WP Squared Release Notes

Release Highlights #

Welcome to the newest product offering from WebPros, WP Squared™. WP Squared features one-stop management for WordPress® that we built on top of the powerful cPanel & WHM server, providing you with a reliable, seamless experience.

Version History #

126.1.5 #

Disk Usage #

Display current Disk Space Usage of an account in the website lister interface.

Update and improve translations #

Updated Brazilian Portuguese (português do Brasil) translations.

126.1.4 #

Staging Tool #

The Staging Tool creates a complete copy of your website using a temporary domain. This allows you to test new features and updates without disrupting your live website. You can edit and make changes to your site, then publish your changes to your live website.

Add OpenAPI documentation to WHM #

Starting with 126.1.4, every build now provides OpenAPI documentation for WP Squared, and WHM is now directly available from the WHM menu.

126.1.3 #

Update Frontend #

Update from Angular 16 to Angular 18.

WP Toolkit version update #

The WP Toolkit version for WP Squared is now set to 6.6.0-8916.

126.1.1 #

Feature Manager controlled Backup options #

An administrator user can now enable or disable the Backup feature in WHM’s Feature Manager. This allows the server administrator to control whether the Backup tab is shown in the WP Squared interface. The Backup feature is enabled by default.

126.1.0 #

Feature Manager #

In WHM, you can now create customized Feature Lists for WP Squared users. This allows administrators more control over what features are available to their WP Squared users.

Improved localization support for Spanish translations #

Complete Spanish, specifically Español de España, translations are now available to WP Squared users.

124.1.5 #

WP Toolkit version update #

The WP Toolkit version for WP Squared is now set to 6.6.0-8779.

124.1.4 #

Improved User Experience #

For WP Squared 124.1.4, we fixed several bugs to improve user experience.

124.1.2 #

Added localization support #

In WP Squared 124.1.2, we added localization for the following languages: Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, and Turkish. These languages are available during website setup and can be changed in your Account Settings.

124.1.1 #

WP Toolkit version update #

The WP Toolkit version for WP Squared is now set to 6.5.0-8604.

Automatically-issued hostnames #

In WP Squared 124.1.1, wp2.host is now used instead of cprapid.com for automatically-issued hostnames. Newly installed servers without a fully-qualified domain name as a hostname will receive one from WebPros International, LLC with the subdomain of wp2.host.

124.1.0 #

Log Viewer #

WP Squared now includes the ability to view raw Apache® logs via the Logs tab on the Extended Website View interface. Currently, only access logs are available for download.

Available backups limit #

A WHM user can now set the number of backups available to WP Squared users. WP Squared users will be notified when they are near the limit. The number of available backups will not impact scheduled backups; only manual backups.

122.1.2 #

Updated System requirements #

WP Squared should be installed using AlmaLinux OS 8 only. During the installation process, the OS is converted to CloudLinux™ Pro to take advantage of the features available for a better experience with WordPress. Find more on the installation process in our Getting Started Guide.

WP Toolkit update #

The WP Toolkit version for WP Squared is now set to 6.4.0-8410.

122.1.1 #

MailSend Role added #

WP Squared now has the ability to communicate with external mail servers, allowing for verifications, password resets, and contact forms to send mail.

Improved Customization #

Customized theme colors are now implemented through out the entire WP Squared Design System to provide a more unified user experience.

Added Extendify Theme #

The Extendify Theme and Plugin are now available for WP Squared users.

122.1.0 #

Deferred Licensing availability #

In 122.1.0, we added the ability to partially install WP Squared by skipping the license checks. This is helpful for hyperscalers to create an image of the software and add the license at the time the image is provisioned.

CageFS Support #

CageFS is enabled by default to increase the security of your server and isolate each user into a virtualized, locked-down environment. Learn more about CageFS in CloudLinux’s documentation.

120.1.2 #

Content Delivery Network #

A Content Delivery Network utilizes servers in various locations to provide content from servers closest to the viewer, making your website load faster. The integration process is quickly and easily set up using Cloudflare, the only supported CDN currently. For more information, see our Content Delivery Network documentation.

Smart PHP Update #

Smart PHP Update allows a website owner to test versions of PHP on their website before the actual update occurs. This limits the chance of downtime due to incompatibilities between PHP versions and the website code. Learn more in our Smart PHP Updates documentation.

AccelerateWP and Object Cache Plugins #

AccelerateWP is an OS level plugin that optimizes your WordPress website for quick delivery. It is provided with every WP Squared installation and by default, enabled. You can learn more CloudLinux’s AccelerateWP plugin on their website.

MySQL Governor #

MySQL Governor gives server owners peace of mind, knowing that their server is protected from potential abuse and server overload. Enabled by default, MySQL Governor monitors MySQL usage to throttle abusers, preventing overload and improving overall performance. Learn more about how your server is protected in the MySQL Governor documentation.

Scheduled Backups #

Users have the ability to schedule backups to ensure they can recover from any disaster. With builtin functionality, a user can create a back up on the fly, or schedule backups to run during less busy hours. Learn more about how to create or schedule a backup, read our documentation.