Updated

Updated the wp-parsely submodule (used for local development environments) to version 3.16.1: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5726

Fixed

Fixed debug logs with Logger::log2logstash on local dev envs: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5727

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Changed

Divi: Added disabling of Divi Caching by default: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5597

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Jetpack 13.6 has been made the default Jetpack version on the VIP Platform.

What is being added or changed?

Enhancements

• AI Assistant: Hide input when user types on extended block.
• Goodreads Block: provide support for additional profile URLs.
• Newsletter: Add ability to manage the newsletter byline appearance.
• Newsletter: Adding a new toggle to control the newsletter author line.
• Newsletter: Email replies can become comments on your blog.
• Social: Add Threads preview to Social Previews.
• Tiled Gallery: Increase accessibility of Tiled Gallery carousel images.

Improved compatibility

• Block Editor: Ensure that no Jetpack features are displayed in the site editor's sidebar when not necessary.
• General: indicate compatibility with the upcoming version of WordPress – 6.6.
• Offline Mode: do not display Jetpack's outbound SSL notice when in Offline mode.

Bug fixes

• AI Assistant: Disable extensions when AI Assistant block is hidden.
• External Media: Do not display External Media options in the Caption edit field.
• External media: Ensure connect URL has the correct blog ID and verification values.
• Like block: Fix editor styling.
• Publicize: Fix a race condition with refreshing the active social connections.
• Slideshow: Ensure whole block is selectable in the editor.
• User Content Link Tracking: Check domain before redirecting to subscribe.wordpress.com.

For more details about this release (including specific changes), please see the release notes.

Questions?

If you have any questions, related to this release, please open a support ticket and we will be happy to assist.

Changed

• Use ID over object in current_user_can()

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5695

Fixed

• Filesystem: Fix indicated upload size limit to be actual value of 2GB

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5696

Update wp-parsely submodule to version 3.16.0

We updated the wp-parsely submodule (used for local development environments) to version 3.16.0

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5697

wp-parsely default version was upgraded to 3.15

Changed the default version of wp-parsely from 3.15 to 3.16.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5698

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Added

• checks to is_automattician() to prevent fatal errors and ensure that it is called when the current user is known.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5678

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Fixed

• Filenames with special characters no longer throw an error and are now are being sent to the Files Service

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5664

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Jetpack 13.5 has been made the default Jetpack version on the VIP Platform.

What is being added or changed?

Enhancements

• AI Assistant: Add AI Assistant to Paragraph, Heading, List, and List Item blocks.
• Newsletters: Add "From" and "Reply to" name settings.
• Social: Add connection management to editor.
• Social: Add the new Jetpack Social plan.
• Subscribe Block: Add button-only style.
• Subscribe Block: Allow to be placed inside the Navigation block.
• Subscriptions: Add a toggle to automatically add Subscribe block to site navigation.
• WordAds: Allow inline ads to be added within post content.

Improved compatibility

• Notifications: Update notification icon to match WordPress.com.
• SSO: Improve accessibility of tooltips on WP Admin users page.
• Stats: Deprecate old Stats experience.

Bug fixes

• External Media: Ensure the connect URL has the correct blog ID and verification values.
• Slideshow: Ensure autoplay works correctly.
• WordAds: Prevent fatal error when post content is null.

For more details about this release (including specific changes), please see the release notes.

Questions?

If you have any questions, related to this release, please open a support ticket and we will be happy to assist.

Removed

• Removed the deprecated “Async Publish Actions” plugin: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5537
• Remove jetpack-force-2fa plugin from shared-plugins folder, as it is included now in SSO module for Jetpack 12.7+. Use add_filter( 'jetpack_force_2fa', '__return_true' ); to enable: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5582
• Added an option to suppress logging for requests blocked by VIP_Request_Block: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5478

Changed

• Jetpack default version is now 13.4: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5551
• We updated the wp-parsely submodule (used for local development environments) to version 3.14.5: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5553

Added

• It is now possible to customize the cookie path and domain for the cookies set by the Vary Cache plugin. To achieve that, we introduced two new filters: vip_vary_cache_cookie_path and vip_vary_cache_cookie_domain: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5552

Fixed

• Filename sanitization during ACL validation in VIP Restricted Files plugin: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5548

• Updates ElasticPress to make PHPCS happy: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5558

Please see the full release on GitHub.