Call for Testing: Jetpack 12.4 Beta

Jetpack 12.4-beta is available now for testing and the download link is available here

Jetpack 12.4 will be deployed to VIP on Thursday, August 3, 2023 Thursday, August 10*. 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

  • Added Pexels integrations to the Media Sidebar of the block editor.
  • AI Assistant: improved the upgrade prompt logic when requesting suggestions.
  • AI Assistant: introduce sidebar and proofread components.
  • AI Assistant: release the Get Feedback feature.
  • AI Assistant: update upgrade prompt message with new wording and formatting.
  • Dashboard: highlight Jetpack Newsletter in recommendations flow.
  • Dashboard: update link to configure Related Posts when you use a Block theme on your site.
  • Newsletter: Only display the “NL access” column if we have published one paid-newsletter.

Improved compatibility

  • General: indicate full compatibility with the latest version of WordPress, 6.3.

Bug fixes

  • Payments Block: update link to support documentation.

What do I need to do?

We recommend the below:

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.

Call for Testing: Jetpack 12.3 Beta

Jetpack 12.3-beta is available now for testing and the download link is available here

Jetpack 12.3 will be deployed to VIP on Thursday, July 13, 2023*. 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

  • AI Assistant: extend AI features to select core blocks.
  • AI Extension: add ask assistant menu option.
  • Blocks: add a new Tock block.
  • Newsletters: add an Email Preview feature.
  • Sharing Buttons: add a Nextdoor sharing button.

Improved compatibility

  • Blocks: introduce standardized messaging system to display notices when a block is no longer supported on a site.
  • Blocks: remove retired Revue Block.

Bug fixes

  • AI Assistant: close event stream of completions when the block gets deleted.
  • AI Assistant: fix empty content on P2.
  • AI Extension: extend the block when the edit post store is undefined (P2).
  • AI Extension: use ID on error notices to prevent stacking multiple notices.
  • Customizer: fix an issue which was preventing the Customize menu from appearing for plugins that still require it to be present.
  • Newsletters: properly gate newsletters based on the correct subscription product.
  • Social Review Prompt: fix the state so it is shown when Jetpack is also active.
  • Subscriptions: fix visibility misalignment.

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.

Call for Testing: Jetpack 12.2-beta

Jetpack 12.2-beta is available now for testing and the download link is available here

Jetpack 12.2 will be deployed to VIP on Tuesday, June 13, 2023*. 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?

Major Enhancements

  • Add an AI Assistant block, replacing the previous experimental AI Paragraph and AI Image blocks.
  • Donations, Paid Content and Payment Buttons blocks are now available with all Jetpack plans. A commission is charged for free plans.

Enhancements

  • Author Recommendations: Connected block with backend and added remove_user_blogs option.
  • Blocks: Rename “Premium Content” block to “Paid Content” block.
  • Contact Form: Improve spam filtering.
  • Dashboard: Add Jetpack Boost module.
  • Forms: Improve styling of response emails.
  • Forms: Introduce Multiple Choice and Single Choice style variations.
  • Forms: Update pattern modal default view to Grid.
  • Image CDN: Replace Photon implementation with the image-cdn package.
  • Maps: Add Mapkit maps.
  • Modules list: Update to current styles. Visual refresh, if you will.
  • My Plan: Display the correct plan for Jetpack Security and Backup 2-year plans.
  • My Plan: Hide the “My Plan” on My Plan page if user has a paid product and a free plan.
  • My Plan: Properly display plans with no expiration date.
  • Newsletters: Add misconfiguration warning functionality and improve design.
  • Newsletters: Add newsletter access level to the post edit page.
  • Newsletters: Add Post Publish Panel.
  • Newsletters: Enable on self-hosted environments.
  • Newsletters: Refactor and update Paid Newsletter user experience.
  • Publicize: Changed the way we skip a post from being publicized.
  • Reading Settings: Add a toggle for showing post views in the WordPress.com Reader.
  • Recommendations: Change CTA on backup recommendation card to inform about first year discount.
  • Related Posts: Add “Display author” toggle to block.
  • Related Posts: Add per-block header support.
  • Related Posts: Reorganize sidebar into layout and metadata.
  • Related Posts: Update labels for consistency with core.
  • Social: Add a notice to let users know Instagram is available.
  • Social: Use connection_id as the uninque identifier of the editor elements on the sidebar.
  • Social Previews: Add Instagram preview.
  • Social Previews: Add Mastodon post preview.
  • Starter: Add post-purchase flow to recommendations.
  • Theme Tools: Remove jQuery dependency from responsive-videos script.
  • WordPress.com: Adds a ‘Staging’ badge to the wp-admin nav menu when the site is a WordPress.com staging site.

