woocommerce/readme.txt

=== WooCommerce ===
Contributors: automattic, mikejolley, jameskoster, claudiosanches, jshreve, coderkevin, woothemes, BFTrick, iCaleb
Tags: ecommerce, e-commerce, store, sales, sell, shop, cart, checkout, downloadable, downloads, paypal, storefront
Requires at least: 4.4
Tested up to: 4.7
Stable tag: 2.6.9
License: GPLv3
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

WooCommerce is a powerful, extendable eCommerce plugin that helps you sell anything. Beautifully.

== Description ==

WooCommerce is a free eCommerce plugin that allows you to sell anything, beautifully. Built to integrate seamlessly with WordPress, WooCommerce is the world’s favorite eCommerce solution that gives both store owners and developers complete control.

With endless flexibility and access to hundreds of free and premium WordPress extensions, WooCommerce now powers 30% of all online stores -- more than any other platform.

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= Sell anything, anywhere =
With WooCommerce, you can sell both physical and digital goods in all shapes and sizes, offer product variations, multiple configurations, and instant downloads to shoppers, and even sell affiliate goods from online marketplaces.

With premium extensions, you can offer bookings, memberships, and recurring subscriptions. Perhaps you’d like to sell monthly subscriptions for physical goods, or offer your members a discount on digital downloads? It’s all possible.

= Ship wherever you like =
Offer free shipping, flat rate shipping, or make real-time calculations. Limit your shipments to specific countries, or open your store up to the world. Shipping is highly configurable, and WooCommerce even supports drop shipping.

= Extensive payment options =
WooCommerce comes bundled with the ability to accept major credit cards, PayPal, BACS (bank transfers), and cash on delivery. Need additional options? More than 140 region-specific gateways integrate with WooCommerce, including popular choices like Stripe, Authorize.Net, and Amazon Payments.

= You control it all -- forever =
WooCommerce gives you complete control of your store, from taxes to stock levels to customer accounts. Add and remove extensions, change your design, and switch settings as you please. It’s all under your control.

One of the biggest risks of using a hosted eCommerce platform is what happens to your store if the provider closes up shop. With WooCommerce, you have complete control, so there’s never any reason to worry. Your data belongs to you -- and it’s kept secure, thanks to regular audits by industry leaders.

= Define your style with Storefront =

[Storefront](https://wordpress.org/themes/storefront/) is a free WordPress theme available to any WooCommerce store. Along with deep WooCommerce integration, Storefront prioritizes speed and uptime while eliminating theme and plugin conflicts during major updates.

Define your style even further by customizing Storefront to your liking or choosing from one of our several [Storefront child themes](https://woocommerce.com/product-category/themes/storefront-child-theme-themes/). It’s all up to you, and all open source.

= Built with developers in mind =

Extendable, adaptable, and open source -- WooCommerce was created with developers in mind. With its strong, robust framework, you can scale your client’s store all the way from basic to high-end (infinity and beyond).

Built with a REST API, WooCommerce can integrate with virtually any service. Your store’s data can be accessed anywhere, anytime, 100% securely. WooCommerce allows developers to easily create, modify, and grow a store that meets their specifications.

No matter the size of the store you want to build, WooCommerce will scale to meet your requirements. With a growing collection of more than 300 extensions, you can enhance each store’s features to meet your client’s unique needs -- or even create your own solution.

If security is a concern, rest easy. WooCommerce is audited by a dedicated team of developers working around the clock to identify and patch any and all discovered bugs.

We also support WooCommerce and all its extensions with comprehensive, easily-accessible documentation. With our docs, you’ll learn how to create the exact site your client needs.

= Extensions galore =

WordPress.org is home to some amazing extensions for WooCommerce, including:

- [Google Analytics](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-google-analytics-integration/)
- [Delivery Notes](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-delivery-notes/)
- [PDF Invoices and Packing Slips](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-pdf-invoices-packing-slips/)
- [Affiliates Integration Light](https://wordpress.org/plugins/affiliates-woocommerce-light/)
- [New Product Badges](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-new-product-badge/)

Keen to see them all? Search WordPress.org for ‘WooCommerce’ to dive in.

