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BuddyPress Versions Used</h4>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-265130\" src=\"https://buddypress.org/wp-content/uploads/1/2017/04/buddypress-version.png\" alt=\"86% use BuddyPress 2.7 during survey\" width=\"800\" height=\"235\" /><br />\nEighty six percent (86%) are on BuddyPress 2.7+, followed by BP 2.6+ (23%), BP 2.5+ (6%), BP 2.4+ (4%), and BP 2.3+ (4%). Note: BP 2.7.x was the current release version during the survey period.<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>5. WordPress Versions Used</h4>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-265131\" src=\"https://buddypress.org/wp-content/uploads/1/2017/04/wordpress-version.png\" alt=\"92% use WordPress 4.6+ during survey\" width=\"800\" height=\"235\" /><br />\nNinety two percent (92%) have WordPress 4.6+ installed, followed by WP 4.5+ (13%), WP 4.4+ (5%), WP 4.3+ (3%), and WP 4.2+ (3%). Note: WordPress 4.6 was the current major release version when the survey was launched.<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>6. 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Shifts</h3>\n<h4>1. Female Participation in Survey</h4>\n<p><img src=\"https://buddypress.org/wp-content/uploads/1/2017/04/female-gender-1.png\" alt=\"13% female developers and site builders\" width=\"800\" height=\"235\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-265191\" /><br />\nThe number of female respondents increased from 8% (17) in 2015 to 13% (37) in this survey. Levels of BuddyPress knowledge range from Beginner through Expert.<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>2. BuddyPress Sites Per Respondent</h4>\n<p><img src=\"https://buddypress.org/wp-content/uploads/1/2017/04/bp-sites-built.png\" alt=\"36% built 2 to 5 BuddyPress sites\" width=\"800\" height=\"235\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-265142\" /><br />\nIn 2015, 41% of respondents (87) built or were responsible for one site followed by 38% (80) with 2 to 5 sites. For 2016, there were more developers who built or were responsible for 2 to 5 sites (99) than for only one site (95).<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>3. 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We are grateful to everyone who took the time to take the survey.<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>Acknowledgements</h2>\n<p><strong>Survey Participants</strong>: Net total of 302 who completed the survey<br />\n<strong>Online Survey Solution</strong>: <a href=\"https://polldaddy.com\">Polldaddy.com</a> and <a href=\"https://automattic.com/\">Automattic.com</a> for the corporate account<br />\n<strong>Survey Preparation</strong>: <a class=\"bp-suggestions-mention\" href=\"https://buddypress.org/members/mercime/\" rel=\"nofollow\">@mercime</a>, <a class=\"bp-suggestions-mention\" href=\"https://buddypress.org/members/johnjamesjacoby/\" rel=\"nofollow\">@johnjamesjacoby</a>, <a class=\"bp-suggestions-mention\" href=\"https://buddypress.org/members/boonebgorges/\" rel=\"nofollow\">@boonebgorges</a>, <a class=\"bp-suggestions-mention\" href=\"https://buddypress.org/members/djpaul/\" rel=\"nofollow\">@djpaul</a>, <a class=\"bp-suggestions-mention\" href=\"https://buddypress.org/members/r-a-y/\" rel=\"nofollow\">@r-a-y</a>, <a class=\"bp-suggestions-mention\" href=\"https://buddypress.org/members/imath/\" rel=\"nofollow\">@imath</a>, <a class=\"bp-suggestions-mention\" href=\"https://buddypress.org/members/dcavins/\" rel=\"nofollow\">@dcavins</a>, <a class=\"bp-suggestions-mention\" href=\"https://buddypress.org/members/hnla/\" rel=\"nofollow\">@hnla</a>, and <a class=\"bp-suggestions-mention\" href=\"https://buddypress.org/members/tw2113/\" rel=\"nofollow\">@tw2113</a><br />\n<strong>Survey Report</strong>: <a href=\"https://github.com/\">Github.com</a> (gh-pages), <a href=\"https://products.office.com/en-us/excel\">Microsoft Excel</a>, <a href=\"https://drive.google.com/drive/my-drive\">Google Documents &amp; Spreadsheets</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html\">tagxedo.com</a>.<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>Moving Forward</h2>\n<p>BuddyPress will be celebrating the <a href=\"https://buddypress.org/2009/04/buddypress-10-has-arrived/\">8th anniversary of the first stable release</a> on April 30, 2017. Thanks to @apeatling and the many contributors who brought that milestone to fruition. Looking at all the <a href=\"https://codex.buddypress.org/releases/\">major and minor releases</a> through the years led by <a class=\"bp-suggestions-mention\" href=\"https://buddypress.org/members/johnjamesjacoby/\" rel=\"nofollow\">@johnjamesjacoby</a>, <a class=\"bp-suggestions-mention\" href=\"https://buddypress.org/members/boonebgorges/\" rel=\"nofollow\">@boonebgorges</a>, and <a class=\"bp-suggestions-mention\" href=\"https://buddypress.org/members/djpaul/\" rel=\"nofollow\">@djpaul</a>, it&#8217;s amazing how much has been accomplished by the all-volunteer lead/core developers and contributors.