WordPress 4.9.3 has been pushed to all WordPress site dashboards.
Pantheon release notes
WordPress Core Upgrade
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Registry Rebuild Upgrade
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We've upgraded Registry Rebuild on Pantheon to 7.x-2.5. For details on using this Drush extension, see Drupal Drush Command-Line Utility.
PHP Upgrades
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We've upgraded to PHP 5.6.33, 7.0.27, 7.1.13, and 7.2.1. See our documentation to learn how to upgrade your PHP version.
Pantheon Moves to Google Cloud Platform
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Pantheon has switched infrastructure providers from Rackspace to Google Cloud Platform. This switch requires no downtime, as we actually did it six months ago! Read the announcement here.
New Relic PHP 7.2 Support
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New Relic on Pantheon has been upgraded to version 7.7.0.203 5.0.199, which supports PHP 7.2.
Launch Check Now Supports Drupal 8
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Drupal 8 sites now support Launch Check, found in the Status tab of any environment, to report best practice recommendations before going live. For more details, see Launch Check - Drupal Performance and Configuration Analysis.
Drupal Core Upgrades
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Drupal 8.4.4 has been pushed to all Drupal 8 site dashboards.
Documentation
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Running WordPress and Drupal as a Backend API
Learn the basics of using WordPress or Drupal as a headless API backend.
Manage Some Dependencies with Composer
Get your feet wet with Composer on WordPress or Drupal 7 before going all in.
