{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The WP Minute+","title":"What’s New With Woo? (July 2026 Member Meetup)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2097,"description":"Our July 2026 WP Minute Member Meetup was dedicated to all things WooCommerce. Developer Advocate Brian Coords joined us to demonstrate a variety of new and experimental features. He also shared Woo’s plan to address the existing backlog of bugs and other issues. The goal is to produce a stable eCommerce platform that also meets modern demands.\n\nWe also looked at AI’s role in Woo and WordPress. Brian provided insight on the future of agentic commerce, store management features, and customer interactions.\n\nTakeaways:\nWooCommerce is focusing on cleaning up backlog issues to improve user experience.\nAI submissions in open source can be both beneficial and challenging.\nThe goal is to reduce the number of open issues significantly.\nUser experience is crucial for retaining customers in WooCommerce.\nWooCommerce aims to improve UI consistency across its extensions.\nBlock themes are being developed to enhance the WooCommerce experience.\nAI integration is being explored for better store management and analytics.\nThe future of e-commerce may involve AI-driven purchasing experiences.\nImportant Links:\nWoo Developer Blog\nWooCommerce is the foundation of our entire ecosystem\nWooCommerce 11.0: What’s coming for developers\nUnifying extension settings in WooCommerce\nThe WP Minute+ Podcast: thewpminute.com/subscribe","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Sc_eJunw7xigqxjwbAQZm4WVha2xRuUoFYgmWEEXnaU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hODUy/NDIxOTQzZmFmNDk3/ZDk4ZGUzZTQ3NzA3/NTk5MC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}