WooCommerce 7.6 Release

On April 13, 2023 WooCommerce 7.6.0 was released which should be backwards compatible with the previous version. This release contains:

• 485 commits from 47 contributors in WooCommerce Core.
• 188 commits from 21 contributors in WooCommerce Blocks.

Highlights

• Add – Add a cache for orders, to use when custom order tables are enabled
• Add – Add an encoding selector to the product importer
• Add – Allow sorting by menu_order in products widget.
• Add – Log to order notes when coupons are removed or applied.
• Fix – Fix incorrect usage of dispatch, useSelect, and setState calls in homescreen along with settings and onboarding package to ensure compatibility with current versions of the Gutenberg plugin
• Fix – Ensure product importer imports all lines in a CSV file.
• Fix – Fixes filtering by attributes in the Analytics Orders and Variations reports.
• Fix – Fix incorrect VAT exempt behaviour on shop page when prices are exclusive of tax.
• Fix – Treat order as seperate resource when validating for webhook since it’s not necessarily a CPT anymore.
• Performance – Switch wc_product_attributes_lookup table management to use truncate and dbDelta over drop table

Also in this Release

• New Blocks
  • Single Product Details block
  • Add to Cart Form block
• Disabling payment gateways stops associated saved payment information from displaying
• Clearer Event Names in Block-Based Checkout
• Better performance and look and feel for the Mini Cart block
• Improved Attributes filtering in Products block
• Improved margins in Products block patterns
• Actions and Filters Changes
  • woocommerce_product_allow_backorder_use_radio
  • proceedToCheckoutButtonLabel
  • proceedToCheckoutButtonLink

Credits

• Picture by Marek Piwnicki
• Full release notes on developer.woocommerce.com