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Get to know all the latest happenings from the eCommerce industry right here. From upgrades and partnerships to new developments, we deliver the insights as soon as they happen.

  • WooCommerce News

    Change to WooCommerce Blocks Version Support Policy

    To make development more efficient and effective of experimental features powered by the WordPress Gutenberg project, WooCommerce is switching its L2 support policy for Woocommerce Blocks from L2 to L0. This means that as of version 5.6.0, the feature plugin will require updated versions of both WordPress and WooCommerce to function fully on a site running either platform update—a move which aligns with what core updates within Core follow for their own framework moving forward (expected WP 5.3+). WordPress and WooCommerce are collaborating on the development of features for WordPress Gutenberg powered sites using WooCommerce Blocks. While developers opt for these new features, they need help updating their plugins too; that's why support for all L2-level plugin versions officially switches over with version 5.6 of WooCommerce Blocks!

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    WooCommerce 5.5.2 Fix Release

    WooCommerce 5.5.2 is available now, and it’s the most up-to-date version of WooCommerce to release since its initial launch in 2016! This new update resolves issues from previous releases with performance degradation and bug fixes that were identified within other versions which were released just a month ago -5.5.0 and   5.5.1. With updated features as frontend customization improvements, better translations support, improved browser compatibility, WooCommerce has become the most ideal platform. This new release includes improvements on how fast your site loads by resolving performance degradation from older releases as well as fixing various bug aspects within the codebase such as slashes or redirects not working properly without causing issues such as affecting page loading speed when using SSL connections .

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    Google’s New Integration With WooCommerce

    Google Launches New Integration with WooCommerce to Streamline eCommerce Listings. The integration brings in great ease for WooCommerce merchants to upload their product catalog to Google, and they can create free Google product listings, and launch Google ad campaigns, all from within the WooCommerce dashboard. Now 4.4 million merchants can integrate and cross-sell products across Google's various search and discovery surfaces such as Search, Shopping (Google Express), Image Search, YouTube channels that contain product videos uploaded by retailers or merchandisers carrying those retailer’s brands.The introduction of this new Android app is a boon for millions of online sellers on Woocommerce expanding reach– including from within other applications as Facebook Ads Manager!

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    WooCommerce 5.4 is Active

    WooCommerce users have great news to cherish. They can now welcome the release of WooCommerce 5.4 that has been released officially. You can expect better features in this new version such as jQuery compatibility, backwards compatibility with previous versions and more. This release of WooCommerce focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements. The new package updates in the Release includes WooCommerce Blocks 5.1.0 and WooCommerce Admin 2.3.1.This Release can be used for fixing bugs that come as a consequence of jQuery3 migration. For specifically resolving the issues caused due to migration to jQuery3, WooCommerce 5. 4.1 Fix Release is introduced and the tasks of the WooCommerce developers are eased!

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    WooCommerce Improves its Home Screen to Improve Store Management

    Merchants on WooCommerce will now get to manage their online stores more efficiently. From getting an overview of tasks and getting alerts, the store management has become more efficient. Merchants gain a glimpse of how the store is performing and can access quick links to standard pages straight from the Home screen. The upgraded home screen allows store owners to focus more on their business and less on managing their day-to-day operations. Merchants can access all the essential metrics, such as daily sales, net sales, orders, and items sold. Even get to control and view the notifications from the home screen. WooCommerce has made store management more efficient.

  • WooCommerce News

    WooCommerce and DHL Break New Grounds With International Shipping

    U.S-based Merchants that use WooCommerce shipping with DHL stand to strengthen their shipping model. They get to unlock more opportunities by expanding their reach around the world. On WooCommerce Shipping, all store owners need to add an international shipping zone. Once done, they'll automatically see DHL as a shipping service and get to print DHL Express labels. U.S-based businesses can print DHL Express labels and ship their products around the world with ease. However, this update only applies to those who already have WooCommerce shipping on their online store. If you don't, you can still install the same for free since WooCommerce Shipping is built into the WordPress dashboard.