</p>\n<p>The lead developers have set the <a href=\"https://bpdevel.wordpress.com/2016/07/13/priorities-for-the-next-12-months/\">priorities for this year</a> and we look forward to the bp-nouveau template pack and the BP REST API, among many other new features based on some of your comments/requests from this survey.</p>\n<p>All are welcome to <a href=\"https://codex.buddypress.org/participate-and-contribute/\">participate and contribute</a> to the development of BuddyPress. 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The camp, which held its sixth edition in Utrecht last year with more than 425 attendees, was one of the most well-established WordPress events in Europe. Yesterday lead organizer Marcel Bootsman published a <a href=\"https://nl.wordpress.org/team/2017/03/30/het-einde-van-wordcamp-the-netherlands/\" target=\"_blank\">post</a> on the Dutch WordPress community site to explain why the camp has been cancelled.</p>\n<p>Bootsman&#8217;s post is written in Dutch but includes correspondence in English between the WCNL team and WordPress Community Support (WCS), formerly WordCamp Central. WCS is now pushing for all WordCamps to be city-based with the exception of regional camps, such as WordCamp US and WordCamp Europe, where the cities already have their own camps and do not prevent or detract from local communities launching their own camps.</p>\n<p>&#8220;WordCamp Netherlands has been held 6 times to date and&#8230;It has not inspired any local WordCamps (in fact, I think it’s probably fair to say that local camps have not been happening because people don’t see a need for them with the country-wide camp happening each year) and, with the exception of Nijmegen, which is still in the pre-planning phase, no cities in the Netherlands have their own WordCamps,&#8221; a WCS representative said. &#8220;With that in mind, we feel that the time has come for your community to move from the country-wide camp to running local camps. This has started happening with Nijmegen already and can easily start happening more with WordCamps in Utrecht, Rotterdam, Amsterdam and other cities.&#8221;</p>\n<p>The Netherlands is <a href=\"http://mapfight.appspot.com/nl-vs-us.md/netherlands-maryland-us-size-comparison\" target=\"_blank\">roughly the size of Maryland</a>, or twice the size of New Jersey, in terms of land space. One can drive across the country in two hours or less. The WCNL team contends that a country-wide WordCamp makes sense for geographical reasons and because of the locations of the organizers. The country already has an active meetup culture with 13 different meetups hosting an average of 100 attendees per event. 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The local city camps may be smaller, but in many ways that can be a much better than a single large camp.</p>\n<p>As I said before, we would be happy to look at doing WCNL again in a couple of years time once there are a few city-based camps around the country happening regularly. In that case, however, WCNL would be there to complement, and not replace, the city-based camps.</p></blockquote>\n<p>WordCamp Netherlands was the last remaining exception to this new rule that drops country-wide WordCamps in favor of city-based camps. The Dutch community and many of its supporters are <a href=\"https://twitter.com/roytanck/status/847365810506969089\" target=\"_blank\">now</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/jrf_nl/status/847470162496241664\" target=\"_blank\">in</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/nielsvr/status/847384382541148161\" target=\"_blank\">an</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/mchaste/status/847374014414704645\" target=\"_blank\">uproar</a> over the decision and organizers are at a crossroads. They can choose to rebrand the event as WordCamp Utrecht, with significant drawbacks, or move forward with an independent country-wide event without the use of WordCamp tools, branding and trademarks, or funding from the Global Community Sponsorship Program.</p>\n<h3>WordCamp Netherlands Conflict Highlights Cultural Differences Between the U.S. and Europe</h3>\n<p>Marcel Bootsman, who heads up the 13-person WordCamp Netherlands organization team, said they have been working since late December 2016 on the upcoming event. The team had added eight new members after the event grew 68% from 2015 to 2016.</p>\n<p>&#8220;Everybody was thrilled to start, and the news that we could not continue hit us hard,&#8221; Bootsman said. &#8220;We have officially stopped and I have thanked everyone for their enthusiasm and support, which was difficult because I wanted to let these people feel what it is to organize an event and see happy faces all over the place.&#8221;</p>\n<p>WordPress developer and Dutch community member Juliette Reinders Folmer said she doesn&#8217;t believe that more than one or perhaps two city-based WordCamps will get started in the Netherlands. Organizing a WordCamp is not an easy endeavor with a small pool of local organizers and volunteers. Folmer notes that since the WordPress Foundation doesn&#8217;t allow for compensating speakers for their out-of-pocket costs, the speaker pool is further limited.