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.
17 August 2026
18:31:53 GMT+0000
16 August 2026
15:56:33 GMT+0000
Added
- Added a specific error message for plugin updates that fail because the environment’s configured branch could not be found in the GitHub repository.
13 August 2026
14:37:41 GMT+0000
N/A — the change is behind a feature flag and only affects VIP users.
13 August 2026
14:28:40 GMT+0000
Changed
- Real-Time Collaboration: Created block templates synchronously during insertion so connected peers received a single complete block without duplicate template contents.
Fixed
- Real-Time Collaboration: Displayed collaborator selections that spanned mixed text and non-text blocks, whole-block keyboard selections, and entire posts.
- Real-Time Collaboration: Cleared the post’s dirty state after successfully saving edited post metadata.
- Real-Time Collaboration: Wrapped long usernames and mentions in the notes sidebar so the text remained readable.
11 August 2026
17:29:46 GMT+0000
Changed
- Real-Time Collaboration: Avoids showing a newer-autosave warning when the autosaved content is already confirmed in the shared document, while retaining the warning when content may be missing because a user edited alone or the collaboration backend was unavailable. See WordPress/gutenberg#80539.
- Real-Time Collaboration: Compacts the CRDT snapshot when serializing it for persistence, preventing deleted editing history from continually inflating post meta without removing the live session’s undo history. See WordPress/gutenberg#80707.
- Real-Time Collaboration: Retains the inner-template synchronization fix from WordPress/gutenberg#79021. The VIP RTC plugin version is unchanged at
v0.3.2.
- Updated the wp-parsely submodule (used for local development environments) to version 3.23.5.
Fixed
- Real-Time Collaboration: Prevents derived updates from controlled blocks such as Navigation from intercepting a collaborator’s first undo or clearing redo. See WordPress/gutenberg#80503.
- Post Preview: When RTC is disabled, uses WordPress Core’s autosave handling so reverting a title to its published value does not leave Preview showing stale autosave content. See WordPress/gutenberg#80769.
Added
- RTC: Added configuration support for the multiplexed WebSocket transport.
11 August 2026
16:26:42 GMT+0000
Fixed
- Fixed
admin_url() resolving to the production hostname on sandboxes, which caused cross-origin request failures for AJAX calls using admin-ajax.php.
- Real-Time Collaboration: Preserved collaborators’ unsaved content and post meta when another user saves, prevented redundant empty autosave revisions, and restored undo and redo when plugins with incompatible meta boxes disable collaboration.
- Real-Time Collaboration: Disabled Quick Edit for posts with active collaborative sessions and improved remote cursor and selection positioning while resizing the browser window.
- VIP Image Resize: Fixed full-size image requests returning theme-constrained dimensions instead of the original attachment dimensions.
Changed
- Real-Time Collaboration: Updated the bundled Gutenberg integration from the
0.2-20260706-pr79021 build based on Gutenberg 23.5.0 to the 0.2-20260720-pr79021 build based on the July 20 Gutenberg trunk snapshot. The VIP RTC plugin remains at v0.3.2.
- Real-Time Collaboration: Added independent controls for collaborator join, leave, and post-update notifications, and avoided synchronous CRDT updates while editing alone to reduce typing latency outside active collaboration.
- Updated the wp-parsely submodule (used for local development environments) to version 3.23.4.
- VIP Image Resize: Add the vip_image_resize_use_theme_json_layout_widths filter to opt out of using theme.json layout widths.
04 August 2026
16:55:44 GMT+0000
Changed
- Real-Time Collaboration: Avoids showing a newer-autosave warning when the autosaved content is already confirmed in the shared document, while retaining the warning when content may be missing because a user edited alone or the collaboration backend was unavailable. See WordPress/gutenberg#80539.
- Real-Time Collaboration: Compacts the CRDT snapshot when serializing it for persistence, preventing deleted editing history from continually inflating post meta without removing the live session’s undo history. See WordPress/gutenberg#80707.
- Real-Time Collaboration: Retains the inner-template synchronization fix from WordPress/gutenberg#79021. The VIP RTC plugin version is unchanged at
v0.3.2.
- Updated the wp-parsely submodule (used for local development environments) to version 3.23.5.
Fixed
- Real-Time Collaboration: Prevents derived updates from controlled blocks such as Navigation from intercepting a collaborator’s first undo or clearing redo. See WordPress/gutenberg#80503.
- Post Preview: When RTC is disabled, uses WordPress Core’s autosave handling so reverting a title to its published value does not leave Preview showing stale autosave content. See WordPress/gutenberg#80769.
04 August 2026
16:49:08 GMT+0000
Fixed
- Fixed
admin_url() resolving to the production hostname on sandboxes, which caused cross-origin request failures for AJAX calls using admin-ajax.php.
- Real-Time Collaboration: Preserved collaborators’ unsaved content and post meta when another user saves, prevented redundant empty autosave revisions, and restored undo and redo when plugins with incompatible meta boxes disable collaboration.
- Real-Time Collaboration: Disabled Quick Edit for posts with active collaborative sessions and improved remote cursor and selection positioning while resizing the browser window.
