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Release date: June 2, 2021

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Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

Security:

• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

Security:

• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

Security:

• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

Security:

• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

Security:

• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

Security:

• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

Security:

• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

Security:

• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

Security:

• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

Security:

• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

Security:

• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

Release date: June 2, 2021

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• Carousel: prevent fetching comments from posts, and from attachments of private posts.

• Release date: March 16, 2021

Improved compatibility

• Block Editor: avoid conflicts between multiple Jetpack blocks and Gutenberg version 10.1.0.

Bug fixes

• Instant Search: prevent IE11 from spawning overlay on load.
• WordPress.com Toolbar and customizations: fix multiple issues causing navigation panel discrepancies between the WP-Admin dashboard and the WordPress.com dashboard.

• Release date: March 4, 2021

Bug fixes

• Sharing: avoid potential conflicts with the Blog Posts Block from Newspack.
• Subscriptions Block: avoid validation errors when customizing font size on a site using the Gutenberg plugin.

• Release date: March 2, 2021
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-uSv

Enhancements

• Carousel: improve the experience on mobile devices by allowing touch events (pinch, zoom).
• Instant Search: improve the design of the Search modal.
• Instant Search: open search result links in the current window rather than opening a new one.
• Podcast Player Block: allow filtering the number of tracks returned when fetching new podcast episodes.
• Podcast Player Block: add publication date to the data returned when fetching new podcast episodes.
• Recommendations: add a dashboard banner to help users discover the best Jetpack features.
• Related Posts: improve performance by removing jQuery dependency.
• SEO Tools: make the feature available for all sites.
• Social Icons Widget: add new icons.
• Social Menu: add new icons.
• Synchronization: improve reliability of data by excluding blocked taxonomies.
• Tiled Galleries: improve performance by removing jQuery dependency.
• Video Block: add support for custom video player progress bar colors.
• Widgets: display notice in the customizer when one needs to connect their account before using the Instagram widget.

Improved compatibility

• Block Editor: update all blocks to be fully compatible with WordPress 5.7.
• General: Jetpack now requires WordPress 5.6, and is fully compatible with WordPress 5.7.
• Protect: ensure that the blocked login page is fully compatible with the Robots API changes introduced in WordPress 5.7.

Bug fixes

• Autoloader: prevent transitive plugin execution.
• Carousel: ensure that the Carousel view is available regardless of your gallery's link settings.
• Comments: improve respect for the Core moderation option in particular cases.
• Connection flow: ensuring Jetpack Dashboard successfully loads after reconnect.
• Cookies & Consent Widget: ensure the widget can be edited from the new block-based widget editor.
• Custom Content Types: allow Newspack's Blog Posts block to display Testimonial and Portfolio posts.
• Dashboard: improve performance by reducing excessive API calls.
• Dashboard: improve product upgrade flow for non-connected Jetpack users.
• Instant Search: fix closing of the overlay using the Escape key in IE11.
• Instant Search: improve compatibility with browser forward/back navigation.
• Instant Search: avoid issues when changes made in customizer would not immediately appear in preview.
• Jetpack Videos: fix responsiveness of Video poster images.
• Map Block: avoid issues when resize event listener was not removed when the component was unmounted.
• Markdown: avoid filters loading too early when creating a new site within a Multisite network.
• Payments Block: avoid layout issues when setting up a new payment plan.
• Pay With Paypal Block: ensure that line breaks can be used in product description.
• Secure Sign On: improve the connection flow when users first log in via SSO.
• Sharing: avoid displaying block content in Open Graph Meta tags when not needed.
• Sharing: ensure that sharing popup opens properly in Firefox.
• Shortcodes: use arguments provided by shortcode attributes for the Instagram embeds.
• Video Block: avoid potential PHP notice when working with Jetpack Videos.
• WhatsApp block: adjust width of block options toolbar.

See the previous changelogs here

• Release date: February 16, 2021

Bug fixes

• Carousel: ensure that the Carousel view is available regardless of your gallery's link settings.
• Dashboard: improve performance by reducing excessive API calls.
• Payments Block: avoid layout issues when setting up a new payment plan.

• Release date: February 2, 2021
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-tOv

Enhancements

• Dashboard: add new Recommendations page to help you get started with recommended features of Jetpack.
• Dashboard: change the development notice link to an external link.
• Podcast Player Block: add skip back/forward buttons.
• Podcast Player Block: improve RSS feed detection.
• Sharing: remove jQuery dependency to improve performance of the sharing buttons.
• Sharing: improve performance of the Email Sharing button by lazy-loading the Google reCAPTCHA when necessary.
• Social Menu: add Patreon icon.
• Synchronization with WordPress.com: improve the validation of field names when calculating checksums on tables.
• Synchronization Performance: reduce concurrency of requests by implementation of Retry-After for concurrent requests.
• Widgets: add Patreon icon to Social Icons Widget.
• WordPress.com REST API: add new Cloudflare Analytics field option.

Improved compatibility

• Form Block: avoid display issues when submitting a form within an AMP view.
• Instant Search: improve support for older browsers such as Internet Explorer 11.
• Secure Sign On: support custom login page plugins such as WPS Hide Login.
• Tiled Gallery Block: add additional CSS classes to improve compatibility with the Core Gallery block.

Bug fixes

• Autoloader: resolve inconsistencies when including a cache supporting autoloader from one without cache support.
• Contact Form: prevent post status transition actions from firing twice when the post status is changed.
• Crowdsignal: avoid issues when using a Crowdsignal shortcode in the block editor.
• Jetpack Video Block: avoid block validation errors when editing existing content.
• Jetpack Video Block: add missing alignment classes.
• Publicize: allow clearing Publicize custom message if a post title has been set.
• Stats: update dashboard widget to respect new dashboard widget markup.
• Subcriptions Block: avoid errors when displayed within a Disabled context, such as a block or pattern preview.
• Synchronization with WordPress.com: avoid PHP warnings.
• Synchronization with WordPress.com: fix potential PHP notices when making XMLRPC requests.
• WordPress.com REST API: fix PHP notice when fetching user connection data without a connection owner.

See the previous changelogs here

• Release date: January 19, 2021

Enhancements

• Synchronization: improvements to the way data is synchronized back to WordPress.com.

• Release date: January 14, 2021

Bug fixes

• Multisite: avoid Fatals on sites using the WPMUDEV domain mapping plugin.
• SEO Tools: prevent a PHP notice in some situations involving taxonomy or author pages.

• Release date: January 12, 2021
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-sgZ

Enhancements

• Autoloader: improve performance by caching known plugins.
• Instant Search: improve compatibility with IE11.
• Related Posts: use the semantic time element when displaying dates.
• Sharing: defer loading of the reCAPTCHA library by default.

Improved compatibility

• AMP: avoid PHP notice on sites using legacy versions of the AMP plugin.
• Dashboard: avoid errors on sites using PHP 8.
• General: use modern JavaScript best practices for loading scripts.
• Infinite Scroll: add compatibility for the TwentyTwentyOne theme.
• Search: improve styling for the TwentyTwenty theme.
• Synchronization: improve integrity of synchronization between your site and WordPress.com.
• WordPress.com Toolbar: iterate on the design and functionality of the toolbar to match the toolbar in use on WordPress.com.

Bug fixes

• Autoloader: resolve symbolic links in active plugin paths.
• Autoloader: ensure deactivating plugins aren't cached.
• Blocks: improve sidebar display in non-fullscreen mode.
• Content Options: do not output CSS when it is not needed.
• Instant Search: improve display of tags and categories in search results.
• Lazy Images: attempt to load all images when printing a post, and inform the user when printing if images haven't been loaded.
• Podcast Player Block: avoid PHP notices in some scenarios.
• Search: limit number of filters automatically set up.
• Slideshow Block: ensure that image captions are always shown, regardless of the theme you're using.
• Subscription Block: display the correct default placeholder and button text strings in the post editor.
• Subscriptions: fix the behavior of the toggle switches for the comment subscription settings.
• Twitter Threads: improve how Twitter Cards are generated for embeds in the thread preview.
• VideoPress: detect aspect ratios rounding to both 1.77 and 1.78 as 16:9.
• Widgets: avoid JavaScript errors when displaying the Cookies & Consent Widget.
• WordPress.com REST API: avoid fatal errors in some scenarios, when updating a post's metadata.

See the previous changelogs here.

• Release date: December 10, 2020

Improved compatibility

• Site Health Tools: improve PHP 8 compatibility.
• Twenty Twenty One: add support for Jetpack's Content Options.

Bug fixes

• Instant Search: fix layout issues with filtering checkboxes with some themes.
• WordPress.com Toolbar: avoid Fatal errors when the feature is not active.
• WordPress.com Toolbar: avoid 404 errors when loading the toolbar.

• Release date: December 1, 2020
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-scn

Enhancements

• Connection Flow: clarify error message when the options table is not writable.
• Contact Form Block: display fallback link when the block is rendered in non-WordPress contexts, such as subscription emails.
• Contact Form Block: display the correct default email address and subject in the form block settings.
• Dashboard: clarify language around support options.
• Dashboard: replace /plans and /plans-prompt routes with a redirect to cloud.jetpack.com/pricing.
• Instagram Embeds: add support for embed parameters supported by Instagram.
• Payments Block: move unreadable notice to the sidebar.
• Pinterest Block: ensure that Pinterest embeds are displayed nicely in non-WordPress contexts, such as subscription emails.
• Podcast Block: display fallback link when the block is rendered in non-WordPress contexts, such as RSS feeds.
• Search: improve URL formatting for the expanded search layout.
• Sharing: ensure the first suitable image found in a post is always the one used in Open Graph Image meta tags.
• Site Health Tools: update description of Synchronization issues for better usability.
• Slideshow Block: ensure that slideshows are displayed nicely in subscription emails.
• Status: improve detection of staging servers.
• Story Block: improve display of the block.
• Synchronization: improve synchronization of comment status, taxononmies, and terms between your site and WordPress.com.
• Tiled Gallery Block: improve rendering when the block is rendered in non-WordPress contexts, such as subscription emails.
• WhatsApp button Block: improve text alignment on mobile devices.
• WordPress.com Toolbar: include admin color in user's REST API output.

Improved compatibility

• Autoloader: support Composer 2.0.7.
• General: continued work towards ensuring that Jetpack is fully compatible with the upcoming version of PHP, PHP 8.
• General: ensure Jetpack's full compatibility with the upcoming WordPress 5.6 release.
• General: update Jetpack's minimum required WordPress version to 5.5, in anticipation of the upcoming WordPress 5.6 release.
• Sharing: disable Open Graph Meta tags added by the Web Stories plugin when Jetpack's tags are active.
• Stats: support Web Stories plugin.
• Synchronization: ensure better synchronization of post meta data (used by Publicize, Subscriptions, Search) in WordPress 5.6.
• Twenty Twenty-One: ensure that Jetpack's features are compatible with the upcoming new default theme

Bug fixes

• Connection: handle XMLRPC requests when SERVER_PORT is not defined.
• External Media: fix a conflict with CoBlock's image replace feature.
• Dashboard: fix incorrect links to Jetpack credentials form.
• Google Analytics: ensure compatibility with Google Analytics 4 (GA4).
• Sitemaps: ensure that the Home URL is slashed on subdirectory websites.
• Social Icons widget: display only one icon when a URL matches both a domain and the feed URL match.
• Sync: avoid trying to sync when something else disabled syncing a request.
• Whatsapp Button Block: fix Guyana country code metadata.
• WordPress.com REST API: restore post comments when untrashing a post, such as via the mobile apps.

See the previous changelogs here.

• Release date: November 10, 2020
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-s0E

Enhancements

• Button Block: add a center alignment option to all Jetpack button blocks.
• Content Options: add new filter to allow theme and plugin authors to disable featured image removal for their Custom Post Types.
• Dashboard: improve the display of dates in the Jetpack Plan screen and in the Stats graph.
• Dashboard: improve the display of numbers in all languages.
• Donations Block: improve the display of the block outside WordPress (in subscription emails, for example).
• Embeds: update Loom logo.
• External Media: add feature to the Cover block.
• Google Calendar Block: improve the display of the block in the editor.
• Image Compare Block: accessibility improvements.
• Instant Search: improve accessibility of the Search modal.
• Likes: remove jQuery dependency where possible.
• Pay with PayPal Block: improve the styling of the buttons in subscription emails.
• Pay with PayPal Block: improve the display of currencies.
• Podcast Player Block: add option to hide the episode title.
• Podcast Player Block: display more helpful error messages when a podcast cannot be embedded.
• Publicize: improve the usability of the Twitter thread options.
• REST API: support needed capabilities in Jetpack REST API endpoints that allow site based authentication.
• Social Menu & Social Media Icons: add support for Telegram profiles.
• Synchronization: improve reliability of synchronization of theme changes.
• WhatsApp Block: add option to change the alignment of the button.
• Widget Visibility: improve performance on sites with a large number of pages.
• WordPress.com Block Editor: add option to add metadata to a post indicating the last editor used.
• WordPress.com REST API: remove outdated code that allowed non-secure requests to the API, as such requests are no longer accepted.

Improved compatibility

• Comments: avoid AMP validation errors when using Jetpack's Comments feature and the AMP plugin.
• Dashboard: better support all states available when using one of Jetpack's Security solutions.
• Embeds: improve compatibility between Jetpack's Instagram embed and WordPress' own embed.
• Embeds: ensure Facebook Embeds work well with the AMP plugin.
• External Media: update iconography and improve forward compatibility.
• General: better detect local development environments.
• Google Analytics: add support for the AMP plugin to track WooCommerce events.
• OpenTable Block: ensure full compatibility with the AMP plugin.
• Pay with PayPal Block: ensure full compatibility with the AMP plugin.
• Sharing: add support for the Google Web Stories plugin.
• Slideshow Block: ensure that the block can be displayed using the Full Width alignment setting when using the Gutenberg plugin.
• Widget Visibility: avoid performance impact it may have on the block editor when used with the Gutenberg plugin.
• YouTube embeds: ensure that all YouTube video embeds work well when using the AMP plugin.

