WordPress 5.6 and WooCommerce 5.0 Compatibility?

Hi there!

Those warnings can be ignored, ShipStation should work just fine with the most recent versions of WordPress and WooCommerce. ??

What happens is this: each time a plugin like ShipStation is released, it includes a line in the code that indicates the latest version of WordPress it was tested with. So for example, if WordPress 5.5.0 was the latest version when our devs last updated ShipStation, then they will change that “Tested up to” line to indicate it’s been tested up to WordPress 5.5.0.

But then imagine that, the next day, WordPress version 5.6.0 comes out. Now, WordPress might warn you about ShipStation, saying that it’s only been tested up to 5.5.0. That’s technically true, but not really something to worry about. It just means our devs have not updated the special line in ShipStation yet, since a new version of ShipStation has yet to be released.

Does that make sense? Let me know if not. ??

Thanks!

Hi @adamkheckler

I do know about the line in the plugin readme.txt files that dictates the WordPress and WooCommerce compatibility; however, I don’t think it’s a good idea to ignore the warnings. WordPress sends out notices to plugin developers well in advance of new releases warning them to test their plugins and update the compatibility settings, and I figured since this plugin is developed by the same people that develop WooCommerce, they should be aware of new releases of WooCommerce in advance as well, so I found the lack of compatibility more concerning.

In some cases, WordPress and/or WooCommerce have introduced changes in their code that breaks a plugin. What I was concerned about is that WooCommerce 5.0 requires a database upgrade, which makes it more difficult for me to roll back to a previous version. Not only that, but I can’t test ShipStation on my staging site since it doesn’t seem to have a test mode. It’s either take a chance on the production site, or not upgrade.

However, if you know that ShipStation does work with WooCommerce 5.0 then I will give it a shot.

Right after I did the WooCommerce upgrade. some order emails never arrived, but that could have been due to weather-related Internet outages and/or the database upgrade for WooCommerce. It resolved on its own, and everything seems to be working okay now.