WooCommerce 4.1 Changelog

Published On: May 5th, 2020|Categories: Changelog|Tags: woocommerce 4|3 min read|

WooCommerce 4.1 is now available! This is a minor release and includes lots of performance improvements and stability fixes.

WooCommerce 4.1 Changelog

Enhancement – Update dependency woocommerce/woocommerce-admin to v1.1.1. #26330
Enhancement – Update dependency woocommerce/action-scheduler to v3.1.5.
Enhancement – Updated jetpack-autoloader to 1.6 and woocommerce-blocks to 2.5.16. #26099
Enhancement – Added option to ignore discounts from cart’s total amount to enable free shipping. #24776
Enhancement – Changed show password icon color to a darker grey hue. #25625
Enhancement – Use new Setup Wizard for all users. #26016
Security – Fixed unescaped meta data while duplicating products. Reported by Slavco.
Tweak – Show notice for WP min version to WP 5.2. #26094
Tweak – Improve the string for untested WooCommerce extensions in the system status page to avoid confusion. #25904
Tweak – Updated KZT (₸) symbol. #25609
Tweak – Trim whitespaces and strip slashes from MaxMind License Key. #25466
Tweak – Updated “Help” tabs documentation. #25826
Tweak – Update serbian currency symbol to рсд from дин. #25885
Fix – Password visibility toggle to hide password again from text. #25627
Fix – Undefined property error when attempting to modify the coupon post meta. #25755
Fix – Remove some of the individual rounding logic to make sure we round at certain places only. #25800
Fix – Order totals calculation if the order contains taxable and non-taxable products and percentage coupons. #25092
Fix – Wording for cancelled order email. #25316
Fix – Removed guided tour videos link on setup wizard (since current link only redirects to the docs). #25823
Fix – Add RTL style to the onboarding wizard. #25835
Fix – Trigger change and set val to qty on the frontend so that it properly updates event handlers. #25903
Fix – Corrected the way percent coupons apply remainders across the order. #25943
Fix – Clarified the error messaging for WooCommerce.com package update failures. #26034
Fix – Enforce per user usage limit check for a coupon on guest users based on email. #26066
Fix – Remove elements with style=display:none explicitly to address a regression causing broken email html. #26075
Fix – Add validation for page templates before loading.
Fix – Revert deprecation of $type parameter on the WC_Countries get_european_union_countries method. #26107
Fix – Reset plugin cache before retrieving plugin list on Subscriptions tab to improve subscriptions update stability. #26247
Dev – Added woocommerce_can_restock_refunded_items filter. #25728
Dev – Added woocommerce_order_get_tax_location filter. #25727
Dev – Updated /myaccount/form-login.php to use consistent kebab-case class names for woocommerce-form-row. #25668
Dev – Add filter woocommerce_product_upsells_products_heading to allow heading modification without having to override the template file. #25628
Dev – Added woocommerce_order_get_tax_location filter. #25727
Dev – Added the get_woocommerce_currency_symbols function to allow develops to get an array of all the currency symbol registered with WooCommerce. #25733
Dev – Changed string typed label_class to array in checkout fields.
Dev – Added “woocommerce_emogrifier” action before the content of the emails is “emogrified”. #25801
Dev – Add Ability to Filter Event Props. #25851
Dev – Updated the unit test install script to support paths to MySQL sockets that contain spaces. #25923
Dev – Made the default test source folders support the system tmp folder. #25923
Dev – Add cart & checkout block/shortcode info to tracker data. #25932
Dev – Make WC_Product_Data_Store_CPT::update_product_stock operations atomic. #26039
Dev – Adds usage data for the of cart & checkout blocks (currently in development in WooCommmerce Blocks plugin) to the WC Tracker snapshot. #26084
Dev – Implement some additional tracks for coupons, orders, and products. #26085

It is highly recommended to update WooCommerce to this version as soon as possible.

Download the latest release of WooCommerce here or visit Dashboard → Updates to update the plugin from your WordPress admin screen.

As always, we recommend creating a backup of your site and making sure that themes and plugins are compatible before updating. See this guide for more details.