Jetpack 10.6 Beta

Enhancements

• Dashboard: support Beta versions of Automattic plugins in plugin cards.
• Contact Info and Markdown Blocks: add color, typography and spacing features.
• Tiled Gallery Block: improve the block so it can be used within the mobile applications.
• Search: improve accessibility via headings hierarchy and aria roles.

Improved compatibility

• Sharing / AMP plugin: avoid adding sharing's CSS on AMP pages when the sharing feature is not active.
• Instant Search: synchronize more meta data so the search feature can be used with more third-party plugins.

Bug fixes

• Backups: hide backup preparation message for sites without backup.
• Connection: correctly request list of active features so they can be activated on a reconnection.
• Pay with Paypal Block: properly display the card icons below the button.
• Scan: avoid PHP notice when non-admin users access the dashboard.
• Widget Visibility: ensure it remains possible to edit visibility for legacy widgets in the block-based widget editor.

Other changes

• Add a comment to explain the reasoning behind an empty scss file.
• Comment: phpcs linting cleanup.
• Cover block: avoid the block's placeholder rendering on top of other blocks.
• Dashboard: update CTAs (wording, layout) in the At A Glance section.
• Fixed development mode prop type warning in UserLicenseActivationNotice component.
• Fix PHPCS sniffs in root classes.
• PHPCS fixes for site verification tools.
• phpcs fixes for the markdown module
• Search: add E2E tests for Customberg
• Search: added E2E tests for the search dashboard
• Updated package dependencies.
• Use new Visitor class for determining IP address.

Jetpack 10.5.1

Bug fixes

• General: avoid Fatal Errors that may happen during the plugin update process.

Jetpack 10.6-a.3

Enhancements

• Embeds: add support for Descript.com embeds.
• Image Compare Block: Add wide and full alignment options
• Pay with PayPal Block: do not display the block on the frontend if PayPal is misconfigured.
• Stats: add new filter allowing site owners to exclude IP addresses from being tracked in stats.

Other changes

• Adds WooCommerce settings to the /v1.4/sites/$site/settings endpoint.
• Changes the default value of woocommerce_onboarding_profile from array( 0 => false ) to array()
• Fix various PHPCS warnings and errors in root classes.
• General: update required node version to v16.13.2
• Subscription Form block: hide custom success message setting for WordPress.com simple sites.
• Update composer.lock
• Update package dependencies

Jetpack 10.5

10.5 - 2022-01-11

Enhancements

• Print Styles: additional interactive elements are now hidden when printing posts (e.g. Likes, Recommended Posts, Share this).
• VideoPress: add "allow download" option on videos to allow viewers to download the video.
• WordAds: add hook for header ad placement, and allow 'leaderboard' size when displaying an ad widget.

Improved compatibility

• General: update WordPress version requirements to WordPress 5.8.
• Pay with PayPal: update the name of the script enqueued when using the Pay with PayPal button as to avoid conflicts with other plugins that may use a similar script tag.
• Stats: remove legacy option to display a Smiley face used for the tracking pixel since the pixel is hidden by default.
• VideoPress: classic block embeds with old flash URLs can now be properly converted to VideoPress blocks.
• VideoPress: hide the dedicated VideoPress embed block in favor of Video block.

Bug fixes

• Cookies & Consents Banner: fix preview in Customizer and block widget editor.
• Dashboard: fix logic that blocked one from enabling searchable features from the Jetpack settings.
• General: prevent an E_NOTICE when running in non-web context.
• Instant Search: ensure the hidden overlay doesn't add whitespace to printed pages.
• Jetpack: activate the default modules when the site has already been connected before plugin activation.
• Jetpack: do not display recommendations during an identity crisis.
• Search: fix styling conflict for Blank Canvas theme.
• Security: PDF embeds now only display a link, to avoid issues with malicious PDFss that may run arbitrary code.
• Settings menu: add Jetpack item for sites with Scan product.
• Sharing Buttons: rely on official sharing buttons only for Facebook share counts.
• Stats: do not trigger views when post is embedded into another site.
• VideoPress: reload embed preview on creation until the video size is known.
• Vimeo Embeds: support more URL formats, such as videos in playlists.
• WhatsApp block: fix country code for Cyprus.
• Widget Visibility: fix "Match All" setting being overwritten on save in the block widget editor.