Bug fixes

• Calendly and Eventbrite Blocks: fix layout issue when selecting block styles in the editor.
• Contact Form: selection widgets, radio buttons, and checkboxes can now use commas, brackets, and backslashes in the labels and values without breaking the form.
• Donations / Payments Block: fix visual bug in Stripe connection banner.
• Embeds: ensure Facebook videos are centered properly with the Twenty Twenty theme.
• Google Analytics: support updated Google Analytics 4 properties.
• Image CDN: the CDN will now ignore attempts to specify percentages for width or height in an image tag.
• Infinite Scroll: ensure the number of posts loaded when using Infinite Scroll respects posts per page settings.
• Latest Instagram Posts Block: avoid PHP warning when no images can be retrieved from Instagram.
• Lazy Images: attempt to load all images when printing a post, and inform the user when printing if images haven't been loaded.
• Pay with PayPal Block: add default price value.
• Pay with PayPal Block: ensure currencies are displayed properly in the editor.
• Protect: fix handling of IPv6 addresses.
• Publicize: ensure that custom messages can be saved when using the Portfolio Custom Post Type.
• Publicize: ensure that tweets consisting only of whitespace aren't added to Twitter threads.
• Publicize: when generating Twitter threads, allow text to be split at line breaks where appropriate.
• Security / Contact Form: add additional checks before checking submitted forms for spam.
• Security / WordPress.com REST API: improve authentication checks when making proxied requests to a site's API endpoints.
• Slideshow Block: fix a bug that prevented the first and last images from displaying when the slideshow loops.
• Stats: no longer incorrectly report a term ID as a post ID in some rare cases.
• Videos: ensure Jetpack videos use the correct aspect ratio in both the editor and the frontend, even when used within column blocks.
• WhatsApp Block: fix issue when the text color would not be correct.

See the previous changelogs here.

• Release date: October 9, 2020

Enhancements

• Publicize: improve handling of URLs when generating Twitter threads.

Bug fixes

• Instagram Embeds: ensure that Instagram URLs with additional URL parameters can be embedded as well.
• Media Extractor: prevent PHP notice for some URLs.
• Publicize: avoid block editor errors when no Publicize connections are available.
• Synchronization flow: avoid potential fatal errors when updating the plugin from the Dashboard > Updates screen.
• Sharing: avoid PHP notices when a post object is invalid.
• WordPress.com REST API: avoid errors when uploading images from a URL.

• Release date: October 6, 2020

Bug fixes

• General: remove a database optimization task that could potentially cause database issues.

• Release date: October 6, 2020
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-rLy

Major Enhancements

• Publicize: add the ability to publish the entire content of posts to Twitter as threads.

Enhancements

• Blocks: update icon color for all blocks provided by Jetpack.
• Custom CSS: add support for the clip-path property.
• Custom CSS: add rebeccapurple color to the list of colors that can be processed by the SCSS and LESS preprocessors.
• Dashboard: clarify Backup & Scan settings and alerts.
• Dashboard: improve the reconnecting process for site owners willing to disconnect and then reconnect Jetpack to WordPress.com.
• Dashboard: do not display option to purchase a plan when in Offline mode.
• Embeds: add Loom.com as a new embed option.
• Embeds: update song.link oEmbed to support more formats.
• Embeds: allow Instagram embeds to keep working via the WordPress.com REST API.
• Google Analytics: move the legacy variant from the HTML body to head.
• Instant Search: optimize images displayed in Search results thanks to Jetpack's Image CDN.
• Instant Search: improve layout of search results on mobile devices.
• Instant Search: trigger the search overlay upon typing into the search input.
• Pay with PayPal Block: display more helpful content in subscription emails.
• OpenTable Block: display wide style widget as standard on mobile.
• Site Health: add new test for testing blog and current user's token health.
• Site Health: refine information shared when using the "Copy site info to clipboard" button.
• Site Health: offer more information and help in failing tests.
• Slideshow Block: remove the default background color.
• Synchronization: improve performance of synchronization of term changes.

Improved compatibility

• Autoloader: add support for non-optimized PSR-4 namespace loading.
• Autoloader: add PSR-0 support.
• Autoloader: add handling for filtered active_plugins options that would otherwise have left classes out.
• Contact Form: add more integration settings for a better compatibility with Jetpack CRM.
• Contact Form: ensure that forms are displayed correctly in legacy AMP Reader views.
• Dashboard: remove plugin autoupdate settings from the dashboard now that WordPress itself handles this feature.
• Embeds: ensure that Instagram and Facebook embeds are always available, to avoid breaking embeds on existing posts.
• Embeds: solve PHP 8 compatibility issues with Crowdsignal embeds.
• EventBrite Block: ensure full compatibility with the AMP plugin.
• Google Calendar Block: ensure full compatibility with the AMP plugin.
• Image Compare Block: improve display on AMP views.
• Infinite Scroll: ensure Infinite Scroll works on AMP views as well for the Twenty Nineteen and Twenty Twenty themes.
• Infinite Scroll: add tools allowing theme authors to implement Infinite Scroll on AMP views in their own theme.
• Pinterest Block: ensure full compatibility with the AMP plugin.
• Security Scanning: avoid validation issues when using the AMP plugin and when notified of a security threat on your site.
• Slideshow Block: ensure images are displayed properly when using the Swell theme.
• Synchronization: ensure review comments are properly synchronized with WordPress.com.
• Twitter Threads Block: add support for unrolling threads when Gutenberg 8.8+ is activated.
• WordPress.com REST API: improved PHP 8.0 support.

Bug fixes

• Activity Log: avoid potential duplicate entries.
• Beautiful Math: resolve incorrectly rendered LaTeX images cached during a server migration.
• Connection Flow: resolve conflicts where "staging" connection errors were wrongly detected for some sites.
• Copy Post: ensure categories can be copied properly on sites using an old database schema.
• Donations / Payments: fix link to WordPress.com on sites where WordPress is installed in a subdirectory.
• Image CDN: ensure Wikimedia-hosted images are correctly handled by the CDN.
• Infinity Scroll: remove the loading spinner when loading an extra set of posts and receiving an empty response.
• Stats: do not track visits when site is in staging mode.
• Synchronization: ensure theme information is correctly synchronized with WordPress.com.
• WordPress.com Block Editor: ensure that "Code Editor" menu item is available on mobile devices.
• WordPress.com REST API: improve messaging when uploading a media file via the API fails.

See the previous changelogs here.

• Release date: September 16, 2020

Enhancements

• Jetpack Dashboard: add support for new Jetpack plans.

Bug fixes

• General: avoid deprecation PHP notices when used with WooCommerce 4.4+.
• Image CDN: avoid PHP warning when replacing URLs by their image CDN equivalent.
• REST API: avoid authentication issues when using a third-party plugin also using the REST API.
• Search: fix a bug where no results appear when using Jetpack's Instant Search interface.
• Site Health Tools: skip a connection status test when in offline mode.

• Release date: September 1, 2020
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-rAs

Major Enhancements

• The new Donations Block allows you to easily accept and process donations on your site.
• You can now preview how your posts will look on Facebook, Twitter, and Google Search Results even before you hit the Publish button.

Enhancements

• Blocks: add "Edit" button to the Calendly block toolbar.
• Blocks: add new "Consent" field option to the Form block.
• Connection: improve the reconnection process when your site is not properly connected to WordPress.com anymore.
• Connection: improve messaging offered and displayed in the dashboard when there are connection issues between your site and WordPress.com.
• Contact Form: put feedback that matches the disallowed list in trash.
• Dashboard: improved legibility across all Jetpack interfaces.
• External Media: improve keyboard navigation in the media modal.
• External Media: offer a way to disconnect Google Photos accounts from within the media modal.
• Sharing: add spacing around customization link.
• Search: improve styling of expanded results in the Instant Search interface.
• Shortcodes: remove jQuery dependency from Gist shortcode.

Improved compatibility

• Anti-Spam: better handle globally-configured Akismet API keys in the Jetpack dashboard.
• Blocks: update to use latest colors defined by WordPress.
• Blocks: ensure our External Media option is compatible with other plugins that also make changes to the Media Library options in the block editor.
• Connection: ensure better compatibility of the Monitor, Protect, Secure Sign In, Stats, and Subscription features with your site's connection to WordPress.com.
• General: remove references to pre-PHP 5.6 code.
• Sharing: improve accessibility of the sharing butttons in AMP views.
• Shortcode Embeds: ensure compatibility of the Instagram embeds with upcoming Instagram API changes.
• Third-party plugin compatibility: add new compatibility file for the Creative Mail plugin.
• Third-party plugin compatibility: add Slim SEO to the list of plugins compatible with Jetpack's Open Graph and Twitter Cards Meta tags.

Bug fixes

• Autoloader: avoid issues when updating plugins using the Autoloader in environments using OPCache.
• Autoloader: remove the map regeneration that occurs after a plugin update.
• Activity Log: ensure that theme changes are mentioned in the Activity Log.
• Blocks: ensure alignment options are respected for the Video block in the editor.
• Blocks: avoid accidental disconnections of the Payments block in the editor.
• Blocks: bug fixes and improvement of consistency of block style implementation in the OpenTable block.
• Blocks: avoid duplicate navigation arrows in the Slideshow block.
• CLI tools: avoid notices when using Synchronization CLI tools.
• Connection: ensure that secondary users can connect their own account to their WordPress.com account.
• Dashboard: fix missing card for Backups in some error cases.
• Protect: avoid displaying HTML markup on blocked login screen.
• Protect: avoid Fatal errors when trying to update Protect options from the REST API.
• Search: ensure that Instant Search options are properly saved in the Customizer.
• Search: avoid errors when searching for a term and including the "%" symbol.
• Shortcodes: avoid Fatal errors when receiving unexpected response from Flickr.
• Theme Tools: resolve a PHP notice in PHP 7.4.
• Video: ensure that videos uploaded with Jetpack Videos are assigned to the correct author.
• Widgets: ensure that the Instagram Widget is properly styled when previewed in the customizer.
• Widgets: do not hide accepted cookie widget to allow visual customization in the Customizer.

See the previous changelogs here.

• Release date: August 17, 2020

Bug fixes

• Infinite Scroll: avoid loading issues with some themes using Infinite Scroll.

• Release date: August 10, 2020

Improved compatibility

• WordPress 5.5: ensure that Jetpack's Autoupdate feature is fully compatible with the autoupdate feature introduced in the new version of WordPress.

Bug fixes

• Admin Page: avoid blank dashboard when some specific notices (such as Offline mode) are displayed.
• Synchronization with WordPress.com: resolve errors triggered from not properly sanitizing/verifying inputs.

• Release date: August 4, 2020
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-rs2

Enhancements

• Blocks: update categories to improve discoverability.
• Connection Flow: improve experience of any additional users of your site that may want to link their WordPress.com account.
• Dashboard: add Jetpack Anti-spam to the product list in the dashboard.
• External Media: add ability to show google photos for a specific month or year.
• Infinite Scroll: improve accessibility of the "Load More" behavior.
• Instant Search: add support for excluding certain post types from search results.
• Mailchimp Block: show error message on email validation error.
• Markdown block: improve handling of long links with custom characters, as well as em- and en- dashes.
• Payments block: add extra customization options to the Submit button.
• Performance: use WordPress-provided wp_resource_hints for DNS prefetching.
• Podcast Player block: start saving content in post content for better compatibility with non-WordPress tools.
• Sharing: add direct link to share button customization for logged-in admins.
• Widgets: introduce new Instagram Widget.
• Widgets: add additional options to the Twitter Timeline widget.
• Widgets: add the rel attribute to links with target=_blank in the Social Icons widget.
• WordAds: update ad units to be more flexible and dynamic.

Improved compatibility

• Blocks: add default text color to all buttons in AMP mode.
• Connection Flow: improve the display of any connection errors, and provide more tools to help fix those connection errors.
• Contact Form: updates based on language improvements in WordPress 5.5.
• Deprecated hooks: Use native WordPress functionality for deprecated hooks.
• Deprecation Notices: provide more information about deprecated files and functions.
• General: ensure Jetpack's full compatibility with the upcoming WordPress 5.5 release.
• General: update Jetpack's minimum required WordPress version to 5.4, in anticipation of the upcoming WordPress 5.5 release.
• General: update Jetpack to support new environment type features introduced in WordPress 5.5.
• Infinite Scroll: fix layout issue when used with the P2 theme.
• Latest Instagram Posts block: fix layout when used with the AMP plugin.
• Synchronization: improve stability of the connection between your site and WordPress.com.
• WordPress.com REST API: adjust API response based on language improvements in WordPress 5.5.

Bug fixes

• Asset CDN: avoid returning a directory when setting the local path for translation files.
• Carousel: ensure jQuery is loaded when using the Carousel feature.
• Contact Form: fix alignment of radio and checkbox items.
• Connection: ensure the connection flow can be completed when third-party cookies are disabled.
• External Media: ensure that images inserted from Pexels or Google Photos are attached to the post you're composing.
• General: avoid issues on sites hosted on a Windows server environment.
• General: avoid PHP notices when managing your site via the WordPress Desktop app.
• Gathering Tweetstorms: don't enable the Unroll button until after a Twitter URL has been entered and verified.
• Latest Instagram Posts block: stop showing cached galleries after the Instagram connection has been deleted.
• Likes: resolve a potential PHP notice.
• Media Tools: resolve potential PHP notice.
• OpenTable block: ensure additional CSS classes are populated correctly.
• Subscriptions block: Stop saving localized attributes defaults in the block content.
• Tiled Gallery block: do not load the block when your site is not connected to WordPress.com.
• Twitter Cards: resolve potential PHP notice.

See the previous changelogs here.

• Release date: July 14, 2020

Bug fixes

• Autoloader: avoid PHP warning on sites with an invalid active_plugins option.
• Backwards Compatibility: Prevent fatal errors on themes relying on a deprecated static method.
• Blocks: show a loading spinner when unrolling Twitter threads on WordPress 5.3.
• General: prevent PHP notices with the Contact Form feature, Sharing feature, and the Latest Instagram Galleries block.
• Sharing: create proper Open Graph Description tag when a post starts with an image.

