VIP Platform Changelog

Changed

• Updated Akismet to 5.6.
• Moved the tooling for purging page cache from a widget to its own screen in the VIP navigation menu group and improved guardrails against accidental purges.

Added

• WordPress Dashboard widget to clear edge cache (origin responses, VIP File Service uploads, static assets)

Fixed

• Hardening: improve security of wpcom_vip_get_user_profile()
• Update TRUE_CLIENT_IP check to also encompass HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP

Changed

• Application telemetry now uses plain email addresses (instead of hashed values) to identify visitors
• The Purge Page Cache button in the admin bar is now available to users with the edit_others_posts capability, such as the Editor and Administrator roles.

Added

• WordPress Dashboard widget to clear edge cache (origin responses, VIP File Service uploads, static assets)

Changed

• Application telemetry now uses plain email addresses (instead of hashed values) to identify visitors

Changed

• Jetpack: Updates to latest version 15.5 for WordPress 6.8+ applications

Fixed

• Two Factor: OTP Authentication URL is rendered correctly.
• Converted inline scripts into external components to allow for Content-Security-Policy without unsafe-inline.
• Exit after redirect in Two Factor

Added

• Email address is now included in Pendo visitor telemetry data

Fixed

• The vip-real-time-collaboration integration loading issues.

Changed

• Updated the Two Factor plugin from 0.13.0 to 0.14.2