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WordPress 6.8
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Continue reading: WordPress 6.8WordPress 6.8 “Cecil” was deployed to the WP Cloud platform shortly after the core release today. Highlights and features are available in the release documentation. The “previous” pin will allow sites to roll back to WordPress 6.7.2 for the next 30 days if needed.
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Join WP Cloud at WordCamp Asia 2025
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Continue reading: Join WP Cloud at WordCamp Asia 2025We’re thrilled to announce our participation in WordCamp Asia 2025, taking place February 20-22 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Manila, Philippines. This premier event brings together the WordPress community’s brightest minds and showcases the latest technological innovations in the ecosystem. Experience the Future of WordPress Hosting At WP Cloud, we’re pioneering truly…
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WordPress 6.7.2
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Continue reading: WordPress 6.7.2WordPress 6.7.2 was deployed to the WP Cloud platform shortly after the core release today. Highlights and features are available in the release documentation.
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New Webhook Available: sasl_block
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Continue reading: New Webhook Available: sasl_blockAs part of improving our communications around email abuse detection and blocking, we have developed an sasl_block event webhook to notify clients when a domain’s record is updated with either a blocking or an unblocking action. This webhook will begin sending on Tuesday, 11 February 2025 for new changes to our email blocking records. If…
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Proposed 2025 Core Release Schedule
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Continue reading: Proposed 2025 Core Release ScheduleWordPress.org has published tentative release dates for this year, included below for planning purposes. Version Planned 6.8 April 2025 6.9 July 2025 7.0 November 2025 https://wordpress.org/about/roadmap/ WP Cloud will update the “latest” version of WordPress on the platform shortly after a core release, with the “previous” pin trailing by 30 days to allow pinned sites…
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Setting “utf8mb4” as Platform Default Site Character Set
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Continue reading: Setting “utf8mb4” as Platform Default Site Character SetStarting on 5 February 2025, the WP Cloud platform will set “utf8mb4” and “utf8mb4_general_ci” as the Atomic API default character set and collation for a site. If db_charset and/or db_collate are not specified during a create-site request, “utf8mb4″/”utf8mb4_general_ci” will be used. Clients are still free to set the database character set and collation of their…
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PHP Life Cycle & Supported Versions
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Continue reading: PHP Life Cycle & Supported VersionsThe WP Cloud platform removal of PHP 8.1 will occur on 31 December 2025. WP Cloud follows the publicly available PHP supported versions life cycle, which includes supporting a release branch of PHP for two years from its initial stable release plus an additional two years for critical security issues only. To better inform clients…
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phpMyAdmin 5.2.2
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Continue reading: phpMyAdmin 5.2.2phpMyAdmin, accessible via the site-phpmyadmin endpoint, has been updated to 5.2.2.
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Email Abuse Detection & Blocking
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Continue reading: Email Abuse Detection & BlockingMany healthy site workflows rely on email communication with users: allowing readers to contact them, members to reset their password, new customers to sign up, and communicating the shipping status of an order. While the WP Cloud platform supports these kinds of transactional emails initiated by a user’s actions, contact forms and signups without any…
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Advancing “previous” to 6.7.1
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Continue reading: Advancing “previous” to 6.7.1We’ll be advancing the WordPress version “previous” tag on the platform from 6.6.2 to 6.7.1 on Thursday, 19 December 2024.