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
08 May 2026
18:20:47 GMT+0000
Fixed
vip dev-env logs implementation. It is now faster and more stable.
- Fixed regression when passing custom commands to
vip dev-env exec
07 May 2026
19:37:37 GMT+0000
Changed
- We’ve changed underlying CLI library to Commander
04 May 2026
10:26:01 GMT+0000
Changed
- Edited the command description for
import media to clarify that it can only be run against a production environment.
Added
vip db phpmyadmin: Added --print option to output the phpMyAdmin URL to stdout instead of opening it in a browser.
vip db phpmyadmin: Added --print option to output the phpMyAdmin URL to stdout instead of opening it in a browser.
vip db phpmyadmin: Added --silent option to suppress all informational messages (useful for scripting).
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