WordPress Cluster 9.8.64

Plugin/Theme Update Release

plugin name version update_version
elasticpress 3.6.3 3.6.4
pods 2.8.2 2.8.3
post-expirator 2.6.0 2.6.1
custom-facebook-feed 2.19.3 4.0.1
instagram-feed 2.9.2 2.9.4
wp-smush-pro 3.9.1 3.9.2
wpseo-news 12.9 13
wordpress-seo-premium 17.3 17.4
theme name version update_version
hueman 3.7.11 3.7.17

PR:
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4029
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4030
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4031
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4032
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4033
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4034
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4035

WordPress Cluster 9.8.62

  • Plugin Updates
    • Ad Inserter 2.7.5
      • Few minor bug fixes, cosmetic changes and code improvements
    • Contact Form 7 5.5.2
      • REST API: Removes argument schema reference that causes error when the form has ‘id’ field.
      • Changes method names that are reserved in PHP 5.6.
    • Pods 2.8.2
      • Added: Include the link button on the Quill Editor toolbar. #6221 (@pdclark)
      • Added: You can now use $pod->template_singular() just like $pod->template() except it runs while within a $pod->fetch() loop without conflicting. #6215 (@sc0ttkclark)
      • Fixed: Pod Templates now work expected when you set $pod->id manually. #6215 (@sc0ttkclark)
      • Fixed: Table relationship data queries now work as expected for custom column names. #6244, #6241, #6223 (@sc0ttkclark)
      • Fixed: Advanced Content Type UI options now show option fields correctly for UI columns and other fields which may have formatting different than expected by React. #6210 (@sc0ttkclark)
      • Fixed: Pod Page and Pod Templates now have correct conditional logic handling to show/hide fields based on settings. #6240 (@sc0ttkclark)
      • Fixed: Order By date and other aliases for object fields like post_date now work again as expected. #6230 (@sc0ttkclark)
      • Fixed: When a value comes back from get_post_meta that is not as expected, better handle the value based on $single in Pods::field(). #6231 (@sc0ttkclark)
      • Fixed: When depends-on and other dependency options are not formatted as expected, prevent conditional check from failing. #6212 (@sc0ttkclark)
      • Fixed: Ensure filters in PodsUI set overrides needed for display. #6239 (@gafiulov)
      • Fixed: Number and currency fields no longer force 0 as default value. #6226, #6209 (@sc0ttkclark)
      • Fixed: Improved compatibility with WPML for Pods Auto Templating. #6219, #6218 (@JoryHogeveen, @sc0ttkclark)
      • Fixed: Resolve PHP errors on page when using [each category] template tag with posts. #5971 (@sc0ttkclark)
      • Fixed: Prevent erroneous meta JOINs added for object fields when they target t already. #6192 (@sc0ttkclark)
      • Fixed: Resolve issues with default values for certain Pod configuration options. #6178 (@zrothauser, @sc0ttkclark)
      • Fixed: Ensure certain Pod configuration checkboxes can be unchecked properly and saved. #6200 (@zrothauser, @JoryHogeveen, @sc0ttkclark)
    • Publish to Apple News 2.3.0
      • Bugfix: Fixes an issue with some of the example themes where pullquotes would create invalid JSON due to the default-pullquote textStyle not being set. Props to @soulseekah for the fix.
      • Bugfix: Fixes an issue where a custom filter is used to make all image URLs root-relative when using featured images to populate the Cover component, which was leading to an INVALID_DOCUMENT error from the News API due to the root-relative URL (e.g., /path/to/my/image.jpg instead of https://example.org/path/to/my/image.jpg).
      • Bugfix: Fixes an issue with images not deduping when Jetpack Site Accelerator (Photon) is enabled.
      • Bugfix: Synchronizes the list of available fonts to what is actually available.
      • Bugfix: Fixes display of date pickers in the article list.
      • Bugfix: Fixes apple_news_is_exporting function to make it fire for both downloading JSON in the article list and pushing articles to Apple via the API.
      • Bugfix: Fixes an editor crash when using Gutenberg and a custom post type that does not support postmeta (custom-fields).
      • Bugfix: Fixes an issue with embedding YouTube and Vimeo videos when using Gutenberg blocks.
      • Bugfix: Fixes an issue where making a mistake in customizing JSON results in the custom JSON being reset to the default value rather than the previously saved value.
      • Enhancement: Added support for mailto:, music://, musics://, stocks:// and webcal:// links.
      • Enhancement: Added an option and a filter for skipping auto-push of posts with certain taxonomy terms.
      • Enhancement: Added support for HTML tags when customizing theme JSON.
      • Enhancement: Added an author component for author without date.
      • Enhancement: Added a date component for date without author byline.
      • Enhancement: Added support for determining the aspect ratio of an embedded video based on the value configured on the embed block.
    • Recent Posts Widget Extended 1.1.0
      • This release comes with several fixes and enhancements to support the new Widget Block in WordPress 5.8.
      • Enhancements
        • Adds height and width attribute to the image thumbnail.
      • Bugfixes
        • Fixes a bug the widget couldn’t load on new Widgets Block page
      • Warning:
        • Current thumbnail resize system will be deprecated and replaced with WordPress built-in thumbnail resize function.
    • Stream 3.8.2
      • Security fix: Ensure the value of order query parameter forwarded to the database query when viewing the Stream records in the WordPress admin (for authenticated users) is only ASC or DESC. Previously it passed the whole value of the order parameter filtered through esc_sql().
    • Wordfence 7.5.6
      • Fix: Prevented login errors with WooCommerce integration when manual username entry is enabled on the WooCommerce registration form
      • Fix: Corrected theme incompatibilities with WooCommerce integration
    • WordPress SEO 1.7.4
      • Enhancements:
        • Improves two queries used to determine whether or not a site has been fully processed using our SEO data optimisation. This should prevent potential slowdowns in extremely large sites.
      • Bugfixes:
        • Fixes a bug where the url property in the search page schema would be empty.
        • Fixes a bug where a duplicate canonical tag was output for web stories created with the Web Stories plugin. Props to swissspidey.
        • Fixes a bug where a race condition could occur that caused the rewrite rules to be flushed on every page request when using a persistent cache like Redis. This may speed up your site’s load times if it’s using persistent caching.

PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4016 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4015 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4014 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4013 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4011 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4017 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4018 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4019

WordPress Cluster 9.8.61

  • MU Plugins Updated
    • Advertising 2.3.01
    • Introduces testing for the presence of the register wall and half-lockedbg wall so advertising can be disabled in any case where these are displayed
  • Plugins updated:
    • DCT CTAs 1.1.14
    • Added post-level light/dark theme setting
    • Added post-level Sign Up CTA overrides:
      • Title
      • Target
    • Improved script / style loading
    • JS cleanup
  • Themes updated:
    • Blocks 2.22.33
    • Logo CSS fixes
    • Blocks 2.22.34
    • Format icon logic improvement
    • The Courier 4.5.7
    • Logo CSS fixes
    • Press and Journal 4.5.9
    • Logo CSS fixes cript / style loading
    • JS cleanup
  • New MU Plugins
    • XML-RPC Management 1.0.0
    • Network/site Admin settings and toggles

PRs: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4002, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4010, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4003, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4012, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/3992
JIRA: https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/CORE-2696

WordPress Cluster 9.8.57

  • Plugins updated:
    • DCT UIC 1.2.5
    • Added login redirect class to the UIC templates.
    • Blaize 1.26.6
    • Removed max width from the v1 subs page
  • Themes updated:
    • Blocks 2.22.30
    • Added login redirect class to the login button in the masthead.
    • Blocks 2.22.31
    • Fixing format icon functionality:
      • Cleaning up logic
      • Removing redundant styles
      • Adding SVG icons where missing
    • Adding blocks_get_... and blocks_the_... function variants where possible
    • Fixed new tab error re: target
    • Fixed Fake Door terms bug
    • The Courier 4.5.6
    • Removed redundant navigation template override
    • Updating get/the functions
    • Energy Voice 5.3.4
    • Updating get/the functions
    • Evening Express 4.4.29
    • Updating get/the functions
    • Press and Journal 4.5.8
    • Updating get/the functions
    • CSS updates
    • Sunday Post 4.2.1
    • Updating get/the functions

PRs: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/3984, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/3998, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/3999