CoCart Lite v2.1 is now available!

I’m very excited to announce that CoCart 2.1 is now available. It has been in development since July 2019 and has about 254 commits since the last update a month ago.

This is a minor release, which means everything is backward compatible with the previous version.

What’s new in 2.1?

In short… magic! Checkout this post for all the details.

I have also improved the content and structure of the documentation making it easier to find what you need.

This scene from Beauty and the Beast movie is one of my favourites and in a strange small way sings this release.

Enjoy!

Changelog

• NEW: Added support for guest customers.
• NEW: Carts in session are stored in a new database table.
• NEW: Added plugin details to WooCommerce System Status.
• NEW: Added uninstall.php file to delete table and options.
• NEW: Able to transfer a cart from your headless store to the web.
• NEW: Added handlers to improve product validation and extended support for other product types.
• NEW: Can now add items to cart using a products SKU ID.
• NEW: When an item is updated, removed or restored… the cart totals are re-calculated.
• NEW: Added option to logout customer.
• Removed: Parameter to re-calculate totals once item was updated.
• Tweaked: Products that are no longer purchasable and are already in the cart are removed from the cart.
• Tweaked: Stop redirect to getting started page if plugin was activated and was already installed before.
• Tweaked: Prevent redirect to getting started page if multiple plugins activated at once.
• Dev: Clear all carts stored in session via the Tools section of WooCommerce System Status.
• Dev: Cart expiration can be filtered if the default 30 days is not to your liking.
• Dev: Generated customer ID can be filtered before storing cart in the database and creates a cookie on the customer’s device.
• Dev: Added filter cocart_add_to_cart_validation to allow plugin developers to pass their own validation before item is added to the cart.
• Dev: Added filters to override the product name cocart_product_name and product title cocart_product_title when getting the cart contents.
• Dev: Added filter cocart_item_thumbnail_src to override the source URL of the product thumbnail when getting the cart contents.
• Dev: Added filter cocart_add_to_cart_quantity to override the quantity when adding an item.
• Dev: Added filter cocart_add_cart_item_data so other plugins can pass cart item data when adding an item.
• Dev: Added filters so the returned response messages can be changed.
• Dev: Added conditional filter for returning a cart item.
• Dev: Added hook cocart_user_switched to allow something to happen if a user has switched.
• Dev: Added hook cocart_load_cart to manipulate the merged cart before it set in session.
• Dev: Added hook cocart_load_cart_override to manipulate the overriding cart before it set in session.
• Dev: Added hook cocart_item_added_updated_in_cart for when an item was added again but updated in cart.
• Dev: Added a new class that handles logging errors.
• Dev: Added filters to admin notices to extend the length of time they hide.
• Dev: Added filter to override cookie check for authenticated users.
• Tested: Compatible with WooCommerce v4.1.x