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    WooCommerce Merchants Get to Sync Their Product Inventory With Google Listing

    WooCommerce store owners can upload their entire inventory to Google for free. They can connect their WooCommerce store seamlessly with Google merchant center to create free listings, run ad campaigns, and analyze their performance. Merchants get more visibility across Google's search engine, Shopping, Images, and YouTube. List products for free in the "Shopping" tab and appear in Google search, Google image, and Gmail. Syncing with the Google merchant center allows merchants to update their product and store info automatically. Merchants can start ad campaigns to improve their impressions on Google Search, Shopping, YouTube, and more. The ads display your inventory to anyone searching for related products. Install the Google Ads and Listings extension, connect the Google Ads account and monitor your campaign straight from WooCommerce.

  • WooCommerce News

    MailPoet Becomes Part of WooCommerce

    MailPoet, a WordPress plugin that allows merchants to send, edit, create, and automate emails is set to join WooCommerce. From transactional emails to abandoned cart emails, merchants can find an all-in-one solution for managing emails in MailPoet. MailPoet will enable WooCommerce merchants to improve their email messaging, communications, and marketing. MailPoet contains features such as built-in email customizer, time-saving automation, analytics, a follow up option for abandoned carts and recommendations. MailPoet hopes to simplify email marketing campaigns for store owners. A central dashboard within the plugin will help the merchants launch, manage, and measure their email marketing activities. MailPoet offers a beautiful way to combine content with Commerce.

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    WooCommerce Mobile App is Set to See a New Feature

    The WooCommerce mobile app that was launched in 2019, and has since witnessed periodic updates and revisions is set to get a brand new feature. The app will go beyond order management, billing verification, and multiple store management. The new "in-app product creation" feature allows merchants to create simple, grouped, and external products directly in the Woo Mobile App. Merchants will be able to name it, photograph it, price it, publish, or save it as a draft for later. Merchants can do more than just view and edit the products. This feature helps them add products on the go. The new feature will go live in the 5.5 version on both iOS and Android.

  • WooCommerce News

    AutomateWoo Comes Out With Bookings Automation

    A brand new solution for bookings has popped up on WooCommerce, that allows merchants to inform and update their customers about bookings. If you run reservations, appointments, etc., from your WooCommerce site, then it makes perfect sense to install AutomateWoo 5.3 on your online store that automates your booking related manual processes. AutomateWoo 5.3 allows you to send custom confirmation emails, collect post-booking feedback, it lets you to set up workflows, customize emails, and much more. Overall, merchants can respond swiftly based on the status of a user's booking. Merchants can vary the email content for different products. The latest release also includes some bug fixes and improvements.

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    Critical SQL Injection Vulnerability Patched in WooCommerce

    WooCommerce has patched a SQL Injection vulnerability reported by a security researcher, Josh from DOS (Development Operations Security), based in Richmond Virginia. This vulnerability allowed unauthenticated attackers to access arbitrary data on an online store's database. Additionally, the WooCommerce Blocks feature plugin was affected and also patched at the same time with this emergency patch release of 1.5 million sites currently using it globally. WooCommerce's team had a successful response to the critical SQL injection vulnerability. They immediately conducted an investigation and deployed fixes in every impacted version of WooCommerce, fixing 90+ releases of their software with automatic updates.

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    Improving API Queries for Low Stock Products

    WooCommerce developers rejoice! Woo has fixed a bug in the REST API that was making queries for products with low stock really slow. The fix is available as of version 5.6, but you can still go back to an old version and roll forward if necessary. WooCommerce is getting better and developers now have a new endpoint to try. The REST API for low stock products has been improved with additional REST endpoints that will provide faster response times than before when querying the database for such items. This should help those stores who are still struggling after upgrading from WooCommerce 5.5 get back into operation smoothly, as well as significantly reduce any latency issues caused by slow queries in general - which can be really frustrating if you're trying to sell something out of inventory quickly.