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  • Making our issue tracking simpler and more effective

    Making our issue tracking simpler and more effective

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    Apr 23, 2025


    We’re simplifying how we manage GitHub issues for WooCommerce. Starting today, we’re cutting down from 106 labels to about 20 and cleaning up our issue backlog so you can see… Read more

  • Dev Advisory: Phishing campaign targeting WooCommerce stores

    Dev Advisory: Phishing campaign targeting WooCommerce stores

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    Apr 22, 2025


    Developer advisory: We’re seeing phishing emails targeting WooCommerce stores. Emails from security-woocommerce.com, notify-woocommerce.com, and support-woocommerce.com contain malware, not security patches. Read more

  • Developer Advisory: Stripe Payment Gateway 9.4.0 Improvement

    Developer Advisory: Stripe Payment Gateway 9.4.0 Improvement

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    Apr 18, 2025


    WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 9.4.1 has been released to address an issue with Stripe API rate limiting causing slow admin dashboards and temporarily unavailable payment methods. Read more

  • WooCommerce 9.6.2: Dot Release

    WooCommerce 9.6.2: Dot Release

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    Feb 13, 2025


    WooCommerce 9.6.2 fixes unintended style inheritance issues affecting store frontends, including color calculations, checkout display, and widget styling. Read more

  • Call for Feedback: Improving Feature Flag Communications in WooCommerce

    Call for Feedback: Improving Feature Flag Communications in WooCommerce

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    Feb 12, 2025


    Help us improve how WooCommerce communicates about experimental features and feature flags. Share your feedback on notification preferences and timing to shape our new communication approach. Read more

  • Stay connected with WooCommerce developer updates

    Stay connected with WooCommerce developer updates

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    Jan 30, 2025


    💌 We’re making it easier to keep up with the evolution of WooCommerce. If you haven’t subscribed yet, our developer newsletter delivers the latest Woo updates, insights, and opportunities directly… Read more

  • Reorganizing The Woo Community Slack for Better Collaboration

    Reorganizing The Woo Community Slack for Better Collaboration

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    Jan 24, 2025


    We’re streamlining our developer Slack workspace with clearer channel organization, new spaces for marketplace vendors, and dedicated areas for technical discussions. Read more

  • WooCommerce 9.7: Pre-release updates

    WooCommerce 9.7: Pre-release updates

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    Jan 22, 2025


    WooCommerce 9.7 will introduce a modernized Payments interface, enhanced shipping displays, and major performance improvements for the block editor. Discover what’s coming in this release. Read more

  • Join us for January’s Developer Office Hours: The future of WooCommerce themes

    Join us for January’s Developer Office Hours: The future of WooCommerce themes

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    Jan 13, 2025


    Join us Jan 22 at 22:00 UTC for Developer Office Hours! Ellen Bauer, WooCommerce’s Product Lead for themes, blocks & patterns, will share insights on theme development and block patterns. Read more

  • Generate test data for WooCommerce with Smooth Generator

    Generate test data for WooCommerce with Smooth Generator

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    Dec 10, 2024


    Need realistic test data for your WooCommerce store? Smooth Generator helps developers populate stores with products, orders, and customers automatically. Check out the latest version. Read more

  • Event recap: “Let’s Talk Themes with Ellen Bauer”

    Event recap: “Let’s Talk Themes with Ellen Bauer”

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    Dec 4, 2024


    WooCommerce hosts live community discussion on future of themes with Product Lead Ellen Bauer, focusing on block themes and developer feedback. Read more

  • WooCommerce 9.4.3 and WooCommerce 9.3.4 available now

    WooCommerce 9.4.3 and WooCommerce 9.3.4 available now

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    Dec 3, 2024


    WooCommerce 9.4.3 includes important security enhancements for URL handling, event data validation, and guest checkout controls. Update recommended. Read more

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