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  • 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 using some of the product patterns can now find that they’re updated to reflect the Product Collection (beta) block, have had pagination removed, the image aspect ratio updated to be more suitable and finally these patterns now have titles merchants can update to more accurately represent the patterns usage.

    3-Column Product Row

    Product Collection 3 Columns

    1:1 Image 4-Column Product Row

    Product Collection 4 Columns

    Minimal 5-Column Product Row

    Product Collection 5 Columns

    More about it in this PR

    Introducing a new condensed address component on checkout

    To improve and streamline the experience for returning customers to the checkout, the address form will now collapse if it is complete. This will apply to returning customers with an account, or someone who has previously checked out as a guest who still has a valid session.

    Condensed address component

    Clicking “edit” will reveal the form and allow changes to the address as normal.

    Changelog

    Enhancements

    • Introduced condensed address components on checkout for customers with an existing address. (11167)
    • Update aspect ratio, icons and default text for the Social: Follow us on social media pattern. (11161)
    • Add horizontal padding to the Featured Category Triple pattern. (11160)
    • Remove the “no results” placeholder and pagination and set aspect ratio on the Product Collection 3 Columns, Product Collection 4 Columns, Product Collection 5 Columns, and Product Gallery patterns. (11145)
    • Add group and padding to the Product Collection 3 Columns, Featured Category Triple and the Social: Follow us on social media patterns. (11144)
    • New Product Collection Patterns: add the new Product Collection 3 Columns, Product Collection 4 Columns, Product Collection 5 Columns and Product Collection: Featured Products 5 Columns patterns. (11134)
    • Add titles and padding to the Product Collection: Featured Products 5 Columns and the Product Gallery patterns. (11131)
    • Add default image and fixed height to the Just Arrived Full Hero pattern. (11130)
    • Add titles and padding to the Product Collection 4 Columns, Product Collection 5 Columns, and Testimonials 3 Columns patterns. (11129)
    • Add Add to Cart button’s product price data attribute. (11117)
    • Just Arrived Full Hero pattern: wireframe the content and adjust the pattern width. (11115)
    • Remove opinionated styles from the Hero Product 3 Split pattern. (11110)
    • Add the Featured Category Cover Image pattern. (11109)
    • Add fee ID to parent cart and checkout block. (11054)
    • Update: Adjust text of incompatibility sidebar notice and show extensions, that explicitly declared incompatibility with the Cart and Checkout blocks. (10877)

    Bug Fixes

    • Fix Store Notices block breaks page editors. (11165)
    • Ensure the Just Arrived Full Hero pattern can have an AI-selected images assigned to it and add a background dim. (11159)
    • Testimonials 3 Columns pattern > Update the width and fix the PHP warnings that could be triggered if the content saved within the wc_blocks_patterns_content option didn’t match the updated patterns dictionary. (11158)
    • Pattern: Fetch product ID with JS to prevent unnecesary queries on every page load. (11138)
    • Fix checkout state/country field width in the site editor. (11133)
    • Fixed PHP notice that would appear if an API endpoint failed to load. (11128)
    • Made error icon on checkout match text color. (11127)
    • Fix a PHP error that was occurring when the WooCommerce Product Add-ons or the WooCommerce Product Bundles plugins were enabled. (11082)
    • Resolved an issue where the Single Product block did not respect the WooCommerce setting for redirecting to the cart page after successful addition. (11151)

  • 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 sure that your theme and any other plugins are compatible before updating. You can check out this update guide for more information.

    PHP Requirement Change

    WooCommerce 8.2 requires PHP version 7.4 or newer.

    Read our announcement post for full details.

    What’s new in 8.2.0?

    High Performance Order Storage

    High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS) also previously known as “Custom Order Tables” is a solution that provides an easy-to-understand and solid database structure – specifically designed for eCommerce needs. It uses the WooCommerce CRUD design to store order data in custom tables – optimized for WooCommerce queries with minimal impact on the store’s performance. 

    In January 2022, we published the initial plan for the Custom Order Tables feature and since then, we’ve been working hard to bring the High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS) to WooCommerce Core. In May 2022, we invited you to test the order migration process and provide feedback on how our initial work performs on real stores of varied configurations.

    High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS) is officially released in 8.2.0 under the stable flag and is enabled by default for new installations.

    Bringing High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS) to WooCommerce improves these three essential properties for eCommerce stores. 

    1. Scalability

    The rise in the number of customers and customer orders increases the load on your store’s database – making it difficult to handle customer order requests and deliver a seamless user experience.

    With High-Performance Order Storage, you get dedicated tables for data like orders and order addresses and thus dedicated indexes which results in fewer read/write operations and fewer busy tables. This feature enables eCommerce stores of all shapes and sizes to scale their business to their maximum potential – without expert intervention. 

