Release Notes

Version 5.2 of WPCD is just a set of tweaks and fixes. There is very little new in it. We forwarded the version number from 5.1.x to 5.2 because there is a manual update to OLS servers required. Otherwise, this would have been just another minor point release.

WPCloudDeploy 5.1 is a small release with a very limited set of new features, tweaks & fixes. New: PHP 8.1 Is Now The Default Now that PHP 7.4 is no longer being officially supported with security updates, we’ve made the default for new sites and servers PHP 8.1 This has some ramifications: You will not be able to install sites…

Power Tools 2.1 includes a couple of new features and a few tweaks and fixes. It requires WPCloudDeploy 5.0.0 or later. New: Smart Server Restart When configuring servers to automatically restart on a schedule, you now have the option to only restart those servers that are reporting a restart is needed. In prior versions of Power Tools, the auto-restart would…

Introduction WPCloudDeploy 5.0 is going to be the largest release we’ve done in quite a while. In fact, it might be the largest release since the original version 1.0. It’s chocked full of a ton of some of the most requested features in our public roadmap. The top two requests are now a reality along with a number of other…

In preparation for the release of WPCD 5.0, we have made a number of updates to all our providers. Please note: All providers now require WPCD 5.0 and will not work with earlier versions. Do not upgrade them unless you have already upgraded WPCD core. Please see the WPCD 5.0 upgrade notes for more information and the correct steps for…

For the entire life of WPCloudDeploy all our integration efforts have gone toward Public Cloud services such as DigitalOcean, AWS, Vultr, Linode etc. Our only nod to private clouds was our Custom Server provider. This lack of integrated support was because private clouds are a whole different breed. Each private cloud is different – after a baseline installation, everything else…

In this release of our Power Tools add-on we are adding a number of cool, but non-critical features. These include: An option to create and display images of your home page in the site listing New options for running backups and callbacks more frequently An option for automatically restarting servers An experimental option related to site syncing (copy to server).…

WPCD 4.16 is a release with a lot of tweaks affecting many areas of the application. It is also a technical release where we’re: Resetting certain defaults Continued doing the internal work necessary to bring the code closer to compliance with WP coding standards and Adding some foundations for future features. It includes a few minor breaking changes: An update…

The latest release of our add-on that allows you to sell site subscriptions with WooCommerce is all about flexibility in handling template sites and providing new options on checkout User Registration On New Template Sites The metabox for designating template sites has been expanded from a single checkbox to a multi-option primary metabox. When you create a new site from…

Our February 2022 release is another nip-and-tuck release with no major new features – just smaller features and tweaks. New: Support For Disabling or Enabling DigitalOcean Backups You can now choose to automatically enable or disable Digital Ocean backups when creating a new server. In prior WPCD versions, we always forced the backups to be turned on with every new…