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Changelog: VIP MU plugins [Staging]

The release window for VIP 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).  Changes made and deployed to the VIP MU plugins Staging branch are labeled [Status] Deployed to staging and visible in a filtered VIP MU plugins pull request view.

By default, the staging branch of VIP MU plugins is deployed to one non-production environment for all applications. This allows customers to test changes before they are released to production environments. This also provides time for the VIP Team to observe errors and test for bugs across a wider variety of applications.

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16 April 2024

21:07:43 GMT+0000

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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

Plugin Updated: Jetpack 13.3.1

We upgraded Jetpack 13.2 to 13.3.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5453

Plugin Updated: VIP Mail

As per the timeline, 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

09 April 2024

13:45:41 GMT+0000

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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.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5409

Plugin Updated: Options API

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.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5343

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.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5408

Plugin Updated: VIP Jetpack

Introduce new Attendant class for managing the Jetpack connection’s primary user.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5318

26 March 2024

15:43:08 GMT+0000

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Update default upload size limit

We updated the default upload_size_limit from 1 GB to 5 GB.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5382

Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Fixes wp vip-search health validate-users-count getting killed for large user dataset.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5363

Bugfix: prevent PHP warnings when composing $request_url_for_logging in Search class.

Ensure that variables referenced are actually defined when building the $request_url_for_logging for logging.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5391

19 March 2024

22:23:15 GMT+0000

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Plugin Updated: Jetpack 13.2

We upgraded Jetpack to 13.2

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5326

Prevent saving unnecessary Jetpack post_by_email_address* DB options

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

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

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

Add support for the new Font Library in WP 6.5

WordPress 6.5 introduces 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 support this feature in the VIP Filesystem.

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

10 January 2024

15:29:30 GMT+0000

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Function Updated: wpcom_vip_term_exists

Deprecate wpcom_vip_term_exists() because WP 6.0 now has caching in term_exists(). Please use core function instead.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5100

Plugin Updated: Akismet

We upgraded Akismet 5.1 to 5.3

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5086

Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Fix PHP deprecation warning json_encode(): Passing null to parameter #2 and fatal undefined method ElasticPress\IndexHelper::process_error_limit().

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5108

Removes wp_parsely_managed_options filter from Parse.ly integration

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5109

28 November 2023

21:49:44 GMT+0000

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Parsely: Fix config values of Site Details Sync

Parsely: Fix config values of SIte Details Sync (if the plugin is managed via Platform)

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5051

Plugin Updated: Query Monitor

In certain scenarios too many errors in Query Monitor output may have resulted in broken requests. This change adds safety limits around that functionality to minimize the chances.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5040

16 November 2023

18:01:59 GMT+0000

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Deprecation Notice Added: wpcom_vip_get_page_by_path(), wpcom_vip_term_exists() and wpcom_vip_get_page_by_title()

We added deprecation notices for wpcom_vip_get_page_by_path(), wpcom_vip_term_exists() and wpcom_vip_get_page_by_title()

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4992

Plugin Updated: wp-parsely

Changed the default version of wp-parsely from 3.10 to 3.11.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5018

Plugin Updated: VIP File Service

Fix a bug during the instantiation of WP_Filesystem_VIP without arguments.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5021

31 October 2023

19:46:14 GMT+0000

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Updated: Forgot Password

When users hit the Forgot Password in wp-login, it will no longer confirm if their email or username exists.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4973

Filter Added: vip_block_wp_mail

New filter vip_block_wp_mail which can be used on the application level in client-mu-plugins to disable email.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4975

Plugin Updated: VIP File Service

  • Improve performance of WP_Filesystem_VIP‘s copy() and move() when the source and the destination are handled by WP_Filesystem_Direct
  • WP_Filesystem_VIP::move() gives up when the source is not a file; this prevents directories from being copied as empty files.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4970

Disable SAVEQUERIES in WP CLI Commands

For all the WP CLI commands we’re now setting the SAVEQUERIES to false, to improve the performance.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4981

Plugin Updated: Jetpack 12.7.1

We upgraded Jetpack 12.7 to Jetpack 12.7.1

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4986

Constant Deprecated: WPCOM_VIP_QUERY_LOG

Removes WPCOM_VIP_QUERY_LOG constant

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4985

The “My Jetpack” page is being disabled. The page is not relevant to VIP environment since the Jetpack experience is highly tailored and the page can create confusion.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4956

24 October 2023

18:26:06 GMT+0000

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Plugin Updated: Jetpack

The default Jetpack version is 12.7 for WP 6.2+ applications.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4961

VIP Dashboard Filters Updated: wp_mail and wp_mail_from

Increase priority of wp_mail_from and wp_mail_from_name filter in VIP dashboard to prevent unintentional overriding.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4963

Remove deprecated filter http_api_transports

Removes filter http_api_transports that will be deprecated in WP 6.4

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4962

Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Decouples the reliance of enabling Search Dev Tools on query monitor and allows for filtering of capabilities for Search Dev Tools.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4969