• Release date: July 7, 2020
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-qiH

Major Enhancements

• When inserting images into your posts, you can now choose images from your Google Photos account, or from the Pexels Free Photos library.
• WhatsApp block: this new block adds a button so your site's visitors can contact you via WhatsApp with the tap of a button.
• You can now import Twitter threads into a post with the click of a button.
• Jetpack Search now includes more options to customize the look of the Search overlay: you can choose between minimal and expanded results, you can hide the Sort option, or change the default sorting option.
• Jetpack Ads: you can now enable a "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" link as specified in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) for California site visitors to opt-out of targeted advertising.

Enhancements

• Blocks: add more options to customize the look of the Payments block.
• Blocks: allowing playing a Jetpack video in the block editor.
• Blocks: add episode link and improve the look of the Podcast player when displaying only one episode.
• Blocks: add more customization options to the buttons offered by the following blocks: Calendly, Mailchimp, Eventbrite.
• Blocks: rename "Earn" blocks: "Simple Payments" becomes "Pay with Paypal"; "Recurring Payments" becomes "Payments".
• Connection Flow: improve the display of connection errors when a site cannot be connected to WordPress.com.
• Contact Form: improve the "Empty Spam" process to better handle large amount of Spam.
• Jetpack Search: use the full width of the browser when the site does not use any Jetpack Search Sidebar.
• Performance: switch from JavaScript library to CSS animations to display loading spinners.
• Related Posts: improve accessibility of the titles of each Related Post.
• Site Stats: improve accessibility of the Stats dashboard.
• Social Logos: update Facebook Logo design.
• Widgets: improve accessibility of the Contact Info Widget as well as the Blog Stats Widget.
• Widgets: improve performance of the Display Posts widget by fetching less data.

Improved compatibility

• Autoloader: improve the way Jetpack librairies are loaded when used in multiple plugins.
• Blocks: improve the display of the Tiled Gallery block when used with the AMP plugin.
• Custom Content Types: ensure that the Comic Post Type is compatible with the AMP plugin.
• Custom Content Types: allow third-party themes to enqueue their own Portfolio styles.
• Gravatar Hovercards: avoid validation errors when used with the AMP plugin.
• Open Graph Meta Tags: avoid displaying Jetpack's Tags when the Rank Math plugin is active.
• Shortcodes / Embeds: ensure better compatibility of multiple embeds with the AMP plugin.
• Sharing: ensure that all button styles can be used with the AMP plugin.
• Sitemaps: avoid conflicts with the Sitemap option that will be available in the upcoming version of WordPress.
• WordPress.com Toolbar: ensure it is accessible when using the Twenty Twenty theme.
• WooCommerce: avoid broken resources when using the WooCommerce plugin alongside Jetpack.

Bug fixes

• Blocks: avoid layout issues when using the Image Compare block alongside older themes.
• Blocks: ensure the Eventbrite button can be centered.
• Blocks: ensure the Podcast block can be loaded when the page is loaded via Infinite Scroll.
• Blocks: do not render the Slideshow block's markup when no images have been added to the block.
• Blocks: avoid errors when one adds and edits 2 Image Compare Blocks in a single post.
• Blocks: fix Form block issues with checkbox fields not being checked by default when the option is selected.
• Blocks: add missing "Required" option to the Form block's Checkbox field settings.
• Blocks: avoid caching results from the Latest Instagram Posts block when there are errors with the fetched data.
• Forms: improve accessibility of the "Required" text used in form fields.
• Image CDN: avoid using CDN image URL when inserting an image using the image block.
• Jetpack Search: load translations in the Search overlay on International sites.
• Publicize: avoid layout issues when displaying broken connections in the Publicize block toolbar.
• Sharing: avoid relying on jQuery for the official Facebook button.
• Shortcodes / Embeds: fix the Twitch embed according to new Twitch embed requirements.
• SEO Tools / Open Graph: improve cleaning up of description meta tags.

See the previous changelogs here.

• Release date: June 2, 2020

Bug Fixes

• Resolves PHP notice when generating Twitter Cards for posts with images without saved size information.
• Resolves an issue that can lead to excessive SQL queries.

• Release date: June 2, 2020
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-pb1

Major Enhancements

• Image Compare Block: show off your before / after pictures! This new block allows you to easily compare two images with a slider.
• Latest Instagram Posts Block: this new block allows you to insert lists of the latest posts from your Instagram feed, on any post or page of your site.

Enhancements

• Blocks: add new RSVP, Registration, Appointment, and Feedback form options to the existing Form block.
• Blocks: add new width option to Form block fields.
• Blocks: add more customization options to the Subscriptions block.
• Blocks: use the Mailchimp logo for the Mailchimp block icon.
• Blocks: add Schema.org metadata to the Star Rating block.
• Blocks: add alignment options to the Revue block's button.
• Blocks: add an example usage of the Podcast Player Block.
• Carousel: new option to remove the Comment form area from the Carousel view.
• Connection Flow: add new tools allowing for a better Jetpack onboarding for new Jetpack site owners.
• Connection Flow: ensure connection can happen on sites that can be a bit slower.
• Dashboard: add new sections for the upcoming Scan feature.
• Dashboard: allow for easy copying of Sitemap URLs from within the dashboard.
• Infinite Scroll: add support for running inline scripts.
• Performance: improve autoloading of Jetpack options.
• Twitter Cards: use additional post-specific media for Twitter card tags.
• Synchronization: new experimental feature aiming to minimize the impact of Sync on servers, by having Synchronization actions processed by WordPress.com asynchronously.
• WordPress.com Toolbar: remove retired "Recommendations" link.
• WordPress.com Block Editor: offer an option to "Switch to Classic Editor".

Improved compatibility

• Blocks: ensure that the Video block can still be used to upload videos with the latest version of the Gutenberg plugin.
• Connection tools: ensure better compatibility with other plugins that may rely on a Jetpack connection.
• Contact Form: improve compatibility with the Akismet service.
• Google Analytics: ensure compatibility with the AMP plugin.
• Shortcodes & Embeds: ensure that the slideshow and TED shortcodes are compatible with the AMP plugin.
• SSO: allow third-party plugins to hook into Jetpack's Secure Sign On login form.
• Widgets: ensure that the Cookies & Consent widget is compatible with the AMP plugin.
• WordPress.com REST API: improve compatibility with the block editor.

Bug fixes

• Blocks: avoid layout issues with the OpenTable block's button.
• Blocks: fix SVG attributes naming.
• Blocks: fix infinite scroll compatibility.
• Blocks: improve the display of currencies in Recurring Payments block.
• Blocks: ensure Podcast Player icons are always visible, even on sites where WordPress lives in a subdirectory.
• Dashboard: avoid broken profile image in the Jetpack Dashboard.
• Embeds: stop using deprecated WordPress option.
• Embeds: ensure that all valid Spotify embeds are being rendered.
• Infinite Scroll: fix issues with sites that may customize post queries.
• Related posts: avoid making requests for Related posts in embedded posts.
• Search: fix issues with the Instant Search layout when the number of posts per page is set to more than 20.
• Site Accelerator: avoid breaking links when linking to Wikimedia images.
• Site Health Tools: correct issue that prevented the WordPress Site Health area from completing all checks.
• Synchronization: ensure data is properly handled when customizing the Sync experience.
• Theme Tools: add correct schema.org value for Jetpack Breadcrumbs.

See the previous changelogs here.

• Release date: May 5, 2020
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-p00

Major Enhancements

• Podcast Player: you can now embed and play recent podcast episodes in any post or page.

Enhancements

• Comments: update how comment types are stored to be fully compatible with upcoming WordPress Core changes.
• OpenTable Block: add a warning notice when their selected combination of style and align options may cause display issues.
• Publicize: allow site owners to set a filter to enable embedding media directly into Twitter embeds.
• Revue Block: add new customization options.
• Search: add new option to configure the Instant Search overlay.
• Sync: improve performance of the synchronization process on sites with plugins generating an important amount of posts.

Improved compatibility

• Ad Block: ensure full compatibility of the feature with the AMP plugin.
• Carousel: ensure full compatibility of the feature with the AMP plugin.
• Embeds: ensure that all recipes, as well as Google Maps embeds and Scribd embeds, can be viewed with no errors in AMP views.
• General: when using a beta version of Jetpack via the Jetpack Beta Plugin, allow Multisite connections to be managed in Network Admin.
• Shortcodes: improve behavior of the Archives shortcode in AMP views.
• Widgets: ensure that the Twitter Timeline and Internet Defense League widgets are compatible with the AMP plugin.

Bug fixes

• Dashboard: fix layout issue when using the monthly / yearly toggle in the Jetpack dashboard.
• Contact Form: avoid making unnecessary requests to the Akismet API.
• Crowdsignal: fix survey embeds when posts are loaded via Infinite Scroll.
• Embeds: provide helpful feedback when inline PDFs cannot be displayed in mobile browsers.
• General: fix comment notification overrides that direct moderation links to the WordPress.com interface.
• General: improve deprecated hook notices to handle anonymous functions.
• Site Health Tools: reduce false positives in Jetpack connection tests.
• Slideshow Block: avoid layout issues when a block is added to a column block.
• Subscriptions Block: fix layout issue in email input box.
• Sync: improve performance of the synchronization process when processing a large amount of Akismet feedback.

See the previous changelogs here.

• Release date: April 14, 2020

Bug Fixes

• General: avoid conflicts with other plugins interacting with the AMP plugin and the admin bar.
• Infinite Scroll: avoid breaking functionality on sites without any footer.
• Infinite Scroll: avoid any conflict that may cause some posts to be missing from Infinite Scroll load.
• Site Health Tools: improve messaging to make translations easier.
• Contact Info Widget: avoid the display of notices in the widget settings when an API key is set via a filter.
• Top Posts Widget: provide default for newly added parameter to avoid errors when using third-party plugins interacting with stats.

• Release date: April 7, 2020

Bug Fixes

• Secure Sign On: fix conflict that would block one from logging in to their site via the Secure Sign On option.

• Release date: April 7, 2020
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-oPp

Major Enhancements

• Search: our new Instant search experience will allow your visitors to get search results as soon as they start typing.

Enhancements

• Autoloader: improve performance when loading a large number of files.
• Blocks: improve discoverability of multiple blocks by reviewing keywords used in the block search.
• Blocks: improve the display of error notices in Jetpack's embed blocks.
• Blocks: better differentiate paid blocks from free ones.
• Blocks: improve layout of block style previews.
• Blocks: list blocks both as part of a Jetpack Collection and in their proper category. Requires WordPress 5.4.
• Calendly block: display an error when the embed URL is not found.
• Comment Likes: improve performance by removing dependency on Noticons.
• Contact Info Widget: improve the display of Map API key notices.
• Custom CSS: add support for more CSS 3.0 properties: mask , scroll, and object-fit.
• Dashboard notices: allow the use of different Jetpack logos.
• Embeds: enable inline PDF previews.
• Eventbrite Block: offer additional alignment options.
• Facebook Embeds and Facebook Page Plugin Widget: improve performance and compatibility with caching plugins.
• Facebook Page Plugin Widget: add new layout options (Cover Photo and Call To Action).
• Gravatar Hovercards: avoid loading Gravatar assets when not needed on the page.
• Gravatar Hovercards: improve performance of the feature by avoiding the use of jQuery.
• Infinite Scroll: improve performance of the feature by avoiding the use of jQuery.
• Jetpack Videos: improve performance of Video queries with better caching.
• Lazy Images: improve performance of the feature by avoiding the use of jQuery.
• Likes: improve performance when loading resources used by the Likes feature on the front-end of your site.
• Map Block: slightly decrease Zoom on maps with multiple points.
• Map Block: improve the look of the map style picker.
• Protect: improve detection of IP on servers using custom IP Headers.
• Revue Block: update the layout of the default placeholder appearing when you first insert the block.
• Site Health: add new card informing you of your site's synchronization status with WordPress.com.
• Social Menus: add Ravelry support.
• Widgets: add Ravelry support to Social Icons widget.
• Widgets: improve performance of the Search and Milestone widgets.
• WooCommerce Analytics: add additional information to events (plugin version, information about blocks and shortcodes).
• WordAds Block: update "hide on mobile" toggle layout.
• WordAds: update ad loader support for Google Chrome.
• WordAds: improve performance of the display of all ads.
• WordPress.com Toolbar: log user out of WordPress.com when attempting to log out from the site.

Improved compatibility

• Blocks: ensure that all blocks are displayed nicely, even when using the latest version of the Gutenberg plugin.
• Blocks on International sites: ensure that blocks can be translated when using Jetpack's Site Accelerator feature.
• Comment Likes / AMP Plugin: avoid loading Likes on AMP views.
• General: Jetpack now requires WordPress 5.3 and newer.
• Multisite Networks: better detect the main site of a network when synchronizing data with WordPress.com.
• Recurring Payments Block: implement AMP view for full compatibility with the AMP plugin.

Bug fixes

• Connection: ensure that the "Disconnect" button is easily accessible on mobile.
• Connection: fix connection issues for sites with a plan in a "pending" state.
• Connection: improve connection flow when starting to connect your site from the WordPress.com dashboard.
• Dashboard: clarify wording and display of the Backup & Scan cards.
• Dashboard: fix layout issues within the Stats Widget in the dashboard.
• Form Block: fix button colors not saving correctly.
• Google Calendar Block: ensure calendars are properly displayed regardless of the width option picked in block styles.
• Publicize Block: update wording in custom message field to clarify how the feature works.
• Pinterest Block: check for valid Pinterest URLs when embedding them into a new block.
• OpenTable Block: fix layout issue when using Wide and Full-width sizes.
• OpenTable Block: fix PHP warning occuring when a block is created but not configured.
• Recurring Payments Block: ensure that the minimum payment option respects the chosen currency for the button.
• Shortcodes: Fix Crowdsignal poll embeds when using the P2 theme.
• Simple Payments Block: avoid issues when pasting email addresses into the email field.
• Site Logo: avoid PHP notices in the Customizer, when no logo is set yet.
• Widgets: fix conflicts between some themes and the live countdown feature in the Milestone Widget.
• Widgets: avoid display issues in the Top Posts Widget, when displaying posts from Custom Post Types.

See the previous changelogs here.

• Release date: March 3, 2020
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-nZT

Major Enhancements

• Google Calendar Block: a simple way to embed Google Calendars into your posts.
• Revue Block: allow your readers to subscribe to your Revue newsletter right from your site.

