WooCommerce 8.2.0 + 8.2.1 Releases

WooCommerce 8.2.0 was released on October 10, 2023. This release should be backwards compatible with the previous version. It contains:

• 622 commits from 55 contributors in WooCommerce Core.
• 107 commits from 28 contributors in WooCommerce Blocks.

As always, it is recommend to create a backup of your site and making sure that your theme and any other plugins are compatible before updating.

What’s new in 8.2.0?

• WooCommerce 8.2 requires PHP version 7.4 or newer.
• High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS) is officially released in 8.2.0 under the stable flag and is enabled by default for new installations.
• Improved WooCommerce blocks performance for classic themes
• More patterns in the Product Collection block
• New Product Collection block

What’s new in 8.2.1?

On October 16, Woocommerce rolled back a change introduced in 8.2.0 that automatically selected all global attribute terms when adding a global attribute to a product.

Credits

• For a complete list of the changes included in this release, please see the changelog.
• Picture Maloja Pass, Bregaglia/Switzerland by Indrek Gutmann.