1. Coupon and Cart Improvement
In previous version, coupons have been deeply coupled with the cart making reuse extremely difficult. However, in this brand-new version, this feature will be improved!Apply discounts outside of the cart
Now, the admin has ability to apply or remove coupons from placed orders. Due to these changes, we were able to implement a new admin feature – the ability to apply coupons (and remove coupons) from placed orders. To use it, when edit an order, just click “apply coupon” button and enter coupon code. The rest will be done automatically. Actually, this is a great feature that many WooCommerce users has been looking forward for a long time.
Fixing fees
In version 3.2, fees are applied in similar fashion. We just need enter the fee amount, percent or fixed and it will apply. In addition, negative fees will now apportion taxes between all other items and the cart total won’t go below $0.
Coupon logic improvements
With new version, the discount logic will be tweaked to only deal with cent values. Once split between items, any remainder is applied one line item at a time until exhausted. The final total will then equal the applied discount total.
2. SelectWoo; better enhanced select boxes
In the WooCommerce 3.2, selectWoo will be replaced for Seclect2. With this change, the team want to improve the accessibility (particularly in screen readers). Select2 was forked into a custom version called SelectWoo. This is used for things like state/country select boxes and extensively in the admin area.The Woo Team also rolled SelectWoo out in 2 new areas; for the fields in the shipping calculator on the frontend, and for layered nav when using “or” type queries.
3. Pre-update extension version checks
Before minor and major updates, WooCommerce will check these versions and display either an inline warning, or modal window warning (for major updates) to advise the user. With this feature, it will be easier for user to know the status of your current theme with the new versions of WooCommerce.
4. Subscription management improvements
For the user who use a large number of extensions in their site, it’s difficult for them to manage the plugins. However, with new version, there will be no more difficult.In version 3.2, some new filters will be added to allow you to filter your WooCommerce.com extensions by installed/activated/download/update available etc. along with notification icons Extension menu item and My Subscriptions tab. Now it will be much easier for to see when your WooCommerce.com extensions have updates available.
There will be a new ‘share by’ label for shared subscriptions, which is for the sharing of multi-site subscriptions bought on WooCommerce.com.
5. A dedicated products shortcode
The product shortcodes are unified into one single, consolidated products shortcode which supports the options of all legacy product shortcodes. This replaces product_category, featured_products, sale_products, best_selling_products, recent_products, product_attribute, and top_rated_products. You can read more about the new shortcode here
Morever
There are a variety of minor tweaks, new hooks, and fixes in this release, and 9 things listed are the most significant new features we could highlight. If you are still curious to read more then check it all out here!Release Date Information
- Thanks to development team's effort, the latest version 3.2 of WooCommerce is targeted to release on October 4th.
- Before that, its Beta was published on May 31st 2017. The Release Candidate 1 was on Release Candidate 1 will be tagged on September 20th and remain RC for a further 2 weeks.
