Title: Changelog: VIP MU plugins [Staging] · Page 5 of 9 · WordPress VIP Documentation --- 1. [Changelog](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/) 2. VIP MU plugins [Staging] # Changelog: VIP MU plugins [Staging] 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).  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](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pulls?q=label%3A%22%5BStatus%5D+Deployed+to+staging%22+) 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. [ RSS  ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/feed/) Search Showing page 5 of 9 13 August 2024 17:37:46 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/staging-release-2024-08-13/) ### Fixed * Fixed being able to use the wp-admin support form from an outside domain: [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5794](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5794) ### Plugins Updated * Block Data API: We upgraded the Block Data API integration to version `1.3.0`, which improves GraphQL data representation and adds a new `blocksDataV2` property: [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5780](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5780) * wp-parsely: Update wp-parsely submodule to version 3.16.3: [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5781](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5781) 06 August 2024 16:55:50 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/staging-release-2024-08-06/) ### Fixed Modify behavior to enumerate users by abusing the reset password functionality: [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5768](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5768) 30 July 2024 20:34:50 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/staging-release-2024-07-30/) ### Fixed Disabled Elasticsearch Integration while WordPress is installed to prevent local development environment errors: [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5744](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5744) --- ### Updated Updated the wp-parsely submodule (used for local development environments) to version 3.16.2: [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5762](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5762) 23 July 2024 17:41:55 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/staging-release-2024-07-23/) ### Fixed Fixed debug logs with `Logger::log2logstash` on local dev envs: [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5727](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5727) 16 July 2024 16:49:16 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/staging-release-2024-07-16/) ### Disables Divi plugin caching Added disabling of Divi Caching by default. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5597](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5597) 09 July 2024 20:17:41 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/staging-release-2024-07-09/) ### 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) 02 July 2024 15:55:53 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/staging-release-2024-07-02/) ### 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) 25 June 2024 23:38:25 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/staging-release-2024-06-25/) ### 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) 18 June 2024 20:35:53 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/staging-release-2024-06-18/) ### Changed * Upgraded Jetpack default version to 13.5 [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5648](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5648) 04 June 2024 18:10:17 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/staging-release-2024-06-04/) ### Changed * Rewrite Rules Inspector: Update to 1.4.0: [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5601](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5601) * Query Monitor: Update to 3.16.3: [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5626](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5626) 15 May 2024 00:29:42 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/staging-release-2024-05-14/) ### 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 3.15: [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5575](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5575) --- ### 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) * Added an option to suppress logging for requests blocked by `VIP_Request_Block`: [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5478 --- ### 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) --- ### Removed * 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) 07 May 2024 18:28:08 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/staging-release-2024-05-07/) ### 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) 30 April 2024 18:23:43 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/staging-release-2024-04-30/) ### 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) 23 April 2024 17:18:00 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/staging-release-2024-04-23/) ### 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) 16 April 2024 21:07:43 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/staging-release-2024-04-16/) ### 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: Jetpack 13.3.1 We upgraded Jetpack 13.2 to 13.3. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5453](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5453) --- ### 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) 09 April 2024 13:45:41 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/staging-release-2024-04-09/) ### 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](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5409) --- ### Plugin Updated: Options API * Compatibility with WordPress 6.6: [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5415](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5415) * Harden `pre_wp_load_alloptions_protections()` function: https://github.com/Automattic/ vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5436 --- ### 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](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](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](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5318) 26 March 2024 15:43:08 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/staging-release-2024-03-26/) ### 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](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](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](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5391) 19 March 2024 22:23:15 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/staging-release-2024-03-19/) ### 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) --- ### 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](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](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) --- ### Add support for the new Font Library in WP 6.5 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 support this feature in 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) 12 March 2024 16:34:19 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/staging-release-2024-03-12/) ### 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) 20 February 2024 20:30:33 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/staging-release-2024-02-20/) ### 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) --- ### Plugin Updated: VIP Cache Personalization API Documentation update [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5259](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5259) --- * [Previous](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/page/4/?output_format=md) * [Page 1](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/?output_format=md) * [Page 2](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/page/2/?output_format=md) * [Page 3](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/page/3/?output_format=md) * [Page 4](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/page/4/?output_format=md) * Page 5 * [Page 6](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/page/6/?output_format=md) * [Page 7](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/page/7/?output_format=md) * [Page 8](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/page/8/?output_format=md) * [Page 9](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/page/9/?output_format=md) * [Next](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/page/6/?output_format=md)