    1. Reliability 

    High-Performance Order Storage makes implementing and restoring targeted data backup easier. You’ll no longer need to worry about losing orders, inventory numbers, or client information with reliable backup in these custom order tables. It’ll also facilitate implementing read/write locks and prevent race conditions.

    1. Simplicity 

    You no longer have to go through a single huge database to locate underlying data and WooCommerce entries. 

    With High-Performance Order Storage, you can easily browse through the separate tables and easy-to-handle entries, independent of the table _posts, to find data or understand the table structure. It also lets you easily develop new plugins, implement designs for shops and products, and modify WooCommerce with more flexibility.

    Please visit the documentation page for more details on the High-Performance Order Storage.

    Improve WooCommerce blocks performance for classic themes

    We made some changes that will split out the styles for our blocks into individual CSS files when the site uses a classic theme. This has been the case for some time with block themes, and now classic themes can benefit from faster load times and lower resource usage when displaying WooCommerce blocks.

    More patterns in the Product Collection block

    Two new Product Collection patterns, Rows and Simple Grid, are now available. They offer vertical and horizontal layouts to better showcase products.

    New Product Collection block

    Product Collection is the newest addition to our block library.

    Like the Products block, you can choose what criteria affect the list of blocks displayed to shoppers and control the product layout in the list/grid by the various element blocks.

    Unlike the Products block, which is a Query loop block variation, this block is a standalone block, enabling us to tailor the block further to better meet the merchant’s needs.

    Existing templates with Product blocks will remain unchanged as we haven’t replaced them with Product Collection blocks yet.

    It’s labeled beta because we’re still polishing it. And we look forward to any feedback you have on this block.

    Other changes

    For a complete list of the changes included in this release, please see the changelog in the readme for this release.

    Much 💜 to all the contributors

    Finally a big thanks to everyone in the community who has contributed via issue reports, fixes, translation, testing, supporting other users, or simply spreading the word.

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  • 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 changes have been made:

    • Fix: HPOS keeping disabled when the database tables were created via enabling the setting #40466

    For the complete list, view the changelog in the readme for this release.

    PHP Requirement Change

    WooCommerce 8.2 requires PHP version 7.4 or newer.

    Read our announcement post for full details.

    Release Schedule

    We’re on track for our planned October 10 release.

    Testing

    If you’d like to dive in and help test this new release, our handy WooCommerce Beta Tester plugin allows you to switch between beta versions and release candidates. You can also download the release from WordPress.org.

    We’ve posted a helpful writeup on beta testing to help get you started.

    If you discover any bugs during the testing process, please let us know by logging a report in GitHub.

  • 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 changes have been made:

    • Fixed an issue with the Marketplace header becoming invisible after visiting other pages. #40562
    • Fixed a backwards-compatibility issue with wc_get_orders() when High Performance Order Storage is enabled. #40551
    • Fixed an issue where created_via wasn’t properly set when HPOS was enabled for orders created manually via the admin. #40469
    • Update WooCommerce Blocks to 11.1.2. #40475

    For the complete list, view the changelog in the readme for this release.

    PHP Requirement Change

    WooCommerce 8.2 requires PHP version 7.4 or newer.

    Read our announcement post for full details.

    Release Schedule

    We’re on track for our planned October 10 release.

    Testing

    If you’d like to dive in and help test this new release, our handy WooCommerce Beta Tester plugin allows you to switch between beta versions and release candidates. You can also download the release from WordPress.org.

    We’ve posted a helpful writeup on beta testing to help get you started.

    If you discover any bugs during the testing process, please let us know by logging a report in GitHub.

  • 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 editor called “Order Confirmation”. This template will allow them to customize the order confirmation page that is displayed after checkout.

    Product Collection: Patterns

    Merchants that uses the Product Collection block can see a new feature to use pre-defined patterns using the pattern chooser.

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    New Store API Order endpoints

    Store API now has 2 new endpoints, one for fetching existing unpaid orders, and one to place/buy for those unpaid orders.

    Previously, it was not possible to resume an existing order with Store API unless you hacked your way through the session data, now you can do that safely:

    Fetch an existing order

    Using the new endpoint GET /wc/store/v1/order/{ORDER_NUMBER}/?key={ORDER_KEY}&billing_email={BILLING_EMAIL} which will return a similar schema to what you get when calling GET /checkout endpoint.

    This only works for unpaid orders, and you will get an error if the email is invalid, the key is invalid, or the order is unpaid.

    Logged-in users can only fetch their own orders, guest customers can fetch guest orders. Both require the order number, key, and billing email.

