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post_title: Formatting for Changelog.txt
menu_title: Changelog.txt
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## The Changelog.txt file

WooCommerce extensions use a standard changelog format. Your `changelog.txt` file should look like this:

```php
*** WooCommerce Extension Name Changelog ***

YYYY-MM-DD - version 1.1.0
* Added - Useful new feature
* Fixed - Important bug fix

YYYY-MM-DD - version 1.0.1
* Fixed a bug

YYYY-MM-DD - version 1.0.0
* Initial release
```

## Changelog Entry Types

To showcase the different types of work done in a product update, use any of the following words to denote what type of change each line is:

- add
- added
- feature
- new
- developer
- dev
- tweak
- changed
- update
- delete
- remove
- fixed
- fix

![Example changelog as shown on WooCommerce.com](https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/image-9.png)