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  • Today we are excited to announce the availability of WooCommerce 3.6. The latest release of WooCommerce has been in development since November 2018, and during that time, 3.6 has had 2279 commits from 122 contributors.

    3.6 is a “minor” release; this version should be backwards compatible with sites running versions of WooCommerce greater than or equal to 3.0. We do of course recommend ensuring your extensions and themes are compatible before upgrading, and making backups for peace of mind —please see this guide for more details.

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  • Greetings all! WooCommerce 3.6 RC2 was released last week, and since then a few small bugs have been discovered. Also with the security updates released in 3.5.8 today – we wanted to bundle up one last Release Candidate prior to the official planned launch of WooCommerce 3.6 tomorrow – April 17th.

    What’s New

    In addition to the security fixes in 3.5.8 – the following items have changed since RC2:

    • Fix: Product search may fail to return valid results when using the ‘include’ flag to search within a limited set. #23246 Props @franticpsyx
    • Dev: Update Action Scheduler library to 2.2.4 #23306 Props @JPry
    • Fix: Logic in link all variations #23304
    • Fix: Remove total revenue from usage tracking #23302
    • Fix: error in /wc/v2/system_status endpoint #23295
    • A11y: Change aria-labelledby to aria-label on quantity input #23186 Props @zacchaeusluke
    • A11y: Updates to labels in checkout #23303 Props @pojke
    • Fix: Replace update_woocommerce_term_meta with update_term_meta #23308 Props @webdados

    Testing

    To test WooCommerce 3.6 RC3, you can use our WooCommerce Beta Tester plugin or you can download the release candidate here (zip).

    Since 3.6 is now in release candidate stage, only bug fixes will be made. No other changes should take place.

    Think you’ve found a bug? Please post in detail to Github.

    Developers, 3.6 is a minor release, so it should be fully backwards compatible. Despite this, it’s still a good idea to test your plugins and themes and help us catch any issues we may have missed before the final release.

  • WooCommerce 3.5.8 is now available. Since this release contains fixes to harden security, we encourage you to update your stores as soon as possible.

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  • On March 28th we announced the availability of the first Release Candidate for WooCommerce 3.6. During the RC1 testing period, a number of bugs were reported by RC testers in the community, and during additional internal testing. As such we just published a second release candidate for WooCommerce 3.6. To see all the new features being shipped in 3.6, please check out the Beta 1 post for all the details.

    Due to the addition of a second Release Candidate, we are anticipating the final release of WooCommerce 3.6 to happen on April 17th. We apologize for the added delay to this release cycle. Our number one priority is to ship a stable release, and we believe the extra time is needed to deliver on that priority.

    What’s New

    In addition to the changelog and feature list that was included in the Beta 1 Announcement – the following items have been fixed since RC1:

    • Fix BC break by allowing wc_product_gallery to be called without any arguments. props @superdav42 #23191
    • Fix strpos arguments order #23175 props @quasilyte #23175
    • Fix results from wp_term_counts when sorting by menu_order #23194
    • Fix: backwards compatibility issues for wc_get_template function #23197
    • Fix: Remove end date for Facebook in on-boarding wizard #23210
    • Fix: Usage tracking logic. #23231
    • Fix: Prevent removal of the wc- prefix from non core order statuses #23203
    • Fix: For conflicting webpack build processes #23244

    Marketplace Suggestions and Usage Tracking Feedback

    Beyond the fixes listed above, we also made some changes to the Marketplace Suggestions feature. It is often only when the release candidate actually comes out that we get certain kinds of feedback. Thanks to the many developers, end users, and the plugin review team for all their help.

    Now, with the 3.6 RC1 live, we have specific feedback from the community and plugin review team that we can take into consideration and act on:

    • Fix: Remove Product Listing suggestions. #23211
    • Fix: Add setting to turn off Marketplace Suggestions #23218
    • Fix: Add icon to Product Metabox Suggestions #23230
    • Fix: Add link to manage Suggestions #23229
    • Fix: Update text explaining opt-out and details of usage tracking. #23216

    Testing

    To test WooCommerce 3.6 RC2, you can use our WooCommerce Beta Tester plugin or you can download the release candidate here (zip).

    Since 3.6 is now in release candidate stage, only bug fixes will be made. No other changes should take place.

    Think you’ve found a bug? Please post in detail to Github.

    Developers, 3.6 is a minor release, so it should be fully backwards compatible. Despite this, it’s still a good idea to test your plugins and themes and help us catch any issues we may have missed before the final release.

