jetpack

Major Enhancements

• Widgets: new EU Cookie Law Banner widget. #6881
• Widgets: new Flickr Widget. #6942
• Widgets: new Internet Defense League Widget. #7030

Slightly Less Exciting Enhancements

• Admin Page: automatically dismiss success notices once an action is completed. #6898
• Contact Form: Add display names to addresses in the To header. #6657
• Debugger: display the module list in development mode as well. #6959
• General: remove unused code from old "My Jetpack" interface. #6856
• General: remove an XML-RPC method that's no longer used in Jetpack. #6990
• General: increase code coverage of unit tests. #7027
• Internationalization: update the list of locales available in Jetpack. #6965
• Manage: only trigger plugin auto-updates from WordPress.com. #7015
• Manage: trigger WordPress' maintenance mode while a plugin is automatically updated. #7019
• Sync: record comment content modifications and moderation events to make sure comments are always up to date on WordPress.com. #6929, #6899
• Sync: add a way to distinguish between an added and an updated attachment. #6884
• Sync: track when posts are deleted. #6885
• Sync: track changes to sidebar elements. #6909
• Sync: track plugin and theme names and versions when a plugin or theme event is triggered. #6961, #6986
• Sync: track theme installations. #7013
• Sync: add theme name to sync events triggered when a theme update is available. #7028
• Sync: track each user event (addition, removal, and update) separately for better insight into user events. #7000
• Unit Tests: add and update multiple unit tests for multiple Jetpack features. #6927
• WordPess.com REST API: Allow HTTP PUT requests sent from Jetpack to WordPress.com. #6853

Compatibility Improvements

• Protect: avoid conflicts with other plugins hooking into the log in form. #6892
• Plugin Compatibility: do not auto-activate Jetpack's Contact Form module when Ninja Forms is active. #6857

Bug Fixes

• Admin Page: change wording on Post By Email button when no email address was generated yet. #6894
• Admin Page: make sure VaultPress notices are displayed properly in the Jetpack dashboard. #6963
• Admin Page: fix issue where VideoPress wasn't in the results when searching for video. #6998
• Admin Page: fix positioning of search icon on mobile screens. #6940
• Admin Page: avoid API requests being cached on some hosts. #6948
• Admin Page: avoid errors when the Spellchecker module is not active. #7031
• Contact Form: Set message content type to restore compatibility with email plugins. #7018
• Custom Content Types / Ads: do not display ads in the portfolio projects displayed thanks to the Portfolio shortcode. #6962
• Multisite: display all sites available in network, even on large multisite installations. #6999
• Protect: make sure IPv6 addresses are still supported. #7048
• Publicize: make sure the Featured Image is always used in tweets posted via Publicize. #6965
• Related Posts: avoid fatal errors when the exclusion parameter is not a string. #6922
• SEO: allow the removal of all custom title settings. #7044
• Tiled Galleries: make sure images are not distorted when using the Photon service. #6900
• Theme Tools: allow removing connections from The Social Links feature. #6900
• Stats: avoid PHP warnings and errors in the Stats dashboard on Multisite. #6957
• Subscriptions: fix a notice in the subscription widget in PHP 7.1. #6958
• Sync: avoid errors when the Jetpack plugin is deleted. #6947

• Release date: April 7th, 2017

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented activating/deactivating of some features in PHP versions below 5.4.
• Removed an unused function that was also incompatible with PHP versions below 5.4.
• Fixed a bug that was causing a blank Jetpack admin area.

= 4.8.1 =

• Release date: April 5th, 2017
• Release post: http://wp.me/p1moTy-4N5

Bug Fixes

• An incompatibility with PHP versions lower than 5.4 was introduced in the last release, causing a fatal error and we've immediately fixed this.
• Sitemaps: Some plugins were relying on a function that was removed in the last release, which has been fixed.
• General: Clicking on the info icon in the settings area will no longer jump to the top of the page.
• General: The Anti-spam card will always display the correct status in the Jetpack dashboard.

