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• Release date: February 21, 2020

• Multisite: resolve issue with Jetpack's loading sequence that would fatal subsites that did not have any individually activated plugins.

• Release date: February 20, 2020

• General: fix compatibility issues with other plugins relying on the REST API to communicate with Jetpack, or on the Jetpack registration process.

• Release date: February 17, 2020

Bug fixes

• Block Editor: avoid errors when uploading additional media to the Slideshow, Tiled Gallery, and Video blocks.
• Synchronization: address issues that would cause delayed synchronization of your posts to WordPress.com.

• Release date: February 14, 2020

Bug fixes

• Synchronization: address missing function within Full Sync needed for sync/close endpoint.

• Release date: February 11, 2020
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-mVu

Major Enhancements

• Calendly Block: a useful tool for all coaches, consultants, therapists… Add the block to a post or page and anyone can then book appointments, meetings, and classes right from your website.
• EventBrite Block: allow your visitors to register to events right from your site with this new block.
• OpenTable Block: restaurant owners, you can now add a reservation form to your site to make it easy for anyone to book a table online, via your site.

Enhancements

• Contact Form: add IP and Feedback date to data that can be exported via the CSV tool.
• Dashboard: display a notice when a site uses conflicting plans.
• Map Block: improve the calculation and persistence of maps' center points.
• Map Block: improve the generation of an access token on WordPress.com sites.
• Map Block: update Mapbox GL library to opt into map load based billing.
• Shortcodes: add new Vimeo shortcode format.
• Subscriptions: display a clear error message when you try to subscribe to a site where you've already subscribed but did not validate your subscription.
• Subscriptions: display a clear message when an email having many pending confirmations tries to subscribe to a site.
• Synchronization: improve performance of data synchronization with WordPress.com.

Improved compatibility

• Connnection Flow: ongoing work to improve the reliability of the connection between your site and WordPress.com.
• Connection Flow: improve detection of hosting environments for better communication with WordPress.com.
• General: avoid any login issues when using other plugins that may interact with cookies on your site.
• Gutenberg: avoid any layout issues that may appear in the block editor when using the latest version of the Gutenberg plugin.
• Related Posts: ensure that any filters customizing the display of Related Posts also apply to posts displayed with the AMP plugin.
• Sharing: do not output Jetpack's Open Graph Meta Tags if the Complete Open Graph plugin is present on your site.

Bug fixes

• Blocks / Dashboard: ensure that blocks as well as Jetpack's dashboard can be used even in older browsers such as Internet Explorer 11.
• Contact Info Block: ensure that Google's Structured Data tool can recognize phone numbers added to the block.
• Copy Post: ensure correct sharing and like settings are copied when posts are duplicated.
• Subscriptions: maintain email subscription settings when deactivating and reactivating the feature.
• WordPress.com REST API: avoid PHP notices when a media file is edited via the API.
• WordPress.com REST API: ensure that image URLs are currently set when uploading an image multiple times.

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• Release date: January 23, 2020

Bug fixes

• Dashboard: ensure that connection issues with WordPress.com are displayed in the Jetpack dashboard.
• Block Editor: ensure that the Jetpack block sidebar icon is properly displayed, even with the latest version of the Gutenberg plugin.
• WordPress.com Block Editor: fix compatibility issues with Chrome's upcoming cross-site cookie changes.

• Release date: January 14, 2020
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-lJT

Enhancements

• Dashboard: preload connection flow script to improve performance.
• Dashboard: improvements to backup interface.
• Mobile Theme: allow one to temporary disable Jetpack's Mobile Theme for testing.
• Mobile Theme: disable settings when feature is inactive.
• Site Accelerator: disable a helper library by default and allow themes to enable it when required.
• Subscriptions: add a wp-admin setting to alert the admin when someone follows the blog.
• WordPress.com REST API: add flag to determine site eligibility for Full Site Editing.
• WordPress.com synchronization: improve the reliability of the synchronization events triggered to keep your site up to date with WordPress.com.
• WordPress.com Toolbar: update the link directing to the WordPress.com Reader.
• WordPress.com Toolbar: add "My Home" link to the toolbar.