    Store API continues to be an unauthenticated API, limited to the current user only.

    More about it in this PR.

    Pay for an existing order

    Alongside the first endpoint, we also expanded the wc/store/v1/checkout endpoint to support paying for existing orders, by calling POST /wc/store/v1/checkout/{ORDER_NUMBER}/?key={ORDER_KEY}&billing_email={BILLING_EMAIL} you can place an existing order.

    The body shape for this endpoint is the same for POST /wc/store/v1/checkout but will resume an order instead of creating a new one.

    More info in this PR.

    Changelog

    Enhancements

    • Remove order and checkout order endpoints experimental flag. (11022)
    • Ensure the content of the patterns is also AI-generated. (10997)
    • Product Collection: Transfer layout options from Toolbar to Inspector controls. (10922)
    • Add pattern chooser in Product Collection. (10876)
    • Product Gallery: Lock the Sale Badge and the Next/Prev Buttons. (10869)
    • Refactor Cart and Checkout Page Templates. (10773)
    • Blockified Order Confirmation. (10056)

    Bug Fixes

    • Product Gallery: Fix the Product Gallery Thumbnails on click. (11032)
    • WooExpress: Fix Checkout and Cart Blocks Editor Crash. (11024)
    • Product Gallery: Fix zoom animation on large Image. (11023)
    • Fix: Password Protection not respected on single product template. (10999)
    • Product Gallery Pager: Remove the Pager markup if there’s only one image. (10998)
    • Related Products: Hide the block outside of Single Product Template and Single Product block. (10978)
    • Single Product: Fix the Align setting. (10977)
    • Hide unexpected bullet point in Product Collection on Storefront. (10945)
    • Add custom regex for validating Nicaraguan postal codes. (10928)
    • Update postcode-validator to 3.8.15 to validate “new” Taiwanese postcodes. (10924)
    • BlockTemplatesController: Check that $attributes[‘theme’] value isset before operating on it. (10879)
    • Product Gallery: CSS styling tightening up. (10867)
    • Checkout Block: Prevent changes in the selected shipping method when new rates are added or removed. (10457)

  • 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 have been made:

    • WooCommerce Blocks has been updated to 11.1.1. See the release notes for 11.1.0 for changes. #40300
    • WooCommerce now requires at least PHP version 7.4. #39820
    • High Performance Order Storage is now enabled by default for new installs. #40296

    For the complete list, view the changelog in the readme for this release.

    PHP Requirement Change

    WooCommerce 8.2 requires PHP version 7.4 or newer.

    Read our announcement post for full details.

    Release Schedule

    We’re on track for our planned October 10 release.

    VersionRelease
    Release CandidateOctober 3, 2023
    Final ReleaseOctober 10, 2023

    Testing

    If you’d like to dive in and help test this new release, our handy WooCommerce Beta Tester plugin allows you to switch between beta versions and release candidates. You can also download the release from WordPress.org.

    We’ve posted a helpful writeup on beta testing to help get you started.

    If you discover any bugs during the testing process, please let us know by logging a report in GitHub.

  • 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 user data for all users. This has the possibility of exposing sensitive information. Generally, and within WooCommerce, the information stored as user metadata is not sensitive, however it is possible for other plugins to store sensitive data should they elect to. We are not aware of any cases in which this would pose a risk in WooCommerce on its own.

    We identified the issue and released a fix in version 7.0.1. However, this patch did not make its way into 7.2 so the vulnerability was re-introduced with that version and has been present up until now.

    We have deployed a fix for the vulnerability in version 8.1.1 that is now available.

    These vulnerabilities were identified as part of our ongoing HackerOne responsible disclosure program. At this time, we have no evidence of the vulnerability being exploited in the wild.

    What do I need to do?

    Update your WooCommerce version to the latest version (8.1.1) as soon as possible.

    Is WooCommerce still safe to use?

    Yes. While identifying new vulnerabilities is difficult, we work hard to do so proactively by partnering with HackerOne researchers to continually improve the safety of WooCommerce. Of course, finding vulnerabilities is just the first step.  

    Afterward, we work to track and patch any vulnerabilities as quickly as possible. And we strive to keep our merchants and customers updated on a proactive basis about the continual steps we are taking to improve the platform.

    I have other questions. If anyone has further concerns or questions regarding the patches, our team of Happiness Engineers is on hand to help — please open a support ticket.

  • 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?

    • Security: an ajax endpoint used within the order editor was returning user meta data. This was previously fixed in our 7.0.1 release, but was regrettably reintroduced. More details are available in this dev advisory. #40221
    • We resolved a problem leading to the duplication of order meta data, potentially impacting merchants who have enabled HPOS (High-Performance Order Storage) alongside compatibility mode (sync). #40148

    You can download the latest release of WooCommerce here or visit Dashboard → Updates to update the plugin from your WordPress admin screen.

