jetpack

• Release date: February 14, 2019
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-eFX

Improved compatibility

• Publicize: update LinkedIn connections to use newer API, anticipating changes with LinkedIn's API v1 on March 1st.
• Publicize: display a message inviting site owners to reconnect their site to their LinkedIn profile.
• Publicize: remove section in Settings > Sharing in the dashboard.

Bug fixes

• Tiled Galleries: avoid errors when converting a tiled gallery into a block.
• Security: ensure json_encode()d data safely output to the page.
• Shortlinks: do not show Jetpack Sidebar in the block editor if Shortlinks are not available.
• Sync: avoid errors in WordPress' code editor, for sites using PHP 7 with fastcgi_finish_request enabled.

• Release date: February 05, 2019
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-dqO

Major Enhancements

• Block Editor: introduce a new Gif block to help you quickly search and add Gif images to your posts.
• Copy Post: this new feature allows you to quickly create a new draft based on a post that's already published.

Enhancements

• Block editor: update the way we check for available blocks and extensions.
• Connection flow: display a notice upon connection when the site is suspended.
• Contact Form: add more options to customize the look of the submit button.
• Likes / Publicize: in the Jetpack Dashboard, add explanation to clarify the role of the features.
• REST API: add likes and sharing settings to the REST API Post response.
• Sharing: deprecate the Google+ sharing Button.
• Sharing: deprecate the Google+ embed shortcode.
• Shortcodes: rely on WordPress Core to handle SlideShare slideshow embeds.
• Shortcodes: cache the output of the Twitter shortcode.
• Subscriptions: remove obsolete polyfill JavaScript from the Subscriptions form.
• Subscriptions: allow more customization of the subscription form's submit button.
• Sync: improvements to the synchronization of plugin and theme updates.
• Sync: improve performance for sites using PHP 7, with fastcgi_finish_request enabled.
• Sync: synchronize plugin and theme fatal errors reported by WordPress 5.1.
• Widgets: deprecate the Google+ widgets.
• WordPress.com: allow the display of plugin action links in the WordPress.com plugins' interface.

Improved compatibility

• Lazy Images: fix a compatibility issue with themes that overwrite classes on html.
• Contact Form: ensure contact form submissions with long words do not break the site layout, regardless of the theme.
• Publicize: remove the option to connect your site to a Google+ account, in anticipation of the service's shutdown.

Bug fixes

• Admin Page: avoid PHP notices when looking at non-Jetpack admin pages.
• Carousel: fix display issue when viewing images with long captions.
• Carousel: avoid errors when fetching comments in the Carousel modal.
• CSS: fix the behaviour of the CSS concatenation filter.
• Multisite: fix the display of the main connection banner.
• Protect: ensure the Math fallback is displayed when necessary.
• Publicize: avoid Fatal Errors on sites using Development Mode.
• Responsive videos: do not apply for videos that benefit from WordPress' own Responsive Embeds solution.
• Shortcodes: only load Mailchimp CSS when needed.
• Subscriptions: display subscription options below the comment form, even when you are logged in to your WordPress account.
• WordPress.com REST API: add new endpoint to allow the creation of a WooCommerce connection via the API.

= 7.0 Beta 2 =

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= 7.0 Beta =

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• Release date: January 10, 2018
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-cEZ

Major Enhancements

• Block Editor: this release introduces new blocks: a Subcription form block, a Tiled Gallery block, and a Related Posts block.

Enhancements

• Admin Page: several changes to improve navigation and connection flows for new and existing Jetpack site owners.
• Admin Page: make the Jetpack dashboard wider on large screens for a better experience.
• Affiliate tools: offer options for affiliate partners to manage affiliation links on their site.
• Carousel: add support for the new Tiled Gallery block.
• Contact Form: use the comment blacklist to filter contact form submissions.
• Dashboard notices: automatically dismiss notices once a feature has been activated.
• Dashboard notices: fix styling to work better with the Hello Dolly plugin.
• Internationalization: add new locales, ensure existing ones are up to date.
• REST API: new endpoint to expose Gutenberg block and plugin availabilty.
• Search: add hook to get_filters() to allow the use of custom filters.
• Shortcodes: add new Mailchimp shortcode to insert Mailchimp subscription forms anywhere in your posts and pages.
• SSO: offer message introducing the feature to new users.
• Stats: improve the design of the Stats dashboard widget.
• Widgets: add filter to set DoNotTrack in Twitter Timeline widget.
• WordPress.com REST API: add new option to set sites to private.

Improved compatibility

• AMP: ensure that all Jetpack features are compatible with the latest version of the AMP plugin. Solves issues previously encountered with sharing buttons and stats.
• Images: ensure that images inserted with new block editor can be used in Open Graph Meta tags, Related Posts, and Publicized posts.
• PHP 7.3: avoid PHP warnings so the plugin can be fully compatible with the latest version of PHP.
• Sharing: do not add Jetpack's Twitter Meta Tags when the WP To Twitter plugin is active.
• Twenty Nineteen: additional style adjustments to make sure all Jetpack widgets look good with the theme.
• WooCommerce: do not include product reviews in comment counts in the WordPress.com REST API.