Improved compatibility

• General: improvements to Coding Standards for plugin compatibility files.
• Notifications: avoid conflicts with Twenty Twenty's instrinsic video resizes.
• PHP 7.4: fix PHP warnings that may appear on sites running PHP 7.4.
• Sharing: avoid errors when using the Thrive Architect plugin.
• Tiled Galleries: fix layout when using a gallery inside a Classic block with the Twenty Twenty theme.
• Twenty Twenty: improve the display of the Authors and Flickr widget.
• Twenty Twenty: add Content Options to the Customizer.
• Twenty Twenty: ensure that Infinite Scroll does not suppress the display of footer widgets.
• Videos: automatically convert old Flash Jetpack Video embeds so they can use the new player.
• WooCommerce Services: avoid issues when installing plugin from notification message.

Bug fixes

• CLI: prevent a PHP notice when running some Jetpack CLI commands.
• Map Block: fix layout issue when selecting a marker in a map and then scrolling down.
• Map Block: avoid errors when adding more than 2 points on a map.
• REST API: correctly validate on/off values for booleans.
• Star Rating Block: translate block title.
• Widget Visibility: ensure that the visibility options always appear on old Widgets Options screen.
• WordAds: ensure that the ads.txt file created by the feature returns a correct HTTP response code.
• WordPress.com Block Editor: exclude WordPress.com features from Jetpack sites.

Welcome to Jetpack 8.1-beta!

• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-lJT

Here is a brief list of changes in this version:

Enhancements

• Dashboard: preload connection flow script to improve performance.
• Dashboard: improvements to backup interface.
• Mobile Theme: allow one to temporary disable Jetpack's Mobile Theme for testing.
• Mobile Theme: disable settings when feature is inactive.
• Site Accelerator: disable a helper library by default and allow themes to enable it when required.
• Subscriptions: add a wp-admin setting to alert the admin when someone follows the blog.
• WordPress.com REST API: add flag to determine site eligibility for Full Site Editing.
• WordPress.com synchronization: improve the reliability of the synchronization events triggered to keep your site up to date with WordPress.com.
• WordPress.com Toolbar: update the link directing to the WordPress.com Reader.
• WordPress.com Toolbar: add "My Home" link to the toolbar.

Improved compatibility

• General: improvements to Coding Standards for plugin compatibility files.
• Notifications: avoid conflicts with Twenty Twenty's instrinsic video resizes.
• PHP 7.4: fix PHP warnings that may appear on sites running PHP 7.4.
• Sharing: avoid errors when using the Thrive Architect plugin.
• Tiled Galleries: fix layout when using a gallery inside a Classic block with the Twenty Twenty theme.
• Twenty Twenty: improve the display of the Authors and Flickr widget.
• Twenty Twenty: add Content Options to the Customizer.
• Twenty Twenty: ensure that Infinite Scroll does not suppress the display of footer widgets.
• Videos: automatically convert old Flash Jetpack Video embeds so they can use the new player.
• WooCommerce Services: avoid issues when installing plugin from notification message.

Bug fixes

• CLI: prevent a PHP notice when running some Jetpack CLI commands.
• Map Block: fix layout issue when selecting a marker in a map and then scrolling down.
• Map Block: avoid errors when adding more than 2 points on a map.
• REST API: correctly validate on/off values for booleans.
• Star Rating Block: translate block title.
• Widget Visibility: ensure that the visibility options always appear on old Widgets Options screen.
• WordAds: ensure that the ads.txt file created by the feature returns a correct HTTP response code.
• WordPress.com Block Editor: exclude WordPress.com features from Jetpack sites.

• Release date: December 3, 2019
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-lGH

Major enhancements

• Block Editor: new Pinterest block allowing you to easily embed boards, profiles, and pins.
• Block Editor: new Ratings block allowing you to add star ratings any post or page.
• Mailchimp block: you can now create forms for a subset (group) of your Mailchimp list, and add a field to track which form the signups are coming from.

