Interesting insights from the 2026 WooCommerce ecosystem report by @commercegurus
Valuable insights for anyone building, selling, or working with WooCommerce.reports.commercegurus.com/20…
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Security alert for WooCommerce stores.
Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture Plugin
Update Wholesale Lead Capture to version 2.0.3.2 as soon as possible.
wordfence.com/blog/2026/09/a…
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Product imports in WooCommerce sound pretty simple.
Until you have thousands of products, variations, supplier feeds and regular updates.
@WebToffee looked at 155 real support cases — variable products were the most common workflow - 27%
webtoffee.com/blog/woocommer…
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Woo Digest retweeted
WooCommerce plans to raise the minimum PHP requirement to 8.1 for the January 2027 release. Share your feedback and concerns as we finalize the timeline. developer.woocommerce.com/?p…
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WooCommerce 11.1 has been delayed.
The release, earlier scheduled for September 1, has been postponed to September 3 after additional testing.
More details from @DevelopWoo
developer.woocommerce.com/20…
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Woo Digest retweeted
No Pong isn't your average DTC store. Fully remote, 20 person team, 11 million tins sold, and 11 happy years on @WooCommerce .
First episode of The Metorik Podcast is live, featuring co-founder Chris. A lot to learn for any eCommerce store.
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WooCommerce 11.1 introduces support for order withdrawal during the 14 day cooling off period.
This makes it easier for @WooCommerce merchants to handle the EU consumer rights
developer.woocommerce.com/20…
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WooCommerce has 2000+ issues and 500+ pull requests on GitHub
Its new three-month “Core Foundations” initiative aims to tackle the backlog and improve performance, reliability, developer experience and more.
Via @rmelogli
businessbloomer.com/can-wooc…
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The recent WP Rocket compatibility issue with WordPress 7.1 raises a bigger question:
Are performance plugins keeping pace with WordPress?
Performance isn't just about speed. Compatibility matters too.
via @jetpack jetpack.com/resources/perfor…
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WordPress joins the “Open Weights and American AI Leadership” initiative.
Supporting a more open AI ecosystem where developers can build, modify, and innovate — much like they’ve been able to do with @WordPress
wordpress.org/news/2026/08/o…
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A critical vulnerability in the Pods plugin affected 100K+ sites.
Pods has released patched versions across multiple branches.
If you use Pods, check your version and update.
via @sumydesigns
sumydesigns.com/pods-plugin-…
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Woo Digest retweeted
For an upcoming @Scanfullyapp feature, I’m looking for WooCommerce-powered websites with a "different" add-to-cart → cart → checkout flow.
Examples are very welcome, and reposts are much appreciated! 🙏
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Woo Digest retweeted
No Pong are such a good example of why stores choose @WooCommerce. I love their origin story too. Big thanks to Chris for chatting with us!
No Pong spent over $100k on Shopify and BigCommerce dev trying to replicate what @WooCommerce does out of the box. They decided to stay on Woo, and 11 years on couldn't be happier. Shoutout to their devs @Saucal.
Full interview coming later this week.
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200 orders a day may be manageable.
But 2,000? A little tougher.
Without a proper fulfillment process, growth becomes the main problem.
@WooCommerce breaks down how to know when you've outgrown yours and how to tackle 👇
woocommerce.com/posts/ecomme…
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Woo Digest retweeted
We've talked to builders, developers and agencies - but never a merchant. That changes Tuesday.
Jack Roebuck spent 14 years in digital marketing before building his own business on WooCommerce - two stores (Lumiere Home, The Home Sauna Co) plus a consultancy.
@KatieKeithBarn2 and @jamesckemp talk to Jack about why he chose WooCommerce and what running real stores on it looks like.
Live Tuesday 25 August, 10am ET / 4pm UK. Bring your questions 👇
piped.video/watch?v=yYxGv1AH…
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