Title: Staging release &#8211; 2023/02/28
Author: WordPress VIP Documentation
Published: February 28, 2023
Last modified: August 5, 2025

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 1. [Changelog](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/)
 2. [VIP MU plugins [Staging]](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/)
 3. Staging release – 2023/02/28

# Staging release – 2023/02/28

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 28 February 2023

21:13:32 GMT+0000

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### Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Fixes Trace functionality in Search Dev Tools for next EP

[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4149](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4149)

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### Plugin Updated: Search Dev Tools

Search Dev Tools CollapsibleList component now has the title as part of the className

[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4151](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4151)

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### Plugin Updated: Search Dev Tools

Search Dev Tools CollapsibleList component now has the title and `vip-collapse-ol`
as part of the className for the `<ol>` element

[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4152](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4152)

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### Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Add should_load_new_ep() method and begin rollout of newest ElasticPress version
for non-production sites

[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4145](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4145)

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### Docs: Improve documentation for threshold-related filter hooks in a security function.

Add missing param tags and general tidy-up.

[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4158](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4158)

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### Drop-in Updated: Object Cache

Added helper function `get_stats()`

[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4162](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4162)

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### Improved Site Details sync

Small improvements in the site details sync to trigger a sync when the home/siteurl
changes.

[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3742](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3742)

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### wp-parsely default version was upgraded to 3.7

Changed the default version of wp-parsely from 3.6 to 3.7.

[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4164](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4164)