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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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25 April 2023

19:50:30 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: Query Monitor

Add back “Environment” panel to Query Monitor

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4373


Plugin Updated: Enteprise Search

Improved handling of async queue in scenarios where an index doesn’t exist yet.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4312


Plugin Updated: VIP Caching

Change wpcom_vip_get_page_by_title to use WP_Query if possible

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4390


Drop-In Updated: Object Cache

Started using new object cache drop-in with wp_cache_get_multiple() support for develop environments.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4392

18 April 2023

17:19:31 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: Two-Factor

We upgraded Two-Factor to 0.8.1

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4307


Plugin Updated: Query Monitor

Fix PHP error Uncaught TypeError: usort(): Argument #1 ($array) must be of type array, null given in /var/www/wp-content/mu-plugins/qm-plugins/qm-alloptions/class-qm-collector-alloptions.php:38

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4298


Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Updates ElasticPress to include kill_sync() for all hooks in the SyncManager for post Indexable

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4324

Skip query integration if no active indexes present

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4327

Add VIP_ELASTICSEARCH_DISABLED killswitch constant

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4317

Search: Account for failed put_mapping call in add_version()

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4291


Plugin Updated: Jetpack

Jetpack 12.0 is now the default version for non-pinned applications.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4360

13 April 2023

21:44:28 GMT+0000

  • Added documentation around reverse proxies in the "Prepare to Launch" tab of the Help Center
11 April 2023

17:38:25 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search


Plugin Updated: Query Monitor

Fix PHP error Uncaught TypeError: usort(): Argument #1 ($array) must be of type array, null given in /var/www/wp-content/mu-plugins/qm-plugins/qm-alloptions/class-qm-collector-alloptions.php:38

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4298


Plugin Updated: Two-Factor

We upgraded Two-Factor to 0.8.1

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4307

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11 April 2023

16:36:30 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search


Plugin updated: wp-parsely

Fixed a fatal error that could occur in the “widget updated” event when attempting to save a custom widget

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4306

04 April 2023

16:31:51 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search


Fixed error in the “widget updated” event

We fixed a fatal error that could occur in the “widget updated” event when attempting to save a custom widget.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4306

04 April 2023

15:15:10 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: VIP Client mu-plugins

Do not load client mu-plugins while WordPress is being installed.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4247


Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search


Plugin Updated: Feature

Add is_disabled_by_ids()

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4263


Non-production sticker placement updated

Shift sticker “non-production” so it doesn’t block modal after post is updated

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4269

30 March 2023

01:37:40 GMT+0000

  • Fixed overlapping text in the left-hand side navigation bar to comply with 200% text-only zoom a11y requirements
  • Fixed VIP Dashboard login flow to be accessible
  • Fixed button variant for better visibility
28 March 2023

16:38:00 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Add CLI command wp vip-search queue info

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4231


Caching function updated

Changed the cache key & group for wpcom_vip_get_page_by_path() to avoid unbuo

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4217


Plugin Updated: Search Dev Tools

If being rate limited, differentiate between two different types: “search” or “indexing”

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4238


Plugin Updated: VIP Helpers

Updated VIP redirect helper functions to account for being used in client-mu-plugins.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4230


Library Updated: Feature

We’ve introduced an API to get the bucket the current site is in for %-based feature rollouts.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4206


Plugin Updated: VaultPress

Stop loading VaultPress plugin by default for all VIP environments

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4246

28 March 2023

16:34:00 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: VIP Client mu-plugins

Do not load client mu-plugins while WordPress is being installed.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4247


Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Add CLI wp vip-search health rate-limits for rate limiting information

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4240


Plugin Updated: Feature

Add is_disabled_by_ids()

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4263


Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Added CLI command stop-validate-contents to stop any validate_contents processing.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4244


Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Bugfixes for elasticpress-next:

  • ep_index_meta option will no longer be autoloaded
  • ep_index_meta option will have a limit (50) in storing indexing errors
  • facets will work without search term

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4264


Non-production sticker placement updated

Shift sticker “non-production” so it doesn’t block modal after post is updated

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4269


Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Fix PHP warning for “wp vip-search get-index-settings”

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4277


Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Add timestamp to wp vip-search get-last-indexed-post-id

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4266

21 March 2023

20:52:08 GMT+0000

  • People / Invitations tab name changed to People / Invites
  • Some tables have new columns names and better text descriptions
21 March 2023

19:41:44 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Fix accuracy of wp vip-search health validate-counts for the users feature on multi-sites.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4198


Plugin Updated: Feature

  • Adds two new functions is_enabled_by_env() and get_features()
  • is_enabled() will take into account if the feature is also enabled on an ID-basis or env-basis
  • Adds wp vip-feature CLI commands to check the status of a feature

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4191


Plugin Updated: Jetpack

Jetpack 11.9 is now the default version for non-pinned applications.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4205


Plugin Updated: VaultPress

Stop loading VaultPress plugin by default for non-production VIP environments

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4183

21 March 2023

16:42:32 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Add CLI command wp vip-search queue info

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4231


Caching function updated

Changed the cache key & group for wpcom_vip_get_page_by_path() to avoid unbuo

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4217


Plugin Updated: Search Dev Tools

If being rate limited, differentiate between two different types: “search” or “indexing”

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4238


Sticker Added: Non-production

Non-production sticker has been added to all non-production environments for users with edit_posts cap. Return false on vip_show_non_prod_bar filter to disable.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4177


Plugin Updated: VIP Helpers

Updated VIP redirect helper functions to account for being used in client-mu-plugins.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4230


Library Updated: Feature

We’ve introduced an API to get the bucket the current site is in for %-based feature rollouts.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4206


Plugin Updated: VaultPress

Stop loading VaultPress plugin by default for all VIP environments

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4246

14 March 2023

17:12:54 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Fix accuracy of wp vip-search health validate-counts for the users feature on multi-sites.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4198


Plugin Updated: Feature

  • Adds two new functions is_enabled_by_env() and get_features()
  • is_enabled() will take into account if the feature is also enabled on an ID-basis or env-basis
  • Adds wp vip-feature CLI commands to check the status of a feature

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4191


Plugin Updated: Jetpack

Jetpack 11.9 is now the default version for non-pinned applications.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4205


Plugin Updated: VaultPress

Stop loading VaultPress plugin by default for non-production VIP environments

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4183

14 March 2023

15:52:26 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: WP_CLI_DB

Adds back WP_CLI_DB and accounts for both batch containers & dev-env environments

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4127


Plugin Updated: Query Monitor


wp-parsely default version was upgraded to 3.8

Changed the default version of wp-parsely from 3.7 to 3.8.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4179

07 March 2023

19:10:22 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: WP_CLI_DB

Adds back WP_CLI_DB and accounts for both batch containers & dev-env environments

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4127


Plugin Updated: Query Monitor


wp-parsely default version was upgraded to 3.8

Changed the default version of wp-parsely from 3.7 to 3.8.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4179

07 March 2023

17:02:50 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search


Plugin Updated: Search Dev Tools


Drop-in Updated: Object Cache

Added helper function get_stats()

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4162


wp-parsely default version was upgraded to 3.7

Changed the default version of wp-parsely from 3.6 to 3.7.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4164

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