Improved compatibility

  • ActivityPub: Allow disabling Jetpack’s Image CDN in requests made for the ActivityPub plugin.
  • Bit.ly: Avoid errors when using non-official Bit.ly plugins alongside Jetpack.
  • Filters: jetpack_set_available_blocks and jetpack_set_available_plugins, deprecated since Jetpack 7.0, have been removed.
  • Full-Site Editing: Use modern wp_is_block_theme instead of gutenberg_is_fse_theme.
  • General: PHP 8 compatibility updates.
  • Internationalization: Add necessary context to the word “Trash” in the Contact Form interface.
  • Security: Ensure blocks are always fully displayed on your site, even when using a caching plugin.
  • Sharing / Likes / Related Posts: Do not display them in JSON requests available when using the ActivityPub plugin.
  • Social: Flag unsupported connections in the editor UI.
  • WooCommerce: Avoid fatal errors when other plugins make changes to WooCommerce Products or Orders.

Bug fixes

  • API: Add a WP_User check in get_author method.
  • API: Fix race condition bug in the Plugin update endpoint.
  • At-a-Glance: Fix styling for Stats banner.
  • Carousel: Stop auto-scrolling to top when advancing slides.
  • Dashboard: Use the correct file path for all images in the “My Plan” screen.
  • Donations Block: Ensure the tab colors are correct in all themes.
  • Donations Block: Fix crash on currency change.
  • Donations Block: Make the “Connect” link the primary color
  • Forms: Fix Forms hash generation.
  • Maps: Fix zoom being reset when changing map marker color.
  • Newsletters: Return early when possible to prevent spamming the database.
  • Related Posts: Fix context for use in block editor.
  • Security: WordPress.com REST API: Ensure that files uploaded via the API are properly validated.
  • SEO Tools: Suggest a specific SEO description maximum length.
  • Settings: Add loading indicator when fetching rewind state.
  • Settings: Fixed the site preview in SEO settings.
  • Social: Add username to publicize connection test results.
  • Subscriptions: Change the “Add payments” text to “Set up a paid plan”.
  • Subscriptions: Do not remove bulk-editing checkboxes from the posts list.
  • Users: Display “Super Admin” badge in edit user form.
  • VideoPress: Add tracks to attributes definition.
  • WAF: Fix IP allow list updates.

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.

Jetpack Social: Auto-sharing to Twitter Ends April 30th

Starting April 30th you will no longer be able to share your WordPress posts automatically to Twitter using Jetpack Social.

Twitter decided, on short notice, to dramatically change the terms and pricing of the Twitter API. We have attempted to work with Twitter in good faith to negotiate new terms, but we have not been able to reach an agreement. As a result, we will need to remove the functionality.

You can still auto-share your posts to Tumblr, Facebook, and LinkedIn using Jetpack Social. And you are able to share your posts to Twitter manually by pasting the post link into the body of your tweet. In the near future, we are adding the ability to auto-share to Instagram and Mastodon and we are continuing to release new features in Jetpack Social. 

If auto-tweeting is mission critical to your workflow, we would recommend you explore third party plugins that allow you to bring your own Twitter API Key, such as WP to Twitter plugin by Joseph C Dolson, or Autoshare to Twitter plugin by 10up. 

Thank you for your understanding with this situation. If you have any questions or require further assistance, please open a support ticket with our team.

