Title: Production release – 2023/10/03
Author: WordPress VIP Documentation
Published: October 3, 2023
Last modified: August 5, 2025

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 1. [Changelog](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/)
 2. [VIP MU plugins [Production]](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/)
 3. Production release – 2023/10/03

# Production release – 2023/10/03

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 03 October 2023

17:45:05 GMT+0000

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### Plugin Updated: WordPress Importer

We updated WordPress Importer from 0.7 to 0.8.1.

 * [0.8.1](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-importer/releases/tag/0.8.1):
    - Update compatibility tested-up-to to WordPress 6.2
 * [0.8](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-importer/releases/tag/0.8):
    - Update minimum WordPress requirement to 5.2.
    - Update minimum PHP requirement to 5.6.
    - Update compatibility tested-up-to to WordPress 6.0.
    - PHP 8.0, 8.1, and 8.2 compatibility fixes.
    - Fix a bug causing blank lines in content to be ignored when using the Regex
      Parser.
    - Fix a bug resulting in a PHP fatal error when IMPORT_DEBUG is enabled and 
      a category creation error occurs.
    - Improved Unit testing & automated testing.

[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4854](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4854)

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### Plugin Updated: VIP Helpers

Load mu-plugins for `wp-activate.php` located in a subdirectory (or for a subdirectory-
based multisite installation).

[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4869](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4869)

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Please see the [full release on GitHub](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/releases/tag/v20231003.0).