WordPress Cluster 10.3.58

  • Plugins Updated:

    • DCT Events 1.1.2
    • Resolve bugs with component render.
      • New function dct_events_get_show_in_article in DCT Events plugin to resolve bug where block was rendering on Editorial Template posts.
      • Resolved bug in EventDescription.js where description failed to render in some instances.
    • Stream 3.9.2 to 3.9.3
  • Themes Updated:

    • DCT Events 2.3.13
    • Added small_logo_url to API endpoint.
      • New function dct_events_small_logo_url in DCT Events theme to add and populate ACF small_logo_url to API endpoint to successfully pull image.
    • Blocks 2.31.2
      • Updated sidebar to new HHH vision design

JIRA: https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/EVW-763, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2652
PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5312, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5245, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5315

WordPress Cluster 10.3.57

  • Plugins Updated:

    • DCT Events 1.1.1
    • Resolve bug with Optimize config on production for React app render.
      • gtag.js now fires on production as well as local and staging.
      • Tweaked and refactored Optimize code in App.js.
  • Themes Updated:

    • Blocks 2.31.1
    • ad takeover elements missing
      • REVERTED: Reduced feature image width on hero templates to match Figma spec
      • share bar with ad takeover styling issue

JIRA: https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2840, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2843, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2826

PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5270, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5269

WordPress Cluster 10.3.55

  • MU Plugins Updated:

    • Zephr
    • Premium content – wpc_is_premium_content
      • labels that display Premium Content and icon etc.
    • LudicrousDB
    • Respository updates
    • PHP 8.1 local patch
  • Themes Updated:

    • Blocks 2.31.0
    • Paywall Zephr rules (the comments appearing markup that power them)
      • Advertising block
      • lite-content
      • subscriber-check
      • masthead – blocks_the_subscribe_button
      • subscribe-cta
        • blocks_the_subscribe_cta, Renders a DCT CTAs ‘subscribe’ CTA after the post content
      • content-editorial, article
      • content-featured, article
      • content-format, article
      • content-long-read, article
      • content-match-report, article
      • content-single, article
      • template-comments
        • comments-icon, display-name, comments-login
      • template-hamburger-navigation, subscriber-check
      • Deprecated shortcodes when Blaize plugin deactivated (meaning they return an empty string, instead of outputting as plain-text the name of the shortcode used)
      • blaize-subscriptions-hero
      • blaize-brand-components
      • blaize-subscriptions
      • blaize-manage-subscriptions
      • blaize-feature
      • blaize-redirect
    • Added within Blocks theme, where shortcode hasn’t been defined elsewhere
      • blaize-subs-faq
      • Returns a Subscriptions v2-styled DCT FAQs list
      • blaize-help-section
      • Returns a Help Section element, with ‘Call us’ / ‘Contact us’ content.
    • DCT Events 2016 2.3.12
    • Added ACFs for one-liner and small_logo to accommodate design of DCT Events Plugin in-article events promo block.
  • Plugins Updated:

    • Blaize 1.28.19
    • PHP functions wrapped in function_exist’s so that they can also be gracefully handled elsewhere
      • Icons displayed within subs, cancellation blaize_acf_instruction_icons
      • help/faq blaize_get_help_sections_data
      • shortcutting when blaize plugin isn’t activated
      • blaize_get_subscriptions_version
      • blaize_the_subscriptions_version
    • Paywall Zephr rules (the comments appearing markup that power them)
      • refactored into a function for open, close
    • DCT Events 1.1.0
      • Added designs for in-article events promo blocks (v1 and v2) via pre-existing React components.
      • Functionality to enable in-article events promo block on Default Template article posts (positioned 1/4 way through article content, to nearest pair of adjacent p tags, enabled via Category pages.
      • Added Google Optimize code to React app to enable A/B testing of two variants.