Call for Testing: Jetpack 12.1-beta

Jetpack 12.1-beta is available now for testing and the download link is available here

Jetpack 12.1 will be deployed to VIP on Thursday, May 11, 2023*. 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

  • Block editor: collapse Jetpack feature panels by default.
  • Dashboard: align Protect information display with Akismet.
  • Dashboard: improve the general appearance.
  • Dashboard: redesign the At a Glance page.
  • Dashboard: visually refresh the Debug page.
  • Markdown Block: add support for footnotes.
  • Publicize: improve page metadata by using attached media for the OpenGraph image.
  • Stats Widget: improve appearance of footer buttons.
  • Stats Widget: make frame sections balanced with long titles.
  • Stats Widget: make the new version of the widget available to general audience.
  • Subscriptions: add counts in the newsletter panel to show the newsletter reach.

Improved compatibility

  • General: remove WordPress 6.0 backwards-compatibility code, now that Jetpack requires WordPress 6.1.

Bug fixes

  • 3rd-party plugin support code: improve loading performance.
  • Payment Block: update the visibility setting of inner blocks on click to ensure that the inner block renders.

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.

New Release: Jetpack 12.0

Jetpack 12.0 has been made the default Jetpack version on the VIP Platform.

What is being added or changed?

Enhancements

  • Blocks (beta): add a new beta Cookie Consent block to display a GDPR-compliant cookie consent widget on your site for your visitors.
  • Blocks: the cookie consent block is now available to general audience.
  • Blocks: the VideoPress block is now available to general audience.
  • Blocks: the writing prompts block is now available to general audience.
  • Forms: display carriage returns in user response text to properly display multiline text.
  • Notifications: remove all library dependencies for improved performance and lower footprint.
  • Protect: remove account connection requirement to use the brute force protection feature.
  • Protect: share IP allow list between the Jetpack Firewall and Brute Force Protection modules.
  • SSO: add message to logout notice when SSO is enabled that gives a heads up to also log out of WordPress.com if they are on a shared computer.
  • Subscriptions: make the Subscribe Block available, even when the Subscriptions module is off, so Subscriptions can be easily enabled.

Improved Compatibility

  • Blocks: avoid conflicts with Better Click To Tweet plugin.
  • Blocks: ensure the Pinterest block does not trigger errors when using WordPress 6.2.
  • General: indicate full compatibility with the latest version of WordPress, 6.2.
  • Image CDN: do not process Flickr-hosted images with Jetpack’s Image CDN.
  • SEO Tools: add message to settings screen when The SEO Framework plugin is active.
  • WordPress 6.2 compatibility: ensure that the block editor’s External Media functionality and Jetpack’s Twitter features in the block editor stays compatible with the upcoming version of WordPress.

Bug fixes

  • Blocks: avoid warnings in the block editor because of invalid categories for some blocks.
  • Blocks: fix the VideoPress preload behavior when “none” is chosen.
  • Blogging Prompts: avoid PHP notices with non-existing REST query paarameters.
  • Dashboard: avoid errors in the Recommendations dashboard.
  • Forms: avoid PHP notices when using a form with a dropdown field.
  • Forms: fix a PHP warning on Feedback->Response Forms when looking at old responses.
  • Slideshow Block: make slideshow block’s play and pause icons visible.
  • Stats Widget: Fix incorrect invocation of module-restricted functions
  • Subscribe Block: don’t show “Include social followers in count” when “Show subscribers count” is off, or Publicize is disabled.
  • Subscriptions: ensure the block’s settings are displayed properly, even when using a block theme.

For more details about this release (including specific changes), please see the release notes.

Questions?

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

Call for Testing: Jetpack 12.0 Beta

Jetpack 12.0 beta is available now and the download link is available here.

Jetpack 12.0 will be deployed to VIP on Thursday, April 13, 2023*. 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

  • Forms: display carriage returns in user response text to properly display multiline text.
  • Protect: remove account connection requirement to use the brute force protection feature.
  • Protect: share IP allow list between the Jetpack Firewall and Brute Force Protection modules.
  • Subscriptions: make the Subscribe Block available, even when the Subscriptions module is off, so Subscriptions can be easily enabled.
  • Stats: update visuals for the wp-admin dashboard Stats widget.

