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  • Hi everyone! WooCommerce 8.3 was scheduled for release today, November 14, 2023. But, to allow for some additional testing and monitoring on our end we’ve decided to delay the release until Thursday, November 16, 2023.

    Why the delay?

    WooCommerce 8.3 will be the first major release since the release of WordPress 6.4 on November 7th. It will also be the current stable version when PHP 8.3 is released on November 23, 2023. As such, we need to ensure WooCommerce’s compatibility with the changes from these two major dependencies. We have identified very recent issues and were able to fix them. However, we still need more time in testing these fixes together with other recent changes since WooCommerce 8.3 RC 2.

    What happens next?

    We don’t anticipate the delay to take long. We are currently aiming to release WooCommerce 8.3 on Thursday, November 16, 2023. As always we will announce the release on this blog.

    Thank you

    Part of the compatibility fixes we are testing and including in WooCommerce 8.3 came from the community. We appreciate the time and effort that the community have put in to help us uncover and solve these compatibility issues early on.

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  • We’ve released an update to WooCommerce Blocks (version 11.5.4). It is now available for download on WordPress.org and GitHub.

    Changelog

    Bug Fixes

    • Prevent PHP warnings when using Jetpack WooCommerce Analytics module. #11707
    • Fixed address components in Firefox, and editing of address form in the editor. #11714
    • Fix Classic Cart/Checkout styling on non-cart and checkout pages. #11694
    • Fix double border in cart and notes field width on mobile. 11742
    • Ensure that incompatible notices are displayed in Safari. #11736
    • Enabled the new blockified Order Confirmation by default for block-based themes. #11615

  • RC 2 for the November 14 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 8.3.0 RC 1, the following changes have been made:

    • Compatibility issue with PHP 8.3 related to performing an array_sum() is resolved. #41205
    • New blockified Order Confirmation template is now available by default on new installations. #41276
    • Using WordPress 6.4 release sites that rely on using the Classic Template block for the Single Product template are no longer broken. #41291

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

    Release Schedule

    We’re on track for our planned November 14 release.

    VersionRelease
    Final ReleaseNovember 14, 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.

  • WooCommerce 8.2.2 is now available for download.

    What’s new?

    • We fixed a bug introduced with the WordPress 6.4 release which breaks sites using the Classic Template block for the Single Product template. #41291

    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.

  • We released an update to WooCommerce Blocks: version 11.5.1. It is now available for download on WordPress.org and GitHub.

    Changelog

    Bug Fixes

    • WordPress 6.4: fixed a bug which would break sites using the Classic Template block for the Single Product template. (11455)
    • Fixed an error that might appear when the pre_get_block_template filter is called with wrong parameters. (11690)

  • RC 1 for the November 14 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 8.3.0 Beta 1, the following changes have been made:

    • The experimental email opt-in field from the Core Profiler has been improved to perform better email validation. #41152
    • Jetpack data is now preloaded even without the Jetpack plugin installed. #41092
    • A banner image was optimized to reduce the WooCommerce package size. #41247

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

    Release Schedule

    We’re on track for our planned November 14 release.

    VersionRelease
    Final ReleaseNovember 14, 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.

  • The latest version of WooCommerce Blocks, version 11.5.0, is now available for download on WordPress.org and GitHub.

    This version introduces fixes and improves across product block patterns and template parts. The full changelog can be found below, but some notable improvements are as follows.

