Author: Erik Runyon

The Notre Dame Sites network has been updated to 5.0.3.

For more information on the included releases:

• WordPress 5.0 “Bebo”
• WordPress 5.0.1 Security Release
• WordPress 5.0.2 Maintenance Release
• WordPress 5.0.3 Maintenance Release

We have enabled the Classic editor by default for all sites. If you would like to use the Block Editor (Gutenberg) on your site, go to “Settings > Allow users to switch editors”

This morning we updated WordPress to 4.9.8 which is a maintenance and security release.

The primary focuses of 4.9.8 are:

• Introduce “Try Gutenberg” callout
• Privacy fixes/enhancements

This version includes 18 Privacy fixes focused on ensuring consistency and flexibility in the new personal data tools added in 4.9.6, including:

• The type of request being confirmed is now included in the subject line for all privacy confirmation emails.
• Improved consistency with site name being used for privacy emails in multisite.
• Increased the test coverage for several core privacy functions.
• Pagination for Privacy request admin screens can now be adjusted.

This morning we updated WordPress to 4.9.7 which is a maintenance and security release.

From the WordPress 4.9.7 release post, WordPress versions 4.9.6 and earlier are affected by one security issue. As part of the core team’s ongoing commitment to security hardening, the following security and maintenance fixes have been implemented:

1. WordPress versions 4.9.6 and earlier are affected by a file deletion issue where a user with the capability to edit and delete media files could potentially manipulate media metadata to attempt to delete files outside the uploads directory.
2. Taxonomy: Improve cache handling for term queries.
3. Posts, Post Types: Clear post password cookie when logging out.
4. Widgets: Allow basic HTML tags in sidebar descriptions on Widgets admin screen.
5. Community Events Dashboard: Always show the nearest WordCamp if one is coming up, even if there are multiple Meetups happening first.
6. Privacy: Make sure default privacy policy content does not cause a fatal error when flushing rewrite rules outside of the admin context.

This morning we updated WordPress to 4.9.6 which is a privacy and maintenance release.

This maintenance release includes 37 enhancements, 51 bug fixes, and 2 tasks. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) related changes include Comments, Privacy Policy Page, and Data Handling.

This morning we updated WordPress to 4.9.5 which is a maintenance release.

This maintenance release fixes 28 bugs in 4.9, including fixes for Customizer, media library, error notices, and some security fixes. Twenty Seventeen bundled theme and Hello Dolly bundled plugin have also been updated.

This morning we updated WordPress to 4.9.4 which is a maintenance release.

This maintenance release fixes a severe bug in 4.9.3, which will cause sites that support automatic background updates to fail to update automatically, and will require action from you (or your host) for it to be updated to 4.9.4.

This morning we updated WordPress to 4.9.3 which is a maintenance release.

This maintenance release fixes 34 bugs in 4.9, including fixes for Customizer changesets, widgets, visual editor, and PHP 7.2 compatibility. WordPress 4.9.3 contains 34 bug fixes.

This morning we updated WordPress to 4.9.2 which is a security and maintenance release. Bug fixes of note:

• Fixed a XSS vulnerability that was discovered in the Flash fallback files in MediaElement
• JavaScript errors that prevented saving posts in Firefox have been fixed.
• The previous taxonomy-agnostic behavior of get_category_link() and category_description() was restored.
• Switching themes will now attempt to restore previous widget assignments, even when there are no sidebars to map.

This morning we updated WordPress to 4.9.1 which is a security and maintenance release. Bug fixes of note:

• Issues relating to the caching of theme template files.
• A MediaElement JavaScript error preventing users of certain languages from being able to upload media files.
• The inability to edit theme and plugin files on Windows based servers.

This morning we updated WordPress to 4.9. Highlights include “…an improved Customizer workflow with design drafts, locking, scheduling, and preview links. What’s more, code syntax highlighting and error checking will make for a clean and smooth site building experience. Finally, if all that wasn’t pretty great, we’ve got a great new Gallery widget and improvements to theme browsing and switching.”

• WordPress 4.9 “Tipton” announcement
• WordPress 4.9 Codex