</p>\n<p>&#8220;A trend I&#8217;ve spotted over the last few years is that &#8216;local&#8217; WCs will have a mix of local, national and international speakers,&#8221; Folmer said. &#8220;While national speakers might still be prepared to go out of pocket, the only international speakers who can afford to do this are the ones who are sponsored by big companies which pay their travel and time to speak at those WCs.</p>\n<p>&#8220;Instead of creating a larger speaker group with new and interesting voices, we&#8217;re ending up with a corporate uniform message where the more innovative and sometimes dissident voices are few and far between. By forcing WCNL to break up into smaller more local groups, this trend will become even more persistent and insidious as the demands on the limited group of national speakers will increase unless they have corporate sponsoring. Even they will not able to afford the time and costs to attend and speak at the various local WCs.&#8221;</p>\n<p>Remkus de Vries, WordCamp Netherlands lead-organizer from 2009 to 2015, said the team has worked for years to see the local communities come together, and have seen people get involved with translations, forum moderation, and local meetups after attending the WordCamps.</p>\n<p>&#8220;Our idea from the get go for WordCamp Netherlands was to be as inclusive as possible, to unite the scattered Dutch WordPress community,&#8221; de Vries said. &#8220;The Dutch community consisted of little islands that didn&#8217;t really connect at all. 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We&#8217;re too practical sometimes, and in this situation, it will not help the community.&#8221;</p>\n<h3>WordCamp Netherlands Organizers are Considering Hosting an Independent Event</h3>\n<p>Both de Vries and Bootsman are said they do not believe rules that make sense for the U.S. should be applied universally. They would prefer them to be guidelines that communities can follow or depart from if they express their preference for a country-wide WordCamp. WordPress communities in other countries like Denmark, Croatia, and Switzerland have expressed similar frustrations with the U.S.-centric rules.</p>\n<p>&#8220;WordCamp Netherlands was what started the local WordPress meetups and ended up being the glue between the WordPress Meetups,&#8221; de Vries said. &#8220;Forcing us to stop using WordCamp Netherlands is going to impact that as you could see by the outpouring of reactions yesterday on Twitter and Facebook. 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The WordPress codex contains <a href=\"https://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Manual_Plugin_Installation\" rel=\"nofollow\">instructions on how to do this here</a>.</p>\n<h4>Updating</h4>\n<p>Automatic updates should work like a charm; as always though, ensure you backup your site just in case.</p>\n<p>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 &gt; Settings &gt; Permalinks and hitting &#8216;save&#8217;. That should return things to normal.</p>\n<h4>Dummy data</h4>\n<p>WooCommerce comes with some dummy data you can use to see how products look; either import dummy_data.xml via the <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-importer/\">WordPress importer</a> or use our <a href=\"https://woocommerce.com/products/product-csv-import-suite/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CSV Import Suite plugin</a> to import dummy_data.csv and dummy_data_variations.csv.</p>\n<p><!--section=faq--></p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Installation Instructions</dt>\n<dd>\n<h4>Minimum Requirements</h4>\n<ul>\n<li>PHP version 5.2.4 or greater (PHP 5.6 or greater is recommended)</li>\n<li>MySQL version 5.0 or greater (MySQL 5.6 or greater is recommended)</li>\n<li>Some payment gateways require fsockopen support (for IPN access)</li>\n<li>WooCommerce 2.5 requires WordPress 4.1+</li>\n<li>WooCommerce 2.6 requires WordPress 4.4+</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/server-requirements/\" rel=\"nofollow\">WooCommerce server requirements documentation</a> for a detailed list of server requirements.</p>\n<h4>Automatic installation</h4>\n<p>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.</p>\n<p>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”.</p>\n<h4>Manual installation</h4>\n<p>The manual installation method involves downloading our eCommerce plugin and uploading it to your webserver via your favourite FTP application. The WordPress codex contains <a href=\"https://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Manual_Plugin_Installation\" rel=\"nofollow\">instructions on how to do this here</a>.</p>\n<h4>Updating</h4>\n<p>Automatic updates should work like a charm; as always though, ensure you backup your site just in case.</p>\n<p>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 &gt; Settings &gt; Permalinks and hitting &#8216;save&#8217;. That should return things to normal.</p>\n<h4>Dummy data</h4>\n<p>WooCommerce comes with some dummy data you can use to see how products look; either import dummy_data.xml via the <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-importer/\">WordPress importer</a> or use our <a href=\"https://woocommerce.com/products/product-csv-import-suite/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CSV Import Suite plugin</a> to import dummy_data.csv and dummy_data_variations.csv.