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WooCommerce 8.8 is Delayed
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Update April 17: WooCommerce 8.8 has been released as WooCommerce 8.8.2. Learn more here. Note: WooCommerce 8.8 release has been further delayed due to an issue detected during testing. To ensure stability and give our teams time to fix this, we will roll out the release as 8.8.2 on the week of April 15 instead. […]
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Changes to Store API loading for performance
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The Store API provides a public endpoint for customer-facing cart, checkout, and product functionality. You can read more about Store API on the GitHub documentation page: WooCommerce Store API. When a WooCommerce block, such as the mini cart block or the product collection block is being used on a public page, we preload a response […]
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WooCommerce 8.8: A new way to customize your store, and more
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WooCommerce 8.8 has been released! This post will highlight what’s included in this version of WooCommerce. See our update guide.Download directly from WordPress.org. Other important information: Latest version: 👉 WooCommerce 8.8.3 About: Release Schedule:
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Introducing A New Extension to Facilitate Woo.com Product Updates
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Update (March 27th 2024): We’ve received some questions around the impacts of Woo.com Update Manager for developers and store owners. We’ve added a Q&A at the bottom of this post with some more information. Learn more. We’re introducing an update to the management of Woo.com extensions and themes. The new Woo.com Update Manager extension To […]
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Coming in WooCommerce 8.8: Making Product Onboarding and Product Tours Extensible
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In WooCommerce 8.8, we’re introducing two new filters to make the product onboarding checklist and product creation tour more extensible
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Store Editing Snaps: Block Hooks & Store Customization Updates
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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 the scenes. Let’s take a look at some highlights of what we’ve done since our last update. Note that the linked #numbers that […]
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Enhancing WooCommerce Checkout with Additional Checkout Fields
From Experimental to Feature WooCommerce 8.7 introduces an enhancement for developers: the ability to introduce additional fields to the Checkout block. This feature comes with an emphasis on developer-friendliness, making it easier than ever to customize the checkout experience for users. In this blog post, we’ll delve into the journey of how this feature evolved, […]
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Coming in WooCommerce 8.8: Customize Your Store — a new way to design WooCommerce stores
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Say hello to Customize Your Store, a brand-new feature that will take the place of the “Personalize Your Store” onboarding step.Customize Your Store will take advantage of the latest WordPress Site Editing tools, along with a cool new Pattern Assembler UI.
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The Legacy REST API plugin will be automatically installed in WooCommerce 8.8
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Back in October 2023 we announced that the Legacy REST API will be removed from WooCommerce as of version 9.0, but for those who have not been able to transition to the more modern REST API based on the WordPress JSON API we have created an extension which allows you to continue using the WooCommerce […]
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WooCommerce 8.7 Released: Product Collection Block Enhancements, Receipt Rendering Engine and More
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WooCommerce 8.7 introduces enhancements to the Product Collection block like scroll to top and loading animations. It also includes a new Receipt Rendering Engine for generating printable receipts from order data. Developers can now add additional fields to checkout with the experimental Checkout Fields API. Support is improved for Moroccan regions in checkout, taxes, and shipping.