WordPress Managed - Package updates

[girish]

[2.16.1]

• Update wp-redis and wp-smtp plugins to latest in the default installation
• Rename authLdap plugin to authldap, so that upgrade works via WP dashboard

[girish]

[2.16.2]

• Update WordPress to 5.6.1
• Release announcement
• #51056: Fetch_feed parsing of permalinks triggers simplepie preg_match warnings
• #52327: Requested updates to the PHP Update Alert
• #51940: The schema for the taxonomy property of a term in the REST API should not include all taxonomies
• #51980: App Passwords: ‘Add New Application Password’ submit button is hidden on mobile devices in ‘User Profile’ page
• #51995: WordPress 5.6: Classic editor menu is not sticky
• Update wp-redis and wp-smtp plugins to latest in the default installation

[girish]

[2.17.0]

• Update base image to v3
• use smtp mailer instead of wp-mail-smtp

[girish]

[2.17.1]

• Update WordPress to 5.6.2
• Release announcement
• #52440: Prevent the “Leave site” browser alert in Classic Editor when post title, excerpt, or post content fields are missing.
• #52396: Image options are not visible in pop up when the clicking replace button from Image block.
• #52449: Can’t change font size the 5.6.1 paragraph block.

[girish]

[2.17.2]

• Update wp-mail-smtp plugin which allows changing Mail From without having to re-enter password

[girish]

[2.18.0]

• Update WordPress to 5.7
• WP Admin: A new color palette
• New Robots API
• Ongoing cleanup after update to jQuery 3.5.1
• Lazy-load your iframes

[girish]

[2.18.1]

• Allow .htaccess inside wp-content

[girish]

[2.18.2]

• Update WordPress to 5.7.1
• Release announcement
• Security updates - exposure vulnerability within the latest posts block and REST API

[nebulon]

[2.18.3]

• Update WordPress to 5.7.2
• Security update
• Release announcement

[nebulon]

[2.18.4]

• Allow generation of PDF previews

[rmdes]

@nebulon any ETA when 5.8 will be available ?

[girish]

[2.19.0]

• Update WordPress to 5.8
• Release announcement
• Manage Widgets with Blocks
• Display Posts with New Blocks and Patterns
• Edit the Templates Around Posts
• Overview of the Page Structure
• Suggested Patterns for Blocks
• Style and Colorize Images

[girish]

[2.20.0]

• Update WordPress to 5.8.1
• Make sendmail optional
• Release announcement
• Props @mdawaffe, member of the WordPress Security Team for their work fixing a data exposure vulnerability within the REST API.
• Props to Bentkowski of Securitum for reporting a XSS vulnerability in the block editor.
• The Lodash library has been updated to version 4.17.21 in each branch to incorporate upstream security fixes.

[girish]

[2.20.1]

• Update WordPress to 5.8.2
• Release announcement

[girish]

[2.20.2]

• Update WordPress to 5.8.3
• Release announcement
• Props to Karim El Ouerghemmi and Simon Scannell of SonarSource for disclosing an issue with stored XSS through post slugs.
• Props to Simon Scannell of SonarSource for reporting an issue with Object injection in some multisite installations.
• Props to ngocnb and khuyenn from GiaoHangTietKiem JSC for working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative on reporting a SQL injection vulnerability in WP_Query.
• Props to Ben Bidner from the WordPress security team for reporting a SQL injection vulnerability in WP_Meta_Query (only relevant to versions 4.1-5.8).

[girish]

[2.21.0]

• Update WordPress to 5.9
• Release announcement
• Full site editing is here
• Say hello to Twenty Twenty-Two theme
• Better block controls
• A revamped List View
• A better Gallery block

[girish]

[2.21.1]

• Update LDAP plugin to 2.5.1
• Update smtp-mailer to 1.1.3
• Update ldap plugin to 2.4.11

[girish]

[2.21.2]

• Update WordPress to 5.9.1
• Release announcement

[girish]

[2.21.3]

• Update WordPress to 5.9.2
• Release announcement

[girish]

[2.22.0]

• Change the table prefix to wp_. This makes it easier to migrate to the Developer package and is also better supported by plugins.