WordPress Cluster – Release Notes

Plugin Updates: Plugin Name	Version	Update Version
post-expirator	2.9.1	2.9.2
publish-to-apple-news	2.3.3	2.4.0
custom-facebook-feed	4.1.6	4.1.8
instagram-feed	6.1.1	6.1.2
wordfence	7.9.0	7.9.1

Jira: https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/CORE-2911
PRs: #5182, #5183, #5184, #5185, #5186

• MU Plugins updated
  • Active Plugins admin page
  • Added helper icon for active plugin count
    • includes title attribute for verbose description on hover
  • PHP cleanup
• Themes Updated
  • Blocks 2.30.44
  • Resolved error log message in template-tags.php.
  • Resolved error log message in blocks_get_latest_posts_top_ranked()

Jira: https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/EVW-654, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/EVW-653
PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5178, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5179

• Docker Update
  • PHPCS: WPCS
  • PHP8 deprecations bubbling and preventing inspections

JIRA: https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/CORE-2912
PRs: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5191, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5180

• Readme Update
  • Add xdebug instructions for VSCode into the Repository readme file.

PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/4994

• Core updates
  • Retired GitHub Action deployment scripts
  • Added CircleCI pipeline scripts for all future code deployments
• Themes Updated
  • Energy Voice 6.0.22
  • Altered category/submenu behaviour to show relevant submenu on selection and hover (desktop).

Jira: https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/EVW-644
PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5150, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5005

Third Party Plugin Updates

name	version	update_version
ad-inserter	2.7.24	2.7.25
advanced-database-cleaner	3.2.1	3.2.2
post-expirator	2.8.3	2.9.1

Language updates

• Redirection
• Yoast

PRs: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5170 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5173 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5172 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5174

Theme Updates

Blocks Theme 2.30.43

• Adds new blocks and styles to EV NPD squads landing page template
• Adds option to hide promo block on pages
  PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5168

Energy Voice Theme 6.0.21

• Adds custom styling for new landing page blocks
• PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5168

Theme Updates

• Blocks Theme 2.30.42
  • Fixed issue with horizontal scrolling and editors picks being inside the grey div
    PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5144
    JIRA: https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2742

WordPress Core Updates

• https://wordpress.org/news/2022/11/misha/
• https://wordpress.org/news/2022/11/wordpress-6-1-1-maintenance-release/
  PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5160
  JIRA: https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/CORE-2908

• Plugin Updates
  • WordFence 7.9.0
  • Contact Form 7 5.7.4
  • Contact Form 7 dynamic text extension 3.2

PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5163, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5161, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5162

• Plugins Updated:

  • DCT Events 1.0.5
  • Added data attributes to help with tracking button clicks on the block.
  • DCT Events 1.0.6
  • Fixed CSS issue with image display.
  • Blocks 2.30.40
  • Removed restriction on nav attributes only being applied to sites with the updated masthead.
  • Blocks 2.30.41
  • Fix Branding Banner scrolling.
  • MU Plugins
  • Update ACF key for HHH metabox selector

• Themes

  • Taste of Grampian theme
  • White overlay removed from hero image on home page.

JIRA: https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/EVW-648, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/EVW-642, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/PRO-116, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2680
PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5152, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5155, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5143, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5151, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5097

• Docker
  • Add extra hosts needed to power xDebug
• Themes
  • Blocks theme
  • Adds wysiwyg block to NPD landing page template
  • Energy Voice 6.0.20
  • Adds EV styles to new wysiwyg block on NPD landing page template
• Plugin added
  • DCT Privacy Policy 1.0
  • Creates customised Privacy Policy and FAQ content pages for the DC Thomson Corporate site
  • Built by Blue2

PRs: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5090, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5142, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5149

• Theme Updates

  • Blocks Theme 2.30.36
    • update sharing bar positioning
  • Blocks Theme 2.30.37
  • removed redundant storm chat code
  • Blocks Theme 2.30.38
    • Fixed horizontal scrolling on articles
    • Changed the thumbnail size in template-premium_default.php to improve page speed.
  • Blocks Theme 2.30.39
    • Remove underline from premium content
  • pressandjournal-2017 4.7.10
    • fix P&J masthead text dropping down a line
  • pressandjournal-2017 4.7.11
    • update sharing bar positioning
  • pressandjournal-2017 4.7.12
    • P&J Investigations colours
  • courier-2017 4.7.7
    • update sharing bar positioning
  • Energy Voice 6.0.19
    • Moved position of newsletter frequency to resolve UI bug.

• MU Plugins Removed

  • Storm Webchat
  • DCT Viafoura Cleanup

• Plugins added

  • DCT Privacy Policy 1.0
  • Creates customised Privacy Policy and FAQ content pages for the DC Thomson Corporate site
  • Built by Blue2

• Plugins Updated

  • Ad Inserter 2.7.24
  • AMP 2.4.0
  • Mailchimp 4.9.1
  • Yoast WordPress SEO 20.1
  • Yoast WordPress SEO Premium 20.1

PR:
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5113,
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5115
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5112/
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5129
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5124
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5130
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5132
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5118,
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5125
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5111
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5139
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5148
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5136
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5138
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5134

JIRA:
https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2722
https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2736
https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2711
https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2681
https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2742
https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2719
https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2684
https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/EVW-620
https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2710
https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/CORE-2905