Enhancements

• Dashboard widget: clarify wording in Anti-spam and Protect sections.
• Dashboard notices: allow permanent notices.
• Dashboard notices: add option to provide action button for a notice.
• Map block: add the ability to set the size of the map.
• Map block: add a zoom control to the block sidebar.
• Map block: add a fullscreen option.
• Map block: add an option for toggling zoom to scroll behaviour in the published post.
• Mobile Theme: sunset feature. We originally created the mobile theme feature as a fall-back when the regular theme did not include a mobile view. Most themes include a mobile view by default now, so the feature is no longer necessary.
• OpenTable block: offer more embedding options.
• Search: improvements to layout options when using the Search widget.
• Security Scanning tool: improve message about threats found in dashboard.
• Sharing: improve Open Graph Meta Tags on search result pages.
• Shortcodes: improve accessibility of navigation buttons for the Slideshow shortcode.
• Site Health Tests: improve ability to add additional tests.
• Site Health Tests: Update Connection test with detailed descriptions and actions to resolve failing tests.
• Synchronization: increase reliability of sync by not sending wp-rest-api-log posts.
• Synchronization: increase reliability when synchronizing term IDs.
• Tiled Gallery block: add a Rounded Corners option.
• Tiled Gallery block: add an option to easily rearrange images within a gallery.
• Cookies & Consents Banner widget: improve performance by removing reliance on jQuery.
• Twitter widget: remove deprecated link color parameter.

Improved compatibility

• Autoloader: avoid conflicts when other plugins rely on the Autoloader to load Jetpack packages.
• Beautiful Math: avoid layout issues with inline images when using the Twenty Twenty theme.
• Blocks: improve compatibility with theme colors for block buttons.
• Blocks: improve the layout of the blocks' placeholders when using the Gutenberg plugin.
• Blocks: allow defining a minimum WordPress version or minimum Gutenberg plugin version when registering a block.
• Lazy Images: add option to skip images with the data-skip-lazy attribute.
• SSO: Add error argument for compatibility with a WordPress 5.4 hook change.

Bug fixes

• Blocks: fix layout issues with previews in block sidebar.
• Blocks: fix layout issues when using a custom CSS class for a block using the option in the block sidebar.
• Calendly block: fix overlay to render properly in the editor.
• Dashboard: remove Backups information from the Jetpack dashboard when on a Multisite network. Those do not support the Backup feature at this point.
• Map block: only show the Add Marker UI if there are no markers.
• Map block: prevent an unselected block from accidentally capturing scrolling.
• Map block: fix the styling of the map theme buttons.
• Mobile Apps: remove the edit post link when in app.
• OpenTable block: avoid error when inserting some specific embed codes.
• OpenTable block: fix alignment issues when center-aligning the block.
• Secure Sign On: do not display feature message when logging in to WordPress.com's central dashboard.
• Stats: hide Stats smiley in post embeds.
• WooCommerce Analytics: improve product checks to avoid errors on order pages.
• Wufoo shortcode: Security fix return early when invalid parameters.

See the previous changelogs here.

• 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.

See the previous changelogs here.

• Release date: January 23, 2020
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-lJT

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.

See the previous changelogs here.

• 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.

See the previous changelogs here.

• 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.

See the previous changelogs here.

• 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.

See the previous changelogs here.

• 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.

See the previous changelogs here.

• 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

See the previous changelogs here.

• 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.

• 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".

• Release date: July 2, 2019
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-k9A

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.

• Release date: July 2, 2019
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-k9A

Bug fixes

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

• 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.

• Release date: June 4, 2019
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-jgZ

Enhancements

• About Page: remove submenu and add link to page in the footer of Jetpack's dashboard.
• Admin Page: remove Themes card on Plans tab.
• Admin Page: consolidate the look of the different discussion settings.
• Admin Page: add Security Checklist information.
• Business Hours Block: improve the display of Business Hours.
• Business Hours Block: Simplify hours format.
• Comment Form: use HTTP 4xx status codes for comment errors.
• Contact Form Block: improve styles for better display on mobile devices.
• General: introduce a new Jetpack Logo package, to make it easier to share and re-use.
• Multisite: Use modern wp_initialize_site hook when automatically connecting new sites.
• Recurring Payments Block: automatically add button to the post content once you create it.
• Recurring Payments Block: improve the display of the renewal frequency in button list.
• Recurring Payments Block: require a paid plan to use the button.
• Recurring Payments Block: improve the look of the payment modal on mobile devices.
• Search: add new option for cross-site search permissions.
• Sharing: update default sharing settings to include buttons.
• Sitemaps: rename the jetpack_sitemap_generate and jetpack_news_sitemap_generate filters to the more accurate jetpack_sitemap_include_in_robotstxt and jetpack_news_sitemap_include_in_robotstxt.
• Slideshow Block: depending on viewport, display prev/next arrows.
• Slideshow Block: remove outline when focussing on the block.
• Sync: offer posts, comments, and comment meta checksums when providing sync status.
• Tiled Galleries: add srcset in the editor for an improved editing experience.
• WordPress.com Block Editor: allow managing reusable blocks in the WordPress.com interface.
• WordPress.com Toolbar: display hamburger icon in toolbar when in the block editor.
• WordPress.com Toolbar: display a link to exit recovery mode when it is active on the site.

Improved compatibility

• Display Posts Widget: remove overly opinionated CSS.
• General: Jetpack now requires PHP 5.3.2, and will display a notice if your site uses an older version of PHP.
• General: display a notice and log an error if your version of WordPress is not supported by Jetpack.
• General: Update Jetpack::get_content_width() to ensure that only numeric values are used.
• GIF Block: improve compatibility with the AMP plugin.
• Shortcodes: bring more of our shortcodes to meet current WordPress Coding Standards to help us maintain these features in the future.
• Site Health: improve Jetpack errors' messaging in WordPress' new Site Health tools.

Bug fixes

• Admin Page: make sure the Jetpack Dashboard is displayed properly in IE11.
• Admin Page: do not show Plugin Autoupdates card on admin searches.
• Carousel: avoid scrolling back to the top of the page when you close the Carousel view.
• Connect Flow: sanitize from parameter when building connection URL.
• Mobile Themes: fix "View Full Site" and "View Mobile Site" links when WordPress lives in a subdirectory.
• Recurring Payments Block: avoid invalid subscription amounts.
• Recurring Payments Block: allow line breaks in the payment button.
• Related Posts: do not add markup to attachment pages by default.
• SEO Tools: support taxonomy archive pages in page titles.
• Sharing: make sure the Whatsapp button works well in all browsers, including Firefox on desktop.
• Shortcodes: update embed type detection for Medium Collections.
• Social Icons SVG: switch to the presentation role for better accessibility.
• Subscriptions: display checkboxes above the comment submit button.
• Sync: add new WP Cli commands to help in monitoring and updating sync settings.
• Tracks: limit the length of the strings saved for feature searches.
• Unit Tests: add support for testing using VVV 3.0.
• Verification Tools: make sure the feature can be disabled by override.
• WooCommerce Analytics: remove duplicate self-executing anonymous function.
• WordPress.com Interface: make sure navigation menu items match the one available in the WordPress.com interface.
• WordPress.com Toolbar: restore the previous layout.
• WordPress.com Toolbar: ensure you are properly logged out of your WordPress.com account when you sign out of your site using the toolbar.
• WP Cli: ensure that WP Cli commands added by Jetpack include translator comments when necessary, to help with translations.

See the previous changelogs here.

• Release date: May 14, 2019
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-jgO

Bug fixes

• Admin Experience: Correct underline location under a dollar sign.
• Deprecated Hooks: Do not offer a replacement for jetpack_json_manage_api_enabled since there isn't an equal replacement.
• Debugger: Clarify labels in the Site Health Info section.
• Likes and Sharing: Remove duplicate control in the block editor for Likes/Sharing. We added a native block editor plugin, but left the old fallback.
• WordPress.com Editor: Redirect to a login page when logging out from the block editor on WordPress.com.
• WordPress.com Toolbar: Add menu icon for smaller screen widths to restore wp-admin navigation menu.

• Release date: May 07, 2019
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-ipR

Major Enhancements * We streamlined the default features of Jetpack to make the "out of the box" experience better. * WordPress 5.2 will add a new Site Health section to your dashboard. Jetpack already integrates with it, letting you know that your Jetpack features are working!

Enhancements

• Admin Experience: Improve our "just in time messages" and "Recommended Features" for new sites setting up Jetpack for the first time.
• Admin Experience: Add an "About Jetpack" page to let folks know more about Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and Jetpack.
• Admin Experience: Add a link to the full list of Jetpack features in the footer of Jetpack dashboard pages.
• Backups: Add SSH CLI command for hosting integration support.
• Block Editor: Compose posts with the Block Editor posts via WordPress.com for their Jetpack sites!
• Block Editor: Transform core images to Tiled Galleries or Slideshow blocks and back!
• Block Editor: Provide an option to disable particular extensions.
• Contact Form: Add a "grunion_after_message_sent" hook for after a form submission is e-mailed. Thanks Tim Nolte for contributing to Jetpack!
• Contact Form: Do not prefill for administrators on their own sites.
• Grammar and Spelling: Remove from Jetpack. We've chekced the spelling alot over the years, but now time to retire.
• Membership Block: Add a new block behind the JETPACK_BETA_BLOCKS constant. Stay tuned!
• Photon: Remove jQuery dependency for photon.js. Same Image CDN awesomeness with less overhead.
• Portfolios: Remove the "Portfolio Items" description that would display on some themes.
• Sharing: Add a "sharing_ajax_action" to to allow other plugins and scripts to render sharing buttons. Thanks Darren Cooney!
• Social Icons: Add Stack Overflow support. Welcome to the Jetpack contributor ranks Muhammad Osama Arshad!
• Sync: Report details on what is queued up to sync on the status endpoint.
• Sync: Improve importer detection so we can better handle cases of imported content.
• Sync: Add an option to disable sync for an entire network.
• Sync: Adds new WP-CLI Jetpack Sync commands: settings, enable, disable, reset.
• Testimonials: Sort by menu order to give site owners more flexibility for display. Thanks Felipe Elia!
• Tiled Galleries: Add improved layout for when images are in the process of uploading.
• Tiled Galleries: Add responsive imaging (srcset) support to the Tiled Gallery block.
• WordAds: Add location id (e.g. under the post) to the ad calls.
• WordPress.com API: Add behind the scene improvements to support the WordPress.com site management experience.
• WordPress.com API: Add the public property to the Post Types endpoint response.
• WordPress.com Menu Bar: Redesign to direct navigation items to WordPress.com instead of duplicating experiences.

Improved compatibility

• Blocks: Use the Editor's "BlockIcon" for native placeholder icons instead of custom CSS.
• Blocks: Drop i18n wrapper, use @wordpress/i18n directly. This means it will be easier and faster to provide translated bits of text.
• Blocks: Move block development to the Jetpack repo. You shouldn't see any changes, but this helps us make Jetpack Blocks better faster.
• Block Editor: Improve the experience of using the Block Editor via the WordPress.com dashboard.
• Browser Compatibility: Remove legacy code for Internet Explorer 10.
• Coding Standards: Update our code to match the latest WordPress coding standards in various places.
• Likes and Sharing: Add Likes and Sharing settings as a Block Editor extension.
• Related Posts: Improve the internationalization of the "in X category" text.
• Simple Payments: Easily convert old shortcode-style Simple Payment buttons to a block.

Bug fixes

• Admin Dashboard: Improve headings when searching for Jetpack features.
• Admin Dashboard: Remove legacy views no longer used in Jetpack.
• Blocks: Fix some design oddities in Form and Contact Info blocks.
• Carousel: Allow any title to be displayed. We used to try to be smart about default file names, but that caused some problems.
• Development Mode: Display fewer sections of the Admin Dashboard. Some simply don't apply in Development Mode.
• Google Plus: Remove from Social Icons and Sharing since the service has retired.
• Internationalization: Translate various sections missed, such as "just in time messages" and block search keywords.
• Manage: Remove Manage as an independent module. These features have been fully integrated for a few versions now.
• Multisite: Restore ability to connect subsites via the Network Admin.
• Open Graph Tags: Prevent a PHP notice on some author pages.
• Sharing: Improve accessibility of sharing buttons by increasing contrast ratio. Props https://titan.as
• Sharing: Fix the alignment of the official buttons for LinkedIn and Pinterest.
• Shortcodes: Retire the Google Video, Jetpack Subscribe, and Digg shortcodes.
• Slideshow: Fix a JavaScript error that occurs when block is first added.
• Slideshow: Add slideshow images to Open Graph tags when using the Slideshow block.
• Social Icons: Remove Google+, uses the generic Google now.
• Subscriptions: Correct conflicts that were possible with the checkboxes after a comment submission form.
• Theme Tools: Ensure Featured Content tag is retained on a post after saving. Thanks Anis Ladram, you're a Jetpack contributor now!
• Uninstalling Jetpack: Prevent notice about JETPACK__PLUGIN_DIR already being defined when programmatically uninstalling Jetpack. (But why would you uninstall?)
• Widgets: Remove the Cookies & Consents Banner (not just hide it) after consenting. Thanks Tony Tettinger!

See the previous changelogs here.

• Release date: April 04, 2019

• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-h7o

• Feature Hints: display suggestions only for features available under the site's current plan.

• Feature Hints: improve visual display to make more distinct from search results.

• Feature Hints: disable hints once administrators have dismissed three hints.

• Slideshow Block: resolve an issue that broke navigating between images.

• Release date: April 02, 2019
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-foe

Major Enhancements

• Adds a Repeat Visitor block that controls block visibility based on how often a visitor has viewed the page.
• New option to disable Ads blocks for visitors on mobile devices.

Enhancements

• Admin Dashboard: improve text and design to make your administration experience all the better.
• Jumpstart: streamline what features are suggested to be activated when setting up Jetpack for the first time.
• Password Checker: adds a password checker class that will help Jetpack let you know if you're using a weak password. More about this coming in a future release!
• Plans: refactor how Jetpack Plans are coded within Jetpack to improve performance and help prevent any future bugs.
• Post Images: provide the image itself when requesting an attachment's post image.
• REST API: Enable Likes and Sharing meta field for all post types.
• Related Posts: improve HTML markup for related posts, with emphasis on accessibility.
• Search: add an easy way to see the raw Jetpack Search query results in the search page's source code.
• Shortcodes: allow links in Quiz shortcode explanations.
• Widgets: improve the text for the Blog Stats widget when stats data can not be retrieved from WordPress.com.

