Title: Changelog: VIP MU plugins [Production] · Page 5 of 40 · WordPress VIP Documentation --- 1. [Changelog](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/) 2. VIP MU plugins [Production] # Changelog: VIP MU plugins [Production] The release window for [VIP MU plugins](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-go-mu-plugins/) is currently Tuesdays between 08:00 and 22:00 UTC (09:00 and 23:00 UTC when Daylight Saving Time is in effect in North America). VIP MU plugins is open source and development can be followed in [the VIP MU plugins GitHub repository](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/). [ RSS  ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/feed/) Search Showing page 5 of 40 23 July 2024 17:19:54 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/production-release-2024-07-23/) ### Changed Divi: Added disabling of Divi Caching by default: https://github.com/Automattic/ vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5597 --- Please see the [full release on GitHub](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/releases/tag/v20240723.0). 17 July 2024 18:33:08 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/new-release-jetpack-13-6/) ![New Jetpack release](https://lobby-vip.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/3-v1_52018_preview- 2.png?w=960) Jetpack 13.6 has been made the default Jetpack version on the VIP Platform. # What is being added or changed? ### Enhancements * AI Assistant: Hide input when user types on extended block. * Goodreads Block: provide support for additional profile URLs. * Newsletter: Add ability to manage the newsletter byline appearance. * Newsletter: Adding a new toggle to control the newsletter author line. * Newsletter: Email replies can become comments on your blog. * Social: Add Threads preview to Social Previews. * Tiled Gallery: Increase accessibility of Tiled Gallery carousel images. ### Improved compatibility * Block Editor: Ensure that no Jetpack features are displayed in the site editor's sidebar when not necessary. * General: indicate compatibility with the upcoming version of WordPress – 6.6. * Offline Mode: do not display Jetpack's outbound SSL notice when in Offline mode. ### Bug fixes * AI Assistant: Disable extensions when AI Assistant block is hidden. * External Media: Do not display External Media options in the Caption edit field. * External media: Ensure connect URL has the correct blog ID and verification values. * Like block: Fix editor styling. * Publicize: Fix a race condition with refreshing the active social connections. * Slideshow: Ensure whole block is selectable in the editor. * User Content Link Tracking: Check domain before redirecting to subscribe.wordpress. com. For more details about this release (including specific changes), please see the [release notes](https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack-production/releases/tag/13.6). ### Questions? If you have any questions, related to this release, please open a [support ticket](https://wpvip.com/documentation/developing-with-vip/accessing-vip-support/) and we will be happy to assist. 16 July 2024 15:47:14 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/production-release-2024-07-16/) ### Changed * Use ID over object in `current_user_can()` [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5695](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5695) --- ### Fixed * Filesystem: Fix indicated upload size limit to be actual value of 2GB [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5696](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5696) --- ### Update wp-parsely submodule to version 3.16.0 We updated the wp-parsely submodule (used for local development environments) to version 3.16.0 [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5697](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5697) --- ### wp-parsely default version was upgraded to 3.15 Changed the default version of wp-parsely from 3.15 to 3.16. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5698](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5698) --- Please see the [full release on GitHub](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/releases/tag/v20240716.0). 09 July 2024 16:49:13 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/production-release-2024-07-09/) ### Added * checks to `is_automattician()` to prevent fatal errors and ensure that it is called when the current user is known. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5678](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5678) --- Please see the [full release on GitHub](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/releases/tag/v20240709.0). 02 July 2024 15:35:58 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/production-release-2024-07-02/) ### Fixed * Filenames with special characters no longer throw an error and are now are being sent to the Files Service [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5664](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5664) --- Please see the [full release on GitHub](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/releases/tag/v20240702.0). 19 June 2024 17:15:37 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/new-release-jetpack-13-5/) ![New Jetpack release](https://lobby-vip.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/3-v1_52018_preview- 2.png?w=960) Jetpack 13.5 has been made the default Jetpack version on the VIP Platform. # What is being added or changed? ### Enhancements * AI Assistant: Add AI Assistant to Paragraph, Heading, List, and List Item blocks. * Newsletters: Add "From" and "Reply to" name settings. * Social: Add connection management to editor. * Social: Add the new Jetpack Social plan. * Subscribe Block: Add button-only style. * Subscribe Block: Allow to be placed inside the Navigation block. * Subscriptions: Add a toggle to automatically add Subscribe block to site navigation. * WordAds: Allow inline ads to be added within post content. ### Improved compatibility * Notifications: Update notification icon to match WordPress.com. * SSO: Improve accessibility of tooltips on WP Admin users page. * Stats: Deprecate old Stats experience. ### Bug fixes * External Media: Ensure the connect URL has the correct blog ID and verification values. * Slideshow: Ensure autoplay works correctly. * WordAds: Prevent fatal error when post content is null. For more details about this release (including specific changes), please see the [release notes](https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack-production/releases/tag/13.5). ### Questions? If you have any questions, related to this release, please open a [support ticket](https://wpvip.com/documentation/developing-with-vip/accessing-vip-support/) and we will be happy to assist. 