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• Release date: September 23, 2019

Bug fixes

• General: fix connection issues when attempting to install and connect Jetpack from a mobile app.

• Release date: September 6, 2019

Bug fixes

• Connection Flow: avoid any errors linked to browser cookie policies during connection request.
• General: additional check to avoid warnings on plugin update.
• SSO: avoid Fatal errors happening during some log in attempts.
• Sync: check if IXR client exists to prevent errors when updating the plugin.

• Release date: September 3, 2019
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-log

Major Enhancements

• This release brings in multiple improvements to the WordPress.com connection process, to fix issues site owners may experience when first connecting their site to WordPress.com.

Enhancements

• Anti-spam: improve the flow to configure Akismet from Jetpack's Dashboard.
• Blocks: add new utility to get all CSS classes for a given block.
• Bruteforce Login Protection: improve Network Activation detection on Multisite networks.
• Dashboard: update all illustrations to use new color scheme.
• General: log XML-RPC communication errors between the site and WordPress.com.
• General: use HTTPS URLs when linking to external sites when possible.
• General: warn admins when about to delete another admin user that happens to be the main Jetpack admin on the site.
• Sharing / Publicize: add Open Graph Meta Tags to archive pages.
• Sitemaps: reduce sitemap cache duration when using Jetpack's Development mode.
• Social menus: replace the outdated Medium icon with updated logo.
• Stats: improve method used to enqueue JavaScript when the feature is active.
• Videos: Add video settings to Jetpack's enhanced video block.
• Widgets: improve the creation process and display of maps inside the Contact Info Widget.
• Widgets: add more RSS feed patterns to the Social Icons Widget.
• Widgets: add new jetpack_widget_authors_params filter to the Authors widget, to allow site owners to customize the list of authors.
• WordPress.com API: add option to manage Full Site Editing.
• WordPress.com Interface: allow language to be changed even if WPLANG constant is defined.
• WooCommerce Analytics: use core WordPress function to enqueue script asynchronously.

Improved compatibility

• Ads: make sure the Ad block generates ads that are compatible with the AMP plugin.
• Image CDN: update the size of images used in AMP Stories when using the AMP plugin.
• Responsive Videos: improve compatibility and avoid validation errors when using the AMP plugin.
• WordPress.com API: avoid errors when used in combination with the Polylang plugin.
• WordPress.com API: improve compatibility with plugins that alter the behavior of search queries.

Bug fixes

• Bruteforce Login Protection: fix the display of the admin notice displayed on Multisite networks.
• Contact Form: update the feedback post type capability to a valid value.
• Dashboard: improve the layout of the Connection modal on mobile devices.
• General: do not redirect during automatic upgrades.
• Image CDN: support the medium_large image sizes.
• Related Posts: ensure Related Posts can be displayed when using the AMP plugin and Jetpack's Sharing feature.
• Search: authenticated search requests will now display non-public content.
• Sitemaps: improve the display of descriptions in video sitemaps, when they include HTML content.
• Stats: load RTL stylesheet for dashboard widget, to fix layout issues on RTL language sites.
• WordPress.com API: fix API responses which contain malformed (non-UTF-8) data.
• WordPress.com Toolbar: limit access to Stats and Plan menu items.

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• Release date: August 6, 2019
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-ljs

Enhancements

• Backups: add ability to send SSH credentials.
• Blocks: allow the insertion and preview of any Jetpack block in the editor, even when the block is only available via a Paid plan.
• Carousel: use a pointer cursor when hovering over galleries that utilise the Carousel feature.
• Dashboard: improve the display of the feature cards in the main Jetpack dashboard.
• General: hide edit post link on your site when viewing it via the WordPress mobile app.
• oEmbeds: add support for Song.link service.
• Stats: improve performance of the Stats tracking pixel by eliminating blocking JavaScript.
• Stats: improve Cache performance by switching from the WordPress Options API to the WordPress Transient API.
• Support links: use the Beta support form when on a development version.
• Sync: add a term taxonomy blacklist option, and start blacklisting taxonomies that do not need to be synchronized with WordPress.com.
• Sync: improve reliability of the synchronization of taxonomies.
• Videos: ensure any deprecations added in the core video block are not overwritten.
• Widgets: allow the customization of avatar image options in the Top Posts Widget, via a filter.
• Widgets: add option to open Flickr gallery images in a new tab.
• WordPress.com Activity Log: avoid display issues with WooCommerce Product Reviews.