Improved Compatibility

  • Blocks: avoid conflicts with Better Click To Tweet plugin.
  • Image CDN: do not process Flickr-hosted images with Jetpack’s Image CDN.
  • SEO Tools: add message to settings screen when The SEO Framework plugin is active.
  • WordPress 6.2 compatibility: ensure that the block editor’s External Media functionality and Jetpack’s Twitter features in the block editor stays compatible with the upcoming version of WordPress.

Bug fixes

  • Forms: fix a PHP warning on Feedback->Response Forms when looking at old responses.
  • Subscriptions: ensure the block’s settings are displayed properly, even when using a block theme.

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:

Questions?

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

New Release: Jetpack 11.9

Jetpack 11.4: Behind the scenes improvements for your site

Jetpack 11.9 has been made the default Jetpack version on the VIP Platform.

What is being added or changed?

Enhancements

  • Assistant: add new card to highlight VaultPress Backup.
  • Form block: add form field style synchronization for input fields.
  • Related Posts: add support for font family in Related Posts block.
  • Sharing: add Mastodon sharing button.
  • Stats: show new Jetpack Stats dashboard design by default.

Improved Compatibility

  • Sharing: add spacebar as an option to open the “More” button overlay.
  • VideoPress: add support for the preload or preloadcontent attribute to the VideoPress shortcode.

Bug fixes

  • Connection: revise Jetpack connection agreement text to comply with our User Agreement.
  • Custom CSS: ensure the link to enable Custom CSS works in all languages.
  • Sharing: fix broken Tumblr button inside “More” button overlay.
  • Sharing: fix a JS error and adjust margin on Pinterest official button.
  • Form block: increase form fields padding based on user-defined border-radius.
  • Form block: improve multiple choice field styles for the Twenty Twenty theme.
  • Form block: move field width settings, and remove placeholder field from multiple and single choice fields.
  • Form block: remove body font normalization in contact-form module and package.
  • Form block: set defaults for Jetpack Forms CSS variables.
  • Form block: update form-styles script to run in the context of the Form block.
  • Presentation shortcode: always add presentation container.
  • Recommendations: avoid applying coupon codes from the Assistant on products with trial prices.
  • Sharing buttons: fix display issues when choosing the icon-only option.

For more details about this release (including specific changes), please see the release notes.

Questions?

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

[Updated] Call for Testing: Jetpack 11.9 Beta

This post has been updated to reflect the new deployment date due to an incompatibility found with the AMP plugin > 2.0.1.

Jetpack 11.9 beta is available now and the download link is available here.

Jetpack 11.9 will be deployed to VIP on Thursday, March 16, 2023*. 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

  • Import: add new automattic/jetpack-import package.
  • Jetpack: improve design of MediaButton component.
  • Sharing: update look and feel of sharing buttons when in “official” mode.
  • Site editor: display location-aware snackbar in edit mode.
  • Stats: adds filter to hide stats widget based on user capability.
  • Stats: added a notice with a link to a survey when the new stats interface is disabled.
  • Subscriptions: updated submit messages text for subscriptions.
  • Social: visual update to social buttons.

Improved Compatibility

  • Stats: adjust margin for WordPress.com stats link in Jetpack dashboard.
  • VideoPress: extend media button for VideoPress video block.
  • VideoPress: restore v5/v6 transform for all platforms.
  • Social: update icon font to remove support for older browsers (IE11-).
  • Themes: ensure redesigned sharing buttons look good in default themes (Twenty Nineteen, Twenty Sixteen).

Bug fixes

  • Form block: update form-styles script to prevent blurred forms on slow loading pages.
  • Story block: remove dependency on wp-components from the frontend code.
  • Forms block: add filter to prevent contact-form-styles script from being concatenated.
  • Forms block: add new method to parse the form fields, fallback to old method.
  • Forms block: prevent blur effect on AMP pages.
  • Subscriptions: fix premium content block where it would only allow access to site subscribers.
  • Subscriptions: fix subscribe-block button to behave the same as in the fronted.
  • Widgets: fix GoodReads custom widget not finding the target HTML element and appending another after its script tag.

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:

Questions?

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