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  • EasyEngine Dashboard now lets you re-sync your WP Cloud sites

    EasyEngine Dashboard now lets you re-sync your WP Cloud sites

    Organization owners and admins can now re-sync their WP Cloud sites in EasyEngine Dashboard, including sites created or deleted outside it through the WP Cloud API or a CI/CD pipeline. Review what’s new and what’s gone, then import and archive the ones you choose, or turn on the daily sync.

    EasyEngine Dashboard now lets you re-sync your WP Cloud sites
  • EasyEngine Dashboard v3.3.0 Released

    EasyEngine Dashboard v3.3.0 Released

    Starting with EasyEngine Dashboard v3.3.0, Security Advisories also check your WP Cloud sites, not just your EasyEngine sites. Each live, connected WP Cloud site is checked daily for vulnerable WordPress core, plugins and themes, with findings on its Security tab and in the security digest. Sites and servers also get an Ownership & Access tab.

    EasyEngine Dashboard v3.3.0 Released
  • EasyEngine Dashboard v3.0.20: the review of sites a bulk WordPress update will touch, limited to Development servers, beside the Preview Affected Sites dialog

    EasyEngine Dashboard v3.2.0 Released

    EasyEngine Dashboard v3.2.0 adds a review step to bulk WordPress core updates: see every site an update will touch, limit an organization-wide run to Production or Development servers, and untick sites before anything runs. A failed CI/CD setup also no longer marks a new site as failed.

    EasyEngine Dashboard v3.0.20: the review of sites a bulk WordPress update will touch, limited to Development servers, beside the Preview Affected Sites dialog
  • EasyEngine Dashboard v3.1.0: the EasyEngine Settings card on the Stack Updates tab, the Update EasyEngine dialog with Prioritize this rollout, and a scheduled server update

    EasyEngine Dashboard v3.1.0 Released

    EasyEngine Dashboard v3.1.0 lets organization owners, admins and managers request an EasyEngine update across their servers. Owners and admins can share servers with child organizations, and notification preferences are now separate for each organization.

    EasyEngine Dashboard v3.1.0: the EasyEngine Settings card on the Stack Updates tab, the Update EasyEngine dialog with Prioritize this rollout, and a scheduled server update
  • Security Advisories report showing plugin and theme findings by severity, PHP maintenance rows under Updates, and actions to update, snooze or accept a finding

    EasyEngine Dashboard now flags vulnerable plugins, themes and WordPress core

    Security Advisories in EasyEngine Dashboard checks the plugins, themes and WordPress core on eligible live WordPress sites on your EasyEngine servers against published security advisories, shows which sites need attention, and lets you update the affected plugin or theme from the same screen.

    Security Advisories report showing plugin and theme findings by severity, PHP maintenance rows under Updates, and actions to update, snooze or accept a finding
  • EasyEngine Dashboard v3.0 series: the Stack Updates tab with WordPress auto-update settings and a queued bulk core update, beside the Active Operations tray

    EasyEngine Dashboard v3.0 Released

    EasyEngine Dashboard v3.0 is out, with bulk WordPress core updates across a server or a whole organization, backup restores and egress rules for WP Cloud sites, a live view of background jobs, and Ubuntu 26.04 servers.

    EasyEngine Dashboard v3.0 series: the Stack Updates tab with WordPress auto-update settings and a queued bulk core update, beside the Active Operations tray
  • EasyEngine v4.13.3 Fixes Critical PHP Vulnerabilities

    EasyEngine v4.13.3 Fixes Critical PHP Vulnerabilities

    EasyEngine v4.13.3 moves enabled sites on PHP 8.2 through 8.5 to patched images for two critical PHP vulnerabilities, and turns off session upload progress on WordPress and PHP sites on Linux. On CLI-managed servers, run ee cli update. Dashboard-managed servers update automatically.