</p>\n</dd>\n<dt>Where can I find WooCommerce documentation and user guides?</dt>\n<dd>\n<p>For help setting up and configuring WooCommerce please refer to our <a href=\"https://docs.woocommerce.com/documentation/plugins/woocommerce/getting-started/\" rel=\"nofollow\">user guide</a></p>\n<p>For extending or theming WooCommerce, see our <a href=\"https://docs.woocommerce.com/documentation/plugins/woocommerce/woocommerce-codex/\" rel=\"nofollow\">codex</a>.</p>\n</dd>\n<dt>Where can I get support or talk to other users?</dt>\n<dd>\n<p>If you get stuck, you can ask for help in the <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce\" rel=\"nofollow\">WooCommerce Plugin Forum</a>.</p>\n<p>For help with premium extensions from WooThemes, use <a href=\"https://support.woothemes.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">our helpdesk</a>.</p>\n</dd>\n<dt>Will WooCommerce work with my theme?</dt>\n<dd>\n<p>Yes; WooCommerce will work with any theme, but may require some styling to make it match nicely. Please see our <a href=\"https://docs.woocommerce.com/documentation/plugins/woocommerce/woocommerce-codex/\" rel=\"nofollow\">codex</a> for help. If you&#8217;re looking for a theme with built in WooCommerce integration we recommend <a href=\"https://woocommerce.com/storefront/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Storefront</a>.</p>\n</dd>\n<dt>Where can I request new features, eCommerce themes and extensions?</dt>\n<dd>\n<p>You can vote on and request new features and extensions in our <a href=\"http://ideas.woothemes.com/forums/133476-woocommerce\" rel=\"nofollow\">WooIdeas board</a></p>\n</dd>\n<dt>Where can I report bugs or contribute to the project?</dt>\n<dd>\n<p>Bugs can be reported either in our support forum or preferably on the <a href=\"https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/issues\" rel=\"nofollow\">WooCommerce GitHub repository</a>.</p>\n</dd>\n<dt>Where can I find the REST API documentation?</dt>\n<dd>\n<p>You can find the documentation of our REST API on the <a href=\"https://woocommerce.github.io/woocommerce-rest-api-docs/\" rel=\"nofollow\">WooCommerce REST API Docs</a>.</p>\n</dd>\n<dt>WooCommerce is awesome! Can I contribute?</dt>\n<dd>\n<p>Yes you can! Join in on our <a href=\"http://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/\" rel=\"nofollow\">GitHub repository</a> <img src=\"https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/2.2.1/72x72/1f642.png\" alt=\"?\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" /></p>\n</dd>\n</dl>\n<p><!--section=changelog--></p>\n<h4>3.0.4 &#8211; 2017-04-20</h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Variations were not inheriting the product image and shipping class ID.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Prevent rating/review counts being duplicated when duplicating products.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed gallery navigation between images with long captions.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Support transparent PNG in the gallery by setting a background color.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Removed name/company from the shipping address Google map links.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed the address field sorting script on the checkout.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed the upgrade routine for grouped products so that parents are unset.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed support for WordPress 4.7 user locale settings.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed default option filter for product types in the product meta box.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Improved the css in Twenty Seventeen for dark color schemes.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed display of refunds in sales report.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Updated <code>single-product/add-to-cart/variable.php</code> template version to 3.0.0 since it had changes since 2.6.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed warnings when product attribute do not exists.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Used a div for comment-form-rating to prevent invalid nested markup.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed some logic that checks if order taxes are compound.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed SKU checks to only exclude products that are trashed.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed display of download permissions in first email sent after checkout.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Hidden the backorder notification stock text when notification is disabled.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed incorrect stock numbers in low stock emails.</li>\n<li>Tweak &#8211; Removed the non-functional order total input box, and combined the recalculation buttons into one working button.</li>\n<li>Tweak &#8211; Updated Guided Tour videos.</li>\n<li>Tweak &#8211; Updated js-cookie.js to 2.1.4.</li>\n<li>Tweak &#8211; Updated schema.org URLs to use HTTPS.