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PHP Normalization Across Rare Use Cases

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Sep 13, 2024

On WP Cloud, web applications and WP CLI honor a site’s specified PHP version and SSH sessions default to the specified version when it is invoked using php. However, we have identified some discrepancies in rare use cases that we will be normalizing going forward on Tuesday, 17 September 2024. We anticipate that the former…

WordPress 6.6.2

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Sep 10, 2024

WordPress 6.6.2 was deployed to the WP Cloud platform shortly after the core release today. Highlights and features are available in the release documentation.

Advancing “previous” to WP 6.6.1

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Aug 14, 2024

We’ll be advancing the WordPress version “previous” tag on the platform from 6.5.3 to 6.6.1 on Monday, 19 August 2024, concluding the 30-day grace period from the release on WordPress 6.6 on 16 July 2024.

WordPress 6.6.1

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Jul 23, 2024

WordPress 6.6.1 was deployed to the WP Cloud platform shortly after the core release today. Highlights and features are available in the release documentation.

WordPress 6.6

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Jul 16, 2024

WordPress 6.6 “Dorsey” 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 6.5.5 for the next 30 days if needed.

Edge Cache Defensive Mode Now Available

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Jul 1, 2024

Edge Cache Defensive mode is now available on all WP Cloud hosts and may be managed via WP-CLI and the WP Cloud Atomic API. While the WP Cloud platform provides DDoS mitigations, WP Cloud’s Edge Cache Defensive mode offers an additional on-demand layer of protection. Utilizing proof-of-work, Defensive mode issues a challenge to browsers visiting the site, mitigating spam bot and…

Domain-Based Multisite Support Now Available

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May 21, 2024

WP Cloud now supports domain-based multisites. This is possible with the new canonicalize_aliases site meta. Setting canonicalize_aliases to false instructs WP Cloud to not redirect aliases to the primary domain and allows the site to serve those aliases directly. This enables domain-based multisite networks to function. To test domain-based multisites, follow these steps: Note that this will disable any existing redirects that…

Advancing “previous” to WP 6.5.3

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May 21, 2024

We’ll be advancing the WordPress version “previous” tag on the platform from 6.4.4 to 6.5.3 shortly; 6.4.4 has exceeded our usual 30 day grace period to allow sites to update after the resolution of some plugin-related fatal errors in load_plugin_textdomain.

WordPress 6.5.3

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May 3, 2024

WordPress 6.5.3 RC1 is currently available for testing under the “beta” pin of WordPress. The final release is expected on Tuesday, May 7th, 2024. Please note that this date can change depending on possible issues after RC1 is released.

WordPress 6.5.2

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Apr 10, 2024

This security and maintenance release features 2 bug fixes on Core, 12 bug fixes for the Block Editor, and 1 security fix. Because this is a security release, WordPress 6.5.2 has been deployed to the platform for the “latest” and “beta” pins. The “previous” pin has been updated to the 6.4.4 backport. n.b. There was no WP 6.5.1.