Improved compatibility

• General: require WordPress 5.0! To celebrate, we cleaned out some compatibility code that supported older versions. We know how to party.
• General: update various parts of Jetpack to fully align with WordPress coding standards to make developing Jetpack easier!
• Connection: notify site owners when a plugin or theme is double-encoding URL redirects.
• Shortcodes: update the Ustream shortcode to use the HTML5 player for a better experience on all browsers.
• Shortcodes: add AMP support for Crowdsignal polls and shortcodes.
• Sitemaps: add thumbnails to video sitemaps to improve compatibility with Google Search Console. Props Adam Heckler!
• Sync: improve performance when using the VIP Legacy Redirect plugin.
• Twenty Nineteen Compatibility: prevent sharing buttons overlapping with the Like button. Props Torres!
• VideoPress: update right-to-left language CSS to remove extra styles only used on browsers no longer supported.
• Widgets: improve rendering of Contact Info widget map when using the AMP plugin.

Bug fixes

• Admin Dashboard: fix an error that you'd see in the console when changing your Carousel settings.
• Blocks: fix an issue where sometimes we would attempt to register a particular block twice. I'm looking at you, Related Posts.
• Blocks: display all Business Hours details, even if they're the default set.
• Blocks: fix an error that occurred when loading some translations in the Block Editor.
• Blocks: resolve a conflict between the Ads block and infinite scroll that would cause new posts to sometimes not load.
• General: ensure the proper Jetpack plan is reflected throughout Jetpack and the administrative dashboard.
• Plugin Search: display Akismet and VaultPress plugin cards when WordPress.org suggests them.
• Publicize: remove unused assets, like images and JavaScript that aren't needed anymore.
• Related Posts: restore use of the jetpack_relatedposts_filter_options filter.
• Security: Improvements to the Likes feature and the Slideshow block.
• Sharing: update WhatsApp to be more consistent with the other sharing buttons.
• Shortcodes: remove Lytro service, which closed in March.
• Stats: properly handle an error from the REST API that sometimes caused issues with the Stats Dashboard.
• Widgets: display all characters in an address from Contact Info correctly when sometimes we encoded those that we'd expect in an URL.
• Widgets: improve the performance of the Contact Info widget by eliminating unused JavaScript.

See the previous changelogs here.

• Release date: March 06, 2019
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-foJ

Bug fixes

• General: avoid conflicting with other plugins when suggesting Jetpack features on the Plugins screen.
• Publicize: avoid errors when the feature is not active on a site.
• Widgets: improve performance of the Top Posts and the Blog Stats widgets on high-traffic sites.
• Subscriptions: fix an issue that prevented displaying subscribers count in the subscription forms.
• Tiled Galleries / Slideshows: ensure they can be displayed properly in Internet Explorer 11.

• Release date: March 05, 2019
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-e9x

Major Enhancements

• Block Editor: this release introduces 6 new blocks:
  • the Ads block allows you to insert different ads from our WordAds program within your posts and pages.
  • the Mailchimp block allows your readers to easily subscribe to your Mailchimp newsletter.
  • the Video block supports VideoPress videos if you've purchased our Premium or Professional plan.
  • the Slideshow block allows you to insert beautiful slideshows in your posts and pages.
  • The Business Hours blocks is useful for companies who want to display their business's Opening Hours on their site.
  • The Contact Info block is useful for any business who may want to display useful information on a post or page.

Enhancements

• Admin Page: move Carousel settings from Performance to Writing section.
• Ads: include search results pages under the Archive toggle.
• Block Editor: improve block registration structure for better management of block availability.
• General: remove IE8 support fallbacks.
• General: add feature suggestions to the plugin search screen.
• Image CDN: add new mode that disables the creation of resized images, thus saving disk space.
• Instagram: update embed to support Instagram TV URLs.
• Post Images detection: add support for alt text.
• Plans: clarify upgrade prompts in the Jetpack dashboard's Plans page.
• Publicize: remove the Google+ interface as the Social Network is now deprecated.
• Related Posts: update block to allow for up to 6 related posts.
• Social Menus & Icons: add Discord Support.
• Support: add additional tests to check when Jetpack isn't working as expected and ensures all current debugging platforms use the same testing list.
• Simple Payments: add generic currency fallback symbol.
• Sync: further performance improvements in PHP 7+ environments.
• Woocommerce Analytics: include product type with analytics data.

Improved compatibility

• General: replace all .dev TLD references by .test as the .dev TLD will soon become available for registration.
• PHP 7.3: introduce automated testing for PHP 7.3.
• Site Accelerator: ensure compatibility with the AMP plugin.
• Twenty Nineteen: fix Top Posts and Pages Widget image list margins.
• WordPress 5.1 Compatibility: update usage of wp_schedule_single_event to match changes in WordPress.

Bug fixes

• Copy Post: ensure the feature can be used when using non-standard post formats.
• Infinite Scroll: fix vertical spacing for new posts loaded with Infinite Scroll.
• Internationalization: fix minor problem affecting translations in the block editor.
• Mobile Theme: fix PHP notices when trying to display gallery images.
• Mobile Theme: fix redirection issues when clicking on the "Desktop version" links.
• Photon: add paypalobjects.com to the list of banned domains, as this domain already relies on a CDN.
• Publicize / Subscriptions: do not show message at the top of the editor when creating a private post.
• Spelling / Grammar: fix error when spellchecking the contents of a Classic block in the block editor.
• Top Posts: allow fetching posts from a long timeframe when using the jetpack_top_posts_days filter.
• Related Posts: avoid display a dulplicated set of related posts when using the Related Posts block.
• REST API: fix a bug causing Likes settings on a post to sometimes be flipped.
• Security: avoid bypassing Protect's Math Fallback challenge.
• Security: fix an XSS vulnerability in the "My Community" widget.
• Site Stats: do not show the Jetpack logo in the Stats dashboard widget title in the Screen Options tab.
• Theme Tools: support alternative Pinterest domain extensions in the Social Menus tool.
• Widgets: support alternative Pinterest domain extensions in the Social Icons Widget.
• Widgets: update the Cookies & Consents Banner to be fully accessible on mobile devices.

See the previous changelogs here.

• 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.

See the previous changelogs here.

• 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.

See the previous changelogs here.

• 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.

• Release date: November 26, 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.

See the previous changelogs here.

• 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.

See the previous changelogs here.

• 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.

• Release date: October 9, 2018
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-aa1

Major Enhancements

• Verification Tools: enable one-click site verification and sitemap.xml registration with Google.

Enhancements

• Admin Interface: update all Jetpack settings screens to use a similar design.
• API: add flags to determine if Jetpack Search is enabled and supported.
• CDN: First Beta version of the Photon CDN -- Speed up sites and increase max concurrent connections through Photon by cloud-hosting Jetpack and WordPress Core scripts, styles, and assets.
• Contact Form: add filters to allow customizing the class attributes of inputs and buttons.
• General: add more constants to error log for the Jetpack test suite.
• Gutenberg: add infrastructure necessary to add new blocks via Jetpack.
• Lazy Images: load the placeholder via the srcset attribute instead of the src attribute.
• Masterbar: add link to Activity Log.
• Publicize: the Path Social Network is closing in October. The option has consequently been removed from the Publicize interface.
• Search: improve the feature activation process.
• Search: update the admin interface to give more information about what the feature does and how it can be used.
• Simple Payments: update all mentions of the product for a more consistent naming convention and less confusion for both site owners and translators.
• Sync: log action when an attachment is added to a post for the first time.
• Sync: add URL details to synchronization requests.
• Sync: detect if a post is saved via Gutenberg when synchronizing post events.

Improved compatibility

• Shortcodes: update Mailchimp shortcode to match the new format offered by Mailchimp.

Bug fixes

• CSS Concatenation: add Authors and Social Icons widgets to concatenated styles.
• Featured Content: avoid registering duplicate Post Types.
• Geo Location: only enqueue Dashicons when necessary.
• Google Analytics: do not output tracking code when the "Enhanced eCommerce" option is active, but the WooCommerce plugin is not.
• Infinite Scroll: add a Privacy Link to the site's footer if a Privacy Policy was set up via WordPress's privacy options.
• Infinite Scroll: fix video playback of VideoPress videos loaded via Infinite Scroll.
• Protect: fix layout of legend that prompts the user to solve the math fallback so it works better in all languages.
• Responsive Videos: avoid PHP notice.
• Sharing: do not record stats if the stats module is disabled.
• Sharing: allow saving sharing button options on media edit page as well.
• Shortcodes: ensure we build minified and RTL stylesheets for slideshows.
• Simple Payments: Stop contributors from creating inaccessible buttons with a "pending" post status.
• Sitemaps: no longer add images attached to non-published posts to the image sitemap.
• Slideshows: ensure arrows point in the right direction for RTL Languages.
• Sync: avoid PHP notices when synchronizing user information.
• VideoPress: avoid duplicate rel attributes in links.
• VideoPress: do not block access to the Video settings for our customers using a 2-year plan.

See the previous changelogs here.

• Release date: September 4, 2018
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-a7U

Major Enhancements

• WordAds: Added ability to include custom ads.txt entries in the ads module.

Enhancements

• Admin Page: Added ability to disable backups UI by filter when VaultPress is not activated.
• Comments: Moved the Subscription checkboxes on a comment form from after the submit button to before the submit button.
• General: Removed the outdated "Site Verification Services" card in Tools.
• General: Removed jetpack_enable_site_verification filter. We recommend filtering access to verification tools using jetpack_get_available_modules instead.
• General: Simplified the logic of Jetpack's signed HTTP requests code.
• Lazy Images: Updated lazy images to use a default base64 encoded transparent to reduce a network request.

Improved compatibility

• Geo Location: Fixed a compatibility issue with other plugins that added meta attributes to site feeds with the rss2_ns, atom_ns or rdf_ns filters.

Bug fixes

• AMP: Fix PHP notice when rendering AMP images with unknown width and height.
• Contact Forms: We fixed an issue where personal data eraser requests didn't erase all requested feedback.
• General: Improves compatibility with the upcoming PHP 7.3.
• General: Updated input validation for meta tags given in site verification.
• Lazy Images: Deprecated jetpack_lazy_images_skip_image_with_atttributes filter in favor of jetpack_lazy_images_skip_image_with_attributes to address typo.
• Sharing: Fixed duplicate rel tags on Sharing links.
• Search: Fixed an issue where a CSS and JavaScript file could be enqueued unnecessarily if the Search module was activated and if the site was using the Query Monitor plugin.
• Shortcodes: Updated Wufoo Shortcode to always load over https and use async form embed.
• Widgets: Fixed excessive logging issue with Twitter Timeline widget.
• Widgets: Removed cutoff date check for Twitter Timeline widget as it is no longer necessary.
• Widgets: Added decimal precision validator to Simple Payments Widget price field on the Customizer for supporting Japanese Yen.

• Release date: August 10, 2018
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-9pL

Bug fixes

Comments: We fixed an error that broke functionality of Social Login for comments.

• Release date: August 8, 2018
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-9pc

Bug fixes

Comments: We fixed an error that broke functionality of nested comments.

• Release date: August 7, 2018
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-9md

Enhancements

• Connection: Updated connect splash screen with new content.
• Docs: Added documentation for retrieving provision status of a site.
• Shortcodes: Added oEmbed support for flat.io.
• Widgets: Added jetpack_top_posts_widget_layout filter that allows you to create a custom display layout for the Top posts widget.
• Privacy tools: Identify the data export/erasure callbacks for Feedback posts using associative keys, to better match the convention in Core.
• Privacy tools: Added the grunion_contact_form_delete_feedback_post filter hook to allow specific Feedback posts to be bypassed during data erasure requests, similar to the wp_anonymize_comment filter in Core.
• Contact Form: Disabled random table optimizations on core tables.

Improved compatibility

• AMP: Improved AMP compatibility for Comments iframe.
• General: The SEO Framework is no longer a conflicting Open Graph plugin and is now better compatible with Jetpack.

Bug fixes

• Shortcodes: Removed extra black bars from YouTube embeds as controls are inside the container now.
• Simple Payments: Fixed the custom post type bug that affected Simple Payments widget for 2 year subscriptions.
• Simple Payments: Fixed site failure which happens on Multisite installation with Simple Payments widget.
• Simple Payments: Fixed syntax and misc compatibility issues with Simple Payments widget on PHP 5.2.
• Simple Payments: Added warning for admin users if Simple Payments is not enabled but there are products published on pages/posts as a widget.
• Lazy Images: Fixed an issue with images not loading while updating quantity in WooCommerce shopping cart.
• Lazy Images: Fixed centered images that do not crop properly when no JavaScript is enabled.
• General: Fixed auto scrolling to top when following the Quick Tour buttons.
• General: Removed ability to set custom name for Site Identity section.
• General: Added advanced control capabilities to image extraction from posts.

• Release date: July 30, 2018
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-9n0

Facebook API Maintenance

On the 1st of August, 2018 Facebook sunsets its API allowing to post updates to your Profile Page. Only the API allowing to post to Facebook Pages will remain. This required several changes to Jetpack that we are presenting in this release:

• Publicize: making sure we are handling existing connections gracefully.
• Publicize: using logo font instead of images to make the UI up to date and mobile ready.
• Publicize: removing the ability to select Facebook Profile connections in the UI.

Bug fixes

• General: properly handle Jetpack connection owner transition process.

• Release date: July 4, 2018
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-96E

Bug fixes

• Simple Payment: Fix compatibility issues with PHP versions 5.3 and below

• Release date: July 4, 2018
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-96E

Bug fixes

• Simple Payment: Fix compatibility issues with PHP versions 5.3 and below

• Release date: July 3, 2018
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-8ag

Major Enhancements

• Simple Payment: Added Simple Payment Products as Widgets, with the option to manage them via the Customizer.

