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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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