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VIP Platform Changelog

The VIP Platform Changelog includes updates made to the functionality and behavior of the platform's tooling (i.e. VIP Dashboard, VIP-CLI), VIP MU plugins, VIP File System, caching layers, and other underlying architecture and software.

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18 September 2023

09:15:21 GMT+0000

  • Improve event descriptions for media backup actions
  • Improve event descriptions for database backup actions
13 September 2023

07:53:32 GMT+0000

  • Fixed an issue which caused the "Database" menu item to be missing for some site types.
12 September 2023

19:53:20 GMT+0000

  • Introduced hierarchical navigation: parent & submenu support
  • Axed "hub pages" like "Data" & "Settings"; directly routed features instead
  • Reorganized features for intuitive navigation, boosting UX
11 September 2023

17:36:04 GMT+0000

  • Update the existing StackLine icon for "All Applications" icon on the Notifications list screen with the Layout icon.
05 September 2023

10:31:29 GMT+0000

Allow generating a backup of media for the whole multisite application if we are not able to retrieve any network sites.

01 September 2023

17:52:23 GMT+0000

  • Convert API errors to a human-readable format
  • Use in-document notices instead of browser alerts
  • Show actionable context about why failures occur when they do
29 August 2023

19:40:39 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

We’ve reduced the batch size for async indexing queue from 1000 to 500 documents.

Additionally, for non-production environments only one queue processor job will run per per site (or a network site in a multisite).

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4731


Disable temporary backup removal logic introduced in WordPress 6.3

Disable temporary backup removal logic introduced in WordPress 6.3 Core as it is not needed and will lead to fatal errors when invoked.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4712


Plugin Updated: VIP Search

This change enables Search Dev Tools for all Administrators on multisite installations.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4737


Please see the full release on GitHub.

23 August 2023

07:13:23 GMT+0000

We are fixing auto renewal date displayed on the domains table. Usually, we attempt auto renewal of certificate 28 days before expiration. In this change, we are correctly displaying the auto-renewal date.

14 August 2023

18:05:27 GMT+0000

  • Payment Overdue warning: Updated from a Dialog to a non dismissible Banner for better accessibility.
  • Site Locked or Shutdown: Updated from Dialog to Locked / Shutdown page for improved accessibility.
08 August 2023

11:16:06 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

We’ve reduced the batch size for async indexing queue from 1000 to 500 documents.

Additionally, for non-production environments only one queue processor job will run per per site (or a network site in a multisite).

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4731


Disable temporary backup removal logic introduced in WordPress 6.3

Disable temporary backup removal logic introduced in WordPress 6.3 Core as it is not needed and will lead to fatal errors when invoked.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4712


Plugin Updated: VIP Search

This change enables Search Dev Tools for all Administrators on multisite installations.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4737

08 August 2023

10:25:03 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: http-concat

We’ve addressed a deprecation message Using ${var} in strings is deprecated, use {$var} instead.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4721


Jetpack AI Assistant

We’ve temporarily disabled Jetpack AI Assistant, we’ll re-instate it in the coming weeks.
If, for any reason, you wish to re-enable it, please drop the following snippet in a clients-mu-plugins

remove_filter( 'jetpack_set_available_extensions', 'vip_set_available_jetpack_extensions', 0 );

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4722


Plugin Updated: Jetpack 12.4

We upgraded Jetpack to to Jetpack 12.4.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4738


Please see the full release on GitHub.