Category: WordPress Cluster

MU-Plugins Updated:

• Advertising 2.4.41
  • Fix to account for script tag position being inside the UICs

Fixes for URL mapping in static images.

PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4355

MU Plugins Updated:

• Advertising 2.4.3

  • Increase auction delay to 50ms from 0ms to allow time for the user sync (lotame panorama ID) to apply

• Advertising 2.4.4

  • Fixes an issue with native in-article ad-slot positioning when a in-article UIC e.g. newsletter signup is in position 1 of the article markup.
  • Removes targeting rules for Evening Express which are no longer required

Plugins updated:

• ESIO Server 3.9.7

  • refactored sideloading for Sorting order.

  PRS: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4350, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4355, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4314

Plugin/Theme Update Release

plugins
name	version	update_version
ad-inserter	2.7.9	2.7.11
amp	2.2.0	2.2.1
dark-matter	2.2.1	2.2.2
pods	2.8.9	2.8.10
redirection	5.2.2	5.2.3
wordfence	7.5.7	7.5.8
wordpress-seo	17.9	18.1
wordpress-seo-premium	17.8	17.9

No themes to update.

PR:
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4343
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4344
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4345
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4346
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4347
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4348
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4349

• Plugins Updated:
  • DCT Timelines 1.2.3
  • Avoid querying filesystem for image proportions.

PR:
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4332

• MU Plugins Updated:

  • Wyvex Advertising 1.0.1
  • fix to stop async defer being unintentionally applied to wyvex advertising script (shared handles)

• Plugins updated:

  • Blaize 1.26.18
  • Temporarily removing "Next payment date" template from Subscription flow (NP-2201)

PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4331, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4330

• Misc

  • Removed .maintenance file which was causing a failed update notice to appear in WP admin
  • Revert Ad Inserter update 2.7.10 as this was believed to be causing issues with ads on Wyvex

• MU Plugin Updates

  • URL
    • Detect S3 Media Offload plugin and handle serve-from-s3 enabled, which rewrites URLs to bucket
  • Advertising 2.4.2
    • Fix for UIC detection in advertising plugin. Moved detection logic to after TCF loaded timeout and improved detection with more specific/accurate class selectors.

• Themes updated:

  • The Courier 4.5.12
  • Brand specific colours
  • DCT Corporate 2.1.19
  • Amended the Brands archive functionality to include extra blocks.

• Plugins Updated:

  • Blaize 1.26.17
  • Quote Slider Component Shortcode
  • Quote Slider data function to capture data
  • Cycle2 Js implemented
  • Branding / Tracking bug fix + Tracking for Slider
  • SVG icons added
  • Styling
  • ACF fields

PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4322, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4315, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4320, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4311, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4323, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4316

JIRA: CORE-2756, NP-1263

MU-Plugins Updated:

• Advertising 2.4.1

  Add no-index & no-follow meta to prevent the demo from being indexed by google

MU Plugins Updated:

• Advertising 2.4 (Major release)

  Allows the Advertising wrapper to be built for other platforms based on previous proof of concept. Currently supports being built for either the WPC or bunkered.co.uk allowing us to maintain a single source version of the wrapper in git and distribute builds as required.

  A dynamic demo is created at build which can be used both as an instruction manual for getting the wrapper set up or to confirm the build is working as expected on the target domain.

  A structural refactor with various optimisations to improve page speed and facilitate the build process.

  PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4215
  JIRA: https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/AT-148

Third party plugin updates

Plugins name	version	update_version
ad-inserter	2.7.8	2.7.10
codepress-admin-columns	4.4.4	4.4.5
contact-form-7	5.5.3	5.5.4
duplicate-post	4.2	4.4
pods	2.8.8.1	2.8.9
polldaddy	3.0.1	3.0.6
post-expirator	2.7.0	2.7.3
redirection	5.2.1	5.2.2
wp-smush-pro	3.9.4	3.9.5

Themes name	version	update_version
twentysixteen	2.5	2.6
twentyseventeen	2.8	2.9
twentynineteen	2.1	2.2
twentytwenty	1.8	1.9

PRs: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4299 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4300 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4301 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4298 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4302 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4307 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4303 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4308 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4306 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4305 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4304 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4309 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4312
Jira: https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/CORE-2753

• Misc
  • Site Cleanup Script
    • Added a script to help in removing multiple sites from cluster on a given environment.

PR:
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4000