October was a busy month. Two new plugins launched, Local Pickup PRO gained postcode-based pickup restrictions, and several plugins received security hardening that is worth installing promptly.
One update needs care before you install it. AI Agent OS 1.0.1 renames the plugin, removes several features and deletes the data that belonged to them. If you use AI Agent OS, read the next section first.
Everything else below is safe to update in the usual way. Each section lists what changed, version by version, with the internal detail left out.
New this month
Launched 14 October
AI Agent OS PRO
Governed access for AI agents to your WordPress site and WooCommerce store, with 43 WordPress abilities, 15 site-building abilities and per-agent control of destructive tools.
Updating from 1.0.0? Read the update notes first.
Explore AI Agent OS PROLaunched 27 October
Estimated Delivery Date PRO
Show customers an estimated delivery date, and choose the order statuses at which it appears.
Version 1.1 is already out with clearer licence messages.
Explore Estimated Delivery Date PROAI Agent OS PRO 1.0.0 & 1.0.1
Released 14 October and 23 October 2026
⚠ Read before updating to 1.0.1
- The plugin is renamed and moves folder. It is now AI Agent OS PRO, installed at
ai-agent-os-pro/ai-agent-os-pro.php. WordPress may deactivate it after the update. If it does, activate AI Agent OS PRO again on the Plugins screen. Your agents, MCP addresses, settings and licence are kept. - WooCommerce REST API keys issued to agents are deleted. Agents now reach the store only through their MCP address. Anything outside AI Agent OS that relied on one of those keys will stop working.
- Knowledge collections are removed. Markdown uploads, GitHub documents and every collection rule are deleted on update. Copy out anything you still need first.
- Business Skills are removed, including skill manuals over MCP and skill drafts.
- Pending page changes are approved automatically. The Review tab is gone, waiting changes are applied on update, and unapproved AI drafts of plugin descriptions are deleted.
- Destructive tools are controlled per agent. The site-wide “Allow destructive abilities” switch is removed. Each agent’s own destructive switch, off by default, now decides.
AI Agent OS gives AI agents governed access to your WordPress site and WooCommerce store. Version 1.0.1 widens what agents can do and makes connecting them simpler.
- 43 WordPress abilities agents can be granted, covering posts, pages, categories, tags, comments, media, users, navigation menus, custom post types and site tools.
- 15 site-building abilities, including site title and tagline, homepage, logo and site icon, header navigation, templates, colours and fonts.
- Admin Assistant agent created on first activation, acting for the administrator with every Read and Write tool allowed and destructive tools off. It has no token until you issue one.
- Automatic risk ratings: every tool is rated Read, Write or Destructive, replacing risk levels set by hand.
- Simpler connection: a new agent opens on its Connection tab and connects by signing in. Claude and ChatGPT sign in with a client metadata document; clients that cannot sign in, such as Codex, use a token shown once in the Token card.
- Website Brain: the Business Brain is renamed, and agents’ WordPress accounts are managed from the Agents screen instead of the Users screen.
- Smarter profiles: Fulfillment, Shopping, Store Admin, Supplier and Support profiles appear only when WooCommerce is active.
- Fixed: a new agent no longer receives a second MCP address the first time its address is shown.
Estimated Delivery Date PRO 1.0 & 1.1
Released 27 October and 29 October 2026
Estimated Delivery Date PRO launched this month, and version 1.1 followed two days later.
- Order status control: new options decide at which order statuses the estimated delivery date is displayed.
- Clearer licence messages: licence activation errors and confirmations are easier to understand.
Security updates worth installing now
No configuration needed: updating is enough
- Zorem Local Pickup PRO, Country Based Restriction PRO and Zorem Returns now block unauthenticated access to customiser REST routes.
- Zorem Returns fixes a security issue on the return page.
- Customer Email Verification PRO limits verification-status changes, Unverified Users deletions and settings changes to store managers.
- Customer Email Verification (free) builds verification links from a random code, compares codes in constant time and caps wrong signup code guesses per email address.
- Advanced Shipment Tracking PRO now verifies the SSL certificate on requests to zorem.com.
Advanced Shipment Tracking PRO 5.0.7 & 5.0.8
Released 13 October and 19 October 2026
This release adds FTPS for CSV auto-import and fixes a set of tracking-form, email and licence issues.
- FTPS for CSV auto-import: FTP over explicit TLS is now available as a protocol option.
- Clearer tracking form: fully fulfilled items show a green tick and a “Fulfilled” label instead of a disabled checkbox.
- AI assistant connections now sign in through standard WordPress REST API authentication.
- Partial shipment status fix: an order is no longer marked Shipped instead of Partially Shipped when an already-shipped item is selected again for an extra tracking number.
- FTP password fix: passwords containing characters such as < > or % are no longer altered on save, which caused “FTP authentication failed”.
- Shipping email fix: the copy button script no longer appears as text on some sites.
- PayPal payment methods list: no more blank rows for gateways without a title, such as WooCommerce PayPal Payments and WooPayments.