Enhancements

• Blocks: start using the @wordpress/block-editor package introduced in WordPress 5.2.
• Contact Form: make the Form block reusable on a single post / page.
• Dashboard: add support for Jetpack Backup display.
• Image CDN: expand number of images using the new subdomain determination function.
• Recurring Payments block: improve display of buttons inside the block in the editor.
• Shortcodes: add new customization options and improve Schema.org markup of the Recipe shortcode.
• Shortcodes: add AMP views for 5 shortcodes: vimeo, instagram, dailymotion, tweet, and soundcloud.
• Support Tools: improve the reliability of the tools on slower sites.

Improved compatibility

• AMP: improve display of the Map block on AMP views.
• General: As WordPress 5.3 is now available, Jetpack now requires WordPress 5.2.
• Shortcodes: ensure Vimeo videos can be displayed properly when using the AMP plugin.

Bug fixes

• Connection: fix communication between Jetpack sites and WordPress.com for some sites hosted on non-standard ports.
• Connection management: fix issue that prevented the Connection transfer banner from appearing in some situations.
• Feature Hints: disable when plugins cannot be installed on site.
• Image CDN: avoid blurry images when using Jetpack's Image CDN alongside other image-focussed blocks.
• SEO Tools: do not display any HTML tags in title meta tags.
• Sharing: improve accessibility of the sharing buttons by updating the buttons' color.
• Sync: avoid conflicts when two processes are synchronized to WordPress.com at the same time.
• WordPress.com Block Editor: ensure that the Justify button works well on any paragraph using that button.

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• Release date: November 19, 2019
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-lHA

Bug fixes

• Security: fix vulnerability in the way Jetpack processes embed codes.
• Verification Tools: avoid PHP warnings when using plugins to modify the WordPress admin menu.
• Widgets: ensure opening hours can be displayed properly in the Contact Info Widget.

Improved compatibility

• Twenty Twenty: ensure that Related Posts and Jetpack Blocks are displayed nicely in the new default theme.

• Release date: November 5, 2019
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-lzt

Major enhancements

• Block Editor: allow authors to upload videos to our Jetpack Videos service from the Video Block.
• Block Editor: add new post-submission settings to the Form block.
• Twenty Twenty: Ensure full compatibility with the upcoming default theme.

Enhancements

• Admin Page: update icons for security settings.
• Backup: support for Jetpack Backup functionality with simpler configuration.
• Block Editor: provide block previews for Jetpack blocks.
• Block Editor: add image size option to the Slideshow block.
• Block Editor: improve the display of opening hours when using the Business Hours block.
• CLI: no longer return exit code 1 if trying to disconnect a site that's already disconnected.
• Connection flow: update connect buttons on main dashboard page and plugins page to use the new connection flow.
• Connection flow: add plan billing period toggle.
• Contact Form: synchronize form data with WordPress.com when submitting a form via the Form block.
• Dashboard: update styles for visual parity with the WordPress.com dashboard.
• Dashboard: improve performance of the Jetpack dashboard when the plugin is not connected to WordPress.com yet.
• Dashboard: add new plans' information to Plans pages.
• Dashboard: update design to better integrate with the updated design of the WordPress dashboard in WordPress 5.3.
• Dashboard: improve experience for site owners looking to disconnect their site from WordPress.com.
• Debug: provide additional information in Tools > Site Health when a site's connection to WordPress.com is broken.
• Performance: modernize various parts of the code to use PHP 5.6+ functionality.
• Progressive Web Apps: sunset feature. If you wish to continue to use that feature on your site, we recommend installing another plugin that offers the functionality you need.
• Related Posts: remove nofollow attribute from links.
• Related Posts: add Posts to the REST API response for all post types that support them.
• Search: add new filter allowing one to adjuct Jetpack Search's ES query languages.
• Search: continued work on upcoming Instant Search features.
• Shortcodes: add support for tab sizing to Gist shortcodes and embeds.
• Social Networks: update Facebook logo to match new color.
• Sync: improve reliability of the information synchronized back to your site when connecting to WordPress.com.
• Tiled Galleries: ensure that color profile information is retained for all images in Tiled Galleries.
• Widgets: add aria-current attribute to links when on same page.
• WordAds: improve speed & resource use of Ads' loading scripts.