If you’re looking for something endorsed and maintained by the developers who built WooCommerce, there are a plethora of premium eCommerce extensions, the most popular of which include:

- [WooCommerce Subscriptions](https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-subscriptions/)
- [WooCommerce Memberships](https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-memberships/)
- [WooCommerce Bookings](https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-bookings/)
- [Dynamic Pricing](https://woocommerce.com/products/dynamic-pricing/)
- [Table Rate Shipping](https://woocommerce.com/products/table-rate-shipping/)
- [Product CSV Import Suite](https://woocommerce.com/products/product-csv-import-suite/)

And there’s plenty more where they came from. Visit our [extensions page](https://woocommerce.com/product-category/woocommerce-extensions/) to find out everything you’re capable of and all that's possible with premium WooCommerce extensions.

= Join our growing community =

When you download WooCommerce, you join a community of more than a million store owners, developers, and WordPress enthusiasts. We’re one of the fastest-growing open source communities online, and whether you’re a n00b or a Ninja, we’d love to have you!

If you’re interested in contributing to WooCommerce we’ve got more than 350 contributors, and there’s always room for more. Head over to the [WooCommerce GitHub Repository](https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce) to find out how you can pitch in.

Want to add a new language to WooCommerce? Swell! You can contribute via [translate.wordpress.org](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/woocommerce).

And, finally, consider joining or spearheading a WooCommerce Meetup locally, more about those [here](https://woocommerce.com/woocommerce/meetups/).

== Installation ==

= Minimum Requirements =

* PHP version 5.2.4 or greater (PHP 5.6 or greater is recommended)
* MySQL version 5.0 or greater (MySQL 5.6 or greater is recommended)
* Some payment gateways require fsockopen support (for IPN access)
* WooCommerce 2.5 requires WordPress 4.1+
* WooCommerce 2.6 requires WordPress 4.4+

Visit the [WooCommerce server requirements documentation](https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/server-requirements/) for a detailed list of server requirements.

= Automatic installation =

Automatic installation is the easiest option as WordPress handles the file transfers itself and you don’t need to leave your web browser. To do an automatic install of WooCommerce, log in to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Plugins menu and click Add New.

In the search field type “WooCommerce” and click Search Plugins. Once you’ve found our eCommerce plugin you can view details about it such as the point release, rating and description. Most importantly of course, you can install it by simply clicking “Install Now”.

= Manual installation =

The manual installation method involves downloading our eCommerce plugin and uploading it to your webserver via your favourite FTP application. The WordPress codex contains [instructions on how to do this here](https://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Manual_Plugin_Installation).

= Updating =

Automatic updates should work like a charm; as always though, ensure you backup your site just in case.

If on the off-chance you do encounter issues with the shop/category pages after an update you simply need to flush the permalinks by going to WordPress > Settings > Permalinks and hitting 'save'. That should return things to normal.

= Dummy data =

WooCommerce comes with some dummy data you can use to see how products look; either import dummy_data.xml via the [WordPress importer](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-importer/) or use our [CSV Import Suite plugin](https://woocommerce.com/products/product-csv-import-suite/) to import dummy_data.csv and dummy_data_variations.csv.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Where can I find WooCommerce documentation and user guides? =

For help setting up and configuring WooCommerce please refer to our [user guide](https://docs.woocommerce.com/documentation/plugins/woocommerce/getting-started/)

For extending or theming WooCommerce, see our [codex](https://docs.woocommerce.com/documentation/plugins/woocommerce/woocommerce-codex/).

= Where can I get support or talk to other users? =

If you get stuck, you can ask for help in the [WooCommerce Plugin Forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce).

For help with premium extensions from WooThemes, use [our helpdesk](https://support.woothemes.com/).

= Will WooCommerce work with my theme? =

Yes; WooCommerce will work with any theme, but may require some styling to make it match nicely. Please see our [codex](https://docs.woocommerce.com/documentation/plugins/woocommerce/woocommerce-codex/) for help. If you're looking for a theme with built in WooCommerce integration we recommend [Storefront](https://woocommerce.com/storefront/).

= Where can I request new features, eCommerce themes and extensions? =

You can vote on and request new features and extensions in our [WooIdeas board](http://ideas.woothemes.com/forums/133476-woocommerce)

= Where can I report bugs or contribute to the project? =

Bugs can be reported either in our support forum or preferably on the [WooCommerce GitHub repository](https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/issues).

