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WooCommerce Variable Subscription Add to Cart URL’s
If you are ready to take your WooCommerce website to the next level beyond the standard product page layout, you're going to need to know how to create a link to put a product into the cart. This comes in hand when
WooCommerce 2.7 release delayed, version changing to 3.0.0
We were expecting a brand new, major release version of WooCommerce to be released today (2.7), but in a post on the WooCommerce Dev blog, it looks like it's being pushed back a few weeks, likely April 4th. Critical bug found Pushing
Good First Impressions – Why a Faster Site Speed is Important
A first impression always matters. Whether applying for a job or meeting a client for the first time, we all know the importance of appearing at your best. Commercial enterprises go to great lengths to entice and engage customers as they walk
We use WooCommerce Subscriptions to manage our customers monthly payments, and love its overall functionality. It's both powerful and flexible, and more than enough for our needs. Like all WooCommerce products, WooCommerce Subscriptions come with a built in status set - including
Upcoming Changes to the Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) Plugin Advanced Custom Fields just released a security update that might include breaking changes, and they are preparing a future update that will affect a common use case for many sites. In this post,
Every few months we see waves of spam messages being sent through our customers contact forms. Fortunately there are steps that can be taken to help put a stop to it. Start with the basic moves The first step we recommend is
Running an e-commerce website has unique and exciting challenges that non e-comm sites needn't worry about. One of those challenges is how best to manage backups. Every site needs a backup plan, what's so special about e-commerce? Most website managers don't add
Hardening WordPress—the steps taken to tighten up security to prevent a malicious intrusion into your website—can seem daunting to the typical user. Luckily, one of the simplest things you can do to harden WordPress is also one of the most effective: use
How to Remove ?v=XXXXXX String from WooCommerce URLs
We recently had a question from one of our WooCommerce Support customers about why their site was showing random numbers at the end of their URL. They were concerned that it looked messy and maybe even a little scary and wondered how
Remove expired SSL certs before adding Let’s Encrypt
We love Let's Encrypt because it makes running an SSL certificate easy to set-up, it renews automatically, and provides tough data encryption. You might be one of the many site owners who are interested in making the switch from an existing annual
Our 30-Minute Fixes are the Cornerstone of Your Support Plan In life, and in websites, things rarely fix themselves. That is why Cinch provides free 30-Minute Fixes for when you need a little WordPress help. Most other support plans only cover the
Date: June 24, 2025Affected Sites: The Problem Our MainWP dashboard stopped communicating with cinchws.com, which manages our support plans and subscriptions. MainWP marked the site as offline, test connections failed with a 403 error, and attempts to re-add the site were blocked entirely. What
Most of us who are close to the WordPress world know that Gutenberg is coming. And probably soon. We've been using it here on Cinch and elsewhere in order to get a better understanding of how it works and how it will affect
WooCommerce 3.2 rescheduled for October 11 release date
WooCommerce has updated the schedule for the next major release: We have a small number of remaining open issues that need to be fixed before we can tag and send out the release candidate (RC) for WooCommerce 3.2. When we ship an
WordPress plugins are awesome. For little to no cost and with the simple click of a button, these quick and easy downloads can add new features to your website and help increase its overall functionality. As WordPress experts, we’re not ashamed to
Are you seeing a 403 error when you try to access your site? It's one of the most frustrating errors a site owner can see when it comes unexpectedly. In this article we'll go over the 403 forbidden error and how to
How to Add an Item to an Existing Order in WooCommerce
We recently had a WooCommerce Support customer ask how they can add an additional item to one of their customers' orders through their WooCommerce store. The original order had already been placed and payment was taken. The customer then called and asked
Google announced yesterday on their Online Security Blog that they'll be retiring the yellow caution triangle badge that appeared when Chrome detected a "HTTPS with Minor Errors" state. This appeared when a website had a mixed-content warning and will now show the
What is a Premium Plugin? A premium plugin is a WordPress extension that requires its own license in order for you to use it. There will also be a license fee that gives you access to future updates and developer support for
Introduce the Formatting API for extending RichText.Use default Inserter for sibling block insertion.Support adding and updating entities in data module.Update block descriptions for added clarity and consistency.Add support for displaying icons in new block categories.Append registered toolbar buttons in RichText.Optimize SlotFill rendering to avoid props destructuring.Optimize Inserter props generation and reconciliation.Improve writing flow by