    Components available via blocksComponents

    The SortSelect, Textarea, and Title components have been moved to the wc.blocksComponents package. This initiative allows developers to avoid duplicating efforts and directly access necessary components for their projects. More details can be found in the respective pull requests:

    Cart and Checkout Template Enhancements

    • Semantic Checkout Header: The checkout header now uses the <header> element to improve semantic understanding and accessibility, aligning with standard HTML practices. (11222)
    • Interactive Cart Feedback: The “Remove Item” link in the Cart block now has a hover state, providing immediate visual feedback for interaction. (11526)

    Changelog

    Enhancements

    • Add margin bottom to the Hero Product 3 Split pattern. (11573)
    • Set explicit margins in the search bar group on the Large Header pattern. (11571)
    • Add aspect ratio to the Featured Products 5 Columns pattern. (11570)
    • Fix Product Collection 4 Columns pattern button height. (11553)
    • Change the “chessboard” pattern structure to improve mobile view. (11545)
    • Footer with 3 menus pattern: Update the spacing in the columns to improve the mobile view. (11544)
    • Add checkout-header template to the correct area in site editor. (11528)
    • Product gallery/add crop images. (11482)
    • Remove authors filter from Product Collection block. (11427)
    • Move SortSelect to components package. (11411)
    • Move Textarea to components package. (11384)
    • Move Title to components package. (11383)
    • Use the element for the checkout header. (11222)
    • Product Gallery Thumbnails: Add View all overlay. (11087)

    Bug Fixes

    • Fix Hero Product 3 Split pattern text content. (11612)
    • Prevent theme button border appearing in opinionated patterns. (11564)
    • Prevent Sale badge overflowing the Product Image in some product grid blocks. (11556)
    • Block Checkout: Add back missing render-checkout-form hook. (11554)
    • Ensure that the “Remove Item” link on Cart block has a hover state. (11526)
    • All Products: Add cursor pointer when hovering over pagination items. (11502)
    • Product Collection: Fix the PHP Warning after migrating from Products (Beta). (11494)
    • Footer with 2 Menus Dark pattern: Fix the Site Title color contrast in TT4. (11484)
    • Essential Header Dark pattern: Fix color contrast issues in TT4. (11480)
    • Display shipping calculator link for guests shopper. (11442)
    • Comboboxes should match against values before looking at labels. (11410)
    • Fix products incorrectly marked as discounted. (11386)
    • Ensure input is validated when autofilled in Firefox. (11062)
    • Remove bullet points and unnecessary padding from SearchListControl. (11444)

  • Beta 1 for the November 14 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, the following changes have been made:

    • WooCommerce Blocks has been updated to 11.4.2. See the release notes for 11.4.0 for changes. #41050
    • Improvements to the mobile app onboarding experience. #40559
    • Marketplace search improvements #40667
    • Cart and Checkout Blocks is now the default experience on new WooCommerce installations #40867

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

    Release Schedule

    We’re on track for our planned November 14 release.

    VersionRelease
    Release CandidateNovember 7, 2023
    Final ReleaseNovember 14, 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.

  • The latest version of WooCommerce Blocks, version 11.4.1, is now available for download on WordPress.org and GitHub.

    The 11.4.0 release was published with incomplete package issues. Version 11.4.1 addressed this problem.

    Bug Fixes

    • Regenerate package.

  • The latest version of WooCommerce Blocks, version 11.4.0, is now available for download on WordPress.org and GitHub.

    Notable Changes

    Checkout styling consistency updates

    We’ve worked on some consistency updates to the default styling of the checkout blocks; notably applying consistent border radius to components, more balanced spacing, and improved focus styles.

    Increased the number of visible products when cart is empty

    The empty cart views now default to showing 4 new products rather than 3. This is still customisable in the editor if you wish to increase, decrease, or hide these products.

    Cart and Checkout block transforms for classic shortcodes

    To make it easier to toggle between classic cart and checkout shortcodes, and the new blocks, we’ve added some new transforms in the editor. If the blocks detect an incompatible extension you’ll be able to switch back to the classic shortcodes with one click via the block inspector:

    You’ll also be able to switch to the classic blocks using block transforms:

    Switching back from classic shortcode to blocks is also easy using the “transform into blocks” option. This should offer merchants more flexibility and easier editing when setting up shop.

    Dev Notes

    Store API: Product Attribute Terms route sorting options

    The Store API /products/attributes/<id>/terms route now has an additional sorting option: menu_order. This allows terms to be returned in the order the merchant sorts them via WP Admin.

    e.g. GET https://example-store.com/wp-json/wc/store/v1/products/attributes/1/terms?orderby=menu_order.