Enhancements

• Connection: Added a new connect splash screen content.
• Jetpack Dashboard: We removed the labels reading 'PAID' in order to introduce a better way to remark paid features.
• General: Added support to display geo-location data added to posts and pages with Calypso.

Improved compatibility

• Protect: We solved an issue related to interaction with bbPress when trying to log in via a bbPress login widget. You would get redirected a few times to log in again after solving the math puzzle.

Bug fixes

• Comments: Implemented Core WordPress' Comment Cookie Consent Checkbox in Jetpack Comments.
• General: We solved an issue that arised when using the Front End Editor feature plugin. A fatal error wass thrown due to us assuming the enter_title_here filter would only run within wp-admin.
• General: Fixed a compatibility problem between WordPress TinyMCE and Jetpack Markdown when visiting the WordPress Dashboard.
• Lazy Images: Fixed behaviour for when JavaScript is disabled.
• Markdown: We fixed the naming of the class used for code blocks that specify a language.
• Simple Payments: Fixed an error when the user had published Simple Payment Products but their Professional Subscription had expired.
• Sitemap: We fixed the format of the date shown for videos on the video sitemap.
• Stats: We fixed the width of the Stats page for wide screens.

• Release date: June 8, 2018
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-8am

Bug fixes

• AMP: We fixed the rendering of the stats pixel for legacy, non-paired, non-canonical AMP pages.
• Shortcodes: Fixed a fatal coming form the VR shortcode when using the Gutenberg editor in the frontend.

• Release date: June 5, 2018
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-88v

Major Enhancements

• Shortcodes: Added Gutenberg block for the [vr] shortcode.

Enhancements

• AMP: Allow Jetpack features to work on AMP pages, and prevent Jetpack features from rendering to the front end at all.
• Content Options: We now exclude Custom Post Types like Portfolio and Testimonial when we toggle content/excerpt via the Blog Display option in the customizer.
• Cookies & Consent Widget: Added a "top" option for the cookie widget position. The existing bottom of the screen position is the default.
• Tiled Galleries: use Photon if active when a Tiled Gallery links to media file.

Improved compatibility

• Widgets: Deprecated the use of Widget IDs in the Twitter Timeline Widget given that Twitter deprecates Widget IDs on July, 27th 2018.

Bug fixes

• Contact Form: Fixed an issue with undefined variables and a warning being logged when submitting the Contact Form.
• Contact Form: Fixed scrolling/height for very large contact forms.
• Widgets: Fixed Cookies & Consent Widget's bottom margin for themes that set a specific margin for forms.
• Related Posts: Made it not try to fetch related posts for an unpublished post.
• Sharing: Fixed an issue that resulted in wrong URLs for sharing on WhatsApp.
• Sharing: Fixed the way we check if akismet is active and has a valid key by caching the result of the verification.
• Shortcodes: Fixed the Facebook shortcode in wp-admin.
• Widget Visibility: Widget Visibility: Fixed styling for MS Edge.
• Widgets: Removed .widget class from Cookies and Consent widget styles since .widget is not used in every theme.

• Release date: May 22, 2018
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-85t

Enhancements

• Ads: Added new setting for Banner consent expiration. Added new filter jetpack_disable_eu_cookie_law_widget, which can be used to disable the banner.
• Ads: Added a new personalized-ads-consent cookie for ads-enabled sites.
• Ads: Added requirement and notice, and button-click opt-in for ads module users.
• Ads: When a user site has a Privacy Policy page set (introduced in 4.9.6), we now default to using that privacy policy as a custom policy URL.
• GDPR: A new warning is displayed while configuring an instance of the EU Cookie Law widget: "Caution: The default policy URL only covers cookies set by Jetpack. If you're running other plugins, custom cookies, or third-party tracking technologies, you should create and link to your own cookie statement."
• GDPR: Added Feedback data (i.e., Contact Form Submissions) to the Personal Data exported and/or erased by the latest version of WordPress core.

Bug fixes

• Ads: We updated Ads behaviour to not show unless the visitor is on the main query within the loop.
• General: We fixed a bug that resulted in an alert box showing for sites set to languages deriving from main ones.
• Lazy Images: Fixed a bug where images would disappear when scrolling.
• Sharing: make sure JS files can be loaded on development sites.
• Sharing: Added check for validating Akismet key before allowing sharing by email.
• WooCommerce Analytics: Fixed PHP warning when attemping to get a list of plugins.

• Release date: March 6, 2018
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-7mW

Major Enhancements

• WooCommerce Analytics: Added a new module for WooCommerce analytics that will use Jetpack's analytics functionality to help you track activity on your WooCommerce store.
• Custom Content Types: Added support for excerpts on Testimonial and Portfolio.

Enhancements

• Activity Log: Improved the way we show failed login attempts in Jetpack's Activity Log.
• Admin Page: We now hide settings for Lazy Images and Photon in the Admin page when the modules are not enabled due to being filtered out by jetpack_get_available_modules.
• Admin Page: Now we only show the dismissal button in Apps card of the Jetpack Dashboard for admin users.
• Build: Added a pre-commit hook for linting the Jetpack Admin Page source code. This aids in finding common syntax and style problems before having to wait for automated tests to run.
• JSON API: We removed an obsolete endpoint for updating invites.
• Onboarding: Added the ability to configure the country for a business address the using the Onboarding functionality of Jetpack.
• Onboarding: Added the ability to enable the stats module when using the Onboarding functionality.
• Onboarding: We now delete the onboarding token when the site gets connected.
• Jetpack Start: Updated scripts for partners allowing to pass a tracking ID when provisioning or cancelling a plan which will help in debugging.
• Jetpack Start: Improved the documentation for partners so they're now able to get them right on the Jetpack's Github repository under the docs/partners directory.
• Plans: Correctly forward the client IP address for currency localization.
• Plans: Updated the copy-text on Jetpack's Admin page for plans to be more concise on the features of each plan.
• REST API: Added a plans endpoint to Jetpack's REST API to better handle the features of each Jetpack plan internally.
• Search Implicitly activate Jetpack Search when attempting to add the Jetpack Search widget.
• Search: Updated the Jetpack Search settings card to be more helpful in setting up the widget.
• Search: We made the "Add Jetpack Search Widget" link in the Search module settings card open the widgets section of the customizer.
• Search: Move any active search widgets to the inactive list if you disable the search module.
• Search: Only log mysql and ES query times that are less than 60 seconds. There are some outliers that mess up our stats.
• Sync: Improved the way widget titles are synchronized to WordPress.com servers when widgets are saved or updated.
• Twitter Cards: Added new jetpack_twitter_image_default filter to allow themes and plugins to customize twitter:image when no suitable image is found automatically.
• We updated the way we handle Jetpack's green color in out stylesheets for better compatibility with Jetpack's new logo.

Improved compatibility

• Admin Page: Jetpack's Admin Page javascript code is now fully compatible with React 16.
• JSON API: Updated the modules endpoint Jetpack's JSON API to reply with a new property override that indicates if a module was either enabled or disabled by a filter.
• Lazy Images: Updated the library used as IntersectionObserver for Lazy Images. We now use the W3C IntersectionObserver polyfill.
• Lazy Images: Jetpack now allows the lazy images module to skip images with the skip-lazy css class or any given class of your choice by using the jetpack_lazy_images_blacklisted_classes filter.
• Masterbar: Updated the sign out button behaviour of the Masterbar to not sign you out of WordPress.com when you sign out of your site for regular Jetpack sites.
• REST API: Updated the modules endpoint in Jetpack's REST API to be aware of modules that have been filtered through option_jetpack_active_modules allowing for better compatibility with custom Jetpack installation where the administrator decides to filter out specific Jetpack modules.
• Sync: Added the jetpack_sync_action_before_enqueue action that's done when anything gets enqueued before being synchronized to WordPress.com servers.

Bug fixes

• Admin Page: Removed all linting warnings for the JS code of the Admin page. These were only shown in development builds.
• Connect: Fixed an issue that sometimes resulted in a notice being shown about another user already having connected a Jetpack site when attempting to connect your site to WordPress.com
• General: Added suppress_filters param to get_posts / get_children function calls.
• Markdown: Updated WordAds code to not use create_function which is getting deprecated in PHP 7.2.
• Sync: Fixed a problem in Jetpack Sync code when trying to get property of non-object in the post syncing file.
• Sync: Stopped synchronizing the sitemap post types to WordPress.com servers as it was an issue given the size of these.
• Tracks events: Track events are logged now only if the user has accepted ToS and not just if Jetpack is connected.
• Widget Visibility: Added a decodeEntities function in widget-conditions.js to handle entity decoding for the minor conditions dropdown.
• WordAds: Updated WordAds code to not use create_function which is getting deprecated in PHP 7.2.

• Release date: February 6, 2018
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-731

Major Enhancements

• Lazy Images: after a Beta period, you can now enable this new feature from Jetpack > Settings in your dashboard.
• Elasticsearch-powered search: also out of Beta! We've improved the way data is indexed behind the scenes, and made changes to the Search widget and its filters. (Elasticsearch is a trademark of Elasticsearch BV, registered in the U.S. and in other countries.)

Enhancements

• Comment moderation tools: moderation emails now point to WordPress.com when using the edit_links_calypso_redirect option.
• Custom CSS: add CSS Grid Layout support.
• Dashboard: update list of features available in Paid plans.
• Dashboard: improve the display of notices inside the Jetpack dashboard.
• Dashboard: update content displayed in the Jetpack dashboard when not connected to WordPress.com.
• Development mode: improve the display of the development notice.
• General: add a new filter, jetpack_active_modules, allowing site owners to filter the list of active modules.
• Notices: add rel tags to notice links to avoid issues when links open in a new window.
• Onboarding: add functionality for saving Business Address in the Contact Info widget.
• Onboarding: save site type during site setup process.
• Onboarding: enable loading of specific modules when using the Onboarding process.
• Post Images: allow passing size when searching for images in HTML.
• REST API: update the plugin installation process to use a new library.
• REST API: allow changing the number of posts displayed in the RSS feed, and whether feeds display full text or a summary.
• REST API: simplify our invites endpoint.
• Sharing: make sure the Whatsapp button works on mobile and on desktop.
• Sharing: add new filter, wp_sharing_email_send_post_subject, to allow modifying the email sharing subject line.
• Shortcodes: update the GettyImages shortcode to use the new format required by GettyImages.
• Site Settings: add support for site language and timezone settings.
• Sync: improve synchronization of user actions, theme and plugin edits / updates, post status, updates on Multisite networks, Protect events, and WooCommerce's meta data.
• WordAds: enable the Ads in the header by default.
• WordAds: add filters so site owners can control the display of the ads via code as well.

Improved compatibility

• Lazy Images: fix issues with the Gazette theme.
• Open Graph: add Open Graph Metabox to the list of conflicting plugins.
• Masterbar: fix incompatibility with BeaverBuilder plugin.
• PHP 7.2: fix issues when running Jetpack with PHP 7.2.

Bug fixes

• Carousel: fix PHP Notice with images using custom meta.
• Dashboard: make sure all links to WordPress.com point to the right site's settings on WordPress.com.
• Dashboard: update links to the plugin interface on WordPress.com to load the full plugin management page.
• General: fix images shown in the dashboard when Jetpack is installed in a directory different than jetpack.
• Lazy Images: make sure Lazy Load can be triggered even when images are added to the content very late.
• Stats: make sure the Stats script is XHTML compliant.
• Widgets: Mailchimp - avoid conflicts with jQuery UI.

• Release date: January 16, 2018
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-7aS

Bug Fixes

• Protect: Fixed the math problem fallback for logging into Multisite installations.
• Settings: Made sure that the Security tab is no longer constantly updating the displayed information.

• Release date: January 2, 2018
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-6FR

Enhancements

• Added ability to create revisions of Portfolio Projects.
• Users hosting their sites with our Pressable partner who have Rewind access can now jump from the new Activity card in the Jetpack dashboard to the Activity Log in WordPress.com and restore or download backups for the site.
• Comments: Edit links for comments in the frontend can redirect to calypso if the Jetpack option edit_links_calypso_redirect is enabled.
• Protect: Updated the styling of the Protect page for recovering access to your site when you're locked out of it.
• Search: Improved the UI for customizing the Search widget.

Improved compatibility

• Comments: Updated our filtering behavior for Jetpack comments so other plugins appending html to the comments section are able to do it instead of being filtered out by Jetpack.
• Widgets: We updated Goodreads URLs to support https schema.
• Masterbar: We now hide the Masterbar settings card in Jetpacks Admin Page for sites that are set to always show the Masterbar.
• Lazy Images: Added a callback for processing image attributes array when attempting to lazy load images are loaded via wp_get_attachment_image.
• Search: Added hooks to the search filters widget so that other plugins/themes can hook in and change its output.

Bug fixes

• REST API: Added a check for avoiding a fatal error when attempting to include Akismet class files in case the Akismet plugin files are present but the permissions on the files there are set to be not readable
• Markdown: Fixed bug where code inside shortcodes wasn't correctly restored from the hash.
• Search: Fixed the link that acts as a month and year filter removal toggle.

• Release date: December 14, 2017

• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-6Jk

• Contact Forms: Hardened security in Contact Form processing.

• Sharing: Bumped the character limit to 280 when sharing a post to Twitter.

• Widget Visibility: Fixed a bug that disabled "saving" the widget when removing a Widget Visibility rule.

• Release date: December 5, 2017
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-6zt

Major Enhancements * Google Analytics: Add support for universal analytics for WooCommerce. * Performance: minify all JavaScript files used in the plugin. * Performance: add new Lazy Images module. * Protect: add new mechanism allowing you to send yourself an email with a link to the form when you are locked out of your site.

Enhancements * Custom CSS: add new set of font properties that can be used in the CSS editor. * Photon: do not remove width and height attributes from image tags when known. * Sitemaps: add CLI commands to purge and built the sitemaps. * Sitemaps: only display the reporter log success messages if JETPACK_DEV_DEBUG is defined. * WordPress.com API: add new endpoints to allow for better comment management in third party interfaces like WordPress.com. * WordPress.com Toolbar: prevent dns prefetching for logged out users.

Improved compatibility * Stats: remove function deprecated in PHP 7.2.

