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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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11 October 2022

16:16:59 GMT+0000

Update wp-parsely 3.5 branch to 3.5.2

We updated the wp-parsely 3.5 branch to version 3.5.2.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3710


Lockout Update

Updated the copy of the admin notices and made them visible to VIP Support users.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3718


Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

The VIP Platform will cache existence of Custom Search Results and will not use filter__ep_enable_do_weighting if Custom Search Results are used

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3708


Plugin Updated: Jetpack loader

We made Jetpack loader more resilient as it now validates existence of Jetpack class, before proceeding to load more related logic.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3717


Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Search: Fix commands get-indexes and get-mapping

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3711

06 October 2022

17:56:11 GMT+0000

  • Increased the accessibility of the My Applications page and the Organization Applications page. The heading structure, filters, links, and search form were revisited to provide a standard experience to all customers across the VIP Dashboard.
04 October 2022

15:16:02 GMT+0000

Update wp-parsely 3.5 branch to 3.5.2

We updated the wp-parsely 3.5 branch to version 3.5.2.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3710


Lockout Update

Updated the copy of the admin notices and made them visible to VIP Support users.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3718


Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Cache existence of Custom Search Results and do not use filter__ep_enable_do_weighting if Custom Search Results are used

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3708


Plugin Updated: Jetpack loader

We made Jetpack loader more resilient as it now validates existence of Jetpack class, before proceeding to load more related logic.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3717


Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Search: Fix commands get-indexes and get-mapping

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3711

04 October 2022

15:00:04 GMT+0000

wp-parsely default version was upgraded to 3.5

Changed the default version of wp-parsely from 3.3 to 3.5.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3661


Plugin Updated: VIP Init

Define DB_NAME, DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD if not defined.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3677


Plugin Updated: VIP File Service

Fix bugs in the code which generate PHP warnings.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3664


Plugin Updated: VIP Mailer

Add the ability to remove the wp_mail_from filter.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3646


Plugin Updated: wp-admin

Display current wp-admin notices only for users with super administrator capability.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3689


Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Do not use filter__ep_enable_do_weighting if Custom Search Results present

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3690


Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Do not use filter__ep_enable_do_weighting if Custom Search Results present

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3690


Plugin Updated: VIP Support

Fix warning “Undefined variable $user”

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3695


Plugin Updated: Two-Factor

We upgraded Two-Factor to 7.2

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3719

27 September 2022

19:32:00 GMT+0000

wp-parsely default version was upgraded to 3.5

Changed the default version of wp-parsely from 3.3 to 3.5.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3661


Plugin Updated: VIP Init

Define DB_NAME, DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD if not defined.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3677


Plugin Updated: VIP File Service

Fix bugs in the code which generate PHP warnings.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3664


Plugin Updated: VIP Mailer

Add the ability to remove the wp_mail_from filter.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3646


Plugin Updated: wp-admin

Display current wp-admin notices only for users with super administrator capability.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3689


Plugin Updated: Debug Bar

Enable for local VIP dev environments and require debug-bar.php outside of set_current_user hook

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3688


Plugin Updated: VIP Support

Fix warning “Undefined variable $user”

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3695

27 September 2022

19:07:55 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: Query Monitor 3.10.1

We upgraded Query Monitor from 3.9.0 to 3.10.1.

Changelog

Release notes:

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3649


Update wp-parsely 3.5 branch to 3.5.1

We updated the wp-parsely 3.5 branch to version 3.5.1.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3648


Two-factor phone number field

We removed the misleading placeholder attribute value from the phone number field.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3667

20 September 2022

19:30:13 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: Query Monitor 3.10.1

We upgraded Query Monitor from 3.9.0 to 3.10.1.

Changelog

Release notes:

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3649


Update wp-parsely 3.5 branch to 3.5.1

We updated the wp-parsely 3.5 branch to version 3.5.1.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3648


Two-factor phone number field

We removed the misleading placeholder attribute value from the phone number field.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3667

20 September 2022

18:54:41 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

When a weighting config exists, do not assume we should be applying weighting via filter__ep_enable_do_weighting.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3616


Plugin Updated: Jetpack: VIP Specific Changes

Add filter vip_jetpack_is_mobile which accounts for X-Mobile-Class header in jetpack_is_mobile()

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3617


Plugin Updated: VIP Prometheus

Bug fix: fix soft 404 on /metrics endpoint

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3628


Plugin Removed: Jetpack 10.3

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3629


Plugin Removed: Jetpack 10.8

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3630


Plugin Updated: wp-admin

Update PHP 8 warning with more recent information and links.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3633


Plugin Updated: VIP Init (non-production environments only)

Define DB_NAME, DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD if not defined.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3580


Plugin Updated: Parsely

Information about how a site uses the parse.ly plugin has been added to the Site Details Index. The bundled version of wp-parsely plugin now loads on the plugins_loaded hook rather than on muplugins_loaded when enabled.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3542


Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

We updated internally used Elasticpress in order to:

  • Avoid a warning when counting documents during wp vip-search validate-counts
  • Fix saved synonyms disappearing after re-index
  • Users should only be showing up for the blogs they are assigned to

