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. Update, and it’s done. We’ll be watching how this holds up in stores with large order histories and heavy plugin/extension stacks — because “51% fewer queries” on a clean test install and “51% fewer queries” on your client’s store with 47 active extensions are different claims.…