Hello everyone, Since last year, we have been working on building and rolling out HPOS (High-Performance Order Storage) as an opt-in feature. This changes the way that we store the order data in the database, from custom post types in wp_post and wp_postmeta tables to custom tables that are dedicated to storing the order data. […]
Category: Engineering Spotlight
As Gutenberg is starting to experiment with several approaches to render interactive blocks on the front end, for example using React, we wanted to share how this is currently done in WooCommerce Blocks. Our approach is not the only way of doing it, and it will probably evolve once APIs with the same purpose are […]
It’s something many of us may not think about every day, but when leap year pops up every so often, the extra day it brings with it can present plenty of challenges and quandaries for us, especially those of us who work in and around computer science. That was the case recently when the unit […]
Overview To further streamline the software development lifecycle for WooCommerce and to help ensure a steady frequency of small, stable releases, the WooCommerce core team is taking steps to make the release process smoother, more reliable, and more predictable with the help of various types of of automation. This post is meant to provide a […]
Many developers and merchants are likely familiar with a gap in WooCommerce’s functionality around filtering products based on their variations. This quirk makes it difficult for customers to find what they’re looking for quickly, which ultimately translates to lost sales and lower revenues for merchants running WooCommerce. The WooCommerce Core team has been aware of […]