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3639

#jetpack, #mu-plugins, #parse-ly, #search, #site-details

14 September 2022

22:40:30 GMT+0000

  • Added new “Launch Status” column to the Network Sites panel of the VIP Dashboard
  • Added support for subdirectory network site launches in our Network Sites launch tool
  • Added support to resume a launch that was in progress and go back to a previous step as needed
  • Added DNS and TLS certificate status check within the wizard
13 September 2022

20:18:33 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

When a weighting config exists, do not assume we should be applying weighting via filter__ep_enable_do_weighting.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3616


Plugin Updated: Jetpack: VIP Specific Changes

Add filter vip_jetpack_is_mobile which accounts for X-Mobile-Class header in jetpack_is_mobile()

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3617


Plugin Updated: VIP Prometheus

Bug fix: fix soft 404 on /metrics endpoint

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3628


Plugin Removed: Jetpack 10.3

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3629


Plugin Removed: Jetpack 10.8

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3630


Plugin Updated: wp-admin

Update PHP 8 warning with more recent information and links.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3633


Plugin Updated: VIP Init (non-production environments only)

Define DB_NAME, DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD if not defined.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3580


Information about how a site uses the parse.ly plugin has been added to the Site Details Index. The bundled version of wp-parsely plugin now loads on the plugins_loaded hook rather than on muplugins_loaded when enabled.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3542


Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

We updated internally used Elasticpress in order to:

  • Avoid a warning when counting documents during wp vip-search validate-counts
  • Fix saved synonyms disappearing after re-index
  • Users should only be showing up for the blogs they are assigned to

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3639

#jetpack, #mu-plugins, #parse-ly, #search, #site-details

13 September 2022

16:34:43 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: Advanced Post Cache

Flush the post cache if post metadata has been added, updated, or deleted.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3598


Plugin Updated: Jetpack: VIP Specific Changes

Roll out pre_jetpack_is_mobile filter to 75% of production sites, which accounts for X-Mobile-Class header in jetpack_is_mobile()

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3600


Plugin Updated: Jetpack 11.3.1

Jetpack 11.3.1 is now the default version if not pinned.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3632

12 September 2022

17:39:22 GMT+0000

  • Increased Dialogs and Dropdowns accessibility on the Domains page
  • Increased accessibility for text links on the overall dashboard
06 September 2022

15:22:47 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: Advanced Post Cache

Flush the post cache if post metadata has been added, updated, or deleted.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3598


Plugin Updated: Jetpack: VIP Specific Changes

Roll out pre_jetpack_is_mobile filter to 75% of production sites, which accounts for X-Mobile-Class header in jetpack_is_mobile()

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3600


Plugin Updated: Jetpack 11.3 beta

We upgraded Jetpack 11.3-beta2 to 11.3-beta3

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3604

06 September 2022

12:27:08 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: VIP Helpers

Add a workaround for Yoast SEO’s WPSEO_Role_Manager_VIP::add_role().

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3561


Plugin Updated: VIP_Files_CLI_Command

Use vip_inmemory_cleanup over deprecated stop_the_insanity

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3573


Updates the Jetpack loader to account for network activated installations of Jetpack.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3574


Plugin Updated: Jetpack: VIP Specific Changes

Roll out filter pre_jetpack_is_mobile to 50% of production sites, which accounts for X-Mobile-Class header in jetpack_is_mobile()

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3579


Plugin Updated: Debug Bar

Fix fatal “Cannot declare class Debug_Bar, because the name is already in use”

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3581

Plugin Updated: VIP Helpers

Add a workaround for Yoast SEO’s WPSEO_Role_Manager_VIP::add_role().

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3561


Plugin Updated: VIP_Files_CLI_Command

Use vip_inmemory_cleanup over deprecated stop_the_insanity

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3573


Updates the Jetpack loader to account for network activated installations of Jetpack.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3574


Plugin Updated: Jetpack: VIP Specific Changes

Roll out filter pre_jetpack_is_mobile to 50% of production sites, which accounts for X-Mobile-Class header in jetpack_is_mobile()

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3579


Plugin Updated: Jetpack 11.3 beta

We upgraded Jetpack 11.3-beta2 to 11.3-beta3

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3604

02 September 2022

17:54:02 GMT+0000

  • Improved accessibility when managing invitations inside your organization

Network site launches: DNS and TLS status

  • When launching Network Sites, we now display the current DNS and TLS Certificate status of the selected domain so that it’s easier to see when changes to DNS take effect.
31 August 2022

16:06:26 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: VIP Helpers

Add a workaround for Yoast SEO’s WPSEO_Role_Manager_VIP::add_role().

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3561


Plugin Updated: VIP_Files_CLI_Command

Use vip_inmemory_cleanup over deprecated stop_the_insanity

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3573


Updates the Jetpack loader to account for network activated installations of Jetpack.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3574


Plugin Updated: Jetpack: VIP Specific Changes

Roll out filter pre_jetpack_is_mobile to 50% of production sites, which accounts for X-Mobile-Class header in jetpack_is_mobile()

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3579


Plugin Updated: Debug Bar

Fix fatal “Cannot declare class Debug_Bar, because the name is already in use”

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3581


Plugin Added: Jetpack 11.3 Beta

Jetpack 11.3-beta has been added to mu-plugins. Users can pin at Jetpack 11.3.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3588