Hi, I can vouch that 2.1.8 does work! Your problem could be caused by an incompatible plugin or theme. The debug procedure is:
– deactivate all plugins except WooCommerce to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
– switching to the default theme TwentyFourteen to rule out any theme-specific problems.
– resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.
– re-uploading all files & folders – except the wp-content folder and wp-config.php & root .htaccess files – from a fresh download of WordPress. Make sure that you delete the old copies of files & folder before uploading the new ones.
Nearly forgot, take a backup before you start.