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.
