WordPress Cluster – Release Notes

• Plugins Updated:

  • Advertising 2.4.46
  • Reduce Cumulative Shift Layout caused by ads on thecourier / sundaypost / pressandjournal / energyvoice

  PR:
  https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4409

  JIRA:
  https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-177

No changes

name	version	update_version
mailchimp-for-wp	4.8.6	4.8.7
wp-smush-pro	3.9.6	3.9.7
wpmudev-updates	4.11.8	4.11.9

• FishFarmer
  • change a phone number in the text at the bottom of the page on Fishfarmer in the footer

PR:
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4443
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4444
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4445

JIRA: https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/CORE-2758

• Themes Updated:

  • Blocks-theme
    • URL parameters added on category pages in The Courier and P&J
  • Platinum 1.3.5
    • Amended News Block post date ordering

• MU Plugins Updated

  • Advertising 2.4.45
    • Adds logic to the advertising plugin/wrapper to stop native slot placement if a V1 Register/Login wall is present in the page markup.

• Drop-In Updates

  • Batcache
    • advanced cache now looks to a defined constant in wp-config to set the array of ignored querystrings

PR: #4273, #4296, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4423, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4430

Plugins Updated:

• Yoast SEO 18.1 > 18.2
• Instagram Feed 6.0.1 > 6.0.4
• Custom Facebook Feed 4.11 > 4.1.2
• ACF Pro 5.11.4 > 5.12

• Plugins updated:

  • Syndicate version 1.3.7
    • Enable the content in the Yoast seo ‘slug’ field to pass from Syndicate to the child news sites

• Misc updated:

  • Readme.md
  • added command to help others in case not known

PR: #4333, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4419

Plugin updates

name	version	update_version	pull request
contact-form-7	5.5.5	5.5.6	https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4406
polldaddy	3.0.6	3.0.7	https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4403

Jira: https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/CORE-2782

• Themes Updated:
  • DCT Corporate 2.1.20
  • Updated link checking on the brands page.
• Plugins Updated:
  • ESIO Server 3.9.7
  • Replaced non-breaking spaces with regular spaces.
  • Removed Debug Bar plugin
  • Removed Debug Bar – ElasticPress plugin
  • Removed Debug Bar – Actions and Filters add-on plugin

PRs: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4408, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4240, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4399

MU Plugins Updated:

• Advertising 2.4.44
  • Fix for in-article placement logic to account for v1 pos 1 ctas on EV

PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4398

Introduces a docker-compose based dev env to the WPC. There is a need to expidite this to the master branch so folk on M1s can start using it. Others can continue to use the VVV env and switch over when desired / ready.

Current feature set:

NGINX (HTTP Only)
DB Import / MariaDB Optimised
Wordpress/Wordpress CLI
PHPFPM Optimised / xDebug / Redis
Redis (Unoptimised)
Elastic Search (Unoptimised)