Bug fixes * Comment Likes: make sure Like text is properly translated. * General: only load stats code when necessary. * Related Posts: allow site owners to exclude multiple blog posts from the list of Related Posts. * Sharing: remove inline JavaScript used in the email sharing form. * Search: Maintain ordering of the search filters in the widget. * Sync: avoid PHP notices during the synchronization process. * WordPress.com Toolbar: avoid broken link when using the sign out button.

• Release date: November 21, 2017
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-6Bd

Bug fixes * In Jetpack 5.5 we made some changes that created errors if you were using other plugins that added custom links to the Plugins menu. This is now fixed. * We have fixed a problem that did not allow to upload plugins using API requests. * Open Graph links in post headers are no longer invalid in some special cases. * We fixed warnings happening when syncing users with WordPress.com. * We updated the way the Google+ button is loaded to match changes made by Google, to ensure the button is always displayed properly. * We fixed conflicts between Jetpack's Responsive Videos and the updates made to Video players in WordPress 4.9. * We updated Publicize's message length to match Twitter's new 280 character limit.

• Release date: November 7, 2017
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-6rk

Major Enhancements

• Jetpack is now fully compatible with WordPress's new Gallery Widget. Your old Gallery widgets powered by Jetpack will switch to the new Widget when you update to WordPress 4.9.

Enhancements * We have improved the performance when loading the Jetpack Settings in the dashboard by optimizing the number of calls made when loading the page. * We have updated the plugin to do a better job of cleaning up after itself whenever you decide to remove Jetpack from your site. * We made some changes to reduce the number of connection issues that may happen on a site when switching from HTTP to HTTPs. * We made some performance improvements to the Jetpack dashboard interface, to make sure your options and settings are loaded faster there. * Error messages are also better in the Jetpack Dashboard; whenever you can't update settings, Jetpack will provide you with more information about why. * We improved the Jetpack update process to make sure updating Jetpack does not stress your database during it, even on high-traffic sites. * The next version of WordPress, 4.9, will be released very soon and will include a lot of changes to its code editors. Jetpack's Custom CSS will be fully compatible with the new editors and their syntax highlighting feature. * We also made changes to make sure Jetpack was fully compatible with the role and capability changes in WordPress 4.9. * We have made some performance improvements to the Carousel feature. * Contact Form: do not process shortcodes in widgets when WordPress itself does, starting in 4.9. * Contact Form: we have improved the "website" field to display better error messages when you don't supply a URL. We have also improved the look of the date picker for the date field. * Contact Form: avoid duplicate slashes when loading editor style. * Masterbar: update the "Plugins" menu item to match the updated design on WordPress.com. * Open Graph: do not display images smaller than Facebook's required size. * Sharing: use Google's minified libraries to improve performance when loading Google buttons. * Sharing: update Open Graph Image tags appearing on the home page to offer better alternatives based on your site settings in Appearance > Customize. * We improved the way sitemaps are built so they do not consume too much memory when they are generated. * WP.me Shorlinks: those links will now always use HTTPS. * Spellchecker: we improved the admin interface to make it more clear when adding ignored phrases and saving them. * Subscriptions: we added a filter so third party developers can track comment subscription activations. * Sync: synchronize plugin action links to add that information to WordPress.com. * Sync: improvements to better track theme and widget changes. * VideoPress: we removed Jetpack version locking for directly embedded VideoPress videos to ensure all users receive the newest version of the player. * We added a new filter (jetpack_google_translate_widget_layout) to the Google Translate Widget to allow you to change its layout. * WordPress.com REST API: improve comment management for all roles, including post authors. * WordPress.com REST API: allow site owners to manage comments on attachment pages from WordPress.com. * WordPress.com REST API: improve the response from the API when WordPress' autoupdates are disabled.

Improved compatibility * You can now use Jetpack's contact form and Yoast SEO's Focus keywords on the same page without any issues in the editor. * Top Posts Widget: avoid Fatal Errors when the widget is used on a site using WPML, and when a popular post cannot be found by WPML. * Sync: add more Custom Post Types from third-party plugins to the list of things we do not synchronize with WordPress.com, to improve sync performance. * Sharing: since Press This is now a plugin and not part of WordPress itself, we removed the Press This sharing button if you are not using the plugin.

Bug fixes * We now avoid displaying notices to user roles that cannot benefit or act based on the info in the notices. * Gravatar Hovercards: avoid PHP Notices when the user info is an object. * Infinite Scroll: avoid PHP notices when a site customizes galleries thanks to the post_gallery filter. * Mailchimp: make sure subscription forms can still be embedded in posts and pages. * Mailchimp: do not require the use of the shortcodes feature to use the Mailchimp widget. * Mailchimp: fix issue where Mailchimp form code could not be added to the Mailchimp widget. * Masterbar: avoid JavaScript errors by always loading jQuery. * Post By Email: do not display any content in the email address field if no email address has ever been set before. * Publicize: avoid errors when DOMDocument is not available. * Publicize: we now hide the feature activation toggle if you are not allowed to manage Jetpack features. * Search: make sure module cannot be activated when the site does not use a Plan. * SEO Tools: do not output any custom meta tags if another SEO plugin is already active. * Sharing: make sure Twitter Cards can be displayed even when a post does not include a title. * Sharing: fix alignment of sharing buttons in the admin preview when using custom sharing buttons. * Sitemaps: wait a minute before to generate sitemaps when the feature is activated, to avoid performance issues. * Sync: avoid synchronization issues on Multisite networks using custom domains. * Top Posts Widget: display the default title when it is set to empty. * Milestone Widget: make sure the widget is displayed properly and can easily be translated into other languages. * Verification Tools: avoid notices when saving changes on a Multisite network admin page. * VideoPress: avoid missing file warning in the editor when using an RTL language. * Upcoming events Widget: avoid PHP notices on sites using a custom timezone setting. * WordPress.com REST API: avoid errors when installing plugins via the WordPress.com API.

• Release date: October 3, 2017
• Release post: http://wp.me/p1moTy-67V

Major Enhancements * Multiple improvements to the connection process, to allow more people to use the Jetpack plugin, even on very specific server configurations. * Add a new Welcome screen to guide site owners after they have purchased a Jetpack plan.

Enhancements * Add Schema.org markup to the Contact Info Widget. * Add a new "Date" field to the Contact Form. * Added support in the Google Analytics feature for IP anonymization and basic WooCommerce tracking. * Do not show any update notices when in development mode. * Improve our documentation to help contributors set up a unit testing environment. * Avoid conflicts between Jetpack's Infinite Scroll and other Infinite Scroll plugins. * Improvements to the WordPress.com REST API to avoid issues when interacting with your site's categories and tags on WordPress.com. * Allow third party plugin and theme authors to add new menu items to the WordPress.com toolbar. * Improve the Content Options panel displayed in the Customizer with certain themes. * Add architecture for the Jetpack Search feature, available for Jetpack Professional users. * Simple Payments: improve the display of the payment items when used on your site. * Ensure a proper display of the Recipe shortcode on sites using an RTL language. * Improve the display of the Facebook posts, images, and all other Facebook embeds in your posts. * Synchronize the author information for all published posts. * Record how Jetpack was discovered and activated to better understand how site owners first discover Jetpack. * Improve the display and options offered with the Milestone Widget.

Bug fixes * We fixed layout issues appearing in the admin interface for IE11 users. * Comment Form: avoid whitespace sometimes appearing below the form with some themes. * Contact Form: avoid errors in the post editor on sites using RTL languages. * Toolbar: always display the Toolbar when it's active, regardless of other admin bar settings. * Widget Visibility: make sure rules are correctly migrated from the old Jetpack image widget to the new WordPress Image Widget. * Avoid errors showing that Jetpack is out of date on WordPress.com, when running a Multisite network. * WP CLI: avoid warnings when using the wp jetpack protect whitelist list command to list the whitelisted IP addresses in the Protect feature. * Avoid displaying raw HTML in the Stats Configuration screen. * Comment edits are reflected properly in wordpress.com.

• Release date: September 5, 2017
• Release post: http://wp.me/p1moTy-5Xv

Major Enhancements * Full PHP 7.1 compatibility. * It's now possible to preview your site within WordPress.com.

Enhancements * The Ads feature now gives you more options and control over the ads displayed on your site. * Increased performance in the admin by cutting back on unnecessary requests. * Loading comment avatars from Facebook and Twitter through a more secure https. * Admin UI is much friendlier on initial activation when there are no stats to display. * You're now able to stop VideoPress from looping a video during autoplay through the shortcode. * Made some optimizations to the Jetpack connection process which means connecting your site more is more reliable. * The EU Cookie Law widget got some styling improvements and looks better in any theme. * There's a new Jetpack CLI command to allow testing of the Jetpack connection. * Added the Likes and Monitor features to our recommended features list, making it easier to activate for new sites. * Improvements made that makes sure we have the most up-to-date version of your site when managing from WordPress.com. * Added a link to view your Comments in the WordPress.com toolbar. * Lots of minor design improvements to the Jetpack admin area. * We've found a few places where we were able to optimize the loading of css files. * Removed the Omnisearch feature.

Bug fixes * Fixed compatibility issues with plugins using TinyMCE. * Contact Form submission emails have been fixed for sites hosted on SiteGround. * Updating WordPress.com themes will no longer have any problems. * The Sitemaps feature will no longer error with posts/images with special characters in the title. * There are no more conflicts with the ACF plugin when adding a new custom field. * Fixed a bug that would cause some plugins to throw warnings with the Shortcode feature. * We're no longer loading a font on the front-end for the Likes feature, which will also have some performance benefits. * The Jetpack admin UI had some bugs that were causing some features to not display the correct active status, which are squashed now. * Cleaned up our markup to avoid XHTML validation errors. * Brought back a filter for the Widget Visibility feature that was accidentally removed. * Managing your comments and comment authors more reliable from WordPress.com.

• Release date: August 2, 2017
• Release post: https://jetpack.com/?p=22686

Bug fixes * Solves an issue that caused widgets to lose their content when saved in WP Admin or Customizer.

• Release date: August 1, 2017
• Release post: https://jetpack.com/?p=22509

Major Enhancements * Contact Forms now sports a fancy new interface that allows you to visually compose your form in the editor. * We have a new and slick way to showcase and explain the features we recommend to activate to new users.

Enhancements * Reduced 500kb from plugin zip file, which means faster updates. * Refactored and reduced code for Comment Likes so it's faster and lighter.

Bug fixes * An inconsistency experienced in WordPress.com dashboard when Related Posts settings were set in the local site's WP Admin is now fixed. * Fixed a 404 when loading Open Sans font from a stylesheet plus now it's only enqueued if it will be used. * Solve PHP warnings when Image widget wasn't migrated.

• Release date: July 5th, 2017
• Release post: https://jetpack.com/2017/07/05/jetpack-5-1-comment-likes/

Major Enhancements * You and your readers can now show appreciation to particularly clever comments with the new Comment Likes feature.

Enhancements * Quickly visit your current site's front-end directly from the Masterbar's new "View Site" item. * Site data fetch from /me/sites REST API endpoint now includes blog_public in the list of returned options. * The Flickr widget now automatically displays images in a grid if there's enough room. * E-mail sharing is now disabled by default unless it's explicitly enabled by a filter or Akismet is active.

Compatibility Improvements

• Updated instructions in Flickr widget to reflect recent changes to the Flickr UI.

Bug fixes

• EU Cookie Law Banner cookie no longer cached.
• WP Admin menu can now be accessed in mobile when Masterbar is displayed.
• We now sync the order_id for order_items in older WooCommerce versions.
• UI now handles VaultPress connection or registration problems gracefully.
• Photon now works correctly with images uploaded before WordPress 2.7.

• Release date: June 6th, 2017
• Release post: http://wp.me/p1moTy-5hK

Enhancements

• Several changes to the Jetpack dashboard and notices: alignment tweaks, code refactor, text simplification, and more.
• Changes to the communication layer between your site and WordPress.com, to improve performance and allow you to do more to manage your site from WordPress.com.
• Social menu gets icons for Etsy, Meetup, 500px, and Goodreads.
• Jetpack data sync now better supports WordPress updates, themes changes, widgets, and multisite networks.
• Video is updated to be fully compatible with the upcoming Media Widget.
• Force secure WordPress.com API requests for request body, remove deprecated stats methods, and add new endpoints for post listing and user invitations.
• Jetpack's Command Line tools can now output information about the primary Jetpack site owner. Try wp jetpack status!
• Custom CSS now supports the animation-fill-mode, fill, and stroke properties.
• Remove the "Menus" item from the WordPress.com toolbar for parity with the toolbar on WordPress.com.
• Improve the display of the Omnisearch results page on sites using an RTL language.
• Trim any white space when adding new email address in the Contact Info Widget.
• Improve the look of your recipes in search engine result pages, when you use the Recipe shortcode.

Compatibility Improvements

• Improve the connection process for end users and hosts.
• Improve compatibility of Jetpack data sync with WooCommerce and Pet Manager plugins.
• Make sure Jetpack's SEO Tools don't conflict with other SEO plugins that may already be active on the site, like Yoast SEO or All In One SEO Pack.

Bug Fixes

• Add a "Set Up" button when a Personal plan is purchased, but VaultPress isn't active yet.
• When the Ads feature is active, do not display Ads in RSS feeds.
• Comments do not use Photon for Facebook and Twitter avatars and now avoid non-secure warnings when submitting comments on a HTTP site in Safari.
• Contact form emails are now sent in a way that ensures they are correctly rendered as HTML.
• Properly print the full list of modules when using the sync command in Jetpack's Command Line Interface (CLI).
• Avoid errors when reordering a lot of Restaurant menu items at once.
• Add a mechanism to detect broken connection states and resolve them.
• Autosaves can now be restored as Markdown.
• Photon no longer conflicts with Facebook's CDN, local images, and plugins that customize reponsive images.
• Avoid potential PHP notice in Publicize.
• Fix bad jQuery selector in Presentations shortcode.
• Avoid fatal errors for Social Links on sites running PHP 7.1.
• Properly escape button attribute in spellchecker.
• Avoid PHP notices for stats on some sites when user roles are not attributed properly.
• No longer attempt to sync options that do not exist and avoid fatal errors when de/activating plugins.
• Avoid errors when Social Menu functions have already been defined in the theme or in another plugin.
• VideoPress media items now always return their unique ID, and do not trigger any PHP notice.
• Fix style of the EU Cookie Law Widget on themes with specific positioning.
• Use correct time constant to define an hour in Upcoming Events Widget.
• Avoid HTML encoding issues in sitemaps.

