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  • Email Abuse Detection & Blocking

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    Many 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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    We’ll be advancing the WordPress version “previous” tag on the platform from 6.6.2 to 6.7.1 on Thursday, 19 December 2024.

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  • Setting PHP 8.2 as Platform Default

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    Starting on 2 December 2024, the platform will set PHP 8.2 as the Atomic API default version of PHP. If a PHP version is not specified during a create-site request, PHP 8.2 will be used. Clients are still free to set the PHP version of their choice, but we’re moving the platform default well ahead…

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  • WordPress 6.7.1

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    WordPress 6.7.1 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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  • WordPress 6.7

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    WordPress 6.7 “Rollins” 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 6.6.2 for the next 30 days if needed.

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  • HEIC to JPEG Conversion Support

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    In the upcoming WordPress 6.7 release, HEIC image uploads will be automatically converted to JPEG on the server when possible. This WordPress feature relies on the PHP extension ImageMagick to convert the files. Browser support for HEIC images is low, but users may run into it because is the default storage format for Apple devices.…

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  • Upcoming Deploy Freezes

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    The WP Cloud platform will hold deploys on the following schedule to facilitate smooth operations for our eCommerce and news sites. Emergencies such as security and breaking events will be triaged and handled as needed. U.S. Election: November 5, 2024 (may be extended to November 6, 2024)U.S. Thanksgiving & Black Friday: November 28, 2024 &…

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  • Advancing “previous” to 6.6.2

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    We’ll be advancing the WordPress version “previous” tag on the platform from 6.5.5 to 6.6.2 on Monday, 21 October 2024. This was delayed in order to allow some sites to bring their CSS up-to-date with newer block patterns, but must advance ahead of the upcoming WordPress 6.7 release.

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  • Discover WP Cloud at WordCamp US

    Discover WP Cloud at WordCamp US

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    WordCamp US is being held September 17-20 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. It’s where the brightest minds and the latest technologies converge. We’re excited to announce our presence at this great event, and we hope you’ll connect with the WP Cloud team to learn more about the innovations we’re bringing to WordPress…

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  • PHP 7.4 Unavailable for New Sites

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    In general, we try to follow the PHP Supported Versions dates as closely as possible. PHP 7.4 has been an outlier for this rule in order to allow the WordPress ecosystem some time to catch up; PHP 8.1 will have security support until December 31, 2025. PHP 7.4 has been maintained on our platform via…

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