    EasyEngine v4.13.3 Fixes Critical PHP Vulnerabilities
  • Critical PHP Security Release on October 21: EasyEngine's Plan

    Critical PHP Security Release on October 21: EasyEngine’s Plan

    PHP’s security release for two critical vulnerabilities is scheduled for October 21, 2026, at 14:00 UTC. We’re preparing EasyEngine v4.13.3 to deliver tested, patched images for PHP 8.2 through 8.5 once the official PHP Docker images are available. Here’s what to do now so you can update quickly.

    Critical PHP Security Release on October 21: EasyEngine's Plan
  • EasyEngine v4.10.2-v4.13.2 Released

    EasyEngine v4.10.2-v4.13.2 Released

    Six EasyEngine releases, v4.10.2 through v4.13.2, bring stricter shell input handling, HTTP auth across a site’s domains, PHP 8.4 by default, and improvements to SSL, backups and updates.

    EasyEngine v4.10.2-v4.13.2 Released
  • Introducing Dashboard v2.6.0 (1)

    EasyEngine Dashboard v2.6 Released

    EasyEngine Dashboard v2.6.0 is out. This release introduces persistent in-app notifications; dashboard events now wait for you instead of flashing past as toasts you can miss. In the spirit of a spring cleanup, we’ve also rolled out a round of UI tweaks that improve the experience of onboarding and using EasyEngine Dashboard day to day. […]

    Introducing Dashboard v2.6.0 (1)
  • How EasyEngine Dashboard handled Copy Fail before you noticed
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    How EasyEngine Dashboard handled Copy Fail before you noticed

    Copy Fail is a CVSS 7.8 Linux kernel CVE affecting every distribution shipped since 2017. EasyEngine Dashboard had the mitigation running on every managed server within hours, before most customers even saw the advisory.

    How EasyEngine Dashboard handled Copy Fail before you noticed
  • EasyEngine Features

    EasyEngine: Year in Review 2025

    Warm greetings for the new year.  Here’s a brief overview of what we shipped in 2025 and what’s coming next in 2026.We introduced the EasyEngine Dashboard—a brand-new way to handle all your clients’ servers and sites from one place, and we also rolled out solid updates to the EasyEngine CLI.  This year, we made managing […]

    EasyEngine Features
  • EasyEngine v4.9.0-v4.10.1 Released

    EasyEngine v4.9.0-v4.10.1 Released

    Hello there! 👋 We’re excited to announce a series of six releases for EasyEngine – versions 4.9.0 through 4.10.1. These releases, spanning from July to December 2025, bring some highly anticipated features and significant improvements to the platform. The highlight? Native backup and restore functionality, PHP 8.5 support, and improved integration with EasyEngine Dashboard. Let’s […]

    EasyEngine v4.9.0-v4.10.1 Released
  • Cloud, EE Stack and Integrations

    Launching EasyEngine Web Dashboard with WP Cloud Integration

    Since we launched EasyEngine Command Line Interface (CLI) in 2014, one of the most requested features has been a web interface to manage WordPress sites and servers. After powering 75000+ WordPress sites across the world through the CLI, we’re excited finally to launch EasyEngine Dashboard, a modern web interface built for developers, agencies, indie hackers, […]

    Cloud, EE Stack and Integrations
  • EasyEngine v4.8.0
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    EasyEngine v4.8.0 Released

    We’re excited to announce a new release for EasyEngine. This update introduces support for PHP 8.4! Features Added 🛠️ PHP 8.4 Support ⚙️ Please note that the New Relic PHP agent is not yet available for PHP 8.4. Once New Relic releases an updated agent compatible with PHP 8.4, we plan to add support for […]

    EasyEngine v4.8.0
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    EasyEngine v4.7.1 Released

    EasyEngine v4.7.1 is out, bringing crucial stack updates and minor patches. Highlights include updated HTTP/2 Nginx configuration, improved site service migrations, and added cron configuration updates. Bugfixes address issues with Docker Compose updates affecting cron jobs. Update now for enhanced performance!