</li>\n<li>Tweak &#8211; Status report request timeouts.</li>\n<li>REST API &#8211; Fixed an issue that prevented deleting a term if errors were thrown during creation.</li>\n<li>REST API &#8211; Fixed reports endpoint when querying by date.</li>\n<li>REST API &#8211; Fixed ignored order parameters when changing order status.</li>\n<li>Dev &#8211; Support guest orders in <code>wc_get_orders</code> function.</li>\n<li>Dev &#8211; Fixed downloadable variation filters for download URLs.</li>\n<li>Dev &#8211; Added safeguards to prevent infinite loops while saving coupons, products and orders in admin.</li>\n<li>Dev &#8211; Added a fallback for <code>queue_transactional_email</code> if background sending is disabled.</li>\n<li>Dev &#8211; Added <code>has_shipping_address</code> helper method.</li>\n<li>Dev &#8211; Introduced <code>woocommerce_order_item_get_formatted_meta_data</code> filter.</li>\n<li>Dev &#8211; Made wc_add_order_item pass correct values to woocommerce_new_order_item.</li>\n<li>Dev &#8211; Fixed <code>legacy_posted_data</code> access in checkout class.</li>\n<li>Dev &#8211; Fixed undefined property notice in <code>WC_Order_Item::offsetGet</code>.</li>\n<li>Dev &#8211; Fixed PHP 7.1 warnings when using non-float values to <code>wc_get_weight()</code>.</li>\n<li>Dev &#8211; Fixed incorrect variable name in <code>wc_add_order_item()</code>.</li>\n</ul>\n<h4>3.0.3 &#8211; 2017-04-13</h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed an issue with variation tax-classes when set to &#8216;parent&#8217;. This made taxes apply on top of the tax inclusive price in certain setups.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Escaped attribute translations in the <code>cart.php</code> template and bumped the template version to match.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Corrected the display of refund dates on the order screen.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed the grouped product visibility check in the grouped.php template and bumped the template version to match.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed the sale badge display for grouped products.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Added the <code>itemReviewed</code> structured data for product reviews to make it validate.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Made the <code>get_attribute</code> method work on variation objects.</li>\n<li>Tweak &#8211; Turned off the deferred email sending by default which was added in 3.0. Whilst it does improve performance, there were compatibility problems on some servers. It can be enabled with a filter if desired.</li>\n<li>Dev &#8211; Added backtrace information to the deprecation messages to help find problem plugins.</li>\n</ul>\n<h4>3.0.2 &#8211; 2017-04-12</h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Removed required states for GP, GF, KW, LB, MQ, RE and YT countries.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Made cache in the [products] shortcode respect filters from plugins.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Added missing <code>woocommerce_cross_sells_columns</code> filter.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed shortcode rendering on the shop page.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed incorrect sale dates when bulk editing variations.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed calls to wc_reduce_stock_levels in PayPal and Simplify gateways.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Exclude &#8220;location&#8221; meta when reading customer meta data.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Updated <code>emails/email-addresses.php</code>, <code>emails/email-order-details.php</code>, <code>content-single-product.php</code>, <code>checkout/form-shipping.php</code>, <code>myaccount/form-add-payment-method.php</code>, <code>myaccount/form-edit-address.php</code>, <code>myaccount/form-lost-password.php</code>, <code>myaccount/form-reset-password.php</code>, <code>myaccount/orders.php</code> and <code>myaccount/view-order.php</code> template version to 3.0.0 since they had changes since 2.6.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed default behavior of variation tax classes when originally set to &#8220;parent&#8221;.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; When duplicating products, do not copy slug, append &#8220;(Copy)&#8221; to the product name, correctly copy all meta data, and prevent children of grouped products being duplicated too.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Removed duplicated items when outputting cross sells on the cart page.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed output of default &#8220;add to cart&#8221; text of external products in loops.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed backwards compatibility of guest checkout rules when being altered by plugins directly.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Use correct thumbnail sizes for variation images in the new gallery.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed captions on thumbnails and main image in the new gallery.