JIRA: https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/SUM-185, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/CORE-2922, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/EVW-692

PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5272, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5287, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5281

WordPress Cluster 10.3.54

  • Themes Updated:
    • Blocks 2.30.62
      • Options page to select scrollers and scroller order for article pages
    • Blocks 2.30.63
      • Reduced the delay between scroll events to show the share bar as soon as the user starts to scroll down
    • Blocks 2.30.64
      • Feature image caption padding on Hub article pages

JIRA: https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2645, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2825, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2776

PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5278, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5255, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5230

WordPress Cluster 10.3.53

  • Themes Updated:
    • Blocks 2.30.56
    • Hygiene template style padding needed when there is no excerpt
    • Blocks 2.30.57
    • Bring comment text in line for HHH templates.
    • Blocks 2.30.58
    • Fix missing feature video styling in content-hhh CSS
    • Blocks 2.30.59
    • Amended HHH functionality to allow for article type selection in non-HHH sites.
    • Option added to theme options to toggle article type selection.
    • Energy Voice 6.0.28
    • Added article type support for posts within Energy Voice
    • SG Voice 1.0.14
    • Added article type support for posts within SG Voice
    • Blocks 2.30.60
    • Inclusion of missing comments template (matching approach within other hhh layouts, and content-simple).
    • Fix for wide article page on HHH Templates, move comments
    • Change from smooth scroll to comments UI, to instant, to bypass some body content lazy-loading issues
    • Blocks 2.30.61
      • Added styling to ‘use’ element within SVG

JIRA:
https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2794, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2777, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2804, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/EVW-655, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/EVW-656, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2798, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2759, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2696, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2778

PR’s:
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5227, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5228, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5229, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5222, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5224,
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5213

WordPress Cluster 10.3.52 – Plugin Updates

Plugin Updates:
Plugin Name
Version Update Version
Ad Inserter 2.7.26 2.7.27
ACF Pro 6.0.7 6.1.12
Classic Editor 1.6.2 1.6.3
MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress 4.9.2 4.9.3
Redirection 5.3.9 5.3.10
Redis Cache Pro 1.18.1 1.18.2
Theme Updates:
Theme Name
Version Update Version
Twenty Sixteen 2.8 2.9
Twenty Seventeen 3.1 3.2
Twenty Nineteen 2.4 2.5
Twenty Twenty 2.1 2.2
Twenty Twenty-Two 1.3 1.4
Twenty Twenty-Three 1.0 1.1

JIRA: https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/CORE-2919

PRs: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5256 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5266 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5257 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5258 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5259 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5267 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5260 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5261 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5262 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5263 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5264 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5265

WordPress Cluster 10.3.51 – Hotfix

Updates:

  • Blaize Plugin & Blocks Theme
    • Series of changes to allow the Blaize plugin to be deactivated without causing critical errors
    • Releasing as an emergency fix for the Blaize plugin being accidentally deactivated on production

Revert:

PRs: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5154 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5268

WordPress Cluster 10.3.49 – Plugin Updates

  • Plugins Added:

    • Pods Cache Flush Intervention 1.0
    • Cache flush prevention via Object Cache Pro filter
      • Looks for: PodsAPI and cache_flush_pods when a flush is requested
  • Plugins Updated:

    • Ad Inserter 2.7.25 to 2.7.26
    • AMP 2.4.0 to 2.4.1
    • Admin Columns 4.5.5 to 4.6.1
    • Contact Form 7 5.7.4 to 5.7.5.1
    • Smash Balloon Instagram Feed 6.1.2 to 6.1.3
    • Mailchimp for WordPress 4.9.1 to 4.9.2
    • Object Cache Pro 1.18.0 to 1.18.1
    • Drop-In Updated
    • Pods 2.9.11.1 to 2.9.13 – REVERTED
    • Wordfence 7.9.1 to 7.9.2
    • WordPress SEO 20.4
    • WordPress SEO Premium 20.4
  • Language Translations

JIRA:
https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/CORE-2918
https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/CORE-2916

PR’s:
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5242
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5232
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5233
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5234
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5235
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5236
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5237
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5238
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5239
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5240
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5243