…

  • WooCommerce 5.2.2 fix release
    WooCommerce 5.2.2 fix release

    This release fixes a bug that prevented granting download permissions from the order details page (clicking the “Grant access” button caused the UI to hang on a neverending spinner, since the request had actually…

  • WooCommerce 5.2.1 fix release
    WooCommerce 5.2.1 fix release

    This release updates the WooCommerce Blocks package to version 4.7.2, which fixes an issue that appears when trying to use the Elementor plugin in PHP 8 (a Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: array_diff() is thrown;…

  • WooCommerce Blocks 4.9.1 Release Notes
    WooCommerce Blocks 4.9.1 Release Notes

    There’s a new version of WooCommerce Blocks! Version 4.9.1 is now available on WordPress.org and GitHub. This release includes some additional guards when entering Elementor Editor in a PHP 8.0 website, and such, it only effects websites…

  • WooCommerce 5.2 Released
    WooCommerce 5.2 Released

    We’re excited to announce that WooCommerce 5.2 is now released! This is the third minor release of 2021 and has 456 commits from 27 contributors in WooCommerce core. 109 commits from 25 contributors in the WooCommerce Admin…

  • WooCommerce Blocks 4.9.0 Release Notes
    WooCommerce Blocks 4.9.0 Release Notes

    A new version of WooCommerce Blocks has been released! Version 4.9.0 is now available for download from GitHub and WordPress.org. This release introduces compatibility with WooCommerce Google Analytics. If you are using Google Analytics…

  • WooCommerce 5.2 RC 2
    WooCommerce 5.2 RC 2

    We have released a second release candidate for WooCommerce 5.2 and are still on track for our planned release April 13th. Note that this is a minor release focusing on bug fixes and performance…

  • WooCommerce Blocks 4.8.0 Release Notes
    WooCommerce Blocks 4.8.0 Release Notes

    There’s a new version of WooCommerce Blocks available! Version 4.8.0 is now available on WordPress.org and GitHub. This release includes exposing additional data to registered payment methods and some more bug fixes for the…

  • WooCommerce Community News: March 2021
    WooCommerce Community News: March 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 5.2 Release Candidate
    WooCommerce 5.2 Release Candidate

    We’re excited to announce that the release candidate is now available! We are on track for our planned April 13th release date. Note that this is a minor release focusing on bug fixes and performance…

  • New page: List of WooCommerce core releases
    New page: List of WooCommerce core releases

    Good news, everyone! As we want to increase the transparency and improve the experience for merchants and developers alike, we are bringing you a page listing all WooCommerce releases to make it easy to…

  • Exploring Variation Filtering and Custom Tables
    Exploring Variation Filtering and Custom Tables

    Many developers and merchants are likely familiar with a gap in WooCommerce’s functionality around filtering products based on their variations. This quirk makes it difficult for customers to find what they’re looking for quickly,…

  • WooCommerce 5.2 Beta 1
    WooCommerce 5.2 Beta 1

    WooCommerce 5.2 is now available for beta testing! You can either download it directly from WordPress.org or install our WooCommerce Beta Tester Plugin. What’s new? This is a minor release focusing on bug fixes and performance…

  • WooCommerce Blocks 4.7.0 Release Notes
    WooCommerce Blocks 4.7.0 Release Notes

    There’s a new version of WooCommerce Blocks available! Version 4.7.0 is now available on WordPress.org and GitHub. This release introduces: Several fixes around payment gateway display and extensibility interface, more stability around payment methods, styling fixes, and…

  • Adding your own store management links
    Adding your own store management links

    In the new and improved WooCommerce home screen, there are two points of extensibility for plugin developers that have recently had some attention. The first is the setup task list, allowing you to remind…