Improved compatibility

• AMP: ensure that one can use the Slideshow and the MailChimp blocks when using the AMP plugin.
• AMP: support the new Dev mode for Notifications and Stats features.
• Admin Page: improve compatibility with themes and plugins that insert CSS in the dashboard.
• Blocks: ensure that all blocks display well in the editor when using WordPress 5.3.
• Carousel: ensure that the feature works with the new gallery markup introduced in WordPress 5.3.
• Dashboard Notices: ensure that all notices redirect to the right page, including on WooCommerce dashboard pages.
• General: use new functionality available in WordPress 5.3.
• PHP: resolve deprecation warnings in anticipation of PHP 7.4.
• Related Posts: avoid conflicts with other plugins adding elements below the post content, especially when the AMP plugin is active on the site.
• SSO: ensure that the Secure Sign In Form is displayed properly when using WordPress 5.3.
• Widgets: update deprecated option in the Facebook Page Plugin widget.
• WordPress.com REST API: ensure compatibility with WordPress 5.3.

Bug fixes

• Admin Page: remove Jetpack dashboard link for registered users (non admins) when the site is not connected to WordPress.com.
• Admin Page: translate empty Stats chart's message.
• Admin Page: change default settings tab depending on your role.
• Admin Page: do not display Composing header for editors.
• Block Editor: ensure that the Ad block is compatible with dark themes.
• Contact Form: revise the email validation function to include length limit.
• Debug: reduce instances when an inconclusive response would result in an error.
• Geo-Location: fix spacing for RSS geo-location namespaces.
• Image CDN: remove wp-dom-ready dependency to improve performance on the frontend.
• Search: add hooks for when Search falls back to using the local database.
• Site Logo: ensure that the right stylesheet is loaded depending on your site's language.
• Site Verification Tools: ensure that you can connect your site to Google Search Console even when Publicize is disabled.
• Sync: prevent a PHP Notice in some cases where a post isn't actually a post.
• Widgets: ensure that the Google Maps API key in the Contact Info widget can be set to only work on your domain.
• Widgets: fix timeout issues that may sometimes occur in the GoodReads widget when user has added lots of books to their account.
• WordPress.com REST API: better site preview support for sites using WordPress in a subdirectory.

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• Release date: October 1, 2019
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-lvE

Enhancements

• Connection flow: remove some of the text from the connection prompt.
• Dashboard: remove custom About menu page ordering.
• Dashboard: review and remove unnecessary queries.
• General: remove files that were deprecated in Jetpack 7.5.
• General: remove outdated pre-PHP 5.6 era code.
• Image CDN: check for local file upload before processing post images.
• Markdown Block: display in the block picker even if the classic Markdown feature is disabled.
• Recurring Payments: add an alignment option to the button.
• Recurring Payments: improve the display of connection notifications.
• Tiled Galleries: the block is now available even if you've disable the "Image Accelerator" feature.
• WordPress.com REST API: improve detection of the Full Site Editing feature.

Improved compatibility

• AMP / Sharing: include Open Graph metadata to AMP Story posts.
• General: avoid conflicts when using Jetpack alongside other plugins or services that rely on an Autoloader.

Bug fixes

• Activity Log: avoid displaying events from the Action Scheduler.
• Ads Block: avoid PHP errors when loading posts via the WordPress.com interface.
• Blocks: ensure that all blocks are properly translated when a translation is available.
• Dashboard: do not display Plans page to non-connected admins.
• Post Images: look for representative images in inner blocks as well.
• Shortcodes: add title attribute to Archive.org and Archive.org Book embeds.
• Sync: avoid issues when using deprecated Sync functions.
• WordPress.com dashboard styles: fix layout on Plugins > Add New Page, on mobile devices.

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