= 4.8 =

• Release date: April 4th, 2017
• Release post: http://wp.me/p1moTy-4gA

Major Enhancements

• Easier to navigate Jetpack's feature settings in your dashboard and WordPress.com.
• New WordPress.com Toolbar provides quick access to site management, stats, and other services.
• New MailChimp Subscribe Popup widget.
• Sitemaps are faster and now support sites with a very large amount of posts.
• Contact Form now has a plain-text alternative and better avoids spam filters.
• Debug form includes extra information to better prioritize your support requests.
• Photon can now be used within the dashboard, and supports bbPress topics and replies.

Slightly Less Exciting Enhancements

• Improved previously confusing wording in Stats dashboard, and Featured Content options.
• You can now embed Apple Keynotes straight from icloud.com in your posts and pages.
• Changed Infinite Scroll button text on taxonomy page and added a new filter to short-circuit the is_last_batch() method.
• Open Graph now uses transients to save image IDs.
• You can now use full URLs in the Social Media Icons widget.
• Milestone widget now allows custom links to open in a new window.
• VideoPress videos can be used as headers in themes that support it, like Twenty Seventeen.
• Extracted the timezone offset method from the Upcoming Events widget so it can be used by other features.

Performance Improvements

• Database load is reduced during updates on large sites with multiple servers by retaining hashes for current and current-1 versions.
• Disk storage is reduced on large multisite networks by storing the jetpack_file_data option in the wp_sitemeta table.
• Jetpack plan data now uses the WordPress.com REST API.
• Slovakian language files now rely on WordPress.org's language packs.

Accessibility Improvements

• Improved post details clipping for better screen reader support.
• Updated custom language packs for multiple languages.

Security Improvements

• We now avoid path disclosure via cookies in PHP error messages.

Compatibility Improvements

• Removed deprecated functions get_theme and get_current_theme.
• Publicize now works with third-party plugins like WP Recipe Maker.
• Open Graph Meta Tags are now enabled when you use the "Head, Footer and Post Injections" plugin.
• Better support for WooCommerce data sync and backup.
• We now also sync the sync_via_cron setting, the user's chosen language, and WP Super Cache's globals and constants.
• We no longer sync post types from the WordPress Automatic Plugin and RSS AutoPilot to avoid synchronization issues.
• Sync settings can now be edited from the WordPress.com REST API to better troubleshoot sync issues.

Bug Fixes

• Gravatar is always displayed in Settings.
• Submenu items always use relative links.
• Contact Form avoids PHP notices when using the form in a Text widget.
• Content Options now correctly displays single characters word count on sites with multibyte languages.
• Administrator area translations fixed for several languages.
• Added proper support for Formal/Informal translation versions for languages that support them.
• Site Icons are always used as fallback Open Graph Image tags.
• Protect removes port number when server returns a port alongside a stored IP address.
• Filters ensure that more than 1,024 posts can be excluded from Related Posts.
• When the email is already subscribed we now show the correct notification in the subscription form.
• When using the Email sharing button, we now avoid syntax errors due to unexpected characters in the from name.
• Remove deprecated jetpack_publicize_post action.
• VideoPress now avoids PHP Notices when fetching video information.
• Instagram base URL now uses www in the Social Media Icons widget.
• All values entered in Facebook Page Plugin widget settings are now escaped.
• Widget Visibility now avoids memory issues on sites with a lot of registered users.

Many fixes for bugs found in the first beta.

Pretty good list of things fixed: https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed+milestone%3A4.8

Bug Fixes

• Carousel: avoid javascript errors that may cause issues with Slideshows or Tiled Galleries.
• Markdown: always enable Markdown for posts whenever the module is active.
• Sharing: make sure that sharing buttons open in a small pop-up instead of a separate window.
• SSO: Avoid token or nonce errors when trying to log in to your site via the Secure Sign On option.
• VideoPress: add in the ability to get video thumbnails from the WordPress.com REST API.
• Widgets: improve rendering of the Image Widget via Photon.
• Widget Visibility: avoid empty widget visibility rules after updating to Jetpack 4.7.
• Widget Visibility: restore the option to make widgets appear on archive pages of different Custom Post Types.
• Widget Visibility: migrate widget visibility settings to the new major Page rule for Custom Post Types.
• Widget Visibility: add missing CSS for widget visibility settings on sites using an RTL language.

