photo credit: Blueberry Kush, Indica-3 – (license) Two years ago, WordPress developer Robert DeVore launched WP Dispensary, a free marijuana dispensary menu plugin for WordPress, and has since built an accompanying theme, additional free add-ons, and six commercial extensions. DeVore is aiming to make WP Dispensary a complete online menu software solution for dispensaries and delivery services. The business has …
WooConf 2017 Livestream Tickets Now on Sale
The third edition of WooConf is being held in Seattle, Washington, October 19-20. This year the event is narrowing its focus to developers and will feature eight workshops and more than 30 speakers. Topics include scaling, client relations, A/B testing, and enterprise e-commerce. WooCommerce is currently active on more than three million sites and the plugin has been downloaded 31 …
24 Ways to Prepare Your eCommerce Site for Cyber November
If you run an online store, there is a massive opportunity approaching with the upcoming holiday sales cycle. Is your WordPress site prepared for it? November and December of 2016 set all sorts of new records in terms of online sales. If you’re in the business of selling physical goods, digital products, or services online, […] View original post at …
WooCommerce Forks select2, Releases selectWoo as a Drop-In Replacement with Improved Accessibility
The WooCommerce development team has forked select2 to create a more accessible, drop-in replacement library called selectWoo. select2 is a widely used jQuery-based library for making custom drop down menus. Many users are wondering if the project has been abandoned, because the repository hasn’t seen any activity since February and 115 pull requests have piled up. In the interest of …
StudioPress Puts WooCommerce Compatibility on the Roadmap for New Themes
In Rainmaker.fm’s recent interview with Matt Mullenweg, StudioPress founder Brian Gardner confirmed that the company has put WooCommerce compatibility on the roadmap for its themes, starting with new products first. The “unofficial announcement” was not a secret, as Gardner has been hinting at it on social media and also posted a sneak peak on Dribbble of StudioPress’ upcoming WooCommerce theme. …
New WordPress Plugin Tests for TLS 1.2 Compatibility
Jason Coleman, creator of the popular Paid Memberships Pro plugin, published a post today, warning users that many payment gateways will soon require TLS 1.2. The encryption protocol secures communication between the server and customers’ browsers so that things like credit card numbers and addresses can be transferred safely. Coleman outlined the requirements that a server should support in order …
WooCommerce 2.6 Introduces Shipping Zones and a New Design for Account Pages
After five months in development and 1700 commits from 25 contributors, WooCommerce 2.6 “Zipping Zebra” is now available. This release introduces a new feature called Shipping Zones, which allows store owners to have more flexibility in pricing shipping based on location. It is now possible to create zones that group continents, countries, states, and zip codes. Each zone can be …