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WooCommerce 5.0 Changelog

Even though the version number is 5.0, this is still a minor release, and is fully backwards compatible. WooCommerce is changing their versioning from Semantic Versioning (Semver) schema, to WordPress versioning schema. Cinch WooCommerce Support customers have been backed up, tested, and updated.

5.0.0 – 2021-02-09

WooCommerce

  • Enhancement – Create additional download permissions for simple downloadable products that are converted to variable products provided that there are variations offering the same files. #28521
  • Enhancement – Export SASS variables as CSS variables. #28709
  • Tweak – Added “Store management insights” option. #28712
  • Tweak – Styling for dismiss link of the store notice for Twenty Twenty and Twenty Twenty One themes. #28790
  • Tweak – Notice to deprecate legacy reports in favor of the newer analytics page. #28799
  • Tweak – Ability to create new tags for products when creating a product via the REST API. #28723
  • Tweak – Disable untested plugin’s notice from System Status and Plugin’s page. #28840
  • Tweak – Use wp_robots_no_robots() when available to support WP 5.7. #28993
  • Fix – Improves the logic for deleting variations when a product type is changed. #27137
  • Fix – Use ‘setlocale’ in ‘wc_ascii_uasort_comparison’ for compatibility with PHP 8. #27844
  • Fix – Normalize end of lines in log-handler-email tests for compatibility with PHP 8. #27844
  • Fix – Invert if statement to reduce nesting level in \WC_Shipping::calculate_shipping_for_package. #28558
  • Fix – Changed value for speak to fix css3 validation issue. #28607
  • Fix – Check if Cart and Checkout pages are using block instead of shortcode for the Status check. #28679
  • Fix – Attributes on Edit Product page – “Select all” not working after “Select none” used. #28681
  • Fix – Ensure the orders and products statuses are reverted correctly when restoring them. #28690
  • Fix – Add checks to make sure session is initialised before loading the data store. #28692
  • Fix – Update featured extensions API endpoint on WooCommerce/Extensions page. #28719
  • Fix – Add Authorization header to the features extensions and search requests made to the marketplace. #28719
  • Fix – Duplicate New Order emails being sent when changing order status. #28809
  • Fix – Add migration to fix existing product review count. #28814
  • Fix – Fixed issues with empty prices in PHP 8. #28900
  • Dev – Increased WordPress minimum version to 5.4 according to WooCommerce’s L-2 support policy. #28977
  • Dev – Use a custom fork of PHPUnit 7 in PHP 8 to workaround compatibility issues. #27844
  • Dev – Introduced woocommerce_activated_plugin hook. #28698
  • Dev – Clean up the WC_Shipping_Zone_Data_Store::read() method, documenting the woocommerce_shipping_zone_loaded hook. #28801
  • Dev – Updated the Jetpack Autoloader to 2.9.1. #29057
  • Localization – Adding states for Dominican Republic. #28713
  • Localization – Restored list of Serbia districts #28778
  • Localization – Update Indian state name from Orissa to Odisha. #28740
  • Localization – Remove post code requirement for Guatemala. #28706
  • Localization – Fixed name for state in Guatemala. #28706

WooCommerce Admin – 1.9.0

  • Fix – Add Customer Type column to the Orders report table. #5820
  • Fix – Product exclusion filter on Orders Report.
  • Fix – Typo in Variation Stats DataStore context filter value.
  • Fix – support custom attributes in Attribute advanced report filter.
  • Fix – Don’t show Stock and Reviews Homescreen panels too early.
  • Tweak – Remove deprecated use of Jetpack in shipping label banner. #5929
  • Fix – Undefined $collate variable when database does not have collation capability. #5992
  • Tweak – Remove visit_count from track, and update task count logic. #5996
  • Fix – Moved certified owner label for review to title. ##5877
  • Fix – Move collapsible config to panels object, to allow for more control. #5855
  • Enhancement – Show Help panel tooltip when user visits unfinished task more then once. #5826
  • Tweak – Fix inconsistent REST API paramater name for customer type filtering.
  • Enhancement – Tasks extensibility in Home Screen. #5794
  • Enhancement – Add page parameter to override default wc-admin page in Navigation API. #5821
  • Fix – Invalidate product count if the last product was updated in the list. #5790
  • Fix – Updating (non wordpress user) customer with order data
  • Dev – Add documentation for filter woocommerce_admin_pages_list and wc_admin_register_page #5844
  • Dev – Revert work done in #4857 for automated shipping after OBW is completed #5971
  • Add – Welcome modal when coming from Calypso #6004
  • Enhancement – Add an a/b experiment for installing free business features #5786
  • Dev – Add onChangeCallback feature to the wc-admin <Form> component #5786 
  • Fix – Generate JSON translation chunks on plugin activation #6028
  • Dev – Add merchant email notifications #5922 
  • Add – Email note to add first product. #6024
  • Add – Note for users coming from Calypso. #6030
  • Enhancement – Add an “unread” indicator to inbox messages. #6047 
  • Add – Manage activity from home screen inbox message. #6072

Bryan Hoffman