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A new version of WooCommerce Blocks has been released! Version 8.0.0 is now available for download from GitHub and WordPress.org.
This release contains both enhancements and bug fixes.
Changelog
Enhancements
- Enhancement: Make form components require onChange and have a default value. (6636)
- Enhancement: Footer Template Parts use now
<footer>
instead of<div>
and Header uses<header>
instead of<div>
. (6596) - Enhancement: Replace the ProductTag
tax_query
field to be theterm_id
instead of theid
. (6585)
Bug Fixes
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We’re excited to announce that the first release candidate for WooCommerce 6.7 is now available. We are currently on track for our planned July 12 release date.
Changes
Since the beta release, the following changes have been made:
- Fix Uncaught DOMException on WooCommerce -> Extensions page. #33711
- Fix ‘Cannot read properties of undefined’ error when clicking Export button on Analytic pages. #33709
- Revert marketing task completion logic to only complete after actioned by user. #33676
- Rename event prop from cross-sell to cross_sell. #33704
- Fixing bug where the activity panel stopped functioning after route changes. #33722
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.
A set of testing instructions has been published on our Wiki page in GitHub. We’ve also 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.
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The second beta for WooCommerce 6.7 is now available. We are currently on track for our planned July 12th, 2022 release date.
Changes
Since the first beta release, the following changes have been made:
- Fix – Fix payments experiment banner logic to be executed before experiment is called. #33549
- Fix – Move tracks _ui and _ut properties out of filtered tracks properties. #33621.
- Update – WooCommerce Blocks to 7.8.3 #33514
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.
A set of testing instructions has been published on our Wiki page in GitHub. We’ve also 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.
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A new version of WooCommerce Blocks has been released! Version 7.9.0 is now available for download from GitHub and WordPress.org.
This release is mainly a bug fixes release for various blocks.
Changelog
Enhancements
- Disable page scroll when Mini Cart drawer is open. (6532)
- Register filter blocks using block metadata. (6505)
Bug Fixes
- Fix images hidden by default in Product grid blocks after WC 6.6 update. (6599)
- Fix: Scrolling issue of the Filled Mini Cart Contents block. (6565)
- Fix an endless loop when using product grid blocks inside product descriptions. (6471)
Various
- Prevent warnings appearing when using some plugins for managing shipping packages. (6470)
- Add descriptions to the FSE WooCommerce Templates in the Editor UI
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Beta 1 for the July 2022 release of WooCommerce is now available for testing! You can either download it directly from WordPress.org or install our WooCommerce Beta Tester Plugin.
Changelog
The complete list of changes, tweaks, fixes, and improvements included in this release can be viewed in the readme.txt for the release.
Actions and Filters
Filter Description woocommerce_taxonomy_archive_description_raw
Filters the archive’s raw description on taxonomy archives. There are no action changes in this release.
Database Changes
There are no database changes in this release.
Template Changes
Template Change templates/single-product/add-to-cart.php
Updated to improve accessibility. Deprecations
There are no deprecations in this release.
Release Schedule
Version Release Beta June 21st, 2022 Final Release July 12th, 2022 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.
A set of testing instructions has been published on our Wiki page in GitHub. We’ve also 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.
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WooCommerce 6.6.1 is available for download. It introduces a few fixes for issues that were introduced in the 6.6.0 release.
What’s New?
- WooCommerce 6.6.0 introduced sanitization for payment gateway titles. This could cause a problem if you had a payment gateway that didn’t properly set a title. We’ve fixed the issue introduced in 6.6.0 with gateways that don’t set a title. [#33434]
- We’ve fixed an issue with WooCommerce 6.6.0 with searching for products when WordPress 5.8 was also installed. [#6590]
- We’ve resolved an issue with Blocks that was causing some product images to not render because the “Product image is visible” option wasn’t being interpreted correctly. [#6599]
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 spot issues in WooCommerce core, please log them in detail on GitHub. Found a security issue? Please submit a report via HackerOne.
