WooCommerce 9.1: Accessibility enhancements, product lookup optimisations, checkout styling, and more

Chris Grant (he/him) July 11, 2024 0 Comments

WooCommerce has announced the release of version 9.1, packed with exciting features and enhancements. This update aims to streamline the shopping experience and improve store management, bringing several significant improvements and new functionalities. Enhanced Product Lookup Tables One of the standout features in WooCommerce 9.1 is the optimisation of product lookup tables. This feature,...

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Best eCommerce Shipping Solutions to Make Business Easier

Dylan Fernandez July 05, 2022 0 Comments

Fulfilment fulfilment fulfilment. It's a word that eCommerce store owners know all too well. After all, shipping and fulfilment are two of the most important aspects of any online store. That's why it's so important to find the right shipping software - one that offers everything from shipping discounts to fast deliveries, and fulfilment options to track. This blog post compares some of the best...

New requirement for WooCommerce 6.5: PHP 7.2+

Chris Grant (he/him) January 05, 2022 0 Comments

It’s been a while since WooCommerce bumped the minimum PHP version of WooCommerce to 7.0, and the WooCommerce team believes that now is about time for a new bump. Starting with version 6.5, scheduled for release in May 2022, WooCommerce will require PHP 7.2 or newer to work. Why this change? The PHP ecosystem is evolving rapidly. At the time of writing this, the only actively maintained...

Time to upgrade! WooCommerce 4.8 is now available!

Chris Grant (he/him) December 09, 2020 0 Comments

The WoocCommerce team has announced the release of WooCommerce 4.8, which is now publicly available! It has been in development since November 2020 and Core contributions include about 257 commits from 29 contributors. This is a minor release, which means everything is backward compatible with the previous version. Given the release of PHP8, WordPress 5.6, and the Twenty Twenty-One theme, the...

WooCommerce: Spam Orders and Accounts from Bots

Alex Swabey November 09, 2020 0 Comments

Versions of WooCommerce prior to 4.6.2 contain a vulnerability that allows guest users to create accounts during checkout even when the "Allow customers to create an account during checkout" setting is disabled. This vulnerability is being exploited by a bot to place spam orders and create user accounts that are then used to probe for vulnerabilities in other plugins on the site. In response to...

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WooCommerce 4.0 is now available, but is not fully backwards compatible

Andy Smart March 11, 2020 0 Comments

WooCommerce 4.0 is a “major” release. This means that this version is not fully backwards compatible with sites running various versions of WooCommerce 3.x. Therefore, we recommend testing the upgrade on a staging site copy before upgrading your live store and creating a backup of your code and database. Please see this guide on the WooCommerce website for more details. What’s new in...

January 2020 will see new minimum requirements for WooCommerce 3.9

Chris Grant (he/him) December 11, 2019 0 Comments

When WooCommerce 3.9 is released in January, it will have new required versions of WordPress and PHP. Running WooCommerce 3.9 will require a site running WordPress 5.0 and PHP 7.0 or newer. The WooCommerce development team plan to keep developing blocks and other integrations that rely on current versions of WordPress, and this release prepare WooCommerce for these new features so we can deliver...

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Time to update – WooCommerce 3.8 is here! 🎉

Chris Grant (he/him) November 13, 2019 0 Comments

The WooCommerce team has announced that WooCommerce 3.8 is now live and ready to be installed! This final minor release for 2019 has been tested rigorously by WooCommerce team of developers along with real-life store owners. It should be fully backward compatible with all WooCommerce releases since 3.0 and represents a move towards smaller, stable, and more frequent releases. Here's what's new in...

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Wishlists let customers tell you what they want to buy from your store

Chris Grant (he/him) July 31, 2019 0 Comments

Wishlists are one of the few instances in eCommerce websites when customers tell you exactly what they want — but don't yet have — from your online store. This demonstrated interest presents a highly-valuable opportunity to make a sale and fulfill a customer need, but it is often underutilised as a marketing tool. Here are our top 5 ways to turn customer wishlists into sales and increase...

Before updating to WordPress 5.0, make sure you’re running WooCommerce 3.5.1+

Chris Grant (he/him) November 05, 2018 0 Comments

When WordPress 5.0 is released this month – currently planned for November 19 – your site needs to be running WooCommerce 3.5.1+ to avoid breaking changes. This is even more important if you have auto-updates toggled on. Since the last minor release of WooCommerce in May, the WooCommerce team have been working on a variety of improvements: Performance improvements REST API v3 Improved wording...

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