- Quantity buttons no longer disappear when the tracking form is opened a second time on the order edit page.
- Faster admin pages: update checks no longer slow pages down when zorem.com is unreachable, and licence validation no longer fails when the server is unavailable (5.0.8).
Zorem Local Pickup PRO 2.3.2
Released 14 October 2026
Pickup locations can now be limited by postcode or geographic area, so customers only see the locations that make sense for where they are.
- Restrict pickup locations by postcode or geographic area.
- Block checkout fix: “Select Pickup Location” stays required when shipping is re-selected automatically after a country change.
- Email fix: removes an “Undefined variable” PHP warning in pickup email notifications.
Customer Email Verification PRO 3.0.5 & 3.0.6
Released 8 October and 21 October 2026
The most important fix this month is in Smart Form sign-in. Before 3.0.6, only the first email or SMS code was sent and later attempts were skipped without an error, so some customers could not log in. If you use Smart Form, update now.
- Smart Form sign-in fix: a fresh code is sent every time, and “Resend code” follows the Verification Email Resend Limit.
- Setup checklist: a guided list at the top of the Settings tab covers signup and checkout verification, a test email, customising the email and popup, disposable email blocking and the Unverified Users list. It hides itself once every step is done.
- Faster on large stores: new database indexes speed up the Unverified Users list, Maintenance statistics and the daily cleanup, and the Settings page no longer times out.
- Email change fix: changing the account email on My Account now verifies correctly, and pressing Enter in the code field verifies instead of sending another email.
- Spam Protection now shows the correct size of the built-in disposable email list (430+ domains).
Zorem Returns 1.7.6
Released 13 October 2026
Exchanges get more flexible, and customers can now swap several products in one request.
- Multi-product exchanges: customers can exchange several products for different products on the return form, and a new admin option chooses between single and multiple replacements.
- Quantity fix: the quantity field now reflects the quantity selected in the dropdown.
Country Based Restriction PRO 4.4.3
Released 14 October 2026
Display behaviour is now set per rule instead of once for the whole store.
- Per-rule display behaviour: one rule can hide the price while another hides the product completely.
- Variation fix: “Hide Product Variations” now hides restricted variations when an enquiry or catalogue-mode plugin is active, and variations inherit their parent’s rule correctly.
- Better documentation on country detection and caching.
Analytics for WooCommerce Subscriptions 1.2
Released 15 October 2026
This release corrects several figures, so some numbers will change after you update. That is the fix working.
- Privacy tools: cancellation answers are included in WordPress personal-data export and removed by personal-data erasure.
- Active Subscriptions trend counts only active subscriptions, matching the summary card. Stored history is recalculated automatically.
- Multi-currency fix: Revenue Recognition and Deferred Revenue report in the store currency instead of adding different currencies together.
- HPOS fix: Cancellation Themes now shows answers on stores using High-Performance Order Storage.
- AI Insights fix: MRR and cancellations no longer show as zero on the Overview tab.
- Clearer tables: Subscriptions by Variation names each row by its attributes (for example “Coffee – Size: Large”), and pagination in Churn Risk and Subscriptions by Customer works past page 1.
- Cleaner sources: “direct”, “(direct)” and “typein” visits are grouped into one (direct) row.
Customer Info 1.3.2 & 1.3.3
Released 15 October and 29 October 2026
- Accurate order counts: a cancelled subscription is no longer counted as an order. The dashboard, order-screen slideout, MCP tools and AI summary now match the customers list.
- Quicker navigation: clicking a customer’s name opens their dashboard, as clicking their email already did.
- Mobile-friendly admin: screens stack and stay readable on small screens and in the WordPress mobile admin.
More October updates
Advanced Shipment Tracking (Free) 4.0.6
- Settings fix: the settings page no longer fails to load after an incomplete plugin update.
- Honest CSV imports: failed rows are no longer reported as successful, and failed and skipped rows are listed in the import result.
Customer Email Verification (Free) 2.8.3 & 2.8.4
- New name: “Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce – OTP Verification, Block Fake Signups”. The slug, settings and existing data are unchanged.
- Security hardening for verification links, code checks and signup code attempts (see the security section above).
- Settings fix: a JavaScript error no longer stops other buttons on the settings screen from working.
Sales Report by Country 1.6.9
Released 15 October 2026. A compatibility release, tested with WooCommerce 11.2.1 and WordPress 7.1.3.
Every plugin updated this month is tested with WooCommerce 11.2.1 and WordPress 7.1.3 or later.
How to update your plugins
- Back up your site before updating, especially before AI Agent OS 1.0.1.
- Test on staging first if you run a busy store, then update live.
- Update one plugin at a time from the Plugins screen, and check your store after each one. After updating AI Agent OS, confirm AI Agent OS PRO is active.
Step-by-step guides for every plugin are in our documentation.
What’s coming next
- ShipStation return labels for Zorem Returns are in development. You can register interest to be told when the integration is released.
- A free edition of AI Agent OS is planned, alongside AI Agent OS PRO.
Thanks for building your store with zorem. See you in November.