VIP-CLI is regularly updated and the current release version can be installed with the VIP-CLI package manager.
Update the version of VIP-CLI that is installed on a user's local machine with the command: npm install -g @automattic/vip
12 March 2026
11:34:18 GMT+0000
Fixed
- Directory permissions issues for
initOnly containers
- “Operation not permitted” and “Command not found” in Lando entrypoint scripts
- Compatibility with
mydumper 0.21.3-1
27 February 2026
09:48:27 GMT+0000
Fixed
- Do not display extra output when
vip dev-env exec is run with --quiet
30 January 2026
19:40:18 GMT+0000
Added
- Each Dev Env command execution now logs into separate log file and the file location is printed at the end of the execution. This is a quality-of-life improvement aimed at significantly reducing the friction around debugging Dev Env issues.
07 January 2026
19:19:43 GMT+0000
Removed
- Dev Env: removed PHP 8.1.
Added
- Environment Variables: Add reloading configuration for setting and deleting
06 January 2026
16:25:19 GMT+0000
Fixed
vip dev-env sync sql: query site details only when they are needed. This fixes the issue with permissions when @app.env is not specified.
18 December 2025
17:55:41 GMT+0000
Added
- Dev Environment: phpMyAdmin and Mailpit are now exposed over TLS/SSL.
- Added dangerous
--skip-backup flag to vip import sql
17 December 2025
19:29:37 GMT+0000
Changed
- Updated code for compatibility with Apollo Client v4 and GraphQL v16
- Maintenance: update ESLint configuration and fix issues.
Fixed
- Fixed HTTP header handling to prevent duplicate headers
- Fixed incorrect mutation property access in PHPMyAdmin operations
- Fixed URI encoding in GraphQL operation names
- Fixed error handling in JavaScript files to use Apollo Client v4 error patterns
- Dev Environment: allow
docker-compose newer than 2.x
10 December 2025
00:00:23 GMT+0000
Fixed
- “Proxying to unknown service” warning when Mailpit or phpMyAdmin is not enabled.
- Dev Env: Correctly handle containers without name mappings.
01 December 2025
16:07:51 GMT+0000
Fixed
- Fixed download URL breaking oneline progress output in export-sql command
28 November 2025
20:47:35 GMT+0000
Added
- Added
--skip-download flag to export sql command for URL-only retrieval
26 November 2025
18:48:47 GMT+0000
Changed
- Updated the usage example description for
vip import media to adhere to style guide
Fixed
- Automatically pull the Proxy image to ensure that we have the most up-to-date and secure traefik`.
25 November 2025
18:00:06 GMT+0000
Added
- Added
isLocalArchive helper to validate local archive files (.tar.gz, .tgz, .zip).
vip import media now accepts a local archive path; local files are uploaded and then imported via presigned URL.
- Added unit tests for
isLocalArchive.
- Added a help/example entry for local-archive usage.
- Parsing of multiline values for the
vip wp command
- Experimental support for PHP 8.5 to Dev Environments.
Changed
- Updated
vip import media behavior to validate both URL and local archive inputs and present clearer error messages for each failure mode.
12 November 2025
20:32:20 GMT+0000
Changed
- Modified the help menu descriptions and examples for the
vip dev-env envvar subcommand group.
- Local Dev Env: Elasticsearch container memory is capped at 1GB now
Fixed
vip dev-env envvar commands now correctly display values with embedded equal signs.
vip dev-env sync sql now supports networks with more than 500 sites.
12 November 2025
20:29:08 GMT+0000
Changed
- Updated the wording and examples for the new options related to importing SQL database files from a remote URL.
- Improve error handling for WPCloud WP-CLI commands
Fixed
- Prompt display in the
vip wp command
10 September 2025
20:48:08 GMT+0000
Changed
- Partial Database Export (
vip export sql) argument changed from --subsite-id to --site-id
29 August 2025
21:11:00 GMT+0000
Changed
- New develop release: 3.20.4-dev.0 by @github-actions[bot] in #2529
- fix: version check for Node.js compatibility by @sjinks in #2531
- New package release: v3.20.4 by @github-actions[bot] in #2532
Full Changelog: 3.20.3…3.20.4
28 August 2025
21:11:00 GMT+0000
Changed
- New develop release: 3.20.3-dev.0 by @github-actions[bot] in #2526
- build(deps-dev): bump the testing group with 3 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #2519
- chore: update Node.js version requirements by @sjinks in #2527
- chore(deps): update
lando to use new lando-util image by @sjinks in #2513
- New package release: v3.20.3 by @github-actions[bot] in #2528
Full Changelog: 3.20.2…3.20.3
28 August 2025
19:11:00 GMT+0000
Changed
- New develop release: 3.20.2-dev.0 by @github-actions[bot] in #2522
- Update min Node to 20.19.0 by @rinatkhaziev in #2524
- New package release: v3.20.2 by @github-actions[bot] in #2525
Full Changelog: 3.20.1…3.20.2
27 August 2025
21:11:00 GMT+0000
Changed
- feat: add live backup copy tracking for export sql command by @luismulinari in #2518
- build(deps): bump actions/dependency-review-action from 4.7.2 to 4.7.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #2515
- build(deps-dev): bump the testing group with 3 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #2514
- New package release: v3.20.1 by @github-actions[bot] in #2521
Full Changelog: 3.20.0…3.20.1
26 August 2025
21:11:00 GMT+0000
Changed
- New develop release: 3.19.3-dev.0 by @github-actions[bot] in #2493
- build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 4 to 5 by @dependabot[bot] in #2499
- build(deps-dev): bump @types/node from 24.2.0 to 24.2.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #2498
- chore: update dependencies and refactor code for compatibility by @sjinks in #2495
- test(backup-storage): show cursor after each test run by @sjinks in #2496
- fix(import-sql): improve URL validation logic by @sjinks in #2500
- docs: add instructions for code review, commit message, and changelog generation by @sjinks in #2491
- build(deps-dev): bump the babel group with 3 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #2503
- build(deps-dev): bump @types/node from 24.2.1 to 24.3.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #2504
- chore(deps): remove unused dependencies by @sjinks in #2502
- build(deps): bump chalk from 5.5.0 to 5.6.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #2505
- build(deps): bump actions/dependency-review-action from 4.7.1 to 4.7.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #2507
- feat: add header support for URL imports in import sql command by @luismulinari in #2511
- build(deps): bump ssh2 from 1.16.0 to 1.17.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #2509
- build(deps-dev): bump @types/dockerode from 3.3.42 to 3.3.43 by @dependabot[bot] in #2508
- Add live backup copy support for partial dev-env db sync and db export by @luismulinari in #2476
- New package release: v3.20.0 by @github-actions[bot] in #2516
Full Changelog: 3.19.2…3.20.0