A code freeze has been in effect since WooCommerce 3.8 Beta and continues to the end the RC period. Only bug fixes reported for WooCommerce 3.8 Beta are made to ensure stability of the release.
Think you found a bug in WooCommerce 3.8 RC1? Open a GitHub issue with as many details as possible.
We are happy to announce the availability of a new build of the WooCommerce Admin feature plugin! If this is the first time you have heard about WooCommerce Admin, it is a new JavaScript-driven interface for managing your WooCommerce stores that is focusing on creating new and improved reports, and a dashboard to monitor all the important key metrics of your site.
WooCommerce 3.7.1 is now available. Since this release only contains fixes to harden security, we encourage you to update your stores as soon as possible.
* Security - Add an exit after the redirect when checking author archive capabilities for customers.
* Security - Ensure 404 pages with single product urls cannot be exploited using Open Redirect.
WooCommerce 3.8 is the third and possibly last minor release of 2019. Being a minor release, everything is backward compatible. As we work towards smaller and more frequent releases, this release has fewer changes than usual.
WooCommerce Blocks
We are excited to announce that this version of WooCommerce includes WooCommerce Blocks 2.4. This is an upgrade from WooCommerce Blocks 2.3, which was bundled with WooCommerce 3.7.
WooCommerce Blocks is our eCommerce-focused block collection for the Gutenberg editor that has been part of WordPress since 5.0.
Version 2.4 introduces new blocks to display product reviews and a product search, plus fixes to existing blocks.
Note that there is no change in the minimum requirements for this version.
However, sites not currently running on PHP 7.0 and WordPress 5.0 will see a notification to upgrade to the latest and greatest. Why?
In WooCommerce 3.9, the next release, we are scheduled to update the minimum version of PHP to 7.0 (now 5.6.20) and WordPress to 5.0 (now 4.9) to keep up with changes in the WordPress and PHP ecosystem.
Additional Enhancements
And there’s more in WooCommerce 3.8:
Wording Available on backorder for products that are available on backorder.
Opt-out for usage tracking in the Setup Wizard, which adheres to WordPress.org plugin team guidelines.
Full support for PHP 7.4, with integrated testing for PHP 7.4 enabled in the development cycle.
A new template content-widget-price-filter.php for displaying a product price filter widget. This was earlier embedded in a core file and has moved to a dedicated template file.
All testers are welcome to join us at the next Community Chat scheduled for October 31 at 16:00 UTC in the #core channel of the WooCommerce Community Slack.