Bug fixes

• Admin Page: update feature limits mentioned when disconnecting Jetpack from WordPress.com
• Block Editor: fix loading of translations in the editor when Jetpack's Site Accelerator feature is active.
• Carousel: ensure that Carousel works well with the Gallery block in the new block editor.
• Carousel: do not open modal when clicking on a link in a caption
• Publicize: improve synchronization of sharing settings with WordPress.com.
• Publicize: only display Gutenberg Publicize UI to users with the correct permissions.
• Responsive videos: don't load if theme supports core responsive embeds.
• Search: fix fatal error when the Search Widget is enabled while the site is in Development Mode.
• Sharing: update Tumblr official sharing button.
• Shortcodes: update YouTube shortcode to support more video link formats.
• Shortlinks: add the option to view shortlinks in the Block editor.
• Simple Payments: only register block when all needed data is available.
• Widgets: only load Social Icons widget scripts and styles when necessary.
• WooCommerce Analytics: avoid Fatal Errors in some specific site setups.
• WooCommerce Analytics: improve performance by avoiding unnecessary calls to the feature when it is not needed.

= 6.9 Beta 2 =

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= 6.9 Beta =

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• Release date: December 6, 2018
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-d3t

Bug fixes

• Contact Form: security changes to improve the display of success messages after submitting a form.
• Publicize: avoid Fatal errors when trying to create or edit posts from a Custom Post Type that supports Publicize.
• Sync: improve synchronization of WooCommerce events.
• WordPress.com REST API: handle WooCommerce Product reviews for a better display in apps that use the API.

A special release including Jetpack 6.8 as well as 2 additional changes:

• #10616
• #10617

• Release date: November 27, 2018
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-cee

Major Enhancements

• This release introduces the first wave of Jetpack blocks built for the new block editor, available in WordPress 5.0.

Enhancements

• General: improve ability to create and troubleshoot Jetpack connections.
• REST API: new endpoint for testing the Jetpack connection.

Improved compatibility

• Akismet: improve caching of all queries for Akismet status.
• Spellcheck / Grammar: we've made sure the Jetpack feature did not create any error when using the block editor.
• Twenty Nineteen: ensure compatibility with Jetpack's widgets.

Bug fixes

• Asset CDN: do not try to serve assets from non-public versions.
• Carousel: handle galleries created via the Gallery block in the new block editor.
• Photon: make sure our image CDN is fully compatible with the block editor.

= 6.8 Beta 4 =

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= 6.8 Beta 3 =

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= 6.8 Beta 2 =

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= 6.8 Beta =

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= 6.7.1 Beta =

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• Release date: November 6, 2018
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-aEq

Major Enhancements

• Site acceleration: new toggle to serve both your images and static files (like CSS and JavaScript) from our CDN.
• Activity: update Jetpack dashboard to include links to our Activity page, where you can view a record of every change and update on your site.

Enhancements

• Admin page: add site Activity card.
• Blocks: provide a mechanism so editor blocks can be translated.
• Blocks: enqueue Jetpack blocks in the block editor when blocks are available.
• Debug tools: add information about missing XML extension in self-help tools.
• REST API: introduce endpoint for retrieving related posts of a particular post.
• Search: add an advanced excess_boost param which can be adjusted with filters to fine tune query scoring.
• Sharing / Publicize: change the icons used in the Jetpack dashboard to clarify where the configuration links lead.
• Secure Sign On: update wording on admin pages to avoid confusion.
• Shortcodes: update the Polldaddy shortcode to use the new brand, Crowdsignal.
• Sitemaps: coding standards changes.
• Site Verification Tools: improve display of the tool's description on mobile devices.
• Unit Tests: improve process for faster tests.

Improved compatibility

• Themes: ensure compatibility between Jetpack features and the new WordPress default theme, Twenty Nineteen.
• AMP: add support for GitHub's Gist shortcodes.
• PHP 7.3: update Infinite Scroll to avoid PHP warnings when using the latest version of PHP.
• Protect: fix output of Protect's Math challenge on login forms created by third-party plugins.
• Plugins: add a WordPress.com themed plugins page for users managing their plugins via the WordPress.com interface.
• Site Verification Tools: do not enable Google's Auto-verification option when a site using a maintenance / coming soon plugin.

Bug fixes

• Blocks: update the VR block to be fully compatible with the latest version of WordPress and Gutenberg.
• Comment Likes: only prefetch domains used by the feature.
• CSS Concatenation: make sure all concatenated CSS is up to date.
• Featured Content: no longer hides the "featured" tag from the WordPress.com Editor or the mobile apps.
• Geolocation: avoid a PHP notice when setting location for a post in the WordPress.com post editor.
• Likes: ensure that the Likes column is accessible.
• REST API: Ensure only strings as escaped as URLs.
• Search: avoid PHP warning with Search widget.
• Sharing: improve accessibility of email sharing button.
• Simple Payments / Widget Visibility: avoid potential Fatal errors on some specific server configurations when updating Jetpack.
• Sitemaps: remove double encoding of site name in news sitemap.
• Sitemaps: ensure homepage is only included once.
• Sitemaps: provide richer "not found" message to site admins.
• Sitemaps: ensure sitemap is refreshed faster after upgrading Jetpack.
• Sitemaps: avoid protocol mismatches between the sitemaps and the site.
• Site Verification Tools: make sure we validate meta tags when saving.

= 6.7 Beta 2 =

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= 6.7 Beta =

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A test release including Jetpack 6.6.1 as well as Calypsoify (#10200)

• Release date: October 10, 2018
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-aEt

Bug fixes

• Sitemaps: improve initial sitemap creation process.
• Widgets: fix missing CSS for the Social Icons Widgets.