Changelog: VIP MU plugins [Production]

Fixes warning while reading integration config file for PHP 8+

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4882

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Adds wp_parsely_managed_options filter in Parse.ly integration

Fixes fatal error while reading config file of the integration

Fixes Integration::get_config() to return correct value for Multisite case

Please see the full release on GitHub.

wp-parsely default version was upgraded to 3.9

Changed the default version of wp-parsely from 3.8 to 3.9.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4827

Update wp-parsely submodule to version 3.9.0

We updated the wp-parsely submodule (used for local development environments) to version 3.9.0.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4840

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Uses newer terminology for integration config

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4811

Update wp-parsely submodule from version 3.6.1 to 3.8.4

We updated the wp-parsely submodule (used for local development environments) from version 3.6.1 to 3.8.4.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4816

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

We’ve reduced the batch size for async indexing queue from 1000 to 500 documents.

Additionally, for non-production environments only one queue processor job will run per per site (or a network site in a multisite).

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4731

Disable temporary backup removal logic introduced in WordPress 6.3

Disable temporary backup removal logic introduced in WordPress 6.3 Core as it is not needed and will lead to fatal errors when invoked.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4712

Plugin Updated: VIP Search

This change enables Search Dev Tools for all Administrators on multisite installations.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4737

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Plugin Updated: http-concat

We’ve addressed a deprecation message Using ${var} in strings is deprecated, use {$var} instead.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4721

Jetpack AI Assistant

We’ve temporarily disabled Jetpack AI Assistant, we’ll re-instate it in the coming weeks.
If, for any reason, you wish to re-enable it, please drop the following snippet in a clients-mu-plugins

remove_filter( 'jetpack_set_available_extensions', 'vip_set_available_jetpack_extensions', 0 );

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4722

Plugin Updated: Jetpack 12.4

We upgraded Jetpack to to Jetpack 12.4.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4738

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Plugin Updated: qm-plugins

Added a “Group Stats” sub-panel for Object Cache to aid in development and debugging.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4691

Plugin Updated: Role Backup

Add type check handling for php8 array functions for role backup CLI function

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4707

Extra protections around the “alloptions” functionality

Increases performance and helps ensure stability.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4711

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Plugin Updated: VIP File Service

Use Image_CDN instead of the deprecated Jetpack_Photon for Jetpack 12.2+

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4678

Disable “WP-Content Writable” test from Health Checks

WordPress 6.3 adds the ability for failed plugin and theme updates to be automatically rolled back. The feature requires a temp directory in wp-content/ to function.

As part of this feature, a new Health Check is added to ensure that the WordPress content directory is found and writable. On WPVIP updates are managed via GitHub and wp-content is read-only so this check will always fail with a critical error stating “Unable to Locate WordPress Content Directory”.

This change removes the update_temp_backup_writable check from the Health Checks page by default to avoid the confusing, and non-applicable critical health check warning.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4694

Disable “Available disk space” check added in WordPress 6.3

WordPress 6.3 adds a “Available disk space” check in the site health section. The check assumes self-managed and writeable filesystem. This check was disabled because it is not relevant on the WordPress VIP Platform and gives a bogus result.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4697

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Plugin Updated: Security

Previous refactor of security plugin unintentionally renamed action triggered on exceeded limit from login_limit_exceeded to login_exceeded. This change corrects back the rename of the action.

add_action( 'login_limit_exceeded', function() {
    // This action will be triggered again          
    ...
});

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4703

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Library updated: VIP Request Block

We’ve updated VIP Request Block library not run in WP-CLI context as that potentially may lead to inability to run CLI commands in case an expression evaluated to true in CLI context.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4640

Plugin Updated: VIP Helpers

Fixed a CSS bug in the non-prod bar that did not allow clicks to pass through to a portion of the application.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4646

VIP Integrations fix

We fixed VIP integration activation when used within WPCLI.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4679

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Plugin Updated: Jetpack

We updated the default Jetpack to 12.3

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4645

Please see the full release on GitHub.