= Where can I find the REST API documentation? =

You can find the documentation of our REST API on the [WooCommerce REST API Docs](https://woocommerce.github.io/woocommerce-rest-api-docs/).

= WooCommerce is awesome! Can I contribute? =

Yes you can! Join in on our [GitHub repository](http://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/) :)

== Screenshots ==

1. The slick WooCommerce settings panel.
2. WooCommerce products admin.
3. Product data panel.
4. WooCommerce sales reports.
5. A single product page.
6. A product archive (grid).

== Changelog ==

= 2.7.0 - 20XX-XX-XX =
* New gallery on single product pages with better mobile support, using PhotoSwipe and Zoom.
* Made the store notice dismissible on the frontend.
* Improved structured product data by using JSON-LD instead of inline Microdata.
* Improved downloads list layout (template file).
* Respect stock status and prevent the "out of stock threshold" setting affecting existing in-stock products.
* Improved handling of shop page rewrite rules to allow subpages.
* Redirect to login after password reset.
* When using authorizations in PayPal Standard, automatically capture funds when the order goes processing/completed.
* On multisite, when a user logs into a store with an account on a site, but not the current site, rather than error, add the user to the current site as a customer.
* Show variable weights/dimensions even when parent values are not set.
* Automatically sort tax rates rather than allow clunky manual sorting.
* When deleting a tax rate class, remove it's tax rates.
* Made WC_Logger pluggable via wc_get_logger function.
* Use 'average rating' post meta for 'rating' product sorting option.
* Show better labels in nav menus metabox.
* Sort “Recently Viewed” products by the view order.
* Removed internal scroll from log viewer.
* Add reply-to to admin emails.
* Improved the zone setup flow.
* Made wc_get_wildcard_postcodes return the orignal postcode plus * since wildcards should match empty strings too.
* Use all paid statuses in $customer->get_total_spent().
* Move location of billing email field to work with password managers.
* Option to restrict selling locations by country.
* Added tool to clear orphaned variations in system status.
* Remove checkbox options in system status tools and replace with constants.
* Added security section in system status report.
* Add image_url setting to PayPal Standard.
* Fixed attribute registration. Attributes are non-hierarchical by default (parent is not supported).
* Add sort parameter to checkout fields to aid with sorting per locale.
* Merged percent and percent product coupon types (they provide the same discount).
* Performance - Converted _featured and _visibility meta data to terms for faster catalog queries. Upgrade routine handles migration. Developers may need to update queries to reflect this change.
* Performance - Converted rating filters to visibility terms.
* Performance - Added visibility term for outofstock products to speed those queries up also.
* Performance - Introduced a new CRUD (create, read, update, delete) system for Products, Orders, Customers and Shipping Zones.
* Performance - Optimised variable product sync. Upper/lower price meta is no longer stored, just the main prices, if a child has weight, and if a child has dimensions.
* Performance - Removed WP_Query from up-sells.php and related.php and replaced with PHP foreach loop (since we already have the product IDs).
* Performance - Removed the feature where old orders get access to new downloads on product edit. Looping potentially thousands of orders to do this is too much of a performance burden for stores and this can sometimes be unexpected behavior too. This does however updates *edited* downloads.
* API - Removed last order from customers part of the API due to performance concerns - use orders endpoint instead. Other order data on the endpoint is now transient cached.
* API - Allow oAuth1.0a authentication using headers.
* API - New Shipping Zones endpoints.
* API - New variations endpoints.
* API - New settings endpoints.
* API - Payment gateways and shipping methods endpoints.
* API - Prevented the (broken) ability to manipulate variations directly on the products endpoints.
* CLI - New CLI which uses the REST API endpoints rather than it's own functions.
* Localization - Added inline comments for placeholder strings.
* Localization - Added Nigerian Provinces to i18n/state.
* Localization - US and Poland postcode validation.

[See changelog for all versions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/master/CHANGELOG.txt).

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 2.7 =
2.7 is a major update. It is important that you make backups and ensure themes and extensions are 2.7 compatible before upgrading..