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We are pleased to announce the release of WooCommerce 6.6. This release should be backwards compatible with the previous version.
This release contains:
- 904 commits from 51 contributors in WooCommerce Core
- 97 commits from 21 contributors in WooCommerce Blocks
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.
What’s new in 6.6?
- Added a new TikTok Marketing Extension. #32778
- WooCommerce Blocks updated to version 7.6.0. See the release posts for 7.5.0 and 7.6.0 for included changes.
- Updates to bump the tested WordPress version to 6.0 and the minimum version to 5.8, per our WordPress support policy.
These are just some of the changes that are included in WooCommerce 6.6. You can find the complete changelog for this release in the changelog.txt file.
Actions and Filters
This release adds 1 new action.
Action Description before_woocommerce_pay_form
Triggered right before the Pay for Order form, after validation of the order and customer. And 1 new filter.
Filter Description woocommerce_orders_cot_and_posts_sync_step_size
Filter to customize the count of orders that will be synchronized in each step of the custom orders table to/from posts table synchronization process. Database Changes
There are no database changes in this release.
Template Changes
There are no template changes in this release.
Deprecations
There are no deprecations in 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.
WooCommerce Core
WooCommerce Blocks
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A new version of WooCommerce Blocks has been released! Version 7.8.0 is now available for download from GitHub and WordPress.org.
In this release, we are including some minor bug fixes and improvements:
- The Featured Category block now can set the product image as a Fixed Image and a Repeated Image via new media controls.
- The Mini Cart block now has Font Size and Font Family support.
- The Cart and Checkout blocks respect low stock visibility settings now.
- The Filter Products By Price block’s price slider step sequence decreased from 10 to 1.
Changelog
Enhancements
- Filter Products by Price: Decrease price slider step sequence from 10 to 1. (6486)
- Add the
Fixed image
andRepeated image
media controls to the Featured Category block. (6440)
Bug Fixes
- Featured Item Blocks: Fix an issue where the default color could be overridden by a theme, and where custom colors were not applied correctly. (6492)
- Fix: Only enqueue the relevant translations script. (6478)
- Fix: All Products block: New product is missing in the Cart block if
Redirect to the cart page after successful addition
is enabled. (6466) - Respect low stock visibility setting in Cart/Checkout. (6444)
- Decouple Store API payment handling from Checkout block loading code. (6519)
Various
- Add support for
Font size
andFont family
for theMini Cart
block. (6396)
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We’re excited to announce that the second release candidate for WooCommerce 6.6 is now available. We are currently on track for our planned June 14, 2022 release date.
Changes
Since the beta release, the following changes have been made:
- Fix a warning that appeared in the admin with certain themes. #33180
- Add timestamp to experiment assignment requests. #33300
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.
A set of testing instructions has been published on our Wiki page in GitHub. We’ve also 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.
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We’re excited to announce that the first release candidate for WooCommerce 6.6 is now available. We are currently on track for our planned June 14, 2022 release date.
Changes
Since the beta release, the following changes have been made:
- WooCommerce Blocks: We’ve updated Blocks to version 7.6.0. See the release notes for 7.5.0 and 7.6.0 for all included changes. [#32940]
- Sample Products: Add a confirmation dialog before loading sample products. [#33171]
- Minimum WP Version: Now that WordPress 6.0 has been released, the minimum WP version has been updated to 5.8. [#33194]
- Dashboard and Analytics: Fix an issue with the dashboard and analytics that was causing crashes when certain timezone settings were applied. [#33206]
- WooCommerce Admin Translations: Fix an issue that was causing some translations in WooCommerce Admin to be missing. [#33226]
- Product Tasks: Fix an issue where clicking on the edge of a product task card was unresponsive. [#33235]
- Setup Task List: Fix an issue where the button to show the task list after completion was not functional. [#33238]
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.
A set of testing instructions has been published on our Wiki page in GitHub. We’ve also 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.