Versioned Changelog

* Add – First-Class Mail Large Envelope Presort service.

* Tweak – WC 9.8 compatibility.
* Tweak – WP 6.8 compatibility.

* Added `location` to list of restricted custom field names.
* Fix – Add ’email’ field type to ensure compatibility with WC Core.
* Fix Number Validation Rules for custom fields and multiselect value handling.
* Fixed an issue that caused radio and select option values to be wrapped with white space.
* Tweak – WC 9.8 compatibility.
* Tweak – WP 6.8 compatibility.

* Fix – Fixes issue with REST API not clearing cached values.

* New: Compatibility up to WooCommerce 9.8
* New: Support for primary categories from SEO by rank math
* Fix: Resolve issue where auto generated promotion IDs were not included.

* Add – Rates CSV Import/Export.

* Tweak: Adjust the warning that appears on the reports page when HPOS is enabled but Compatibility Mode is disabled (provide a direct link to the relevant settings).
* Update: Improved subscription search performance for WP Post stores by removing unnecessary _order_key and _billing_email meta queries.
* Update: Make it possible to dispatch the Cancelled Subscription email more than once (when initially set to pending-cancellation, and again when it reaches final cancellation).
* Update: Reduced duplicate queries when fetching multiple subscription related orders types.
* Update: Removed unnecessary get_time() calls to reduce redundant get_last_order() queries in the Subscriptions list table.
* Update: Improved performance on the Orders list table when rendering the Subscription Relationship column.
* Update: Improved performance of the Generate Related Order Cache tool found under WooCommerce > Status > Tools.
* Fix: Do not schedule updates to the report data cache if reporting is not available (ie, if HPOS is enabled but Compatibility Mode is not).
* Fix: Resolved deprecated dynamic property warnings in WCS_Email_Payment_Retry and WCS_Email_Customer_Payment_Retry.
* Fix: Added support for previewing payment retry emails in WooCommerce email settings.
* Fix: Updated subscription email item table template to align with WooCommerce 9.7 email improvements.
* Fix: Prevent PHP warning on cart page shipping method updates by removing unused method: maybe_restore_shipping_methods.
* Fix: Removed unnecessary setting of renewal order paid date on status transition, relying on WooCommerce core behavior instead.
* Fix: Ensure the order_awaiting_payment session arg is restored when loading a renewal cart from the session to prevent duplicate orders.
* Fix: Ensure custom placeholders (time_until_renewal, customers_first_name) are included in customer notification email previews.
* Fix: For stores with HPOS + compatibility mode enabled, using the bulk delete related orders cache tool was not correctly deleting the meta from the WP Posts table.
* Fix: Prevent empty strings being saved in related orders cache ID meta when backfilling order data to the WP Posts table.
* Fix: Correctly load product names with HTML on the cart and checkout shipping rates.
* Dev: Fix Node version mismatch between package.json and .nvmrc (both are now set to v16.17.1).
* Dev: Update subscriptions-core to 8.1.0

* FIX: Removed some debug codes that had been left in the plugin.

* Add – South Africa EPX tracking URL.

* Add – Introduced a new admin setting to customize the “Purchase Order Number” field label.
* Fix – Improved consistency in admin UI element text.
* Fix – Corrected JavaScript translatable strings using JSON files.
* Fix – Refined i18n implementation for compatibility with WordPress standards.
* Dev – Bump WooCommerce “tested up to” version 9.8.
* Dev – Bump WooCommerce minimum supported version to 9.6.
* Dev – Updated `makepot` script to use `wp i18n` for JSON translation files, removing `node-wp-i18n` dependency.
* Dev – Enhanced E2E test reliability for PO number updates in the admin order screen.
* Dev – Add the WordPress Plugin Check GitHub Action and fix all errors it found.