Facebook Instant Articles v3.2 now available

A new version of the Facebook Instant Articles plugin has been committed to the shared plugins repository. V3.2 is a feature/maintenance/bugfix release and is intended to replace v3.1 and includes;

  • Adds development mode support to post meta box
  • Adds rule configuration for Instagram blockquotes
  • Adds rules for galleries
  • Migrates some unit tests
  • Switches to Facebook Graph SDK
  • Improves token invalidation flow
  • Fixes use of the_title filter
  • Improves encoding handling
  • Adds post type filter to the post meta box
  • Adds Playbuzz support
  • Rename SDK getter to avert apocalypse
  • Wizard copy improvements
  • Fixes issue with captions
  • Adds publication block for articles with transformation warnings
  • Fix https src attribute on some scripts

We encourage all VIPs using Facebook Instant Articles to upgrade to this version by specifying the version parameter of wpcom_vip_load_plugin() like so;

wpcom_vip_load_plugin( 'facebook-instant-articles', 'plugins', '3.2' );

For VIP Go, you can take advantage of the new version by updating your submodules to use the reviewed version.

If you have any questions please open a ticket where we’ll be happy to assist you transition to the newest version.