21 May 2024 12:54:18 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/production-release-2024-05-21/) ### Removed * Removed the deprecated “Async Publish Actions” plugin: [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5537](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5537) * Remove jetpack-force-2fa plugin from shared-plugins folder, as it is included now in SSO module for Jetpack 12.7+. Use `add_filter( 'jetpack_force_2fa', '__return_true');` to enable: [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5582](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5582) * Added an option to suppress logging for requests blocked by `VIP_Request_Block`: [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5478](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5478) --- ### Changed * Jetpack default version is now 13.4: [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5551](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5551) * We updated the wp-parsely submodule (used for local development environments) to version 3.14.5: [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5553](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5553) --- ### Added * It is now possible to customize the cookie path and domain for the cookies set by the Vary Cache plugin. To achieve that, we introduced two new filters: `vip_vary_cache_cookie_path` and `vip_vary_cache_cookie_domain: `[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5552](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5552) --- ### Fixed * Filename sanitization during ACL validation in VIP Restricted Files plugin: [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5548](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5548) * Updates ElasticPress to make PHPCS happy: [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5558](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5558) --- Please see the [full release on GitHub](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/releases/tag/v20240521.2). 07 May 2024 17:46:45 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/production-release-2024-05-07/) ### Plugin Updated: VIP Enterprise Search Fixed a bug when setting the number of shards in the index settings for the `user` indexable. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5499](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5499) --- ### Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search Disable using `define( 'VIP_SEARCH_USE_NEXT_EP', false );`. There will only be one version of ElasticPress. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4607](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4607) --- ### Fixed * Address Enterprise Search potential prolonged rate-limiting in high concurrency scenarios. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5524](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5524) --- Please see the [full release on GitHub](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/releases/tag/v20240507.0). 30 April 2024 17:44:41 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/production-release-2024-04-30/) ### Plugin Updated: VIP Init Fix `vip_reset_local_object_cache()` to address the deprecation of dynamic properties in PHP 8.2. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5475](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5475) --- Please see the [full release on GitHub](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/releases/tag/v20240430.0). 23 April 2024 17:17:52 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/production-release-2024-04-23/) ### Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search Do not attempt to re-build a new index if there isn’t one that exists and clean- up the existing locks. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5450](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5450) --- ### Plugin Updated: VIP Mail [As per the timeline](https://lobby.vip.wordpress.com/2024/03/06/important-update-changes-to-email-sending-policy-for-your-vip-applications/), we’ve removed the fallback mechanism that allowed bounced emails sent from domains that were not mapped to VIP sites, to be retried using the default email address. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5412](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5412) --- Please see the [full release on GitHub](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/releases/tag/v20240423.0). 16 April 2024 21:09:38 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/production-release-2024-04-16/) ### Plugin Updated: Block Data API We upgraded the Block Data API integration to version `1.2.1`, which supports WordPress 6.5 `rich-text` attribute parsing. ### Plugin Updated: Options API Compatibility with WordPress 6.6. ### Function Deprecated: wpcom_vip_get_page_by_title Deprecate `wpcom_vip_get_page_by_title`() because WP 6.2 deprecates `get_page_by_title`. Please use WP_Query instead. ### Update wp-parsely submodule to version 3.14.3 We updated the wp-parsely submodule (used for local development environments) to version 3.14.3. ### Plugin Updated: Options API Harden `pre_wp_load_alloptions_protections()` function. ### Plugin Updated: VIP Jetpack Introduce new `Attendant` class for managing the Jetpack connection’s primary user. 26 March 2024 15:32:03 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/production-release-2024-03-26/) ### Plugin Updated: Jetpack 13.2 We upgraded Jetpack to 13.2 [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5326](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5326) --- `cleaner_jp_pbe_options` uses `pre_update_option_post_by_email_address*` (where _ is the current user ID) to prevent creation of unused NULL `post\_by\_email\_address_` options (by returning the old_value in place of NULL, which in this case is no option at all). [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5311](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5311) --- ### Update wp-parsely submodule to version 3.14.0 We updated the wp-parsely submodule (used for local development environments) to version 3.14.1. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5334](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5334) --- ### Removed extraneous text from `vipsupport` command description When running `wp help vipsupport`, an out-of-place text would appear after the command description: `Class command`. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5335](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5335) --- ### Plugin Updated: Akismet to 5.3.1 We upgraded Akismet 5.3 to Akismet 5.3.1. This version contains the following changes: * Make the plugin more resilient when asset files are missing (as seen in WordPress Playground). * Add a link to the ‘Account overview’ page on akismet.com. * Fix a minor error that occurs when another plugin removes all comment actions from the dashboard. * Add the akismet_request_args filter to allow request args in Akismet API requests to be filtered. * Fix a bug that causes some contact forms to include unnecessary data in the comment_content parameter. