WooCommerce 10.0 released: What's new? Features, theme, all the changelog

This update also brings significant improvements in terms of accessibility, personalisation and performance. Best of all, it also comes with a new native theme dedicated to WooCommerce shops, designed to take full advantage of WordPress block themes.

In summary, WooCommerce 10.0 brings :

• A faster, simpler and more accessible shop.
• More customisation, particularly for blocks and emails.
• A simplified user experience, from product page to checkout.
• Optimised backend performance for high-traffic sites.

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The major new features of WooCommerce 10.0

First of all, here are the points put forward by WooCommerce itself.

Better accessibility

WooCommerce 10.0 has now reached a full compliance with directives WCAG 2.2 level AA, and partial compliance with level AAA (the highest web accessibility standards).
This means that your WooCommerce shop becomes much more accessible to people with disabilities, with :

• An improved HTML structure for optimised reading by screen readers.
• Clearer error and validation messages.
• Smoother keyboard navigation, particularly in the shopping basket and purchase tunnel.

Simplified, shareable checkout

WooCommerce introduces the personalised basket link functionality You can now create URLs that automatically pre-fill the shopping basket and redirect directly to the payment page.
Ideal for effective marketing campaigns on social networks or by email.

Basket and checkout improvements

• Postage calculations are simplified: no need to recalculate every time you change your address.
• The totals display in the shopping basket is clearer and more streamlined.
• Loading animations are now limited to actions that are really necessary, for a better a faster, smoother experience.

Rich CSV import

It is now possible to import product descriptions with HTML content directly via CSV files. A real time-saver for shops with complex catalogues.

Personalising promotional labels

A new filter woocommerce_sale_badge_text allows personalise the text on discount badges displayed on product sheets, directly in WooCommerce blocks.

All the new features in WooCommerce 10

We travelled the changelog complet to extract the very essence of what's new. So, what's new in WooCommerce? Here's the full list.

✅ Improved accessibility and ergonomics

WooCommerce 10.0 continues its efforts to make shops accessible to everyone:

• Improved keyboard navigation (particularly in product galleries and shopping baskets).
• Correction of numerous display and navigation problems for screen reader users.
• Tables and lists (such as product filters and the shopping basket) are now better structured and more accessible.
• Better management of contrasts, ARIA labels and alternative texts.

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✅ A more complete, simpler, more modern shopping experience

• Lightweight Cart Block : calculation of delivery costs moved exclusively to the checkout, simplifying the shopping basket.
• Shareable basket links : creation of direct links to the checkout with pre-filled shopping basket (ideal for marketing campaigns).
• Fewer unnecessary loads during checkout: animations are only displayed when necessary.
• Automatic adjustment of delivery options based on modified fields (faster, smoother).

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✅ Product improvements and customisation

• CSV import can now be used to import rich HTML content.
• New possibilities for personalising the promotional badge (text, dynamic display).
• Add to basket with options« block: more flexible, allows you to add grouped products and variations directly in the blocks.
• The product gallery has been completely redesigned for greater compatibility with the Product Image block and smoother navigation.
• Support for images with automatic aspect ratio in thumbnails.

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✅ Improvements to the coupon and email system

• Enhanced validation in the coupon editor (caps, visible errors, etc.).
• New personalisation options in the email editor: recipient management, new dynamic tags (discounts, addresses, transaction IDs, etc.).
• New email template: order cancellation notification sent directly to customers.

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✅ Improved performance and reliability

• Optimised caching and SQL queries for faster customer and order management.
• Improved management of product variations for faster loading.
• Cleans up unnecessary cookies and sessions to lighten the system.
• Correction of numerous bugs relating to imports, quantities, emails, mobile display, etc.

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✅ Point of Sale (POS) support

• Gradual introduction of POS functionalities (Point of Sale) :
  • Setting up physical shops.
  • Customisation of emails linked to POS orders.
  • Display POS details in WooCommerce orders.

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✅ Development and compatibility

• Minimum compatibility update : WordPress 6.7 required.
• Redesign of internal elements to improve block stability and management of new APIs.
• Improvements to testing and development tools.
• Cleaning up a large number of obsolete components.

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✅ Experiments and future blocks

• Add to basket + Options« block (experimental) : advanced personalisation of purchase forms.
• A new product gallery block, This is a more powerful site, with improved image management and accessibility.
• Enhanced compatibility with Woo Block Theme, the new 100% block theme from WooCommerce.

These features will be stabilised in future versions, but are already available for testing.

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The Woo Block Theme: a 100% theme optimised for WooCommerce

At the same time, WooCommerce is launching its first native theme 100% block, designed to exploit the full potential of modern shops.

This theme, which is still being finalised, will be published free of charge on WordPress.org and offers :

• Full compatibility with the new WooCommerce blocks.
• A sleek, ultra-fast design.
• Advanced customisation directly via the WordPress site editor.

The Woo Block Theme will serve as a reference for all future WooCommerce theme developers.

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Sources :

• WooCommerce 10.0 Announcement
• Introducing the Woo Block Theme