Improved compatibility

• AMP: ensure CSS compatibility with the Sharing buttons.
• AMP: ensure full compatibility with Jetpack's Image CDN.
• Dashboard: fix layout issues when viewing the dashboard on WordPress.com Business sites.
• Compatibility suite for shared libraries: fix PHP notice when running suite.
• Contact Form: ensure the Date picker field does not cause any AMP validation errors.

Bug fixes

• Admin Page: fix the behaviour of the Jetpack Videos button in the "My Plan" tab.
• Admin Page: fix a typo in the Magic Links modal.
• Connection process: bring back the ability to connect to WordPress.com via XML-RPC or REST API.
• Custom CSS: fix Media Width label layout issue in Firefox.
• Dashboard Notices: fix layout issues on sites using an RTL language.
• Simple Payments: fix security vulnerability in the Simple Payments description output.
• Sync: fix home and Site URL synchronization issues on sites with custom Cron implementations.
• WordPress.com Activity Log: add Action Scheduler to the list of blacklisted post types

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• Release date: July 17, 2019
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-k9A

Bug fixes

• General: Fixes plugin activation/deactivation hooks that were accidentally disabled.
• General: Fixes fatal errors that were possible when using pre-7.5 Jetpack internal API.

This is a bug fix release.

Bug fixes

• General: Fixes plugin activation/deactivation hooks that were accidentally disabled.
• General: Fixes fatal errors that were possible when using pre-7.5 Jetpack internal API.

• Release date: July 4, 2019
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-k9A

Bug fixes

• General: Fixes an error when a site's connection to WordPress.com is set to "Safe Mode".

Bug fixes

• General: Fixes an error when trying to delete the Jetpack plugin.
• General: Fixes supported PHP version declaration.

Welcome to Jetpack 7.5!

Enhancements

• Admin Page: add an option to send a magic link that will help you log in to the mobile apps in one click.
• Admin Page: improve style and wording of many different sections of the dashboard to clarify the role of each feature.
• Admin Page: remove feature that would offer you to activate a list of recommended features upon connecting your site to WordPress.com.
• Backups: include updates to term relationships when backing up Post object changes.
• Backups: synchronize ABSPATH value to help setting up SSH credentials when using Jetpack Backups.
• Faceboook Embeds: support new video URL format.
• Lazy Load: allow adding event handlers to images.
• Recurring Payments Block: improve the display of the block in the editor.
• WordAds: update link to daily earnings stats on WordPress.com.
• WordAds: provide additional details for custom ads.txt entries in the Jetpack dashboard.
• WordPress.com Toolbar: add colors to Recovery Mode button.

Improved compatibility

• Admin Page: improve display of the Jetpack Dashboard in IE11.
• Sharing: avoid displaying extra list items below the sharing buttons when using the AMP plugin.
• Staging enviroments: add staging enviroment detection for DreamPress sites.

Bug fixes

• Admin Page: fix display of backup details in the Jetpack dashboard.
• Admin Page: do not disable Widget Visibility and Widgets toggles in Development mode.
• Sitemaps: ensure links to sitemaps appear in robots.txt
• Slideshow Block: fix CSS class name.
• Videos: ensure that Video Poster images are always displayed properly.

See the previous changelogs here.

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= 7.4.1 =

• Release date: June 17, 2019
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-kvz

Bug fix

• Contact Form Block: avoid errors when trying to edit a form block, when using the Gutenberg plugin.