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  • 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.

  • WooCommerce 3.8 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is now available for testing. This is a minor release with a few new features and fixes.

    Shipping a release candidate means that we think we have a stable version ready. See the 3.8 Beta release post for more information about what’s new.

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

    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.

    A code freeze has been in effect since WooCommerce 3.8 Beta and continues to the end the RC period. Only bug fixes reported for WooCommerce 3.8 Beta are made to ensure stability of the release.

    Think you found a bug in WooCommerce 3.8 RC1? Open a GitHub issue with as many details as possible.

  • 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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  • WooCommerce 3.7.1 is now available. Since this release only contains fixes to harden security, we encourage you to update your stores as soon as possible.

    * Security - Add an exit after the redirect when checking author archive capabilities for customers.
* Security - Ensure 404 pages with single product urls cannot be exploited using Open Redirect.

    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.

  • WooCommerce 3.8 is now officially available for beta testing.

    You can:

    What’s new in 3.8?

    WooCommerce 3.8 is the third and possibly last minor release of 2019. Being a minor release, everything is backward compatible. As we work towards smaller and more frequent releases, this release has fewer changes than usual.

    WooCommerce Blocks

    We are excited to announce that this version of WooCommerce includes WooCommerce Blocks 2.4. This is an upgrade from WooCommerce Blocks 2.3, which was bundled with WooCommerce 3.7.

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

    Version 2.4 introduces new blocks to display product reviews and a product search, plus fixes to existing blocks.

    Review block
    Product Search Block

    Check out the WooCommerce Blocks 2.4 release notes for a detailed look!

    If you want to follow the latest developments, you can install the feature plugin as well.

    Nudge for WordPress and PHP Version

    Note that there is no change in the minimum requirements for this version.

    However, sites not currently running on PHP 7.0 and WordPress 5.0 will see a notification to upgrade to the latest and greatest. Why?

    In WooCommerce 3.9, the next release, we are scheduled to update the minimum version of PHP to 7.0 (now 5.6.20) and WordPress to 5.0 (now 4.9) to keep up with changes in the WordPress and PHP ecosystem.

    Additional Enhancements

    And there’s more in WooCommerce 3.8:

    • Wording Available on backorder for products that are available on backorder.
    • Opt-out for usage tracking in the Setup Wizard, which adheres to WordPress.org plugin team guidelines.
    • Full support for PHP 7.4, with integrated testing for PHP 7.4 enabled in the development cycle.
    • A new template content-widget-price-filter.php for displaying a product price filter widget. This was earlier embedded in a core file and has moved to a dedicated template file.

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

    Testing Instructions

    A Wiki in GitHub has been published to help people interested in testing the new release. Go to: Release Testing Instructions for 3.8.

    Release Schedule

    We expect to release 3.8 on this timeline:

    BetaOctober 3, 2019
    Release CandidateOctober 15, 2019
    Release 3.8November 5, 2019

    If you’d like to help us test, use the WooCommerce Beta Tester plugin and new testing instructions Wiki. Feel free to read our write-up on How to beta-test WooCommerce and jump right in!

    Community Chat

    All testers are welcome to join us at the next Community Chat scheduled for October 31 at 16:00 UTC in the #core channel of the WooCommerce Community Slack.

  • 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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  • Version 2.4.0 of WooCommerce Blocks feature plugin is now available. This release includes new blocks to display product reviews, a product search block, as well as some fixes.

    Reviews by Product

    Display reviews of a specific product to build trust and fine-tune the content that you want to show.

    Reviews by Category

    Do you want to display reviews from specific categories instead of a single product? We’ve got you covered with the Reviews by Category block.

    All Reviews

    Show a list of all product reviews in a landing page, blog post or any other page in your site.

    Product Search

    Help shoppers find your products by placing a search box in some specific locations.

    Existing block enhancements

    • Now it’s possible to allow hidden products to be selected and shown in the Hand-picked products block.

    2.4.0 Changelog

    - Feature: A new block named 'All Reviews' was added in order to display a list of reviews from all products and categories of your store. #902
- Feature: Added Reviews by Product block.
- Feature: Added Reviews by Category block.
- Feature: Added a new product search block to insert a product search field on a page.
- Enhancement: Add error handling for API requests to the featured product block.
- Enhancement: Allow hidden products in handpicked products block.
- Fix: Prevented block settings being output on every route.  Now they are only needed when the route has blocks requiring them.
- Dev: Introduced higher order components, global data handlers, and refactored some blocks.
- Dev: Created new HOCs for retrieving data: `withProduct`, `withComponentId`, `withCategory`.
- Dev: Export block settings to an external global `wc.blockSettings` that can be reliably used by extensions by enqueuing their script with the `wc-block-settings` as the handle. #903
- Dev: Added new generic base components: `<OrderSelect />` and `<Label />` so they can be shared between different blocks. #905

    What’s next?

    In the upcoming weeks we plan to release a batch of new blocks focused on filtering products. Stay tuned for updates!

    Using WooCommerce Blocks

    If you’re using WooCommerce core you’ll have access to blocks, however, for the newest developments you may want to use our feature plugin as well. To get started:

    • Head over to your admin dashboard and go to Plugins > Add New.
    • Enter the search keyword woocommerce blocks
    • Look for the WooCommerce Blocks plugin and click Install Now.

    Once installed and activated you can use the new features listed in this post.

    As always, if you have feature requests, or spot any bugs, please log them in detail on Github.

  • 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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