• Release date: May 2nd, 2017
• Release post: http://wp.me/p1moTy-4Rl

Major Enhancements

• New "EU Cookie Law Banner", Flickr, and "Internet Defense League" widgets.

Slightly Less Exciting Enhancements

• Success notices are automatically dismissed after a short period.
• Removed unused code from "My Jetpack" interface and deprecated an XML-RPC method.
• Contact Form now adds display names to email addresses in the To header.
• Added an updated multiple unit tests increasing code coverage.
• Development mode now also shows module list.
• Updated the list of locales available in Jetpack.
• Plugin auto-updates only triggered from WordPress.com and now trigger WordPress' maintenance mode.

Performance Improvements

• Record comment content modifications and moderation events to make sure comments are always up to date on WordPress.com.
• Sync post deletions, changes to sidebar, user events (addition, removal, and update) and theme installation.
• We now distinguish between a new and an updated attachment.
• Sync plugin and theme names when a related event is triggered including theme updates.

Compatibility Improvements

• Protect avoid conflicts with other plugins hooking into the log in form.
• Contact Form not auto-activated when Ninja Forms is active.
• WordPess.com REST API now allows HTTP PUT requests.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed wording in Post By Email button when no email address has been generated.
• Fixed a notice in the subscription widget in PHP 7.1
• Properly display VaultPress notices in the Jetpack dashboard.
• VideoPress now included in search results for "video" and fixed positioning of search icon on mobile screens.
• Protect supports IPv6 addresses properly.
• Dashboard avoids API requests being cached on some hosts and avoids errors when Spellchecker is inactive.
• Contact Form message content type is now set properly to restore compatibility with email plugins.
• Ads not displayed in the portfolio projects custom content type.
• Display all sites available in a network, even on large multisite installations.
• Featured Image is always used in tweets posted via Publicize.
• Avoid fatal errors when the exclusion parameter in Related Posts is not a string.
• Allow the removal of all custom title settings in the SEO feature.
• Make sure images are not distorted when Tiled Galleries uses Photon.
• Avoid PHP warnings and errors in the Stats dashboard on Multisite.
• Avoid errors when the Jetpack plugin is deleted.

• Release date: April 7th, 2017
• Release post: http://wp.me/p1moTy-4P0

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.

• 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 that we immediately fixed.
• 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.

• 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.

• Release date: March 14th, 2017
• Release post: http://wp.me/p1moTy-48Y

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Release date: December 6, 2016

This release improves Jetpack compatibility with WordPress 4.7.

Compatibility changes

• Custom CSS: Made the Custom CSS feature of Jetpack compatible with the CSS Customizer editor in WordPress 4.7.
• Sync: improved compatibility with the wp-missed-schedule plugin.

Bug fixes

• Featured Content: made sure there is no infinite loop when removing the featured tag from the tag list.
• Admin: made sure help tabs are not being hidden.
• Admin: made At a Glance page work nicely when there is no backup data yet.
• Sync: now making sure that needed classes are loaded, preventing errors.
• Sync: cleared out unneeded scheduled jobs.

• Release date: November 22, 2016

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where some users with slower servers would get an error on the Jetpack dashboard when WP_DEBUG was enabled.
• Fixed an issue where users on a Jetpack Professional plan who were paying monthly (as opposed to annually) wouldnt be able to enable SEO Tools.

• Release date: November 21, 2016
• Release post: http://wp.me/p5U9nj-2Ow

Enhancements

• Additional unit tests have been added to improve Jetpack's development process and stability.
• Custom post types have been added to the WP REST API output.
• Many of the screenshots throughout the plugin have been replaced by SVGs in order to make Jetpack smaller.
• New endpoints have been added to allow the installation of plugin and theme zip files via the API.
• Twelve new filters to make Jetpack more extensible! See: http://wp.me/p5U9nj-2Ow.
• New widget: "Google Translate" to allow users to translate your site into their own language.
• New widget: "My Community" where you can see who recently interacted with your site.
• One of the biggest issues facing Jetpack users for years now has been difficulties in moving sites from one domain name to another. This update makes strides towards improving that process.
• Photon now uses HTTPS by default. Secure all the things!
• There are now helpful hints throughout the admin interface to make Jetpack easier to use.
• We now allow you to embed pins, boards and profiles from Pinterest.
• We've added a new feature: SEO Tools, available to Jetpack Professional subscribers. You can read more about our plans here: https://jetpack.com/features/
• We've made numerous improvements to the data sync process.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed link to Akismet settings.
• Improved compatibility between Infinite Scroll and WPML.
• Move email notification settings back with the other email settings in the Discussion Settings.
• Various minor performance/compatibility fixes.

• Release date: October 13, 2016

Enhancements

• Unsaved changes were getting lost when users were navigating away from settings so we put in a confirmation message to prevent this from happening.
• We've stopped counting carousel views in stats by default, you can use the jetpack_enable_carousel_stats filter to enable counting them again.
• Stats are now responding faster.
• There were several improvements and repairs made to sync including additional endpoints, performance enhancements, whitelisted data, better decision making around when to sync information, and more.
• Markdown now has a CSS class on footnotes.
• Site stats have been restored to the Jetpack submenu.

Improved Compatibility:

• We've improved compatibility with Kinsta by automatically turning on Staging Mode for Jetpack when in a staging environment.

Bug Fixes:

• Several fixes have been made to sync to repair issues with Publicize, Notifications, and Subscriptions.
• We removed PHP warnings by checking to make sure json language files like jetpack-en_US.json are readable before we load them.
• We found an unused option in Gravatar Hovercard settings and removed it.
• The correct support link is now being used to make it easier for you to connect with the Jetpack team if you need us.
• The permissions check for plugin information retrieval was fixed as well.
• Some plugins were adding content on outbound http requests causing an infinite loop we fixed this right up.
• We removed some warnings that were occurring when translations didn't exist by adding a fallback.
• We've added Moroccan Arabic translations, and switched to language packs for Croatian, Spanish (Chile) and Greek.
• Sync was running into issues so we've limited dequeue time to 1/3 of PHP's max execution time, which has unclogged the problem.
• We're now sending full and incremental queues separately so that a failure in one doesn't block the other.
• There was a JavaScript enqueuing error with our Sharing feature that has been repaired.
• The Top Posts widget now includes the ability to list attachment (media) pages.
• We weren't building CPT links correctly resulting in bad navigation, which is now fixed.
• We removed the form legend for default Tiled Gallery settings as it doesn't relate.
• With shortcodes we now return early from processing them if no string is passed, as they are required.

• Release date: September 7, 2016

Support Enhancements

• We're now syncing data about hosts so that we can provide better support when needed.
• Minor update to inline docs to match version numbers.

Bug Fixes:

• Admin Page: fix error when Admin Page resources could not be fetched with wp_remote_get due to unique host configurations.
• Admin Page: fix error when Post By Email could not be enabled when the browser's dev console was enabled.
• Admin Page: make sure all translated strings are encoded properly.
• Admin Page: only use POST requests for updating the state of Jetpack, to avoid issues on servers not allowing PUT requests.
• Admin Page: search icon no longer overlaps the global notices.
• Admin Page: make sure that non-admins can also modify Spellchecking settings.
• General: Improve random number generation for compatibility with more hosts.
• General: Add deprecated PHP file (class.jetpack-landing-page.php) back as an empty file, to avoid generating fatal errors on sites with aggressive caching.
• General: Ensure concatenated CSS is generated for RTL languages.
• Security: Ensure that all options are included on the security tab.
• Stats: fix display for sites with pretty permalinks disabled.
• Subscriptions: ensure that no email is sent when updating a published post.
• Sync: To improve performance, add snapTW to the list of post meta data that won't be synchronized for each post.
• Sync: do not schedule a full sync after each import.
• Verification Tools: in the Settings card, use appropriate link for each service.

• Release date: September 6th, 2016

Exciting Performance and UI Improvements:

• We have launched the all new React powered interface, a year in the making, designed to give you better control of your favorite Jetpack features.

• Release date: August 19th, 2016

Bug Fixes:

• We fixed the code which displays the Facebook share count to accomodate Facebook's new data structure.
• We fixed an issue which caused PHP notices to get logged for users of the Twenty Fourteen theme.
• We fixed an issue with the Minileven mobile theme which was preventing it from loading.
• Improved Sync performance.
• Increase security by sanitizing a URL used in the SSO process.

• Release date: August 17th, 2016

Bug Fixes:

• We fixed a conflict between Jetpack and W3 Total Cache.
• We fixed some issues with Publicize and Custom Post Types.
• Very large Multisite networks with lots of users can now be synchronized with WordPress.com.
• We improved the synchronization process between your site and WordPress.com.

• Release date: August 10th, 2016

Performance Enhancements:

• Weve improved Jetpacks performance by making calls to the database more efficient; essentially, Jetpack is doing less on each page load, making things faster. #4281, #4316
• Weve ensured that every feature uses information that is up to date by completely refactoring the way information was synchronized between your site and WordPress.com.
• We've improved the way Jetpack queries for information about features, which results in less overall queries.

Exciting Feature and UI Improvements:

• We now track your visitor views of Carousel images in stats.
• You can now customize advanced typographic settings like ligatures in the Custom CSS editor with new support for the font-feature-settings property.
• Weve improved the experience when you dont actually have enough posts to Infinitely Scroll.
• Our Contact Info Widget allows you to enter a Google Maps API Key which is now required by Google if you want to display a map.

Security:

• Were continuing our efforts to harden Jetpack security, by implementing the hash_equals() function to avoid timing attacks when comparing strings. We also improved security on CSVs exported from your contact form.

Slightly Less Exciting Feature Improvements:

• The Cartodb shortcode has been changed to match the new product name, Carto.
• The YouTube shortcode now uses the content width defined by the theme when available, even if an embed size was defined in an old version of WordPress.
• Breadcrumbs now support hierarchical post types and taxonomies.
• Weve added the Portfolio Post Type to the WordPress.com REST API whitelist.
• There are a few new parameters for the Dailymotion shortcode.

Improved Compatibility:

• We now work well with WP Stagecoach staging sites, so you should not see any future impact on production sites.
• We had some PHP notices popping up in the WooCommerce plugin wizard screen, these are gone.

Bug Fixes:

• We stopped loading compatibility stylesheets on the default theme's singular views for Infinite Scroll.
• Debug tests forwarded through the contact form in the Jetpack Debug menu are now successfully sent to the support team.
• Weve removed the PHP notices you might have seen when moderating comments.
• There are no longer PHP notices cropping up when publishing via Cron.
• Weve fixed the official Sharing buttons so they now line up just right.
• The PHP warnings of Sitemaps stylesheets have been eliminated.
• Weve done away with the warnings that appeared when Tonesque processes a file which claims to be one filetype, but is actually another.
• Weve exterminated PHP notices that appeared when using Random Redirect, as well as when the author wasn't set.

• Release date: July 7th, 2016

Bug Fixes:

• SSO: Use high-resolution Gravatar images on the log-in form on Retina devices.
• Publicize: improve reliability of Publicize when publishing new posts.

Release date: June 20th, 2016 Release Post: http://wp.me/p1moTy-3eT

Security:

• Post By Email: Added an additional layer of security to prevent unauthorized changes to Post By Email settings.
• Likes: Fixed an XSS vulnerability in the Likes module.
• REST API/Contact Form: We've eliminated unauthenticated access to Feedback posts.

Feature Improvements:

• Customizing Protect: We've increased Protects response time and added a new filter, jetpack_protect_connect_timeout, reducing the likelihood of seeing the fall back form.
• Connection Process: Your site url and icon are displayed on the Jetpack connection screens to help improve communication.
• Jetpack for Multisite: Its now easier to manage your Jetpack connections on the network admin screen.
• Photon Responsive Image Improvements: Were now auto-generating new scrset options, improving how images served from Photon are handled.
• Developing on Kinsta: A new constant has been added to improve developing with Jetpack on a staging environment hosted with Kinsta.

Jetpack UI Improvements:

• Better Access to Our Support Team: We wanted to make it easier for you to get help so we added a contact form in the admin that links directly to our Jetpack Support Team.

Improved Compatibility:

• Weve stopped adding Open Graph Meta tags if youre using the SEO Framework plugin.
• Having both GlotPress and Jetpack active at the same time was causing errors, weve eliminated them.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed the handling of special characters like ampersands in Carousel Titles and Descriptions.
• When visitors tried to view a Carousel image with a hash in the URL, a JavaScript error would occur; weve fixed that.
• Jetpack Comment form fields now use the default language youve set for WordPress, previously the verbiage was always in English.
• Custom CSS wasnt handling slashes and quotes properly; weve squashed that bug.
• There were some rare cases where PHP notices were popping up when a Contact Form was submitted. These instances have been identified and eliminated.
• Weve replaced a bit of code with a Jetpack native function to fix a bug that was breaking things during an API request for available updates.
• We accidentally removed the ability for Open Graph to select images from slideshows, its up and running again.
• There was an issue where Open Graph meta tags werent being set when your homepage is a Static Front Page, its working again.
• In rare cases when developers were customizing Photon they were seeing a PHP notice when arguments were passed as a string rather than an array. This has been fixed.
• Weve fixed an issue where Protects backup math form wasnt showing on custom frontend login forms.
• When setting up WooCommerce you might have seen a Related Posts notice which didnt belong. Weve eliminated them.
• If youve been using our sharing tool with unofficial sharing buttons you might have noticed your sharing numbers were missing. Theyre now back.
• In unique situations where special characters were used in sitemap stylesheets an error would occur; that has been remedied.
• Weve fixed a problem with mismatching HTML tags in our Spelling and Grammar feature.
• Weve ensured that the jetpack_disable_twitter_cards filter actually removes Twitter cards.
• Weve fixed some JavaScript errors that would crop up if you were editing a custom-post-type post that didnt support the core media editor say that 10 times fast.
• We had some JavaScript errors when you were using the customizer to modify widgets. They are no longer with us.

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