WooCommerce extension updates & releases

WooCommerce PDF Product Vouchers 3.0

…ge plugin improvements (like a nicer library in this case), so we highly recommend merchants look to update PHP if you’re on something older than PHP 5.6. You can check your PHP version under WooCommerce > System Status. Aside from plugin internals like libraries and PHP versions, we’ve also made structural and merchant-facing improvements. First, in order to improve the voucher creation experience, we’ve renamed a “voucher” to a “voucher template…

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Changing WooCommerce Custom Order Status Icons

…e icons for your custom order statuses, so feel free to use them in any WooCommerce store. WooCommerce Custom Order Statuses First, you can easily add your own order statuses to your WooCommerce shop with a tiny bit of code. We’ve written a tutorial on creating WooCommerce custom order statuses at SellwithWP.com if you’d like to add one of your own. That example adds “Building” and “Awaiting shipment” order statuses, so let’s use these in our test…

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How to Upgrade Magento

…m the admin in System > Tools > Compilation, click ‘Disable’. Or, from the command line: $ php compiler.php disable No Cache – Disable caching, if enabled, from the admin in System > Cache Management: select all, action: disable. Protection – Next, we need to protect the site from being requested from any random visitor, as the first page request after upgrading will trigger any database updates, which can be time consuming, and must be allowed to…

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Guide for Upgrading to WooCommerce 2.1

…is a general overview of some things to look out for when upgrading to WooCommerce 2.1 to make the transition from WooCommerce 2.0 as smooth as possible. There are a couple of known issues that are being updated already, so keep an eye out for Version 2.1.1 in the next couple of days if this guide doesn’t address an issue you’re experiencing. (Update: This has now been released.) Preparing to Upgrade First, you should always back up your site bef…

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GitHub Repository Not Found Workaround

…d: $ git merge upstream/master Note the remote url protocol https://github.com/octocat/Spoon-Knife.git rather than git://github.com/octocat/Spoon-Knife.git. Over the HTTPS protocol everything works as expected, I just have to provide my GitHub username/password, which I did not have to do when the git protocol was working. If I hear back from GitHub support I’ll update this article with any further information. Update: Resolution from GitHub I sup…

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Privacy Policy

…ocol API secret, securely passing Google Analytics access token to your WooCommerce site, refreshing the access token when needed, and revoking the access token when requested).  The WooCommerce Google Analytics Pro plugin application does not access, use, store, or share Google user data.  The WooCommerce Google Analytics Pro authorization connection service’s use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere…

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Social Login

WooCommerce Social Login

…nformation could be used at tons of sites, from PapaJohns.com to Nordstrom.com. To combat this, many stores now offer social sign-in. Customers can link social accounts, such as Facebook or Twitter, to login information so that they can securely log into their favorite eCommerce stores without (a) risking security by using the same credentials and (b) remembering tons of login combinations. Social Login is a win-win for customers and shop owners,…

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SkyTrip 2019 Recap

…. Sean made the official video for the Dunskey Estate, so he came highly recommended by our hosts—another spot on recommendation. Sean quickly felt like one of the team and was with us day in and day out, filming all week. Crunching the numbers This year’s grand total was $90,838, so about $5,300 per person. That’s quite a jump from last year’s $3,300 per person, which is due to a few things: The majority of our team is based in North America, so…

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Code

Developers: Turbocharge Heroku Deploy Hooks using Torpio

…te a new script. Scroll down to the bottom and you’ll see the webhook URL. Copy this and then log into your Heroku account and go to the deploy hooks add-on. Enter the webhook URL and hit save. Copy in this code for your script: This script does a few things. First, you can enter multiple URLs that accept Heroku’s deploy hook without any changes. The format is a simple application/x-www-form-urlencoded POST with few parameters. The most important…

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