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API and Theme Updates for July 15, 2021

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Theme Added support for Localizing Variation Descriptions enabling you to customize the display language of your theme. API The Widgets API now supports Localizing Widget Template Settings. GraphQL API Reference documentation now includes a
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BigCommerce for WordPress 4.14.0 for July 7, 2021

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4.14.0 View release 4.14.0 on GitHub Fixed Fixed Product Form> Option Description escaping logic so<strong> tags render properly. Fixed login redirect_to query argument not being respected. This happened for admin users in the case when
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Theme Updates for July 1, 2021

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Theme Added ability to embed a GraphQL query in the front matter of a Stencil theme. See GraphQL attributes for examples and a complete list of available variables. Localization- Added ability to localize the control panel, system messages,
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Rendered Widget HTML now available in GraphQL Storefront API

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You may now fetch the rendered HTML of widgets created via Widgets API or Page Builder. To get the content, you’ll need to provide a page type, and the ID for the page (if necessary). In the response, you’ll get a list of all the regions on
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BigCommerce for WordPress 4.13.0 for June 17, 2021

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4.13.0 View release 4.13.0 on GitHub Added Added support for password reset for users that exist only on BC (not yet synced with WP). Delete all channels from the WP database on plugin uninstall so a fresh channel list is pulled when
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Blueprint Theme Update for June 17, 2021

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Blueprint Themes Removed Internet Explorer 11 or later from the list of Supported Browsers for the BigCommerce control panel. Developer Blog Headless Commerce Summit 2021 Recapped Now in Open Beta: Product Sort Order API on BigCommerce
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BigCommerce for WordPress 4.12.0 for May 28, 2021

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4.12.0 View release 4.12.0 on GitHub Added Support for fetching products by SKU via query and shortcode. Added "Product Sync Log" section to the Settings > Diagnostics panel in the WP Admin. This shows the last 10 sync attempts and their
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Theme Update and Announcement for May 27, 2021

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Theme Added new accessibility articles discussing how Cornerstone meets WCAG Compliance Levels. View examples to learn how Cornerstone implements WCAG guidelines. Developer Blog Alexa, Where will E-commerce Be in 2022? How to Customize the
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GraphQL Storefront API now supports sorting products within categories

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The GraphQL Storefront API’s now supports sorting the products on a Category node, using the sortBy parameter. This will match the equivalent sorting behaviors on the BigCommerce Storefront (Stencil). Consider this query: query
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