New Release: BigCommerce for WordPress 3.8.0

3.8.0 did not get a public release, its changes were rolled into 3.8.1.

This release adds a really cool new front-end feature, check it out below!

Below, we’ll highlight a few of the biggest updates, but you can find detailed release notes in the CHANGELOG.md file at WordPress.org.

New Features

Mini-Cart
There’s a new option for when the Cart menu item is clicked. Instead of going to the cart page it can render a mini-cart like this one:

Optionally, this mini-cart can be shown in a sidebar all the time.

The mini-cart loads asynchronously to avoid issues with caching.

WooCommerce Stubs
wc_get_cart_url() and wc_get_checkout_url() were both added to enhance WooCommerce theme support.

Fixed

• Removed an erroneous error message that displayed when updating from version 3.5 or earlier. If the site’s currency matches the store’s default currency, no error message should display that says the currency is disabled.

Changed

• Updated embedded checkout SDK to version 1.37.1 to better handle failures from the cart handover.
• If a product variant has an image, and that variant is purchased, the order history page will display that variant’s image instead of the default product image.
• Clarified 3.6.0 changelog entry regarding assignment of currencies to channels.

Conclusion

That’s all for now! Follow CHANGELOG.md for our complete list of updates and we’ll see you here in a few weeks for the latest batch of new features!