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5321](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5321) --- ### Use a custom font directory for the new Font Library WordPress 6.5 [introduces the Font Library](https://make.wordpress.org/test/2023/10/03/help-test-the-font-library/), which allows you to upload and manage your own font files from the site editor. We have used the new `font_dir` filter to set the font upload directory to `wp-content/ uploads/fonts` to get this feature working with the VIP Filesystem. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5265](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5265) --- ### Update wp-parsely submodule to version 3.14.2 We updated the wp-parsely submodule (used for local development environments) to version 3.14.2. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5346](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5346) --- Please see the [full release on GitHub](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/releases/tag/v20240326.0). 19 March 2024 21:50:35 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/production-release-2024-03-19/) ### Update wp-parsely submodule to version 3.14.0 We updated the wp-parsely submodule (used for local development environments) to version 3.14.0. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5323](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5323) --- ### wp-parsely default version was upgraded to 3.14 Changed the default version of wp-parsely from 3.13 to 3.14. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5322](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5322) --- Please see the [full release on GitHub](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/releases/tag/v20240319.0). 12 March 2024 16:21:03 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/production-release-2024-03-12/) ### Email Deliverability Changes We’ve disabled auto email resend from our `donotreply@wpvip.com` if we detect that the `From:` field contains a domain that the current SMTP credentials are not allowed to use. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5274](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5274) --- ### Plugin Updated: VIP Jetpack The `enhanced-distribution` Jetpack module will no longer be activated by default. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5308](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5308) --- Please see the [full release on GitHub](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/releases/tag/v20240312.0). 05 March 2024 18:49:31 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/production-release-2024-03-05/) ### VIP Helper Function Deprecated: wpcom_vip_get_page_by_path Deprecate wpcom_vip_get_page_by_path since WP 6.1 introduces caching in get_page_by_path(). [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5224](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5224) --- Please see the [full release on GitHub](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/releases/tag/v20240305.0). 20 February 2024 19:20:31 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/production-release-2024-02-20/) ### Update wpcom-vip-two-factor remove deprecated filter This change replaces `two-factor-user-options-` with `two_factor_user_options_` in VIP’s SMS two factor provider as the former was deprecated in 0.7.0 of the upstream Two Factor Plugin. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5238](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5238) --- Please see the [full release on GitHub](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/releases/tag/v20240220.0). 13 February 2024 16:40:54 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/production-release-2024-02-13/) ### Feature added: MIME types caching for the media library Cache MIME types via the `pre_get_available_post_mime_types()` filter introduced in WordPress 6.4. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4953](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4953) --- ### Functions Deprecated: wp_startswith, wp_endswith, and wp_in` We deprecated the helper functions `wp_startswith`, wp_endswith`and`wp_in`in favour of the PHP equivalents`str_starts_with`,`str_ends_with`, and`str_contains` [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5131](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5131) --- Please see the [full release on GitHub](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/releases/tag/v20240213.0). 30 January 2024 13:28:18 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/production-release-2024-01-30/) ### wp-parsely default version was upgraded to 3.13 Changed the default version of wp-parsely from 3.12 to 3.13. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5176](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5176) --- Please see the [full release on GitHub](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/releases/tag/v20240130.0). 24 January 2024 01:01:42 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/production-release-2024-01-24/) ### Plugin Updated: Jetpack 13.0 We upgraded Jetpack 12.9 to Jetpack 13.0 [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5142](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5142) --- Please see the [full release on GitHub](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/releases/tag/v20240124.0). 18 January 2024 17:49:32 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/production-release-2024-01-18/) ### Plugin Updated: Jetpack 13.0 We upgraded Jetpack 12.9 to Jetpack 13.0 [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5142](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5142) --- * [Previous](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/page/4/?output_format=md) * [Page 1](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/?output_format=md) * [Page 2](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/page/2/?output_format=md) * [Page 3](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/page/3/?output_format=md) * [Page 4](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/page/4/?output_format=md) * Page 5 * [Page 6](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/page/6/?output_format=md) * [Page 7](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/page/7/?output_format=md) * [Page 8](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/page/8/?output_format=md) * … * [Page 40](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/page/40/?output_format=md) * [Next](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/page/6/?output_format=md)