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  • Action Scheduler to Adopt “L-2” Dependency Version Policy
    Action Scheduler to Adopt “L-2” Dependency Version Policy

    We’re announcing an important update regarding Action Scheduler — the scalable job queue for processing large queues of tasks in the background in WordPress. In our ongoing commitment to keeping Action Scheduler reliable and…

  • WooCommerce Blocks 11.3.1 Release Notes
    WooCommerce Blocks 11.3.1 Release Notes

    The latest version of WooCommerce Blocks, version 11.3.1, is now available for download on WordPress.org and GitHub. Notable Changes We’ve fixed a regression where merchants adding a new “All Products” block would see an error on the…

  • WooCommerce 8.2.1 Released
    WooCommerce 8.2.1 Released

    WooCommerce 8.2.1 is now 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…

  • Cart and Checkout Blocks: Your feedback on most common extensibility requests
    Cart and Checkout Blocks: Your feedback on most common extensibility requests

    The new WooCommerce Cart and Checkout blocks are built with conversions and ease of use in mind. In this pursuit, we have made deliberate design and engineering choices to enhance the overall experience. As…

  • Store Editing Snaps: September 25 – October 6
    Store Editing Snaps: September 25 – October 6

    Hello and welcome to another round of Snaps from the WooCommerce Store Editing team! 🎇 Every couple of weeks, we give an update on all the work being done on WooCommerce Blocks from behind…

  • Developer Office Hours: October Edition
    Developer Office Hours: October Edition

    Hey folks, we are back again with our Monthly Office Hours. This Month’s Office Hours We will hold office hours on Wednesday, October 18th from 16:00UTC until 17:00 UTC in the #developers channel on the WooCommerce Community Slack. …

  • WooCommerce Blocks 11.3.0 Release Notes
    WooCommerce Blocks 11.3.0 Release Notes

    The latest version of WooCommerce Blocks, version 11.3.0, is now available for download on WordPress.org and GitHub. Notable Changes Replace patterns based on the Products (Beta) block with an equivalent based on the Product Collection block Merchants…

  • WooCommerce 8.2.0 Released
    WooCommerce 8.2.0 Released

    We are pleased to announce the release of WooCommerce 8.2.0. This release should be backwards compatible with the previous version. This release contains: As always, we recommend creating a backup of your site and making…

  • WooCommerce 8.2.0 RC.2 Released
    WooCommerce 8.2.0 RC.2 Released

    Release Candidate 2 for the October 10 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 Since the release of 8.2.0-rc.1, the following…

  • WooCommerce 8.2.0 RC.1 Released
    WooCommerce 8.2.0 RC.1 Released

    Release Candidate 1 for the October 10 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 Since the release of 8.2.0-beta.1, the following…

  • WooCommerce Blocks 11.2.0 Release Notes
    WooCommerce Blocks 11.2.0 Release Notes

    The latest version of WooCommerce Blocks, version 11.2.0, is now available for download on WordPress.org and GitHub. Notable Changes Blockified Order Confirmation Merchants using a block-based theme will now see a new editable template in the site…

  • The Legacy REST API will move to a dedicated extension in WooCommerce 9.0
    The Legacy REST API will move to a dedicated extension in WooCommerce 9.0

    Update 2023-12-01: The dedicated Legacy REST API extension is now available. See the announcement post. Update 2023-10-27: This post has been extended to include information about legacy webhooks. The details WooCommerce 2.6, which was…

  • WooCommerce 8.2.0 Beta 1 Released
    WooCommerce 8.2.0 Beta 1 Released

    Beta 1 for the October 10 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 Since the release of 8.1.0, the following changes…

  • Getting to Know Woo: Exploring Server-Side Extensibility with Hooks
    Getting to Know Woo: Exploring Server-Side Extensibility with Hooks

    Co-written by @ralucastn and @nielslange This is chapter 5 of 5 in the series Getting to Know Woo: A Series on the Cart and Checkout Blocks In the previous posts, we’ve looked at extensibility…

  • Getting to Know Woo: Extending Payment Gateway Options in WooCommerce
    Getting to Know Woo: Extending Payment Gateway Options in WooCommerce

    Co-written by @ralucastn and @nielslange This is chapter 4 of 5 in the series Getting to Know Woo: A Series on the Cart and Checkout Blocks In this series, we’ve learned how to add…

  • Tutorial: Placing an order using the Store API
    Tutorial: Placing an order using the Store API

    While looking into a Store API related GitHub issue, I decided to create a brief tutorial on how to place an order using the Store API when using WooCommerce Blocks. This tutorial uses a…

  • Getting to Know Woo: Modifying existing Cart and Checkout Block Fields
    Getting to Know Woo: Modifying existing Cart and Checkout Block Fields

    Co-written by @ralucastn and @nielslange This is chapter 3 of 5 in the series Getting to Know Woo: A Series on the Cart and Checkout Blocks In the previous installment of this series we…

  • Getting to Know Woo: Customizing Cart and Checkout Fields
    Getting to Know Woo: Customizing Cart and Checkout Fields

    Co-written by @ralucastn and @nielslange This is chapter 2 of 5 in the series Getting to Know Woo: A Series on the Cart and Checkout Blocks. In our previous post in this series, we…

  • Getting to Know Woo: Understanding the Architecture of Cart and Checkout Blocks
    Getting to Know Woo: Understanding the Architecture of Cart and Checkout Blocks

    Co-written by @ralucastn and @nielslange This is chapter 1 of 5 in the series Getting to Know Woo: A Series on the Cart and Checkout Blocks As a first installment of our series on…

  • WooCommerce Vulnerability Reintroduced from 7.0.1
    WooCommerce Vulnerability Reintroduced from 7.0.1

    Background Last year we were alerted to a security issue (thanks to David Anderson) that would potentially allow users with specific capabilities (and, by default, this would include the Shop Manager role) to view…

  • WooCommerce 8.1.1 Fix Release
    WooCommerce 8.1.1 Fix Release

    WooCommerce 8.1.1 is now available for download. It contains a security fix, and we therefore recommend updating at your earliest possible convenience. What’s new? You can download the latest release of WooCommerce here or visit Dashboard…

  • Getting to Know Woo: A Series on the Cart and Checkout Blocks
    Getting to Know Woo: A Series on the Cart and Checkout Blocks

    Over the past months, the Cart and Checkout blocks were available as optional features in WooCommerce Core. Now, the time has come to transition the Cart and Checkout blocks out of the Beta phase…

  • WooCommerce Blocks 11.1.0 Release Notes
    WooCommerce Blocks 11.1.0 Release Notes

    The latest version of WooCommerce Blocks, version 11.1.0, is now available for download on WordPress.org and GitHub. Notable Changes Improve WooCommerce blocks performance for classic themes We made some changes that will split out the styles for…

  • Store Editing Snaps: August 28 – September 8
    Store Editing Snaps: August 28 – September 8

    Hello and welcome to another round of Snaps from the WooCommerce Store Editing team! 🎇 Every couple of weeks, we give an update on all the work being done on WooCommerce Blocks from behind…

  • WooCommerce 8.1.0 Released
    WooCommerce 8.1.0 Released

    We are pleased to announce the release of WooCommerce 8.1.0. This release should be backwards compatible with the previous version. This release contains: As always, we recommend creating a backup of your site and making…