  • We are happy to announce the availability of a new build of the WooCommerce Admin feature plugin! If this is the first time you have heard about WooCommerce Admin, it is a new JavaScript-driven interface for managing your WooCommerce stores that is focusing on creating new and improved reports, and a dashboard to monitor all the important key metrics of your site. You can read more about the background of the project in our Alpha announcement post – or watch the keynote from WooSesh.

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  • The release candidate for WooCommerce 3.6 is now available! To see all the new features being shipped in 3.6, please check out the Beta 1 post for all the details.

    By publishing the release candidate ( RC ) – this signals that we feel 3.6 is ready for release – but we would love your help testing things out prior to the final release! We are still targeting to release WooCommerce 3.6 on Thursday, April 11th.

    What’s New

    In addition to the changelog and feature list that was included in the Beta 1 Announcement – the following items have been added since Beta 1:

    • Enhancement – Improved username generation and introduced wc_create_new_customer_username function. #23145
    • Dev – Update action scheduler to version 2.2.2. #23162
    • Fix – Download link URL in helper. #23146
    • Fix – Completed email wording update. #23128
    • Fix – REST API: Allow filtering by future status #23138
    • Fix – Update refund reason to make it clear process is manual. #23149
    • Fix – Hide stock status for variations when the parent is managing stock. #23069
    • Fix – Force variation product type in WC_Ajax::add_variation. #23131
    • Fix – WooCommerce writes current_theme_supports_woocommerce option on every regular page view. #23035
    • Fix – Update the rating request text in the footer to be friendlier for screen reader users. #23039
    • Fix – Null check variable before accessing its properties on checkout page. #23047
    • Fix – Recognize all input fields with ID for checkout fields. #23050
    • Fix – Avoid regenerating thumbnails on every page load. #21800
    • Fix – Changed ‘private’ methods on WC_Breadcrumb class to ‘protected’. #23057
    • Fix – Jumping to top of page when dismissing store notice. #23066

    Testing

    To test WooCommerce 3.6 RC1, you can use our WooCommerce Beta Tester plugin or you can download the release candidate here (zip).

    Since 3.6 is now in release candidate stage, only bug fixes will be made. No other changes should take place.

    Think you’ve found a bug? Please post in detail to Github.

    Developers, 3.6 is a minor release, so it should be fully backwards compatible. Despite this, it’s still a good idea to test your plugins and themes and help us catch any issues we may have missed before the final release.

  • WooCommerce 3.5.7 is now available. Since this release contains fixes to harden security, we encourage you to update your sites as soon as possible.

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  • Greetings everyone – we are quite pleased to announced that WooCommerce 3.6 is now available for beta testing!

    To test the beta release of 3.6, you can download it directly from GitHub, or install our WooCommerce Beta Tester Plugin which allows you to easily test out this beta and all future beta and release candidates.

    What is new in 3.6?

    3.6 is the first minor release of 2019 – and being a minor release – everything included in this release is backwards-compatible. This means if you are updating from any version since 3.0, you should encounter no issues.

    On to what’s new!

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  • Storefront 2.4.5 has been tagged for release and uploaded to WordPress.org.

    Here’s what’s changed pulled directly from the changelog:

    * Fix - Revert changes made to the navigation menus that in some cases could cause menus to be hidden on the page.

    Download the latest release of Storefront here or venture over to Dashboard → Updates to update your theme from WordPress.

    As usual, if you spot any other issues, please log them in detail on Github.

  • Storefront 2.4.4 has been tagged for release and uploaded to WordPress.org.

    Here’s what’s changed pulled directly from the changelog:

    * Tweak - Update UTM parameters on woo.com links.
* Tweak - Compress and minify `pep.min.js`.
* Tweak - Minify CSS files in the `base` folder.
* Fix - Underline links in post content, footer, and breadcrumbs for better accessibility.
* Fix - Bolder outline styles for better accessibility.
* Fix - Stop Handheld Navigation items from being read by screen readers when the menu is collapsed.
* Fix - Add styling for product columns on the header widget area.
* Fix - Hide bundle/composite child cart items below the desktop size threshold.
* Fix - Split Jetpack styles into separate files to fix a flash of content when using the infinite scroll option.
* Dev - Update node dependencies.
* Dev - Handheld Footer Bar JavaScript moved from `navigation.js` to `footer.js`.

    Download the latest release of Storefront here or venture over to Dashboard → Updates to update your theme from WordPress.

    As usual, if you spot any other issues, please log them in detail on Github.