We are making it easier to keep up with WooCommerce. We will keep up with the Woo Developer blog as usual, but the news on site is the email newsletter. Our developer newsletter will directly provide the latest Woo updates, insights and opportunities in your monthly inbox.
What we share in the WOO Developer Newsletter
At Woo, our core team manages all the features that come with the WooCommerce plugin installation. Since WooCommerce is an open source product, we can also review and accept code changes to the platform from contributing developers, and anyone can contribute!
However, this means that updates come in all shapes and sizes, and sometimes, these updates can be difficult to track. Developer newsletter will take some of your work off the plate, in addition to enabling you to accelerate the latest community events, the latest contributions, and the opportunity to provide feedback to development features.
Through the newsletter, you will receive the following updates:
Stay up to date with the latest changes to WooCommerce! Keeping up with the latest versions is critical to maintaining compatibility, taking advantage of new features and ensuring your store remains secure and performing optimally. .Our newsletter highlights the most important features you (and your developer or developer).
Every five weeks, we release a new version of WooCommerce, which includes new features, bug fixes, security enhancements, API updates and performance upgrades. Each major version – like the most recent one WooCommerce 9.7 – Bring important new features.
Each release cycle includes an Alpha release, a Beta phase with a feature freeze, and a Release Candidate (RC) a week before the final public release. These release phases allow developers to test new features before they are publicly available and allow the WOO team to merge feedback before merging the final version.
The newsletter also shares expert tips and tricks to build fast, secure, and scalable websites with WooCommerce. For those who manage store features, this will help them make sure your website is ready to grow with your business.
Does this mean generating data to test how your store performs when using hundreds or thousands of orders Smooth generatorOr important Resources on how to mitigate card test attacksthe newsletter has introduced you.
As mentioned above, everyone can contribute to WooCommerce – we hope you join the conversation! Whether you want to participate in the WooCommerce community by contributing to core development, creating extensions, or participating in discussions, our developer newsletter will give you an idea of ways to contribute to WooCommerce’s growth and improvement.
Our newsletter is a great place to have our monthly office hours, live events with Woo’s engineering and product teams, and to join discussions about product changes. Are we starting a new system Preview new features or Modernize our email toolsYour contribution to the conversation helps make WooCommerce better in every release.
Become one of the first to test new features and provide valuable feedback to the WOO team. Beta testing is a great way to contribute to WooCommerce and WordPress open source projects without coding anything.
User feedback is a key driver of our changes to the WooCommerce platform, and we are always looking for ways to solve challenges and improve user experience. As part of the Beta Testing Program, you will be invited to join some of the contribution opportunities mentioned above to provide feedback and share your experience.
Over the past year, our beta testing community has made some significant improvements to WooCommerce, including:
- Improve WooCommerce Payment experience To reduce complexity and easier configuration.
- Reimagine WooCommerce Email Experience To better design and customize features.
- Test our new order Data storage cache For store performance improvements.
WooCommerce development is accelerating: in 2024 alone, we merge thousands of requests from hundreds of contributors. This newsletter helps you track major changes and understand their impact on WOO development.
Thousands of WooCommerce developers have relied on our newsletter to stay informed. With an open rate of 85%, it quickly became an important resource for the WooCommerce community. Don’t miss out on insights that can save time and help you build a better WooCommerce experience.
Thousands of businesses know what will happen next – you should, too. Register for the developer newsletter here.
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