What Pantheon shipped in June 2026

Escape the Website Relaunch with Elasticsearch for WordPress and Solr 9 for Drupal

Pantheon introduced generally available Elasticsearch for WordPress and Solr 9 for Drupal, replacing older versions (Solr 3/8) to be deprecated next year. Both backends now support facets, fuzzy match…

Setup and Configure ElasticPress

Pantheon introduced native Elasticsearch support for WordPress sites, requiring activation via the Pantheon Dashboard or Terminus and configuration through the ElasticPress plugin. The integration ena…

Elasticsearch for WordPress is now available

Pantheon introduced Elasticsearch for WordPress as a GA add-on for all Performance sites and above, powered by ElasticPress. The feature enhances search performance, reduces server load, and improves …

Solr 9 now generally available on Pantheon

Pantheon Search has launched general availability for Apache Solr 9.10.1 across Drupal 7, 10, and 11, replacing older Solr versions. The update includes security defaults, a unified highlighter, and p…

PHP 8.4 and 8.5 updated to their latest security patch releases

Pantheon has rolled out PHP 8.4.22 and 8.5.7, featuring security fixes (CVE-2026-44927, CVE-2026-44928) and stability improvements. The updates will apply automatically over the next few days without …

GitLab support for external repositories

Pantheon expanded its external repository integration to include GitLab, enabling connections via Terminus with support for both GitLab.com and self-hosted instances. Previously limited to GitHub, thi…

Lock Environments with the Dashboard Security Tool

Pantheon updated its Security tool to allow password-based locking of Dev, Test, and Live environments, with immediate effects on Drupal/WordPress and build-triggered changes for Next.js. Teams can cu…

Security tab now available for Next.js sites

Pantheon introduced a Security tab for Next.js sites, enabling password protection via basic authentication for any environment. This feature mirrors functionality already available for Drupal and Wor…

How to Win the War for Agentic Citations

Pantheon announced a webinar featuring case studies from WeGlot and MarkUp AI on how to optimize content for AI agent citations, not just traditional SEO. The session highlights four measurable signal…

Pantheon Survey: 72% of Consumers Mistake Slow Website Performance for an AI Scam

Pantheon’s June 2026 survey found 72% of consumers misidentify slow or glitchy legitimate websites as AI scams, with 86% more skeptical of online brands than two years ago. Poor performance now trigge…

Terminus 4.3.2 release now available

Pantheon released Terminus 4.3.2 with GitLab support for version control commands, a new --custom-domains flag for Drush aliases, and custom build path support. The update is available via Homebrew or…

Bun package manager and Node.js 26 support for Next.js sites

Pantheon now supports Bun as a package manager and Node.js 26 (LTS) for Next.js sites, while removing Node.js 20 due to EOL. Bun is auto-detected via bun.lockfile, and Node.js 26 is set via package.js…

Pantheon release notes

Pantheon now supports Bun as a package manager and Node.js 26 (LTS) for Next.js sites, while defaulting new sites to Next.js 16. Node.js 20 is removed due to EOL status. A new cache handler package en…

Livestream: Manage WordPress dependencies with wpm

Pantheon is hosting a livestream featuring rtCamp engineer Lovekesh Kumar to discuss wpm, a new WordPress-native package management system designed to address dependency management in WordPress, which…

How to migrate from Front-End Sites

Pantheon is retiring its Front-End Sites offering in favor of a new Next.js infrastructure, citing architectural shifts toward dynamic frameworks like Next.js 16. Users must migrate by connecting a Gi…

Build Tools CI Docker image deprecated

Pantheon announced the deprecation of its Build Tools CI Docker image, ceasing updates, bug fixes, and security patches for all tags. Users are advised to migrate to standard base images from their CI…

Terminus 4.3.1 release now available

Pantheon released Terminus 4.3.1, a patch update that enforces the use of the --org option when creating new sites via the CLI. This change requires all new sites to belong to an organization, alignin…

Pantheon announced the end of life for its build-tools-ci Docker image, ceasing updates and security patches immediately, and will remove WordPress Solr support on January 11, 2027. Users are advised

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Public Office Hours

Pantheon announced its weekly public office hours, held every Wednesday via Zoom, allowing users to ask questions to Developer Relations and other staff. Sessions are open to all, with some weeks feat…

How A to Z Sports Builds Fan Experiences at Speed on WordPress

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Key improvements in this release

May 15, 2026 Terminus 4.2.2 is now available. This release adds object cache and search visibility to site:info , upstream fields to site listing commands, and Node.js dependency update support. Key i…

May 26, 2026 Terminus 4.3.0 is now available. This release adds GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) support for VCS commands, enabling customers using GHES to provision and manage their repositories throu

SPS Commerce Modernizes with Next.js on Pantheon

SPS Commerce migrated SupplierWiki, a supply chain reference guide acquired in 2024, from Netlify to Pantheon’s Next.js platform to consolidate its tech stack. The move unified workflows, improved cac…

Customer Scheduled Jobs Now Available to All Customers

Pantheon announced the general availability of Customer Scheduled Jobs, a feature that lets all customers schedule automated cron jobs with configurable frequencies (hourly to monthly) and a daily bud…

User Agent Parsing

Pantheon introduced a User Agent Parser in its site metrics traffic tables, replacing raw strings with readable components (browsers, devices, sources) via a modal. This simplifies traffic analysis wh…