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The following updates are included in this release.

• WordPress 5.4
• Genesis Framework 3.3.2

WordPress for Texas has been updated with a critical security patch for the SimpleSAMLphp authentication software. SimpleSAMLphp is utilized by WFT on Pantheon to allow sites to integrate with UT Login.

It is recommended that all users of WordPress for Texas on Pantheon apply this upstream update as soon as possible.

How to apply upstream updates on Pantheon

WFT has been updated with the latest WordPress security release, 5.2.4

WordPress 5.2.4 Security Release

UT Theme Updates

Customize the UT Theme Header Logo

With the release of Genesis 2.10 (UT WordPress framework), all theme settings have been moved into the WordPress Customizer. This change affects how the custom header logo is set.

Your UT WordPress header logo can now be set in the WordPress customizer. Just go to Appearance -> Customize -> Header Logo. See the page below for more instructions on customizing your header logo.

Add Secondary Identification to the UT Brand Bar

The UT WordPress theme now has the ability to allow configuration of the UT branding bar with a “Secondary Identification” title. This area (top left of UT WordPress Theme) has typically been used to call out the specific school/group/lab related to the site.

To configure the secondary identification go to:

Customize -> UT Brand Bar -> enter Secondary Identification

UT WordPress Theme Changes

With the release of Genesis 2.10 (UT WordPress framework), all theme settings have been moved into the WordPress Customizer. This change affects how the custom header logo is set in the UT WordPress Theme.

Your UT WordPress header logo can now be set in the WordPress customizer. Just go to Appearance -> Customize -> Header Logo. See the page below for more instructions on customizing your header logo.

https://sites.utexas.edu/customizing-the-ut-theme-header-logo

Genesis Framework Update

The Genesis Framework has been updated to 3.0.2

https://studiopress.github.io/genesis/changelog/

This maintenance release addresses an issue with a core component of SAML authentication.

WordPress for Texas 2.3 is now available to be applied from your Pantheon dashboard.

Contributed Code Updates:

• WordPress 5.2: https://wordpress.org/news/2019/05/jaco/
• Genesis Framework 2.9.1
• Genesis Responsive Slider 10.0
• WP SAML Auth 0.5.2
• WP Native PHP Sessions 0.7.0

Changes:

• The ability to update or remove plugins that are packaged with the WordPress for Texas custom upstream has been removed.  This has been done to help avoid merge conflicts when applying upstream updates.

WordPress for Texas 2.2 is now available to be applied from your Pantheon dashboard.

Contributed Code Updates:

• WordPress core 5.1: https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-1/ 
• Genesis parent theme: 2.7.2 -> 2.8.1
• Genesis Responsive Slider: 0.9.5 -> 0.9.6
• WP CFM: 1.4.5 -> 1.5

 

This release provides updates and patches for SAML components.

Contributed Code Updates

• Update simpleSAMLphp  (1.15 -> 1.16.3)
• Update wp-saml-auth plugin (0.1.0 -> 0.5.1)

Patches

• Patching getServerPort function in simplesamlPHP to behave on Pantheon
• added SAML login filter to utexas-eid-auth plugin
• Remove references and dependancy of wp-native-php-sessions from utexas-eid-auth plugin