every update something breaks

Thats probably because no other plugin has extensions and themes made for it. Test before updates – we cannot stress this enough.

How can we test without installing it? Do we need to set a mirror site for it?

Besides, what brakes after latest update is core element of woocommerce, not of any plugin – translations. I cannot allow my shop to change into English suddenly. Backend in English is ok but when customers start to see it on site – disaster. I’m working on recovering the old version because the new one sucks.

@michaldybczak If your site is mission critical, yes, have a staging/dev site for testing how plugin updates affect other plugins and themes. The last thing you want is to update live and break the store.

Regarding languages, read our release post. You’ll be prompted in admin to download the relevant language pack. It’s automatic.

It doesn’t work. My wordpress is a network so maybe that has something to do with it. When I hit “Update translation” I’m rerouted to network dashboard and nothing happens.

I downloaded manually translation from this site:
https://github.com/woothemes/woocommerce-language-packs/tree/master/packages

I put .po and .mo files into languages folder in woocommerce and… it doesn’t work. My version is still 100% English and it continuously asks for translation update. It just doesn’t see the translation files somehow. Force translation also doesn’t work.

What can I do?

I finally found out what is the issue… You changed the path of the translation files!!!
It’s no longer:
wp-content->plugins->woocommerce->i 18n->languages

Now we must put the files to:
wp-content->languages->plugins

Changing back to my language destroyed the link structure but I reentered link settings and it went back to normal.

I cannot stress enough how the last site I built using woocommerce will be the last time I use woocommerce. You’re better off creating a subdomain and linking to a proven solution like bigcartel or shopify that doesnt break with every update and has great support around paid services.

If you’re going to build and sell extensions have the proper support for them. Don’t tell your clients that you can’t help unless it is also built on a WooTheme. Talk about railroading a customer into just using your product.