Call for Testing: Jetpack 13.4-beta

Jetpack 13.4-beta is available now for testing and the download link is available here

Jetpack 13.4 will be deployed to VIP on Thursday, May 16, 2024*. The upgrade is expected to be performed at 17:00 UTC (1:00PM ET).

*This deployment date and time are subject to change if issues are discovered during testing of the Jetpack release.

A full list of changes is available in the commit log.

What is being added or changed?

Enhancements

  • Paid Content Block: Swap out the login flow.
  • Subscriptions: Manage subscribers in Jetpack Cloud instead of WP.com.
  • Subscription widget: Remove “follow” term from confirmation message
  • WordAds: Ensure that ads.txt works on subdirectory websites.

Improved compatibility

  • Theme tools: Devicepx functionality is deprecated.
  • Theme tools: Site-logo functionality is deprecated in favour of core supported custom-logo.

Bug fixes

  • Sidebar: Fix showing the double arrow on active menu when RTL

What do I need to do?

We recommend the below:

  1. Installing the release on your non-production sites using these instructions.
  2. Running through the testing flows outlined in the Jetpack Testing Guide.

As you’re testing, there are a few things to keep in mind:

  • Check your browser’s JavaScript console and see if there are any errors reported by Jetpack there.
  • Use Query Monitor to help make PHP notices and warnings more noticeable and report anything you see.

Questions?

If you have any questions, related to this release, please open a support ticket and we will be happy to assist.