Bug Fixes

• Markdown: always enable Markdown for posts whenever the module is active.
• SSO: Avoid token or nonce errors when trying to log in to your site via the Secure Sign On option.
• Widget Visibility: avoid empty widget visibility rules after updating to Jetpack 4.7.
• Widget Visibility: restore the option to make widgets appear on archive pages of different Custom Post Types.
• Widget Visibility: migrate widget visibility settings to the new major Page rule for Custom Post Types.
• Widget Visibility: add missing CSS for widget visibility settings on sites using an RTL language.

= 4.7 =

• Release date: March 7th, 2017
• Release post: http://wp.me/p1moTy-46L

Enhancements

• Quickly jump to post specific stats on WordPress.com with a new link.
• We've added more information to our debug tools to improve your support experience.
• New HTML5 versions of our house ads are out.
• Display custom copyright EXIF information in the Carousel with this new filter.
• We've highlighted the ability to export Contact Form feedback as it was being overlooked.
• If you have images on WordPress.com we're going to skip using Photon when the images include resize parameters.
• It is now possible to use the Sharing filter to customize the emails sent from the Email Sharing button.
• We've updated the library powering the Print link in the Recipe shortcode.
• Customize the speed and display of your slideshows with new Slideshow shortcode filters.
• The Twitch.tv shortcode now uses Twitch's new embedded player.
• Social Menus now come with the option to use SVG icons.
• Customize the content of the Display Posts Widget with a new filter.
• We've added a new email field to the Contact Info Widget.
• The Image and the Text widgets now use Photon if it is enabled.
• The WordPress.com REST API got several updates including using register_rest_route() consistently for registering, new date and time format settings, a filter for theme info results, new links and endpoints, and more.
• We cleaned up the Google+ Shortcode JS library and added a way to filter the SlideShare shortcode.

Performance Improvements

• Experience better performance with single page load caching of the media summary.
• We made some improvements to avoid slow queries on sites with thousands of images.
• The Top Posts widget now utilizes an endpoint from the WP.com REST API improving performance.
• Improve development mode performance by only calling site_url() once.
• We rewrote the way major/minor rules lists are generated to save bandwidth, and memory for sites using Widget Visibility.
• We've removed sync options that weren't needed to save memory during the sync process.

Accessibility

• We've improved the highlight of the stats range for a better visual experience and to make it consistent with other areas of the dashboard.
• Added a missing label to one of the fields in the Email sharing dialog.
• We've enabled keyboard focus styling in the new admin interface.
• Increased padding to sharing buttons on mobile to avoid usability issues.
• We've replaced Widget Visibility text labels with icons to improve usability on smaller devices.

Slightly Less Exciting Enhancements:

• We've added a filter to allow you to remove the Comment Form title.
• The Development Mode notice got an update to include all possible options to activate Development mode.
• Jetpack registration function got an update and cleanup.
• A notice displayed to WooCommerce store owners now detects when WooCommerce Services is installed, but not active.
• We've removed the Holiday Snow settings until you need them.
• Improved Infinite Scroll settings to reduce confusion.
• The HTML classes infinite-scroll and neverending are now applied using JS instead of PHP.
• We've updated the support link appearing when you're locked out of your site.
• New Unit Tests were added to make sure Publicize doesn't break when making changes to the Publicize process.
• We've added a sync filter to allow customizing timeout.
• The Top Posts widget now supports non-square image sizes.
• Added the Video GUID to the media API endpoint.

Improved Compatibility

• Fixed some W3C validation errors in Comments.
• Infinite Scroll now works beautifully with the Twenty Seventeen Theme.
• Translate new terms easier with an improvement to the translator comments.
• We switched to use Core functions to retrieve the list of sites in a multisite network for more accurate results.
• We added Product visibility to post meta whitelist, for better control of products displayed in Related Posts.
• We no longer sync specific post meta data added by Postman or WP RSS Mutli Importer to avoid performance issues during the sync process.
• We're now avoiding conflicts with plugins adding the core Video upload library to the post editor.
• Removed deprecated compatibility code for older versions of WordPress.
• We had some Shortcode conflicts with WordPress Post embeds, but that's been fixed.

