Dev Center Updates

Moving to Sitemap Indexes

by BigCommerce
Over the course of October, storefronts will be moving to return a Sitemap Index by default when navigating to/xmlsitemap.php, the default sitemap route for storefronts. There will be separate sitemaps for different types of pages such as
Announcement
Stencil
Enhancement

BigCommerce for WordPress 4.18.0 for Oct 07, 2021

by BigCommerce
4.18.0 View release 4.18.0 on GitHub Changed Added support in the WP Menu feature for BC product sub-categories for adding the Product Categories. Updated version requirements and compatibility for PHP, MySQL, and WordPress. PHP 7.4+, MySQL
WordPress

Cornerstone 6.1.1 for October 6, 2021

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Theme Fix product images on PDP with clipped outlines.#2124 Changed debounce wait time for search to 1200 ms from 200 ms.#2115 Additional checkout buttons don't work when applying a 100% discount coupon.#2109 Fix sliding carousel with
Maintenance
Cornerstone
Theme

GraphQL Storefront API can now be used to power Stencil theme context

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It is now possible to augment the data available in the theme context through the use of GraphQL queries described directly in the Front Matter of template files. Using this capability, you can fetch data a little bit more flexibly to build
Stencil
Storefront API
Announcement
Enhancement

API Update and Announcements for September 23, 2021

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API
Announcement
Developer Blog
API Determine the checkout that best suits your needs by reviewing the checkout options described in the new checkout customizability article. Email Templates Added Email Templates Code Examples to demonstrate how to update text, add a

Required Stencil-CLI version set to 3.5.0

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A bug affecting users of stencil-CLI has been fixed as of CLI version 3.5.0. As this bug was resulting in CLI requests incorrectly redirecting which resulted in a degradation of the local development experience, we have bumped the required
Stencil
Announcement
Warning

BigCommerce for WordPress 4.17.1 for September 14, 2021

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4.17.1 View release 4.17.1 on GitHub Fixed Fixes an issue with product imports/syncing where the process would fail (504) due to a timeout with upstream_response_time. The timeout value was increased to allow more time to complete the
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BigCommerce for WordPress 4.17.0 for September 8, 2021

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4.17.0 View release 4.17.0 on GitHub Changed PHPDoc for cart-footer.php template updated Fixed Fixed Product Import logic so script and style tag contents are not displayed in product description. Fixed Uncaught ReferenceError: ga is not
WordPress

Cornerstone 6.1.0 for September 8, 2021

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Theme Fixed images placeholder on hero carousel shifted on mobile when slide has content.#2112 Google AMP feature request - Add in release date info for preorder products.#2107 Translation for states select field on account signup
Maintenance
Cornerstone
Theme