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Trigger wc_fragments_loaded after add to cart fragment refresh.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Download permissions; Convert dates to timestamp on read so UTC is preserved.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed notices under PHP 7.1 when sorting products by name (numeric).</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Added additional checks to ensure objects are read before using class methods to avoid errors.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Removed legacy suggest.js code which was causing JS error on bulk edit.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed warnings on the &#8220;Lost password&#8221; page and when loading a product with invalid attributes.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Made background emailer update the queue after a successful send so duplicate mails are less likely.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Typo in flexslider_enabled option in new gallery script.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; woocommerce_notify_low_stock and woocommerce_notify_no_stock options had no effect.</li>\n<li>Tweak &#8211; For downloadable files, only validate file type when dealing with relative paths.</li>\n<li>Tweak &#8211; Improved automatic variation name generation.</li>\n<li>Dev &#8211; Added product visibility terms to system status report to help debug.</li>\n<li>Dev &#8211; Introduced <code>woocommerce_admin_order_date_format</code> filter to replace missing <code>post_date_column_time</code>.</li>\n<li>Dev &#8211; Introduced <code>woocommerce_update_customer_args</code> filter to prevent updates to user objects if needed.</li>\n<li>REST API &#8211; Fixed saving of variations in legacy REST API v3.</li>\n<li>REST API &#8211; Fixed backwards compatibility of line_items meta in legacy REST API.</li>\n</ul>\n<h4>3.0.1 &#8211; 2017-04-06</h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Show catalog hidden products within grouped products.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fade in the gallery in if no images are set or it&#8217;s custom.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Use wc_deprecated_function in WC_Deprecated_Hooks so notices aren&#8217;t output in ajax requests.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Added back the ability to include extra items to the System Status using the <code>woocommerce_system_status_environment_rows</code> filter.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Coupon category restrictions and limits for variations.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Allow shortcodes and HTML in variation descriptions like in 2.6.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Unset post date when duplicating products.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Show a sale price on variable products if on sale and all prices are the same.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Corrected download links when a product has multiple downloads.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Prevented potential errors if the product type was not posted for any reason on save.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Updated <code>single-product/up-sells.php</code>, <code>loop/add-to-cart.php</code>, <code>loop/rating.php</code>, <code>checkout/form-billing.php</code>, and <code>content-product.php</code> template version to 3.0.0.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Included clearfixes on billing and shipping field wrappers,</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed styling of logs table in some languages.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed display of variation attributes on old orders.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Use placeholder text for external products add to cart button text if left blank.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fallback to home URL if no shop page is set for system status security check for HTTPS.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; For variations, pull tax status and sold individually from the parent since there is no UI to set this at variation level.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Moved cron emails to background processing to avoid multiple sends.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Wrapped structured data in a hidden element when added to emails.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Missing gateway information in queued emails.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed a bug that caused pages to permanently reload if &#8220;Default customer location&#8221; was set to &#8220;Geolocate (with page caching support)&#8221;.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; When forcing shipping to billing, set the shipping fields in the order itself.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Check for invalid objects in WC_Register_WP_Admin_Settings.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Check for error object in wc_get_object_terms.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Removed slashes in shipping meta data on the order edit screen.