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  • We had scheduled WooCommerce 3.9 for release on January 6, but due to recent changes on MaxMind GeoLite2 integration, we have delayed the release until January 21.

    WooCommerce uses MaxMind GeoLite2 for geolocalization. It’s possible to enable it by changing the “Default Customer Address” option in WooCommerce settings; enabling geolocation should download the database from MaxMind servers once a month. However, MaxMind now requires an account and a license key to allow downloads. You can read more details on why they require it on this page: “Significant Changes to Accessing and Using GeoLite2 Databases“.

    Due to this change, we had to put in some extra work to keep our geolocalization feature functioning. This also requires more testing, so we’ve delayed the release by two weeks.

    Today we are releasing WooCommerce 3.9 RC 4. To test it, use our beta tester plugin or download the release here. Check out the beta announcement post—it highlights all the new features and improvements.

    If you find any bugs along the way, please open an issue in our GitHub repository. Thank you for testing and helping us make WooCommerce better!

  • 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.

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  • Action Scheduler 3.0 is a major release, which means it breaks backward compatibility with previous versions. Before updating, we strongly recommend that you ensure your theme and plugins are compatible and make sufficient backups for peace of mind.

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  • WooCommerce 3.9 is almost ready — so close, in fact, you can already test its release candidate.

    To test it, use our beta tester plugin or download the release here. We’ll be unveiling WooCommerce 3.9 on January 6th, but if you’re really itching to learn what’s inside, check out the beta announcement post — it highlights all the new features and improvements.

    If you find any bugs along the way, please open an issue in our GitHub repository. Thank you for testing and helping us make WooCommerce better!

  • WooCommerce 3.9 beta 2 is now available. This beta release includes an updated version of WooCommerce Blocks 2.5.6 that fixes a few bugs in the All Products block — here’s the changelog if you’re interested.

    To test beta 2 use our beta tester plugin or download the release here. WooCommerce 3.9 will be released on January 6th, and the beta announcement post explains all of its new features and improvements.

    This is a great time for plugin developers to test the new release and update their plugin headers for the WooCommerce version check. If you find any bugs please open an issue in our GitHub repository, and thanks for testing WooCommerce!

  • WooCommerce 3.9 is now officially available for beta testing!

    We’re working toward smaller and more frequent releases, and WooCommerce 3.9 will be the first minor release of 2020. Since it’s a minor release, everything is backward compatible. The official version will be available on January 7, 2020.

    To try it out download it from the WordPress.org plugin repository, or install the WooCommerce Beta Tester plugin to test out this and all future beta and release candidates.

    What’s new in 3.9?

    WooCommerce 3.9 is the first minor release of 2020. Being a minor release, everything is backward compatible. As we work towards smaller and more frequent releases, it will be released on January 7th.

    WooCommerce blocks

    This version of WooCommerce includes WooCommerce Blocks 2.5. WooCommerce Blocks is our eCommerce-focused block collection for the block editor that has been part of WordPress since WordPress 5.0.

    WooCommerce 3.9 adds a new “All Products” block (requires WordPress 5.3) that mimics the WooCommerce core shop page but allows easy customization — and it’s powered by JavaScript and the REST API, so customers stay on the same page while browsing your catalogue.

    All Products block
    All Products block

    You can still customize the elements of this page using inner blocks, and use it in conjunction with other new blocks to filter products.

    All products and filter blocks together in a column block
    All products and filter blocks together in a column block

    Check out the WooCommerce Blocks 2.5 release notes for a detailed look! And if you want to follow the latest developments, you can install the feature plugin as well.

    New PHP and WordPress minimum requirements

    As of WooCommerce 3.9, we are bumping the minimum required PHP version up to PHP 7.0. This sets set us up for using newer and more performant functionality, benefiting all WooCommerce stores. The minimum required WordPress version will also increase to WordPress 5.0.

    We have added upgrade nudges in WooCommerce 3.8 pointing users to our new document you can follow to make sure you have the latest and greatest versions. Stores running anything older than PHP 7.0 and WordPress 5.0 will not be able to update to WooCommerce 3.9.

    Additional enhancements

    And there’s more in WooCommerce 3.9:

    • There’s “Show” button for password fields, like WordPress core introduced in version 5.3.
    • A new WooCommerce onboarding experience will be available to, 10% of new users (we’re testing this new experience and starting small.
    • It introduces a Payment Gateway API to support “pay button” allowing proper setup of those buttons and making it easier to customize their appearance.

    The release also contains tweaks, new hooks and fixes, all of which you can find in the readme.txt.

    Template file changes

    The following template files have been updated/changed in this release.

    FileChanges
    emails/email-addresses.phpPhone numbers will become clickable, to easy call your customers.
    myaccount/lost-password-confirmation.phpAdded new woocommerce_before_lost_password_confirmation_message, and woocommerce_after_lost_password_confirmation_message actions.
    notices/error.php, notices/notice.php, notices/success.phpTemplates update to support our new notices format.

    Deprecated functions and methods

    • Deprecated the WC_Cart_Totals::round_merged_taxes() method and replaced it with a new method WC_Cart_Totals::calculate_item_subtotals().
    • Deprecated the argument $messages in notices templates, and as a replaced it’s possible to use $notices.

    Release schedule

    Beta10 December 2019
    RC21 December 2019
    Release 3.97 January 2020

    Testing instructions

    We published a Wiki in GitHub to help anyone interested in testing this new release. Check out our release testing instructions.

  • WooCommerce 3.8.1 is now available. This is a small fix release that includes a fix for Google product schema and improves the compatibility with WordPress 5.3 and Twenty-twenty theme.

    Please find the full list of updates below:

    * Tweak - Trim whitespaces and strip slashes from MaxMind License Key.
* Dev - Prevent empty notices to get displayed on frontend.
* Fix - Show "-" instead of "0" when tax isn't applicable to a product.
* Fix - Fixed fatal error on the thank you page if order is not specified.
* REST API - Fixed - Product and variations schema to allow remove sale prices, dimensions and weight.

    Download the latest release of WooCommerce here or venture over to Dashboard → Updates to update your plugins from your WordPress admin panel.

    As usual, if you spot any other issues in WooCommerce core please log them in detail on Github, and to disclose a security issue to our team, please submit a report via HackerOne here.

  • Version 2.5.0 of WooCommerce Blocks feature plugin is now available. This release includes a brand new All Products block, with filtering and pagination, and a variety of other improvements. Read on for more information.

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  • We are proud to announce that WooCommerce 3.8 is live. In development since August 2019 and tallying 516 commits by 28 authors, this version represents a move towards smaller, stable, and more frequent WooCommerce releases.

    WooCommerce 3.8 is a minor release, which means everything should be backward compatible if updating from a previous version. That said, we strongly recommend that you ensure your theme and plugins are compatible and make sufficient backups for peace of mind. More at: How to Update WooCommerce.

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  • WooCommerce 3.8 RC2 is now available for testing. This release contains only fixes that were reported during the 3.8 Beta and 3.8 RC1 testing period to ensure stability of this release.

    See the 3.8 Beta release post for more information about what’s new with WooCommerce 3.8.

    You can download WooCommerce 3.8 directly from GitHub or from the WordPress.org repository, or use the WooCommerce Beta Tester plugin that allows you to test this and all future beta and release candidates.

    We welcome you to help test this version prior to the planned release date of November 5, 2019.

    Think you found a bug in WooCommerce 3.8 RC2? Open a GitHub issue with as many details as possible.