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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.

  • WooCommerce 3.5.6 is now available. The main change is to the way structured data is generated on product archives.

    Google recently updated their handling of structured data to throw errors if certain things (like offers or reviews) were missing. The guidelines state that archives that link out to single pages should not be marked up with structured data, so to mitigate those warnings we’ve removed the markup from archives, and improved/added to the markup on single pages.

    ~19 commits made it into this release and the full changelog is below.

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  • A new release of the WooCommerce Admin feature plugin is now available for download via GitHub. We are aiming for our next release to be published on the WordPress.org repo, so you will be able to keep up to date with the latest and greatest of WooCommerce Admin there soon!

    If you haven’t heard about WooCommerce Admin ( née wc-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.

    0.8.0 Highlights

    This release was primarily focused on finding and fixing bugs throughout the reports and the dashboard of WooCommerce Admin. But we did manage to sneak in a few enhancements as well.

    Comparison Mode in Coupons Report

    In v0.7.0 we shipped the ability to do comparisons in the Products Report – and in this release we have added the support to do the same within the Coupons Report. You can now select coupons to compare using the advanced filters within the Coupons report, or leverage a few preset filters which allow you to quickly view Top Coupons by Discounted Orders or Amount Discounted.


    Categories Report Completed

    The Categories Report was still using some test data, but now the report is fully powered by the new reporting tables. The Categories Report offers the ability to filter by all categories, a single category, category comparison, viewing top categories by items sold, and top categories by net revenue.

    Changelog

    Here is a list of the other items that were shipped in this release:

    • Table Component: Reset search on compare
    • MenuItem Component: Added isCheckBox prop
    • a11y: Enhancements to “Rows per Table” on the dashboard
    • Taxes Report: Fix comparison mode and segmentation labels
    • Fix css linter errors
    • Test Framework: Require WordPress 5.0 or greater to run phpunit
    • Table Component: Fix search positioning in small viewports
    • Chart Component: Preserve chart colors bug fix
    • Navigation: Close wp-admin menu when navigating between reports in narrow viewports
    • Analytics: Don’t show variation table when in an active search
    • Dashboard: Fix for style of summary number placeholders
    • Downloads/Customers Report: Fix for filters
    • Product Variation name format now matches Woo core
    • phpcs fixes in unit tests
    • Chart: Mouse pointer now displayed in entire clickable area
    • Analytics: Sort tabular data when selecting a Summary Number
    • Chart: Fixes for the legend totals
    • Build: Move IE11 css to specific css file
    • Downloads Report: Fix for sorting bug
    • Stock Report: fix the product link
    • Chart: Refactor of d3 logic
    • Autocompleter: Increase debounce time to reduce API requests
    • Segmented Selection Component: fix for missing borders
    • Chart: Add messaging when no data is available for selected filters
    • Setup: Improvements to install flow

    What’s Next?

    The next fortnight the team will be focusing on more testing and bug fixes. But a variety of enhancements are also queued up to make the setup/on-boarding experience of WooCommerce Admin smoother.

    If you are testing out WooCommerce Admin, and have found a bug, please report it on the GitHub repo – or if you would like to keep tabs on the progress, you can follow along there too.

  • WooCommerce 3.5.5 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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