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Plugin info

Total downloads: 13,995
Active installs: 200
Total reviews: 3
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 1
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 5 language(s)
Contributors: 15
Last updated: 10/11/2022 (1177 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 7/16/2015 (10 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 5.8
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.0.5
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 1177 days ago • Support resolved 0% • 3 reviews

12/100

Is WooCommerce Beta Tester abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 1177 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 5.8
Tested up to: 6.0.5
Requires PHP: f

Ratings

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Developers

Rodrigo Primo (Owner)1Gerhard Potgieter (Owner)4Mike Jolley (a11n) (Owner)6Ron Rennick (Owner)15Claudio Sanches (Owner)21Automattic (Owner)72Automattic74Ron Rennick17Boro Sitnikovski13Claudio Sanches12Mike Jolley (a11n)10Gerhard Potgieter5Peter Fabian5Claudiu Lodromanean4Rodrigo Primo4

Languages

Spanish (Spain)32,360Spanish (Venezuela)17,048Spanish (Mexico)13,287Chinese (Taiwan)6,927

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Description

WooCommerce Beta Tester allows you to try out new versions of WooCommerce before they are officially released.

Use with caution, not on production sites. Beta releases may not be stable.

After activation, you’ll be able to choose an update channel:

  1. Beta – Update to beta releases, RC, or stable, depending on what is newest.
  2. Release Candidate – Update to RC releases or stable, depending on what is newest.
  3. Stable – No beta updates. Default WordPress behavior.

These will surface pre-releases via automatic updates in WordPress. Updates will replace your installed version of WooCommerce.

Note, this will not check for updates on every admin page load unless you explicitly tell it to. You can do this by clicking the “Check Again” button from the WordPress updates screen or you can set the WC_BETA_TESTER_FORCE_UPDATE to true in your wp-config.php file.

You can get to the settings and features from your top admin bar under the name WC Beta Tester.

Installation

No installation instructions available

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this allow me to install multiple versions of WooCommerce at the same time?

No; updates will replace your currently installed version of WooCommerce. You can switch to any version from this plugin via the interface however.

Where do updates come from?

Updates are downloaded from the WordPress.org SVN repository where we tag prerelease versions specifically for this purpose.

Does this rollback my data?

This plugin does not rollback or update data on your store automatically.

Database updates are manually ran like after regular updates. If you downgrade, data will not be modified. We don’t recommend using this in production.

Where can I report bugs or contribute to WooCommerce Beta Tester?

Bugs can be reported to the WooCommerce Beta Tester GitHub issue tracker.

Where can I report bugs or contribute to WooCommerce?

Join in on our GitHub repository.

See our contributing guidelines here.

Review feed

Gabriel Reguly
9/3/2016

Great plugin

Thanks for it.
Brad Griffin
7/30/2018

10 Star Review!

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 yep, that just happened
itthinx
11/9/2021

Perfect for development and testing

It's an invaluable time-saver during testing and development. Thanks a bunch!

Screenshots

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Changelog

2.1.0 2022-10-11

  • Dev – Add WooCommerce Admin Helper Tester functionality to Beta Tester

2.0.5 – 2021-12-17

  • Fix: make WC version comparison case insensitive

2.0.4 – 2021-09-29

  • Dev: Bump tested to version
  • Fix: enqueue logic for css/js assets

2.0.3 – 2021-09-22

  • Fix: Bump version to release version including admin.css.

2.0.2

  • Fix notice for undefined item
  • Fix auto_update_plugin filter reference
  • Fix including SSR in bug report
  • Fix style in version modal header
  • Add check for WooCommerce installed in default location

2.0.1

  • Changes to make this plugin compatible with the upcoming WooCommerce 3.6

2.0.0

  • Enhancement – Re-built to pull updates from the WordPress.org repository rather than GitHub.
  • Enhancement – Channel selection; choose to receive RC or beta versions.
  • Enhancement – Admin bar item shows version information, and offers shortcuts to functionality.
  • Enhancement – Shortcut to log GitHub issues.
  • Enhancement – Version switcher; choose which release or prerelease to switch to.
  • Enhancement – Setting to enable auto-updates.

1.0.3

  • Fix repo URLs and directory renaming.

1.0.2

  • Updated API URL.

1.0.1

  • Switched to releases API to get latest release, rather than tag which are not chronological.

1.0

  • First release.
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