    If you spot issues in WooCommerce core, please log them in detail on GitHub. Found a security issue? Please submit a report via HackerOne.

  • 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 our blocks into individual CSS files when the site uses a classic theme. This has been the case for some time with block themes, and now classic themes can benefit from faster load times and lower resource usage when displaying WooCommerce blocks.

    More patterns in the Product Collection block

    Two new Product Collection patterns, Rows and Simple Grid, are now available. They offer vertical and horizontal layouts to better showcase products.

    Changelog

    Enhancements

    • Add Product Collection Rows pattern. (10857)
    • Add Simple Grid Product Collection pattern. (10835)
    • Product Hero Pattern > Adjust the content width. (10832)
    • Fix: Load blocks style separately for classic themes. (10758)
    • Adjust Follow us on social media pattern icon alignment. (10709)

    Bug Fixes

    • Change default number of columns in Related Products. (10875)
    • Product Image: Fix bug that prevented block styles being applied within the editor. (10859)
    • Fix bug with wpautop for the empty cart. (10768)
    • Prevent the Cart block reloading when adding an item to it from the Empty Cart block. (10624)
    • Product button: Sync temporary number of items on instantiation. (10604)
    • Customer Account Block: Fixed an issue that would make the account icon scale incorrectly in certain environments (prominently in the TT1 theme). (10533)
    • Customer Account Block: Fixed an issue that caused padding to be inconsistent between the editor and the front-end. (10476)
    • Fixed notice displaying on Cart and Checkout template. (10151)

  • 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 sure that your theme and any other plugins are compatible before updating. You can check out this update guide for more information.

    Upcoming PHP Requirement Change

    This release continues to support PHP version 7.3. We recently announced our plan to end support for PHP 7.3, beginning with the release of WooCommerce 8.2.0, scheduled for release in October of 2023. Read our announcement post for full details.

    What’s new in 8.1.0?

    New WooCommerce Blocks Patterns

    There are two new patterns available to use: Featured Products: Fresh & Tasty pattern and Social: Follow us in social media.

    Featured Products: Fresh & Tasty pattern
    Follow us in social media pattern

    Also, the existing patterns have been improved, removing some pre-configurated styles.

    Mini Cart Block Customization

    On WordPress 6.3 or with the latest version of Gutenberg, it is possible to customize the Mini Cart block’s Price, Icon, and Counter color.

    This release includes important bug fixes for several blocks, enhancing the overall user experience.

    Interactivity API Integration with Product Button

    We have integrated the Product Button with the Interactivity API, enhancing the shopping experience. These are the highlights:

    • Real-time Counter Update:
      Quantity changes in the mini-cart are immediately reflected on the Product Button.
    • Smoother Counter Animations:
      The counter in the Product Button updates with smoother animations.
    • Streamlined Visual Feedback:
      The Product Button smoothly transitions from ‘Add to Cart’ to ‘Loading’ status to show the quantity in the cart when a product is added, providing clear visual feedback.

    Known Issue: When the Products (Beta) block is loaded with the Classic Placeholder block, the Product Button doesn’t work as expected in the Classic Template block. Specifically, clicking the ‘Add to Cart’ button in the Classic Template Block results in a complete page refresh. This is not the expected behavior. We encourage users experiencing this issue to consider migrating from the Classic Placeholder block to the Products block. This block is designed to work smoothly with the Interactivity API and to ensure the Product Button functions correctly.

    Performance Enhancements for Checkout

    We spent some time tidying up the Store API performance, this resulted in a 100ms faster server response, or 25%-30% faster Cart/Checkout requests.

    We also changed how shipping selection works, and it is now visibly faster by 1000ms and feels immediate.

    We still have a lot of performance improvements planned and will share them as we release them.

    Other Notable Changes

    • New Product Editor:
      • Create Variations options block. #39256
      • Create the Organization tab. #39232
      • Add product visibility. #39477
    • Add support for Japan and UAE to WooPayments. #39431

    Template Changes

    Template FileGitHub Links
    /templates/checkout/order-received.php#39758
    /templates/checkout/payment.php#39348
    /templates/checkout/thankyou.php#39758

    Database Changes

    8.1 introduces a database migration for HPOS. The migration will not perform any operation if HPOS has not been enabled, but you may still see a database upgrade notification.

    Much 💜 to all the contributors

    Finally a big thanks to everyone in the community who has contributed via issue reports, fixes, translation, testing, supporting other users, or simply spreading the word.

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