API

• Added the Get Stored Instruments(Beta) endpoint which lists all available stored instruments for a customer.

• Added the Tax Provider API which allows you to provide business-to-consumer sales tax estimates to shoppers on the storefront and to merchants in the control panel; it can also be used to submit documents for tax reconciliation purposes. For more information, see the Tax Provider API overview and Tax Provider API reference.

Developer Blog

• Introducing New BigCommerce Tax Provider API

• What’s New for Merchants in March

Theme

• Remove AddThis for social sharing, replace with provider sharing links. #1997

• IE11 - Clicking on search does not display search bar. #2017

• Alt text should include product name for ratings. #2015

• Changed insufficient "Change" link text on cart page. #2014

• Added labeling for edit fields on cart page. #2016

• Add placeholder for failed to load carousel images and update scalability. #2009

• Fixed insufficient button label on cart page from action controls. #2013

• "Skip to main content" now is visible when top banned is absent. #2010

• Announce subscribing email field as mandatory. #2011

• Changed insufficient link text for "Read More" links. #2012

• Added sold out badges on products within PLP. #2003

• Update focus trap in Modal. #1998

• Added unique identifiers to product cards on product list pages. #1999

• Fixed line breaks on dropdown menu display mode. #1996

• Added notifications on Carousel's content change through 'Next/Prev' buttons. #1986

• Add error message when faceted search fails on search, category, brand pages #2005

API

• Added business-to-business functionality to the BigCommerce platform with the B2B Edition of BigCommerce

Developer Blog

• My Experience at DeveloperWeek 2021

• Introducing BigCommerce Transactional Email Templates

• MACHathon 2021: Building the BigCommerce Weather Alert Merchandising Tool

• Creating a Standout GitHub Profile README

4.9.0

Added

• Added support for Product Category images

• Added additional error message when attempting to create a channel with an existing name

• The UPC, MPN, and GTIN fields are now available on both product and variant nodes in the GraphQL Storefront API

On April 30, 2021, the Coupon API will limit the characters allowed in a coupon name. An error will result if any special characters other than the following are used in the Coupon code field:

• Alphanumeric values

• White spaces

• Underscores ( _ )

• Hyphens ( - )

To prevent a disruption in service, remove special characters from all coupon codes.

Storefront Hooks

1.0.1

• Initial public release in support of https://nextjs.org/commerce

1.1.0

Fix useUpdateItem

• Fix typo in storefront-data-hooks repo

• Add missing types to the Cart body

Resolves #22

Login SSO

• Accept options in the useLogin hook to allow Login SSO

• Update Readme with a quick guide of using Login SSO

Resolves #11 and #13

Allow to get products of different categories

• Add a new key to useSearch: categoryIds

• Stringify categoryIds to use as a key in SWR

• Add a deprecation warning to categoryId

Resolves #9

Fix useAddItem types

• Set variantId as optional

Resolves #21

Theme

• Added improvements focusing on WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance. To learn how to develop a theme to meet the needs of all users, see Developing Themes for Accessibility.  

Developer Blog

• Building BigCommerce for Accessibility

• What’s New for Merchants in February

• What’s Trending in the Dev Community? 

API

• Moved Deprecations and Sunsets reference article to API Docs.

BigCommerce Payments

• Removed Chase Pay digital wallet from the BigCommerce platform.

Developer Blog

• What’s New for Merchants in January

• What’s Trending in the Dev Community?

• Provide a Differentiated Product Experience with the BigCommerce Custom Templates API

• What’s Trending in the Dev Community?

Theme

• Fixed cut off on Cart button when zooming up to 400%. #1988

• Category pages are creating alt attribute within the span tag. #1987

• Add alt attribute for no image placeholders. #1984

• For non-required options, when the "None" option displays on the storefront it should be deselected when another option is chosen. #1980

• Error message not announced automatically. #1983

• Fixed Discount Banner update on adding item to cart from PDP. #1974

• Make every product option group ID unique. #1979

• Fixed required checkbox message displaying. #1963

• Provided sufficient and informative text along with the color swatches. #1976

• If multiple Pick List Options are applied, customers cannot select "none" on both. #1975

• Moved phrase from compare.html to en.json for increasing localization. #1972

• Fixed focus for sort by dropdown on reloading page. #1964

• Fixed filtered selection not announced by screen reader. #1966

• Integrate accessibility scripts to product images slider on PDP. #1965

• Move focus on filter items modal after Show more button was clicked and accessibility refactoring. #1977

4.8.0

Fixed

• Addresses an issue with the Choices JS library breaking the term selection in the WP admin Product Selector UI.

• Fixed greyed out Embedded Checkout option in the settings even if site is SSL configured.