Other changes

• AAG upgrade banner: do not display on WoA sites
• Add get_current_plan() to the WPcom_Admin_Menu.
• Admin Page: remove CRM card for now.
• Dashboard: add Jetpack Security Bundle upsell to AAG.
• Dashboard: add new cards to AAG Dashboard for Boost and CRM plugins.
• Dashboard: updates the Apps card on the At a Glance page to display links to the Jetpack mobile apps.
• E2E tests: update readme docs.
• E2E tests renovate: bump dependencies.
• Fix a legacy sync test in PHPUnit 9.5.
• Fix modules using this to mean window.
• Hide irrelevant menu items for P2 sites
• Instant Search: Add missing translator comments and use ordered placeholders in JS sprintf.
• Janitorial: fix phpcs warnings in multiple widget files.
• Jetpack: provide recommendation step parameter to external package.
• Load the Composer package assets i18n map.
• Switch to pcov for code coverage.
• Sync some E2E deps with the rest of the monorepo to avoid breaking eslint tests.
• Updated package dependencies
• Updated package dependencies.
• Use @automattic/i18n-loader-webpack-plugin to remove the hack for Instant Search's lazy-loaded bundle.
• VideoPress: add support for old v.wordpress.com URLs in VideoPress embed block.
• Vimeo: tweak the regex used to fetch the Vimeo videos.
• WordPress.com: identify admin menu dashicons that won't be rendered in Calypso and provide a default icon for them.
• WordPress.com: provide a different support link for sites on the Atomic platform.

Jetpack 10.6-a.1

Improved compatibility

• Subscription form: update the placeholder color to be the same as the text color of the site.

Bug fixes

• Donations block: add a missing closing div for the front-end rendering.
• Donations block: don't display the donations block to visitors unless Stripe is connected.
• Donations block: fixed an issue which was invalidating existing blocks if they were edited by non-plan owners.
• Donations block: tweak currency display for the edit control.
• Protect: fixed math fallback's input accessibility and display.
• Subscription form: adding a default line-height to avoid differences using different font-faces on input and button elements

Other changes

• Dashboard: update the links to different Jetpack features in the dashboard.
• Moved numberFormat component into components js package.
• Refactor PluginDashItem component to be functional and add README.
• Remove use of deprecated ~ in sass-loader imports.
• Search: migrate Classic and Instant Search code to Search package.
• Search: move search dashboard to the search package.
• Social Menu: remove role navigation attribute from nav item.
• VideoPress: change allow_download data path from API (wpcom compat).

Jetpack 10.5 Beta

Enhancements

• Print Styles: additional interactive elements are now hidden when printing posts (e.g. Likes, Recommended Posts, Share this).
• VideoPress: add "allow download" option on videos to allow viewers to download the video.
• WordAds: add hook for header ad placement, and allow 'leaderboard' size when displaying an ad widget.

Improved compatibility

• General: update WordPress version requirements to WordPress 5.8.
• Pay with PayPal: update the name of the script enqueued when using the Pay with PayPal button as to avoid conflicts with other plugins that may use a similar script tag.
• Stats: remove legacy option to display a Smiley face used for the tracking pixel since the pixel is hidden by default.
• VideoPress: classic block embeds with old flash URLs can now be properly converted to VideoPress blocks.
• VideoPress: hide the dedicated VideoPress embed block in favor of Video block.

Bug fixes

• Cookies & Consents Banner: fix preview in Customizer and block widget editor.
• Dashboard: fix logic that blocked one from enabling searchable features from the Jetpack settings.
• General: prevent an E_NOTICE when running in non-web context.
• Instant Search: ensure the hidden overlay doesn't add whitespace to printed pages.
• Jetpack: activate the default modules when the site has already been connected before plugin activation.
• Jetpack: do not display recommendations during an identity crisis.
• Search: fix styling conflict for Blank Canvas theme.
• Settings menu: add Jetpack item for sites with Scan product.
• Sharing Buttons: rely on official sharing buttons only for Facebook share counts.
• Stats: do not trigger views when post is embedded into another site.
• VideoPress: reload embed preview on creation until the video size is known.
• Vimeo Embeds: support more URL formats, such as videos in playlists.
• WhatsApp block: fix country code for Cyprus.

