# Testing the WCPOS 2.0 beta

WCPOS 2.0 is in public beta. The beta is for testing on a staging copy of your store or a store you can afford to interrupt; it is not the release, and WordPress.org still offers 1.11. This page is the whole of what a tester needs.

## What you need[​](#what-you-need "Direct link to What you need")

* **WooCommerce 9.0 or later.** 2.0 stops at a notice on anything older.
* **The app and the plugin must both be on 2.0.** A 2.0 app will not work with a 1.11 plugin, and a 1.11 app asks for an update when it meets a 2.0 plugin. Update the plugin first, then every till.
* **No magnetic-stripe card reader.** 2.0 removes the experimental reader. Card readers at the till go through Stripe Terminal or SumUp with WCPOS Pro.
* **Terminal extensions need WCPOS Pro 2.0.** Stripe Terminal, SumUp and the other card-terminal extensions have their own `2.0.0-beta1` prereleases on GitHub; install them by hand after Pro.

## Before you install[​](#before-you-install "Direct link to Before you install")

1. **Sync every till before you upgrade.** 2.0 starts a new local database on each till and does not carry over sales a 1.11 till has not sent to the store yet. Open each till on 1.11, let it finish syncing, and only then update the plugin. A sale still sitting unsent on a 1.11 till is gone after the upgrade.
2. **Back up the site** or ask your host for a restore point.
3. **Pick a quiet hour.** Every till reloads into the new register on first open, and a sale half-way through checkout on 1.11 has to be rung up again.
4. Read the [app release notes](https://github.com/wcpos/monorepo/releases/tag/v2.0.0-beta.1) for what changes: the register, the checkout and the cash drawer are new, every screen is redrawn, and negative-fee discounts are replaced by Add Discount.

## Get the beta[​](#get-the-beta "Direct link to Get the beta")

**Plugin (free):** download `woocommerce-pos.zip` from the [WCPOS 2.0.0 beta 1 release](https://github.com/wcpos/woocommerce-pos/releases/tag/v2.0.0-beta.1) and install it through **WP Admin → Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin**, replacing the current version. Browser tills pick up 2.0 as soon as the plugin is active.

**Plugin (Pro):** download `woocommerce-pos-pro.zip` from the [WCPOS Pro 2.0.0 beta 1 release](https://github.com/wcpos/woocommerce-pos-pro/releases/tag/v2.0.0-beta.1) and upload it the same way. Pro contains the free plugin; you do not install both.

**Desktop app:** the [WCPOS Desktop 2.0.0 beta 1 release](https://github.com/wcpos/electron/releases/tag/v2.0.0-beta.1) carries the macOS, Windows and Linux installers. The beta build does not update itself; later betas are new downloads from the same releases page.

**iPhone and iPad:** the beta ships through TestFlight. Join with the public TestFlight link posted on the [GitHub app release](https://github.com/wcpos/monorepo/releases/tag/v2.0.0-beta.1) once Apple's beta review has passed; until that link is there, the build is still in review.

**Android:** the beta ships on the Play Store's beta track. Opt in with the Play beta link posted on the same [GitHub app release](https://github.com/wcpos/monorepo/releases/tag/v2.0.0-beta.1) once the beta track is live.

The app release notes for the beta are on the [app release](https://github.com/wcpos/monorepo/releases/tag/v2.0.0-beta.1); the plugin changes are in each plugin release's notes.

## Rolling back to 1.11[​](#rolling-back "Direct link to Rolling back to 1.11")

Tell us on [Discord](https://wcpos.com/discord) first; most beta-day problems have a quicker fix than a rollback.

1. **Sync every till before you roll back.** Anything a 2.0 till has not sent stays in the 2.0 local database, which the 1.11 app never opens.
2. Reinstall the 1.11 plugin: free from [WordPress.org](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-pos/) or [Previous versions](/getting-started/previous-versions.md), Pro from the [Pro releases page](https://github.com/wcpos/woocommerce-pos-pro/releases) (the latest non-beta release).
3. Reinstall the 1.11 desktop or phone app where you installed the beta. A 2.0 app cannot connect to a 1.11 plugin.
4. The 1.11 till starts from an empty local database and re-syncs from the store. Orders made on 2.0 are ordinary WooCommerce orders and stay where they are; register sessions and closures recorded on 2.0 stay in the database but 1.11 does not show them.

## Reporting what you find[​](#reporting "Direct link to Reporting what you find")

Open an issue on [wcpos/roadmap](https://github.com/wcpos/roadmap/issues/new) with the `beta` label, or write to [support](https://wcpos.com/support). Say which part (plugin, desktop, iOS, Android, browser), the version, what you did, what you expected and what happened; a screenshot or the error code from the screen helps. For a problem with a sale or a payment, include the order number.