WordPress Cluster – Release Notes

Plugin Updates: Plugin Name	Version	Update Version
Ad Inserter	2.7.26	2.7.27
ACF Pro	6.0.7	6.1.12
Classic Editor	1.6.2	1.6.3
MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress	4.9.2	4.9.3
Redirection	5.3.9	5.3.10
Redis Cache Pro	1.18.1	1.18.2

Theme Updates: Theme Name	Version	Update Version
Twenty Sixteen	2.8	2.9
Twenty Seventeen	3.1	3.2
Twenty Nineteen	2.4	2.5
Twenty Twenty	2.1	2.2
Twenty Twenty-Two	1.3	1.4
Twenty Twenty-Three	1.0	1.1

JIRA: https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/CORE-2919

PRs: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5256 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5266 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5257 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5258 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5259 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5267 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5260 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5261 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5262 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5263 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5264 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5265

Updates:

• Blaize Plugin & Blocks Theme
  • Series of changes to allow the Blaize plugin to be deactivated without causing critical errors
  • Releasing as an emergency fix for the Blaize plugin being accidentally deactivated on production

Revert:

• Reverted the above after re-enabling the plugin as this code is not production ready
• Revert PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5268

PRs: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5154 https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5268

• Themes Updated:
  • P&J-2017 4.7.14
  • Fixes header padding issue on P&J theme, for single articles

JIRA:
https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2796

PR’s:
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5223

• Plugins Added:

  • Pods Cache Flush Intervention 1.0
  • Cache flush prevention via Object Cache Pro filter
    • Looks for: PodsAPI and cache_flush_pods when a flush is requested

• Plugins Updated:

  • Ad Inserter 2.7.25 to 2.7.26
  • AMP 2.4.0 to 2.4.1
  • Admin Columns 4.5.5 to 4.6.1
  • Contact Form 7 5.7.4 to 5.7.5.1
  • Smash Balloon Instagram Feed 6.1.2 to 6.1.3
  • Mailchimp for WordPress 4.9.1 to 4.9.2
  • Object Cache Pro 1.18.0 to 1.18.1
  • Drop-In Updated
  • Pods 2.9.11.1 to 2.9.13 – REVERTED
  • Wordfence 7.9.1 to 7.9.2
  • WordPress SEO 20.4
  • WordPress SEO Premium 20.4

• Language Translations

JIRA:
https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/CORE-2918
https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/CORE-2916

PR’s:
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5242
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5232
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5233
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5234
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5235
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5236
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5237
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5238
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5239
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5240
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5243

• Themes Updated:

  • Blocks 2.30.52
  • Changed label behaviour in the promoted slot to show the category name if a fallback is in place.
  • Blocks 2.30.53
  • Amended blocks_get_synopsis() function and utilised separate blocks_the_synopsis() function.
  • Blocks 2.30.54
  • Added GTM code to header-puzzle.php
  • Blocks 2.30.55
  • Fixed author image crop issue on HHH articles

• Plugins Updated:

  • Blaize 1.28.18
  • Added action hook to blaize_custom_box_html() to allow creation of additional options at the theme level.

JIRA:
https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/EVW-675, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/EVW-665
https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2797, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2810, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2716

PR’s:
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5209, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5206, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5226, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5207

• Themes Updated

  • Blocks Theme
  • Hero template set up
  • Hub template set up
  • Component Newsletter signup
  • Create HHH Skeleton
  • Component overview copy
  • Hygiene template setup
  • Hide excerpt description
  • Updated Comments icon
  • Updated Excerpt requirement method
  • Article template mapping
  • Article type post metadata
  • Hygiene mobile image bug
  • Share button wrong size on older iPhones
  • Social share bar fixes
  • Component: Share button and pop-up
  • Issue with repetition of Teaser field on published content
  • Courier-2017
    • Assemble Hero template
    • Add social share bar on HHH
    • Article type post metadata
    • Social share bar fixes
    • Component: Share button and pop-up
  • P&J-2017
    • Add social share bar on HHH
    • Article type post metadata
    • Social share bar fixes
  • Energyvoice-2019
    • Social share bar fixes
  • Sundaypost-2019
    • Social share bar fixes
  • Syndicate
    • Article type post metadata

• Plugins Updated

  • DCT-UIC plugin
    • Component Newsletter signup
    • MU plugin
    • Social share attribute tracking
    • Check ACF key dct_hhh_field_article_type_metabox

JIRA:
https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2589

PR’s:
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5059

Theme Updates

• ESG Voice
  • Fix for sharebar not appearing
• Blocks Theme
  • Update Live signposting position
  • Removed commented code from Hero Template

JIRA: https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2802, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2792, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2806

PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5220, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5219, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5221

• Themes Update
  • Energy Voice 2019
    • Fix for sharebar not displaying
  • Blocks Theme
    • Updated comments button listener
    • Updated line-height on Hub page body content

JIRA: https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2789, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/NP-2790

PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5217
https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5216/files

• Plugins Updated
  • Yoast SEO 20.3
  • Yoast SEO Premium 20.3

PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5210, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5211
JIRA: https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/CORE-2914,

• Plugins Updated:

  • DCT Events 1.0.8
  • Updated page ID logic to allow for displaying of block on archive pages.
  • DCT Events 1.0.9
  • Updated CSS to centre the event image horizontally and vertically within the container.

• Themes Updated:

  • Blocks 2.3.50
  • Updated logic for block templates on archive pages.
  • Updated blocks_admin_notice() to be compatible with PHP8.
  • Adds styles for checkbox and dropdown elements to CF& on NPD landing pages
  • EV 26.0.26
  • Adds styles for checkbox and dropdown elements to CF& on NPD landing pages

JIRA: https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/EVW-672, https://dcthomson.atlassian.net/browse/EVW-674
PR: https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5169, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5205, https://github.com/dc-thomson/wordpress/pull/5212,