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We don’t expect this will cause any problems, but reach out if you had an older WordPress blog that was migrated to Micro.blog and notice any issues with old redirects. (Most WordPress blogs no longer include <code>.php</code> in the post URLs.)</p> </div> </li> <li class="h-entry"> <a href="https://news.micro.blog/2025/03/20/microblog-version-for-ios-is.html" class="u-url"><span class="post-meta"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-03-20 21:47:11 -0500">Mar 20, 2025</time></span></a> <div class="e-content"> <p>1… 2… 3.4.5! Micro.blog version 3.4.5 for iOS is now available with a few bug fixes.</p> </div> </li> <li class="h-entry"> <a href="https://news.micro.blog/2025/03/20/disabled-the-new-european-server.html" class="u-url"><span class="post-meta"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-03-20 21:00:02 -0500">Mar 20, 2025</time></span></a> <div class="e-content"> <p>Disabled the new European server checkbox if your blog doesn’t have a custom domain name. We can only direct traffic to the new servers for your own domain name, not the <code>username.micro.blog</code> subdomains.</p> </div> </li> <li class="h-entry"> <a href="https://news.micro.blog/2025/03/20/improved-podcast-transcription-to-allow.html" class="u-url"><span class="post-meta"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-03-20 14:47:34 -0500">Mar 20, 2025</time></span></a> <div class="e-content"> <p>Improved podcast transcription to allow up to 25 minutes of audio.</p> </div> </li> <li class="h-entry"> <a href="https://news.micro.blog/2025/03/20/fixed-the-new-eumicroblog-subdomain.html" class="u-url"><span class="post-meta"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-03-20 08:19:02 -0500">Mar 20, 2025</time></span></a> <div class="e-content"> <p>Fixed the new <code>eu.micro.blog</code> subdomain. For details on DNS changes for Europe-based servers, see <a href="https://help.micro.blog/t/custom-domain-names-in-the-eu/3740/2">this help page</a>.</p> </div> </li> <li class="h-entry"> <a href="https://news.micro.blog/2025/03/20/added-new-checkbox-on-design.html" class="u-url"><span class="post-meta"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-03-20 00:03:46 -0500">Mar 20, 2025</time></span></a> <div class="e-content"> <p>Added new checkbox on Design page to publish your blog to servers located in Europe. <a href="https://www.manton.org/2025/03/19/microblog-adding-european-servers.html">See Manton’s blog post</a> for details.</p> </div> </li> <li class="h-entry"> <a href="https://news.micro.blog/2025/03/19/fixed-not-including-photos-in.html" class="u-url"><span class="post-meta"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-03-19 20:15:36 -0500">Mar 19, 2025</time></span></a> <div class="e-content"> <p>Fixed not including photos in Bluesky cross-posts when set to add link previews.</p> </div> </li> <li class="h-entry"> <a href="https://news.micro.blog/2025/03/17/added-domain-name-aliases-for.html" class="u-url"><span class="post-meta"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-03-17 16:40:14 -0500">Mar 17, 2025</time></span></a> <div class="e-content"> <p>Added domain name aliases for Micro.blog Premium to more easily support multiple domain names redirecting to a single blog. <a href="https://www.manton.org/2025/03/17/microblog-domain-aliases.html">See Manton’s blog post</a> for details and screenshot.</p> </div> </li> <li class="h-entry"> <a href="https://news.micro.blog/2025/03/15/fixed-editing-of-blog-post.html" class="u-url"><span class="post-meta"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-03-15 10:00:41 -0500">Mar 15, 2025</time></span></a> <div class="e-content"> <p>Fixed editing of blog post titles on the web that contain quotation marks.</p> </div> </li> <li class="h-entry"> <a href="https://news.micro.blog/2025/03/14/fixed-accidentally-getting-bluesky-reposts.html" class="u-url"><span class="post-meta"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-03-14 21:13:21 -0500">Mar 14, 2025</time></span></a> <div class="e-content"> <p>Fixed accidentally getting Bluesky reposts as if they were replies to you, when the “get Bluesky replies” cross-posting option is enabled.</p> </div> </li> <li class="h-entry"> <a href="https://news.micro.blog/2025/03/14/new-release-of-microblog-for.html" class="u-url"><span class="post-meta"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-03-14 17:56:24 -0500">Mar 14, 2025</time></span></a> <div class="e-content"> <p>New release of Micro.blog for iOS! 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