Bug Fixes

• The Carousel jp_carousel_load_for_images_linked_to_file filter wasn't working well with Photon, this has been fixed.
• Carousel is now working well when loaded from infinite scroll.
• We removed double slashes from file paths in the Contact Form to avoid errors in specific server environments.
• Fixed a problem where CSS was being stripped when migrating from Jetpack's Custom CSS to Core's CSS editor.
• Our Debug Tool is now reporting the correct URL when WordPress lives in a subdirectory.
• Found and fixed a PHP error when uninstalling Jetpack.
• Infinite Scroll is no longer buggy when displaying the last page, and is more compatible with certain themes that were returning posts when there were none left to show.
• We're now skipping Photon for .ashx files.
• The Twitter character counter in Publicize got a fix to display info correctly.
• Related Posts are now displaying correctly for everyone, and we brought back the jetpack_sharing_headline_html filter.
• We've improved Sharing to render custom sharing services correctly, include Open Graph Meta Tags, and avoid JavaScript errors when jQuery is enqueued in the footer.
• Synchronization scheduling issues have been resolved.
• We're now trimming spaces in URLs for Image and Display Posts Widgets.
• Widget Visibility wasn't playing nice on taxonomy pages, this is no longer the case.
• The WordPress.com REST API received a couple of fixes to remove PHP errors when editing via the WordPress.com interface, authentication errors when using third-party apps, and permission errors when trying to preview edited posts in the WordPress.com editor.

Fixes a couple of bugs introduced in the first beta https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/releases/tag/4.7-beta1

• Able to save module settings
• Style fixes to dashboard
• Enable markdown by default

Numerous bug fixes and improvements.

See https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/pull/6331/files#diff-eb6b6c90251ab33cee784713c451e6d8R106 for rough draft of changelog.

= 4.6 =

• Release date: February 7, 2017
• Release post: http://wp.me/p1moTy-40g

New Features and Improvements

• Enable Google Analytics without touching a line of code with this new Jetpack feature.

Performance Improvements

• We've updated all outbound links to use HTTPS to improve performance and security.
• Photon now leverages a new WordPress core function to improve performance a bit.

Enhancements

• Keep an eye out for a note from WooCommerce on how your e-commerce store may benefit from our new USPS and CanadaPost shipping functionality.
• We've added an error message if Publicize isn't functioning as it should be.
• The Twitter Widget timeline now displays the tweet limit count as 20, prior to this it appeared to have no limit.

Slightly Less Exciting Enhancements:

• In an effort to help us better understand features that are being used, Twitter's timeline widget and Twitter's shortcodes now pass Jetpack's partner ID.
• We've added new API endpoints allowing us to enable translation auto-updates and pull post rows and metadata for backups.
• We're now retrieving all feature settings in the readable /settings endpoint.

Improved Compatibility

• We've eliminated some notices and warnings when using Jetpack on a server running PHP 7.1 or on servers where print_r() is disabled.
• Photon now avoids PHP notices when your site is using plugins that do srcset CDN replacement.
• When the sharing options appear to be incorrect due to site configuration issues we force it to retrieve the right options avoiding potential fatal errors.
• We've added some shortcode CSS and widget class names prefixes to avoid conflicts with other plugins.

Bug Fixes

• Some sites were using illegal multibyte characters and failing to sync posts, this has been fixed.
• IE11 was giving our admin layout a bit of a problem but we rectified that.
• There were some PHP notices popping up when a site has no posts so we got rid of them.
• The new Jetpack Ads feature will auto disable itself if your Jetpack plan doesn't support the feature.
• We fixed a few PHP notices and warnings related to the Custom CSS feature.
• The connection banner's "dismiss" icon was giving us a little trouble, but we got it fixed right up.
• The Likes feature was showing a PHP notice when there was no $post object, this has been fixed.
• We've brought back the Twitter Widget "noscrollbar" option.
• We're now forcing only Photon URLs to HTTPS as your custom CDN URLs may use a different protocol.
• If a Publicize connection is not shared with all users on the site, do not trigger Publicize for the other users.
• Publicize was having trouble working with scheduled posts, this should be fixed now.
• SSO may not have been displaying the login form when using JSON API authorization. Sorry about that, we've fixed it.
• We've eliminated some PHP notices that were showing with some Shortcodes.
• There was a Top Posts Widget image size issue when using list layouts, but is no longer causing issues.
• We fixed some notices and warnings when updating data from the WordPress.com central interface.

