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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.

  • WooCommerce 8.8 is Delayed

    WooCommerce 8.8 is Delayed

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    Apr 5, 2024


    Update April 17: WooCommerce 8.8 has been released as WooCommerce 8.8.2. Learn more here. Note: WooCommerce 8.8 release has been further delayed due to an issue detected during testing. To… Read more

  • Changes to Store API loading for performance

    Changes to Store API loading for performance

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    Apr 1, 2024


    The Store API provides a public endpoint for customer-facing cart, checkout, and product functionality. You can read more about Store API on the GitHub documentation page: WooCommerce Store API. When… Read more

  • The Legacy REST API plugin will be automatically installed in WooCommerce 8.8

    The Legacy REST API plugin will be automatically installed in WooCommerce 8.8

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    Mar 21, 2024


    Back in October 2023 we announced that the Legacy REST API will be removed from WooCommerce as of version 9.0, but for those who have not been able to transition… Read more

  • WooCommerce Blocks is being archived on GitHub and WordPress.org

    WooCommerce Blocks is being archived on GitHub and WordPress.org

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    Feb 22, 2024


    In December 2023, we announced that we were merging WooCommerce Blocks into the WooCommerce monorepo. As this merge is now complete, we’re now taking some final steps to complete the… Read more

  • WooCommerce 8.6: Updated Fix Release Details

    WooCommerce 8.6: Updated Fix Release Details

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    Automattic

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    Feb 16, 2024


    Following our earlier advisory, we’re providing an update on the upcoming fixes for WooCommerce 8.6, specifically concerning the Checkout and Product pages, and integration with Woo Subscriptions. New Issue Identified:… Read more

  • WooCommerce 8.6 Upcoming Fixes: Checkout Page, Product Page, and Compatibility with Woo Subscriptions

    WooCommerce 8.6 Upcoming Fixes: Checkout Page, Product Page, and Compatibility with Woo Subscriptions

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    Feb 16, 2024


    After the release of WooCommerce 8.6, we received reports from users who encountered the following issues: We are preparing a fix for the following issues. You may monitor their progress… Read more

  • Developer Advisory: Changes in order coupons line item storage

    Developer Advisory: Changes in order coupons line item storage

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    Feb 8, 2024


    Back in October, we created a GitHub discussion regarding an issue with the storage of metadata concerning coupons applied to orders. The short version is that once a coupon is… Read more

  • Developer Advisory: WP 6.4.3 causes “Incompatible Archive” on upload error 

    Developer Advisory: WP 6.4.3 causes “Incompatible Archive” on upload error 

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    Feb 2, 2024


    The release of WP 6.4.3 introduced code which categorizes plugin files zipped on macOS machines to be deemed incompatible for upload.  The details With the introduction of the following checks… Read more

  • Addressing Concerns and Commitment to Improvement – WooCommerce 8.5 Release

    Addressing Concerns and Commitment to Improvement – WooCommerce 8.5 Release

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    Jan 26, 2024


    On Jan 9, 2024 we released WooCommerce 8.5.0. Quickly thereafter, we began receiving reports about issues, which brought into question the quality control for this release.  We want to acknowledge… Read more

  • Fix for the fatal error when editing customer profile in WooCommerce 8.5

    Fix for the fatal error when editing customer profile in WooCommerce 8.5

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    Jan 17, 2024


    We have received reports from the community about a fatal error when trying to edit the customer profile with certain extensions installed. The error message may appear as Call to… Read more

  • WooCommerce 8.5.1 issues with Web Application Firewall (ModSecurity) 

    WooCommerce 8.5.1 issues with Web Application Firewall (ModSecurity) 

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    Jan 16, 2024


    Since the release of WooCommerce 8.5.1 yesterday, we received reports about stores getting 403 Forbidden errors caused by Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules set up in their hosting configuration while the Order… Read more

  • Update on the WooCommerce 8.5 known issue

    Update on the WooCommerce 8.5 known issue

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    Jan 11, 2024


    Hello everyone! We would like to inform the community that the fix for the known issue in WooCommerce 8.5 is ready and will be included on an upcoming point release.… Read more

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