    Exporting shared components

    A bunch of cart and checkout components, including FormStep, Spinner, RadioControl, FormattedMonetaryAmount, Chip, CheckboxList, have been moved to a separate package for consumption. We’ll be sharing a post on the dev blog about this later in the week with instructions on how to utilise these components.

    Cart block level shipping options have moved

    The cart block previously had the same option as WooCommerce core to “enable the shipping” calculator at block level, however, this was causing confusion because it wasn’t clear which option (block or global) would take priority, and whether the block level option would impact other views.

    To fix this, we’ve removed the block level option. Now in order to enable or disable the shipping calculator you must use the global setting under WooCommerce > Settings > Shipping > Shipping Options labelled Enable the shipping calculator on the cart page.

    Unfortunately due to this change, if you did have a scenario where you had it enabled at block level, but disabled in the settings, your calculator will be hidden until you toggle the option back on in settings. Note, that this will not affect the calculation of shipping during checkout.

    Changelog

    Enhancements

    • Store Customization: Update the “Large Footer” pattern. (11381)
    • Store Customization: Update the Footer with 3 Menus pattern. (11356)
    • Store Customization: Update the Social pattern. (11355)
    • Store Customization: Re-enable the Product Hero 2 Column 2 Row pattern. (11346)
    • Product Collection: Shrink columns to fit. (11320)
    • Store Customization: Adjust margins and paddings for the Featured Category Triple. (11319)
    • Move Spinner to components package. (11317)
    • Store Customization: Fix “Discount Banner” pattern. (11315)
    • Move RadioControland RadioControlAccordion components to components package. (11312)
    • Store Customization: Fix the “Testimonials 3 Columns” title alignment. (11281)
    • Store Customization: Fix pattern spacing in homepage template 3. (11279)
    • Store Customization: Fix pattern spacing in homepage template 2. (11278)
    • Store Customization: Fix pattern spacing in homepage template 1. (11268)
    • Store Customization: Remove placeholder text from the image on the Hero Product Chessboard pattern. (11250)
    • Move FormStep to the components package. (11246)
    • Temporarily disable the woocommerce-blocks/product-hero-2-col-2-row pattern. (11234)
    • Add: menu-order orderby option for Product Attribute Terms route. (11232)
    • Move FormattedMonetaryAmount to the components package. (11230)
    • Cart and Checkout block transforms for classic shortcodes. (11228)
    • Use the <main> tag in Cart and Checkout templates. (11224)
    • Move Chip and RemovableChip to components package. (11223)
    • Move CheckboxList and create new blocksComponents package. (11214)
    • Store Customization MVP: Add fallbacks to all the pattern titles, descriptions, and buttons. (11208)
    • Checkout Field Padding and Spacing. (11207)
    • Make patterns full width and fix margin. (11206)
    • Product Collection 5 Columns pattern: Update title and price to be rows instead of columns. (11205)
    • Product Collection: Featured Products 5 Columns: Remove no results block. (11198)
    • Add universal border radius for form elements and components. (11193)
    • Update wording on checkout error message to try to prevent retries. (10888)

    Bug Fixes

    • Remove hardcoded queryIds from patterns that include Product Collection. (11290)
    • Fix: Mini-Cart block shows wrong total if there are multiple installs on the same domain. (11257)
    • Fix inconsistent border focus styles. (11203)
    • Product Gallery pattern: Use the Product Collection block. (11194)
    • Increase number of visible products when cart is empty. (11182)
    • Fix a bug in which shipping phone field was not being synced to the billing field. (10603)
    • Always show the Enable the shipping calculator on the cart page option. (11421)

    Documentation

    • Add order and checkout order endpoint documentation. (11157)

    Various

    • Add Local Pickup event and Cart/Checkout page views events. (11225)