The latest version of WooCommerce cuts the database queries to load one order management page in half. If you’ve watched that screen crawl on a server that should be fast, the query numbers explain why.

The query reduction gets the headline, but there’s more worth noting in 10.7: a fulfillment API that fills an obvious gap, a store API change that eliminates a common custom endpoint, and a handful of smaller fixes that will quietly save someone an afternoon.

Every page WordPress renders fires dozens of database queries. Each one is a round trip, and they add up fast. Stack enough of those, and even a fast server feels slow.

The order management page made 271, but now it’s 132. Checkout drops another 15%. You don’t configure anything.…