WordCamp Europe Happy Hour, Belgrade

While we’re in town celebrating all of the excitement in the WordPress community, let us gather as VIPs, partners and friends after WordCamp Europe on June 15th. Food and drinks will be provided.

Looking forward to seeing you in Belgrade!

WordCamp US Happy Hour, Nashville

While we’re in town celebrating all of the excitement in the WordPress community, let us gather as VIPs, partners and friends after WordCamp US on Friday, Dec 1st!

Who: WordPress.com VIP Team

Where: Acme Feed and Seed, 101 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37201, USA (website)

When: Friday, Dec 1st from 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Why: Yay, WordPress!

RSVP: https://wordpresscomvipwcushh.splashthat.com/

Questions: Email Tamara@a8c.com

Looking forward to seeing you in Nashville!

Getty Images v3.0 now available

A new version of the Getty Images WordPress Plugin has been committed to the shared plugins repository. v3.0 is a simpler way to add captivating visual content to your WordPress site with improved usability and is intended to replace 2.4.4 or lower. It includes:

  • New look and feel
  • New landing page featuring Creative, Featured and Editorial images
  • Ability to set a downloaded image as the Featured Image directly from the plugin (no more bouncing back and forth between the media library and the plugin to set your Featured Image)
  • Larger images in the search results (plus the option to switch back to the detailed view if that’s what you prefer)
  • Improved search filter panel

We encourage all VIPs using Getty Images WordPress Plugin to upgrade to this version by specifying the version parameter of wpcom_vip_load_plugin() like so:

wpcom_vip_load_plugin( 'getty-images', 'plugins', '3.0' );

This also means that we are now deprecating v2.4 and earlier and intend to remove the plugin on October 10th (pushed back).  We strongly encourage you to upgrade to v3.0 as some functionality in versions 2.4 and earlier will stop working.

As we approach the removal date for v2.4 and earlier, we’ll contact any VIPs still loading that version and will force update any themes that haven’t migrated by that date.

For VIP Go, you can take advantage of the new version by adding the latest reviewed version (v.3.0) to your plugins folder. The plugin can be downloaded from WordPress.org).

If you have any questions please open a ticket where we’ll be happy to assist you transition to the newest version.

Facebook’s Instant Articles v4.0.5 Now Available

A new version of Facebook’s Instant Articles plugin has been committed to the shared plugins repository. v4.0.5 is a feature release and is intended to replace v3.3.5 and below. It includes:

  • Streamlines initial setup
  • Provides visual parity between Instant Articles and AMP

We encourage all VIPs using Facebook Instant Articles to upgrade to this version by specifying the version parameter of wpcom_vip_load_plugin() like so:

wpcom_vip_load_plugin( 'facebook-instant-articles', 'plugins', '4.0' );

v3.3.5 will remain available for those who want to use it, but we strongly encourage you to upgrade to v4.0.5.

For VIP Go, you can take advantage of the new version by adding the latest reviewed version (v.4.0.5) to your plugins folder. The plugin can be downloaded from WordPress.org / GitHub.

If you have any questions please open a ticket where we’ll be happy to assist you transition to the newest version.