API

Added new Tax Settings API doc and API Specs

API

• Added new Store Logs documentation and API Specs

• Converted all API Specification files to OAS 3+ format

Partners

• Added documentation for the POS Foundation open-source application for building point-of-sale (POS) checkout interfaces. It provides a template for custom POS solutions that use secure, pre-certified EMV card readers.

Developer Blog

• Mobile Apps Ask Me Anything (AMA) Recap

BigCommerce for Wordpress 4.33.0 For Aug 25, 2022

4.33.0

View release 4.33.0 on GitHub

Changed

• Improved GraphQL token validation while using 'Fast - Headless' import option 

  • The update should handle GraphQL credentials were missing. No token was sent issue during import

Announcement

All API specification files are now in OAS 3+ format. Please update your forks to ensure you are working with the newest source files. However, the file that contains webhook events callback schemas, webhooks_events.yml, is still in Swagger 2.0 format.

API

• Added gift_certificate_id to Get an Order Product endpoint. 

• Added original_price, a new attribute for return items in the Storefront Cart and Storefront Checkout APIs. 

Partners

• Added the ability for Impartner users to create sandbox accounts directly from the Deal Registration dashboard.

Developer Blog

• #BigHackathon: Summer ’22 Ask Me Anything Recap

BigCommerce for Wordpress 4.32. For Aug 5, 2022

4.32

View release 4.32 on GitHub

Changed

• Products processing by adding pre-caching logic on the Product Catalog after each Fast-Headless-Import and store minimal product data option import

  • This will reduce the number of queries and the risk of the “too many requests” issue occurring

• If import is stuck in the Completed status, the latest changes will allow you to abort the import process

Fixed

• Issue with product duplication during Fast-Headless-Import and store minimal product date option import

• Respect General Inventory Settings toggle behavior found in Customizer > BigCommerce > Product Catalog

  • When switched, the radio button enables or disables support for the general BigCommerce of out stock inventory settings

• Renaming channel in BigCommerce > Settings > Channel no longer produces errors

API

• Added new Tax Properties API Doc and API Specs

• Updated Tax Provider API to include tax property fields

Developer Blog

• Page Builder AMA Recap: Your Answers to All Things Page Builder

• What’s New for Merchants in July

API

• Added the external_order_id field to the Orders API.

Stencil

• We've added new custom handlebar helpers for get , getObject , moment , and option to replace the corresponding standard helpers. The new custom handlebar helpers are backward compatible.

Developer Blog

• Introducing the Subscription Foundation

API

Added new endpoints (Get Channel Metafields, Create a Channel Metafield, Get a Channel Metafield, Update a Channel Metafield, and Delete a Channel Metafield) to the Channels API.

Partners

Added documentation for Subscription Foundation, an open-source framework for creating custom subscription billing and invoicing solutions.

BigCommerce for WordPress 4.31 for July 12, 2022

4.31

View release 4.31 on GitHub

Added

• Real-time shipping calculation with USPS. Enable this feature in BigCommerce Admin > Settings > Shipping and then Connect USPS service. Next, perform a full sync on your WordPress store to complete the process. The real-time shipping calculation will be added as a new option to Shipping Calculator on the Cart page.

• Ability to hide the meta description set in BigCommerce Admin. By default this option is On, but to make changes go to WordPress Admin > Customizer > BigCommerce > Product Single and switch the behavior in the Meta Description section.

• A warning notice in Customizer > BigCommerce > Product Catalog has been added. It will be displayed on the Grid Columns and Products per Page options when the Divi theme is enabled.

Changed

• Non-Customer users can now write reviews. Enable this feature in Wordpress Admin > Settings > Discussion and uncheck the Users must be registered and logged in to comment checkbox. When checked, then only logged-in users (Customers) can leave a review.

Fixed

• Issue when cart items changed and changes didn’t update corresponding cart totals/subtotals/taxes

• Customers creation with empty details issue resolved on BigCommerce Admin