Now Available: An easier way to test Jetpack releases

We’ve deployed a new way to test different Jetpack versions on VIP Go sites.

By default, VIP Go will load the current stable version of Jetpack from the MU plugins directory.  Using the VIP_JETPACK_PINNED_VERSION constant, you can instruct VIP Go to load a specific version of Jetpack, maintained in parallel in the MU plugins directory   Simply add the constant with the version number you’d like to the site’s vip-config.php file.

define( 'VIP_JETPACK_PINNED_VERSION', 'x.y');

Note that sites can only be pinned to minor (x.y) versions.  For example, if you want to test version 9.0-beta, just use 9.0 in the constant. When 9.0 is released, it will be updated automatically.   Point releases containing security patches and/or bug fixes will automatically be applied to each version.

You can find more details about this in our documentation. If you have any questions, please file a support ticket and our support team will be happy to assist you.