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Developer Advisories

Important alerts and advisories for our developer community. This category houses critical updates, security notices, and essential information that impacts your development workflow with WooCommerce. Keep an eye here to stay informed and ensure your projects remain secure and up-to-date.

  • Approved Download Directories

    Approved Download Directories

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    Barry Hughes

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    Apr 14, 2022


    We plan on including a new Approved Download Directories feature in WooCommerce 6.5 (scheduled for May 10) to give site owners additional control over product downloads. You may be particularly… Read more

  • Breaking change notice: woocommerce_emogrifier hook

    Breaking change notice: woocommerce_emogrifier hook

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    Apr 4, 2022


    As we announced back in January, as of WooCommerce 6.5, to be released in May, the minimum PHP version required will be 7.2. The version bump work is done, and… Read more

  • Removal of ZeroClipboard

    Removal of ZeroClipboard

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    Barry Hughes

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    Mar 30, 2022


    Summary WooCommerce will remove ZeroClipboard (a JQuery plugin used to manage clipboard interactions) from its dependencies in an upcoming release. Plugins, themes and other projects that still use this library… Read more

  • Adding and Modifying Actions and Filters

    Adding and Modifying Actions and Filters

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    Barry Hughes

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    Mar 1, 2022


    WooCommerce is an open source project and we actively encourage contributions from our developer community — including pull requests that introduce new functionality. At the same time, we understand that… Read more

  • New requirement for WooCommerce 6.5: PHP 7.2+

    New requirement for WooCommerce 6.5: PHP 7.2+

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    Jan 5, 2022


    It’s been a while since we bumped the minimum PHP version of WooCommerce to 7.0, and it is about time for a new bump. Starting with version 6.5, scheduled for… Read more

  • Updates to wc-settings

    Updates to wc-settings

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    Nadir Seghir

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    Nov 10, 2021


    tl;dr In WooCommerce Blocks 6.3.0/WooCommerce 6.0.0, any script that has a dependency on wc-settings will now be loaded in the footer, not the header. The details The enqueued script with the handle,… Read more

  • Introducing a 320 Character Limit to Inbox Notes

    Introducing a 320 Character Limit to Inbox Notes

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    Automattic

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    Nov 10, 2021


    tl;dr In a future release of WooCommerce Admin and WooCommerce, we are introducing a 320 character limit to the text content of Inbox notes. The details This change, which is… Read more

  • Best Practices for Deconflicting Different Versions of Action Scheduler

    Best Practices for Deconflicting Different Versions of Action Scheduler

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    Barry Hughes

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    Oct 12, 2021


    tl;dr When two or more plugins are running side-by-side, but include different versions of Action Scheduler, there is an increased risk of conflict in some cases. The details Numerous plugins… Read more

  • Important security patch released in WooCommerce

    Important security patch released in WooCommerce

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    Sep 22, 2021


    On September 21, 2021, our team released a security patch to address a server configuration setup used by some hosts, which under the right conditions may make some analytics reports… Read more

  • WooCommerce 5.7 will be released on September 21, 2021

    WooCommerce 5.7 will be released on September 21, 2021

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    Sep 13, 2021


    As many folks know, WooCommerce Core adheres to a monthly release cycle, and as a general rule, our aim has been to publish final releases on the second Tuesday of… Read more

  • Requirements Change for Action Scheduler

    Requirements Change for Action Scheduler

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    Barry Hughes

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    Sep 1, 2021


    tl;dr In an upcoming release of Action Scheduler, we are planning to raise the minimum WordPress and PHP requirements needed to use the plugin. The details As of Action Scheduler… Read more

  • WooCommerce Stripe support policy change

    WooCommerce Stripe support policy change

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    frosso

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    Aug 26, 2021


    tl;dr Starting with version 5.6, WooCommerce Stripe will transition to a new version support policy that aligns with WooCommerce’s overarching L-2 version support policy. The details WooCommerce Stripe currently supports… Read more

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