Same as https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/releases/tag/4.6-beta2, but with fixes to breaking changes with the notes module, and change in GA description.

= 4.6 =

• Release date: February 8, 2017
• Release post:

Exciting New Features and Improvements

• New Google Analytics module. #5603

Enhancements

• General: add information notices when a site uses WooCommerce and could benefit from the new USPS or CanadaPost shipping functionality. #6183
• General: update links to external resources to use HTTPS to improve performance. #6040
• Photon: switch to function introduced in WP 4.5 to improve performance. #6038
• Publicize: Show an error message in case Jetpack is not connected properly. #6060
• Sync: fix issues with some sites failing to sync posts that have illegal multibyte characters. #6155
• Widgets: update Twitter Timeline for sane limit of number of tweets to display. #6021
• Widgets: Twitter's timeline widget and Twitter's shortcodes now pass Jetpack's partner ID to track usage. #6190
• WordPress.com REST API: add a new API endpoint that will allow us to enable translation autoupdates. #5953
• WordPress.com REST API: add a new API endpoint for pulling post rows and metadata for backups. #6230
• WP REST API: retrieve all module settings in the readable /settings endpoint. #6002

Improved Compatibility

• Fix notices and warnings when using Jetpack on a server running PHP 7.1. #6118, #5821
• Contact Form: avoid PHP warnings on servers where print_r() is disabled. #6234
• Photon: avoid PHP notices when using plugins that do srcset CDN replacement. #6126, #6170
• Sharing: force get sharing options when saved options are incorrect due to site configuration issues. Avoids potential fatal errors. #6122
• Shortcodes: prefix the new Quiz Shortcode CSS classes to avoid conflicts with other Quiz plugins. #6232
• Widgets: make sure that all widget class names include prefixes to avoid conflicts with other plugins using similar class names. #6149

Bug Fixes

• Admin Page: fix layout issues in IE11. #6109
• Admin: fix PHP notice when a site has no posts. #6142
• Ads: deactivate the module when the site doesn't use a plan that support Jetpack Ads. #6242
• Custom CSS: fix PHP notice. #6154
• Custom CSS: fix warning appearing when migrating Custom CSS to Core's new CSS editor. #6158
• General: fix issue with connection banner's "Dismiss" icon. #6182
• Likes: Prevent a PHP notice when there is no $post object. #5988
• Photon: Force only Photon URLs to HTTPS. Custom CDN URLs may use a different protocol. #6083
• Publicize: respect status of Publicize connections: if a connection is not shared with all users on the site, do not trigger Publicize for the other users. #6098
• Publicize: make sure Publicize is triggered for scheduled posts. #6186
• SSO: Ensure that logging in via SSO doesn't stop you authenticating to your site using a third-party application relying on the WordPress.com REST API. #6194
• Sync: avoid PHP notices with the Shortcodes module. #6115, #6151, #6153
• Tonesque: avoid PHP warnings when an image doesn't exist. #6068
• Twitter Widget: add noscrollbar option back. #6131
• Top Posts Widget: fix image size when using the List Layout. #6140
• WordPress.com REST API: fix notices and warnings when updating data from the WordPress.com central interface. #6104

Google Analytics, Woo JITM, Many bugs fixed including php 7.1 compat

= 4.5 =

• Release date: January 17, 2017
• Release post: http://wp.me/p1moTy-3Kc

This release introduces a brand-new module, Jetpack Ads, a brand-new VideoPress feature, and a lot of new shortcodes and widgets.

