WordPress Cluster 10.1.9

Viafoura Commenting Integration

Plugins added:

  • Viafoura 1.0.0
    • Handles login sync between Zephr and Viafoura
    • Adds custom checkbox to the post edit screen to enable Viafoura comments
    • Tracks comment interaction and pushes to GTM
    • Provides helper functions for comment data, e.g. number of comments per post

Plugins updated:

  • Blaize 1.26.19

    • Add validation API endpoint for Viafoura to authenticate users against
    • Add login and logout calls to Viafoura API in sync with Zephr login/logout
    • Add new shortcode for the display name form
    • Added API endpoints hook. Contains all Blaize API endpoints currently in use
    • Add wrapper function for XHR requests
    • Add event triggers for when Zephr data is set
  • DCT UICs 1.2.10

    • Add 2 new UICs for commenting: comments login modal and display name form
    • Add functions to handle the new display name field in Zephr
    • Added helper functions: Animation show/hide, page reloads, success/error handling
    • Refactored JS form functions for wider use: Register, Login, OAuth

Themes updated:

  • Blocks 2.24.9
    • Comments integration:
    • Templates
    • CSS & JS
    • Removing Commenting Fake Door functionality
  • The Courier 4.5.14
    • Added comments hooks
    • Comments styling
  • Press and Journal 4.5.18
    • Added comments hooks
  • Sunday Post 4.2.6
    • Updated comments functions
  • DC Thomson Travel 1.11.9
    • Updated promoted story functionality

PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4572, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4577
JIRA: https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/TRAV-16

WordPress Cluster 10.1.7

Plugin Updates

Ad Inserter 2.7.12 > 2.7.13
Advanced Custom Fields PRO 5.12.1 > 5.12.2
Amp 2.2.1 > 2.2.4
Dark Matter 2.2.2 > 2.2.3
ElasticPress 4.0.1 > 4.1.0
Google Tag Manager for WordPress 1.14.2 > 1.15
Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 2.8.10 > 2.8.13
Yoast SEO Premium 18.2.1 > 18.3

WordPress Cluster 10.1.6

WordPress 5.9.3 Update
Object Cache Pro 1.14.4 > 1.14.5

  • Themes Updated:
    • Blocks 2.24.5
      • Styling updated on the P&J About Us page
    • Blocks 2.24.6
      • Amended CSS to remove lightbox references
      • Amended HTML to remove lightbox references
    • Blocks 2.24.7
      • Podcast provider pluck log pollution fix [CORE-2776]
  • MU Plugins updated:
    • Advertising 2.4.49
      • Amended HTML/JS to remove lightbox references
    • Advertising 2.4.50
      • Dependencies updated and module vulnerabilities eliminated
      • Core JS bumped to 3.21.1 (latest)
      • Babel plugin "plugin-proposal-private-methods" added for compatibility
      • Prebid updated to 6.19.0 (latest)
      • Ozone Bidder Prebid configuration amended
      • Brandmetrics Real Time Data Provider Prebid module added
      • First party data enrichment Prebid module added

PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4526, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4490, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4540, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4521, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4552
JIRA: https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/CORE-2776, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/AT-210, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2215, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2214