What changed: WooCommerce 11.3 beta has been released for testing; it proposes expanded block styling controls, an On-Sale Badge option to show discount amount or percentage, a refund and returns policy page setting, and REST API changes (added refund validation, on_sale+include/exclude behavior). Final release is targeted for the week of November 9, 2026, not yet final.
Who is affected
The source says this applies to businesses running WooCommerce stores, especially developers maintaining custom REST API integrations (refunds, on_sale filtering) or custom blocks/themes.
What it means for your business
For businesses using WooCommerce, this means refund or on_sale-filter integrations built on the REST API may return different results once 11.3 ships, so they should be tested beforehand.
What to do
Don't change your live store yet; update the WooCommerce Beta Tester plugin, try the 11.3 beta on a staging site, check any REST API integrations using refunds or on_sale with include/exclude, submit feedback, and wait for the final release.
When it takes effect
The beta is in testing now; final release is targeted for the week of November 9, 2026, not yet final.
Source: https://developer.woocommerce.com/2026/10/26/woocommerce-11-3-pre-release/