Exciting New Features and Improvements:

• Generate revenue from your site with an all-new WordAds feature, which when enabled displays high-quality ads for your visitors.
• Today we are proud to release a fully redesigned VideoPress interface for easy uploading, management, and add-free playback of your fantastic videos now fully integrated with your Jetpack Premium or Professional plans.
• Spice up your sidebar with new widgets that display blog stats, author info, "Follow my blog" buttons, and even an event countdown.
• Embed your amazing 360° photos with the VR shortcode
• Link your visitors to your Tumblr or Twitch pages using the new icons in the Social Media Icons Widget.

Enhancements

• Use the beautiful Jetpack carousel feature to display single images.
• Turn on and update Related Posts right from the Customizer.
• Customize the output of the Related Posts headline using a new filter.

Performance and Security Improvements:

• Your Custom CSS will now be served in a separate stylesheet when it is more than 2,000 characters.
• Your Stats queries are now always being made over HTTPS.
• Holiday Snow files now load in the footer, but rest assured the snow still falls from above.
• We have improved Jetpack's synchronization process to support more plugins and use less resources.
• The jQuery Cycle script used by slideshow galleries is now minified, resulting in faster loading times.

Slightly Less Exciting Enhancements:

• The JSON API now allows updating translations and alternative theme installation methods.
• Public Custom Post Types are now automatically available via the WordPress.com REST API.
• We've added a token-based authentication mechanism to the REST API in order for the site to be able to receive authenticated requests from WordPress.com.
• Use sync commands in Jetpack's WP CLI.
• You can now set the value for options directly in the Contact Form shortcode.
• Updated some verbiage around IP Whitelisting on the Protect settings screen.
• Custom sharing buttons got some new variables.
• RIP blip.tv — we've removed your shortcode.
• Improved Image and Display Posts Widget settings to provide more explanation and better error messages.
• We've added a few new Content Options to the Customizer for supported themes.
• Improved the Facebook Widget to avoid confusion when editing width and height settings.
• Added and improved a few shortcodes.

Improved Compatibility:

• If your server is misconfigured and we can't get an IP address we're going to deactivate Protect and send you a notice so you're in the loop.
• The WPML compatibility file wasn't loading at the right time, but we've fixed that.
• We've improved compatibility with tools like Cavalcade to avoid stuck Cron jobs.
• Some selected WooCommerce data (order items and order item meta) are now syncing to WordPress.com.

Bug Fixes

• You'll notice numerous design improvements to the Jetpack UI.
• Accessibility is important to us so we've made some improvements there.
• Missing attachments in the Carousel were causing an infinite loop, but we've corrected that.
• Eliminated a PHP Notice when running the CLI wp jetpack command.
• PHP warnings in the Restaurant Menu Post type have seen their last day with us.
• Fixed a bug that displayed the wrong connected user for up to 24 hours after they disconnected.
• Removed a deprecated function to prevent notices when using Infinite Scroll in the Customizer.
• Long titles in Jetpack widgets weren't looking so great, so we cleaned them up.
• Before now you weren't able to create a child category from WordPress.com. Now you can!
• Rogue colons were showing up in the related posts area on sites with the Twenty Fourteen and Twenty Sixteen themes.
• Fixed a ReCaptcha error on the Email sharing button.
• Confirmed Instagram embeds actually load when using Infinite Scroll.
• Site Icons now display on the WordPress.com site management interface.
• Set a default time limit of 30 seconds when sending sync requests via Cron.
• Synchronized supported shortcodes on a site.
• Fixed an issue where empty categories weren't showing with the Widget Visibility feature dropdown.
• Fixed various little bugs when working with multiple widgets in the Customizer and in the Widgets admin screen.
• Added a Translate Widget default title in case you haven't defined one.
• The Top Posts Widget now avoids layout issues when using the Grid layout while displaying a post without an image.

Fixes an error on update that was introduced in 4.5-rc2

Also removes mentions of marketing material no longer relevant.

Minor verbiage changes, Custom css link to customizer, Improved VideoPress messaging, and fixed an issue with publicize/sync.

REST API auth, WordAds TOS, bug fixes, Upcoming events will ship!