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Prevented permalink rewrites for attributes with missing names.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed saving of meta data when multiple extensions use the <code>save_post</code> action.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Allow search customers by ID in edit order screen.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Prevents session data overwriting customer data on login.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed cross-sell column display and variation support.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed variable product stock syncing on save.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Included try/catch wrapper to prevent issues with Select2.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Prevented a bug that deleted all variations when the product type was change from variable to simple.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Switched to WPDB to quicker update when syncing titles for variations.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Exclude deprecated properties when loading a customer object.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed notices while trying to order again.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed notices when <code>$wpdb-&gt;prefix</code> is empty.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Prevent errors when loading a product with an invalid download file types.</li>\n<li>REST API &#8211; Fixed missing array declaration in CRUD controller.</li>\n<li>REST API &#8211; Removed extra <code>exclude</code>, <code>include</code> and <code>search</code> parameters from taxes endpoint.</li>\n<li>REST API &#8211; Fixed variation description formatting.</li>\n<li>REST API &#8211; Fixed incorrect attribute check in products endpoint in Legacy REST API.</li>\n<li>REST API &#8211; Allow variation image to be unset.</li>\n</ul>\n<h4>3.0.0 &#8211; 2017-04-04</h4>\n<ul>\n<li>New gallery on single product pages with better mobile support, using PhotoSwipe and Zoom. Declare support with add_theme_support() &#8211; wc-product-gallery-zoom, wc-product-gallery-lightbox, wc-product-gallery-slider</li>\n<li>Made the store notice dismissible on the frontend.</li>\n<li>Variable products no longer show striked out prices in combination with ranges for clarity when on sale.</li>\n<li>Prices no longer display as &#8216;free&#8217; instead of 0, to fix issues with ranges and localization and for consistency.</li>\n<li>Improved structured product data by using JSON-LD instead of inline Microdata.</li>\n<li>Improved downloads list layout (template file).</li>\n<li>Respect stock status and prevent the &#8220;out of stock threshold&#8221; setting affecting existing in-stock products.</li>\n<li>Improved handling of shop page rewrite rules to allow subpages.</li>\n<li>Redirect to login after password reset.</li>\n<li>When using authorizations in PayPal Standard, automatically capture funds when the order goes processing/completed.</li>\n<li>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.</li>\n<li>Show variable weights/dimensions even when parent values are not set.</li>\n<li>Automatically sort tax rates rather than allow clunky manual sorting.</li>\n<li>When deleting a tax rate class, remove it&#8217;s tax rates.</li>\n<li>Made WC_Logger pluggable via wc_get_logger function.</li>\n<li>Use &#8216;average rating&#8217; post meta for &#8216;rating&#8217; product sorting option.</li>\n<li>Show better labels in nav menus metabox.</li>\n<li>Sort “Recently Viewed” products by the view order.</li>\n<li>Removed internal scroll from log viewer.</li>\n<li>Add reply-to to admin emails.</li>\n<li>Improved the zone setup flow.</li>\n<li>Made wc_get_wildcard_postcodes return the orignal postcode plus * since wildcards should match empty strings too.</li>\n<li>Use all paid statuses in $customer-&gt;get_total_spent().</li>\n<li>Move location of billing email field to work with password managers.</li>\n<li>Option to restrict selling locations by country.</li>\n<li>Added tool to clear orphaned variations in system status.</li>\n<li>Remove checkbox options in system status tools and replace with constants.</li>\n<li>Added security section in system status report.</li>\n<li>Add image_url setting to PayPal Standard.</li>\n<li>Fixed attribute registration. Attributes are non-hierarchical by default (parent is not supported).</li>\n<li>Add sort parameter to checkout fields to aid with sorting per locale.</li>\n<li>Merged percent and percent product coupon types (they provide the same discount).</li>\n<li>Prevent payment details being cleared after update_checkout events.</li>\n<li>Performance &#8211; 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.</li>\n<li>Includes product attributes archives links in &#8220;Additional Information&#8221; tab.</li>\n<li>Select2 has been upgraded to v4.</li>\n<li>Improved logging system for extensions.</li>\n<li>Tax suffix is now hidden on non-taxable products.</li>\n<li>Grouped products are linked from the parent rather than the children. 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