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.

Facebook Instant Articles v3.1 is now available!

A new version of the Facebook Instant Articles plugin has been committed to the shared plugins repository. V3.1 is a feature and maintenance release and is intended to replace v3.0 and includes;

  • New on-boarding flow wizard
  • Automattic URL claiming
  • Submit for review from wizard
  • Improved transformation rules
  • Option to submit only articles without warnings
  • Jetpack compatibility
  • Added Jetpack carousel rules
  • Compatibility layer for Get The Image plugin
  • Fix for relative URL checking
  • Fix for missing subtitles
  • Fix for double call of wpautop
  • Fix for loadHTML warnings
  • Fix for get_cover_media function
  • Fix to prevent publishing of password protected posts

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', '3.1' );

For VIP Go, you can take advantage of the new version by updating your submodules to use the reviewed version. The release is tagged in Github.

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

Facebook Instant Articles v3.0 now available!

A new version of the Facebook Instant Articles plugin has been committed to the shared plugins repository. V3.0 is a feature and bugfix release and is intended to replace v2.11 and includes;

  • Fix versioning – use WP style
  • Ignore hyperlinks with a #
  • Allow filtering of post types used in the feed
  • Use v2.6 of the Facebook API
  • Coding standards & whitespace fixes
  • Load Facebook SDK over HTTPS
  • Avoid crawling of 404s
  • Replace social embeds with interactives
  • Use submission ID to check status in the admin
  • Fix over-zealous escaping

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', '3.0' );

This also means that we are now deprecating v1 and intend to remove the plugin in one month, on 9th August. v2.11 will remain available for those who want to use it, but we strongly encourage you to upgrade to v3.0.

As we approach the removal date for v1 we’ll contact any VIPs still loading that version.

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

Facebook Instant Articles v2 now available!

We’re really excited to announce that version 2 of the Facebook Instant Articles plugin has been committed to the shared plugins repository. V2 is a big feature release and a significant rewrite, largely by the team at Facebook who we’re delighted to have worked with on this update.

Changes include;

We encourage all VIPs using 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’, ‘2.11’ );

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

Pull requests are also welcome on the Github repository.