VaultPress Deprecation Preparations

Adds a mechanism to prevent loading VaultPress

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4610

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Plugin Updated: Query Monitor

Do not enable for non-prods by default.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4594

Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Fix healing when inspect flag is passed into wp vip-search health validate-contents

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4551

Site Details Service

We added an alternative endpoint for sending data to the Site Details Service

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4617

Plugin Updated: Prometheus

Disable Prometheus when WordPress is being installed.

Plugin Updated: VIP Cron Enhancements

Do not load Cron Control if WordPress is not installed

Plugin Updated: VIP Init

Ensure HTTP_HOST is always set to prevent PHP warnings in wp_guess_url()

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4618

Site Details Service

We added an alternative endpoint for sending data to the Site Details Service

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4617

Plugin Updated: Query Monitor

Do not enable for non-prods by default.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4626

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Plugin Updated: WP Memcached

When wp_cache_get_multiple() is called with more than 1000 keys, the lookups will be split up into multiple batches. This helps keep the Memcached servers stable, as otherwise the read/response buffers can grow uncontrollably large.

Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Fix type error when a callable passed to ep_weighting_configuration_for_search, ep_query_weighting_fields, ep_weighting_configuration, or ep_weighting_fields_for_post_type is not a method.

Plugin Updated: Query Monitor APCu Cache

Fix broken markup when the APCu cache is not enabled.

Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Add lock for vip_search_queue_sweeper cron job

Plugin Updated: Jetpack 12.2

All non-pinned sites updated to using Jetpack 12.2

Plugin Updated: Jetpack

On non-production environments, we enforce blog_public option in a more robust way.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4494

Jetpack: Resync privacy settings for private JP sites

We want to resync the privacy settings for JP sites that have been marked as private (via the VIP_JETPACK_IS_PRIVATE constant), so we’re updating the option name that stores this state in order to cause these sites to re-sync.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4495

Plugin Updated: Private Sites

We respect other alternative methods for achieving privacy via plugins that also leverage blog_public option, but use other values than -1.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4512

Notice Updated: blog_public option

No longer show notice for sites with their blog_public option if -1 or privacy constant is set. Also updates messaging.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4520

Plugin Updated: Object Cache

Switched over all environments to using the new object cache drop-in. This drop-in utilizes the Memcached PHP extension, which has support for multiGet() operations that help reduce roundtrips and can notably speed up WordPress page load times.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4446

Added constant to enable the VIP Block Data API plugin

Added support to enable the VIP Block Data API plugin via the VIP_BLOCK_DATA_API_ENABLE constant.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4406

Add site-details endpoint.

We added another constant for switching over to the new site-details service when it’s ready.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4447

Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Fix fatal PHP message: Warning: Undefined property: Automattic\VIP\Search\Queue::$alerts in /var/www/wp-content/mu-plugins/search/includes/classes/class-queue.php on line 1140

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4439

Plugin Updated: Query Monitor

• We upgraded Query Monitor 3.10.1 to 3.12.1: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4383
• Added “Application” section to Query Monitor “VIP” panel: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4372
• Fix PHP warnings generated by cron data unavailable on dev-env: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4396

Plugin Updated: VIP Constants

Assign dbname property in define_db_constants()

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4376

Plugin Updated: Wp_Cli_Db

WP-CLI: Unblock wp db tables command

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4361

Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Add ability to deactivate in index version management

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4379

Plugin Updated: Akismet

We upgraded Akismet 4.2.4 to Akismet 5.1.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4416

Function Updated: vip_strict_sanitize_username()

Return empty string if string not passed in

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4417

Plugin Updated: Query Monitor

Add “Environment” panel to Query Monitor

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4373

Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Improved handling of async queue in scenarios where an index doesn’t exist yet.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4312

Plugin Updated: VIP Caching

Change wpcom_vip_get_page_by_title to use WP_Query if possible

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4390