- VIP Image Resize: Fixed full-size image requests returning theme-constrained dimensions instead of the original attachment dimensions.
Changed
- Real-Time Collaboration: Updated the bundled Gutenberg integration from the
0.2-20260706-pr79021 build based on Gutenberg 23.5.0 to the 0.2-20260720-pr79021 build based on the July 20 Gutenberg trunk snapshot. The VIP RTC plugin remains at v0.3.2.
- Real-Time Collaboration: Added independent controls for collaborator join, leave, and post-update notifications, and avoided synchronous CRDT updates while editing alone to reduce typing latency outside active collaboration.
- Updated the wp-parsely submodule (used for local development environments) to version 3.23.4.
- VIP Image Resize: Add the vip_image_resize_use_theme_json_layout_widths filter to opt out of using theme.json layout widths.
31 July 2026
17:23:21 GMT+0000
31 July 2026
13:34:52 GMT+0000
Removed
- Removed the “Provide product feedback” link from the Resource Center.
23 July 2026
19:23:17 GMT+0000
Changed
- VIP Image Resize: Add the vip_image_resize_use_theme_json_layout_widths filter to opt out of using theme.json layout widths.
Fixed
- VIP Image Resize: Fixed full-size image requests returning theme-constrained dimensions instead of the original attachment dimensions.
21 July 2026
18:20:59 GMT+0000
Fixed
- Fixed
admin_url() resolving to the production hostname on sandboxes, which caused cross-origin request failures for AJAX calls using admin-ajax.php.
- Real-Time Collaboration: Preserved collaborators’ unsaved content and post meta when another user saves, prevented redundant empty autosave revisions, and restored undo and redo when plugins with incompatible meta boxes disable collaboration.
- Real-Time Collaboration: Disabled Quick Edit for posts with active collaborative sessions and improved remote cursor and selection positioning while resizing the browser window.
Changed
- Real-Time Collaboration: Updated the bundled Gutenberg integration from the
0.2-20260706-pr79021 build based on Gutenberg 23.5.0 to the 0.2-20260720-pr79021 build based on the July 20 Gutenberg trunk snapshot. The VIP RTC plugin remains at v0.3.2.
- Real-Time Collaboration: Added independent controls for collaborator join, leave, and post-update notifications, and avoided synchronous CRDT updates while editing alone to reduce typing latency outside active collaboration.
- Updated the wp-parsely submodule (used for local development environments) to version 3.23.4.
21 July 2026
17:20:26 GMT+0000
Changed
- VIP Image Resize: Respect theme.json layout contentSize and wideSize when determining resize widths for block themes without $content_width.
Removed
- Removed the retired VIP Featured Technology Partners display from Plugins admin screens.
21 July 2026
13:22:46 GMT+0000
Fixed
- Fixed an issue that could prevent users with numbers in their display name from completing account setup.
14 July 2026
17:35:50 GMT+0000
Changed
- VIP Image Resize: Respect theme.json layout contentSize and wideSize when determining resize widths for block themes without $content_width.
Removed
- Removed the retired VIP Featured Technology Partners display from Plugins admin screens.
14 July 2026
17:13:52 GMT+0000
Added
- (Enterprise Search) Add filters in User’s query_db method
- (Enterprise Search) Add support of include, lower_limit_object_id, and upper_limit_object_id for User Indexable
- (Enterprise Search) Add a more detailed stack trace into the Search Dev Tools query log
Fixed
- (Enterprise Search) Fix ordering user queries by meta key/value
07 July 2026
17:40:21 GMT+0000
Added
- (Enterprise Search) Add filters in User’s query_db method
- (Enterprise Search) Add support of include, lower_limit_object_id, and upper_limit_object_id for User Indexable
- (Enterprise Search) Add a more detailed stack trace into the Search Dev Tools query log
Fixed
- (Enterprise Search) Fix ordering user queries by meta key/value
07 July 2026
15:02:26 GMT+0000
Fixed
- Fixed the “Read more” documentation link on the Secure MCP log pages to point to the Secure MCP documentation instead of the general audit log docs.
06 July 2026
18:05:04 GMT+0000
Added
- Added new
vip defensive-mode commands to enable, disable, and configure defensive mode for an environment.
- Added step-up verification support for protected actions, including automatic retry after verification succeeds.
Changed
- Non-interactive runs now fail fast when step-up verification is required, unless you explicitly opt in to wait with
--rechallenge-wait or VIP_RECHALLENGE_WAIT=1.
- Production defensive-mode mutations in non-interactive workflows now require explicit confirmation bypass via
--skip-confirmation.
- Dev-env: Limit
vip-dev-env.yml.ejs to plain YAML with <%= configDir %> substitution.
Fixed
- Login and logout now clear cached elevated permissions to prevent reuse across account switches on the same machine.
02 July 2026
14:35:08 GMT+0000
Fixed
- Fixed Safe Publish config loading on multisite so site-level and network-site-level settings are available together.
Removed
- WP-CLI: Removed the already-disabled Async_Scheduler_Command class
Changed
- Secure MCP: MCP requests whose authenticated email does not match a WordPress user now return a
401 error instead of silently declining authentication.