Jetpack 10.5-a.3

Enhancements

• Secure Sign On: add filters for the error text when a local user cannot be found for a given WP.com account and for when SSO is disallowed when on a staging site.
• Subscription Block: add 'Success Message Text' to the block settings.

Improved compatibility

• General: ensure Jetpack options are properly deleted when the plugin is deactivated.
• Media Extractor: add support for alt_text in extract.
• Notifications: remove legacy code supporting IE versions older than 9.
• Pay with PayPal Widget: hide widget from Legacy Widget block.

Bug fixes

• Contact Form: avoid PHP notices in submitted forms in some cases.
• Internationalization: ensure that all text, including text added via JavaScript, can be translated.
• Milestone widget: fix issue that prevented styles from loading until the widget is saved.

Other changes

• Admin Menu: add support for WPML menu structure.
• ConnectionBanner: allow "icon" prop type to be an element.
• JITM: allow sidebar JITMs marked as dismissible to be dismissed.
• Nav-unification: add a CSS class to the HTML body when nav-unification is enabled.
• Update introductory discount percentages from 40% to 50%, to reflect new pricing structure..
• Use automattic/jetpack-composer-plugin to move Jetpack libraries from vendor/ to jetpack_vendor/ for i18n.
• [WP.com sites only) Exposes the My Home menu item to all roles

Jetpack 10.4

Enhancements

• Connection: additional messaging for both connection and disconnection flows.
• Dashboard: add option to add Jetpack product using a license key.
• Publicize: enable the RePublicize UI in the block editor.
• VideoPress: add captions and subtitle support.

Bug fixes

• Custom CSS: disable CSSTidy shorthand optimizations to prevent block validation issues.
• Dashboard: hide license activation route if user is not linked and connection owner.
• Search: avoid fatal errors when the feature is inactive, but Extra Sidebar Widgets are active.
• Sharing: ask search engines to not index pages with sharing query string.
• VideoPress: fix various validation errors.
• VideoPress: keep expanded/collapsed state of settings panel when reloading video preview.
• Widgets: allow customizer preview to show widget visibility rules properly.

Jetpack 10.5-a.1

Enhancements

• Sharing: hide sharing buttons when printing a post or page.
• VideoPress Block: add adaptive progress bar color settings

Improved compatibility

• Twitter Timeline widget: Hide widget from the block inserter and Legacy widget block drop-down menu (WPCOM)

Bug fixes

• Dashboard: hide licensing interface from users who did not link their account to WordPress.com yet, or who are not the main Jetpack connection owner.
• VideoPress: avoid errors when copying and pasting empty video blocks.
• VideoPress Block: maintain the state of different settings panels when reloading the video preview.

Other changes

• Added Jetpack Installer package.
• Atomic Menu: prevent notice for users without access to the plugins menu item.
• Blog Subscription widget: Fix the comment block on the hide_widget_in_block_editor() to follow the DocBlock standards
• Build modules with Webpack, so they benefit from our toolchain improvements.
• DIFM: Conditionally hide admin menu and expose is_difm_lite_in_progress in the get site API
• Fix the comment block on the hide_widget_in_block_editor() to follow the DocBlock standards
• Rewrote tracks-events.js without jQuery.
• Start an initial full sync if the site is connected when Jetpack is activated.
• Start new Jetpack cycle 10.5-a.0
• Switched Jetpack plugin to always use s0.wp.com and i0.wp.com for external resources
• Updated package dependencies.

Jetpack 10.4 Beta

You too, can help testing this new release by following the testing list here: Automattic/jetpack@jetpack/branch-10.4/to-test.md

Thank you!

10.4-beta - 2021-11-30

Enhancements

• Connection: additional messaging for both connection and disconnection flows.
• Dashboard: add option to add Jetpack product using a license key.
• Publicize: enable the RePublicize UI in the block editor.
• VideoPress: add captions and subtitle support.

Bug fixes

• Custom CSS: disable CSSTidy shorthand optimizations to prevent block validation issues.
• Search: avoid fatal errors when the feature is inactive, but Extra Sidebar Widgets are active.
• Sharing: ask search engines to not index pages with sharing query string.
• VideoPress: fix various validation errors.
• Widgets: allow customizer preview to show widget visibility rules properly.