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+---
+title: August 2018
+changelog: true
+---
+
+## Platform Improvements
+### HTTPS Provisioning Accelerated
+An improvement to our queuing system has resulted in a 60% reduction in average HTTPS provisioning times!
+
+### Apache Tika Update
+The latest version of Apache Tika, 1.18, is now available on the platform. See documentation on [External Libraries on Pantheon](/docs/external-libraries/#apache-tika) for details.
+
+### PHP Upgrades
+The PHP versions on the platform have been upgraded to [7.2.8](http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.2.8){.external}, [7.1.20](http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.1.20){.external}, [7.0.31](http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.0.31){.external} and [5.6.37](http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.6.37){.external}.
+
+
+
+## Documentation
+### [AWS S3 Setup for WordPress](/docs/wordpress-s3/)
+Integrate your S3 Bucket with WordPress for media storage.
+
+### [Enabling ClamAV for Drupal](/docs/clamav/)
+Take advantage of the ClamAV daemon on Pantheon for Drupal sites.
diff --git a/source/_partials/changelog_preview.twig b/source/_partials/changelog_preview.twig
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   <div class="changelog-wrapper mb-70">
     <h2 class="subtitle">Changelog</h2>
     {% for post in data.posts | slice(0,1) %}
-      {{ post.blocks.content| replace({"h2": "h3"})  |slice(0,389)| raw  }}
+      {{ post.blocks.content| replace({"h2": "h3"})  |slice(0,248)| raw  }}
       <br>
       <a href="/docs/changelog" class="cta">More</a>
     {% endfor %}