Changed

• Dynamically load the latest version of the RDB plugin

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6246

Changed

• Increase upload limit to 4GB

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6250

Fixed

• The cleanup process after imports and data sync now currently runs the cleanup on all network sites, not just the first 100.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6249

wp-parsely default version was upgraded to 3.18

Changed the default version of wp-parsely from 3.17 to 3.18.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6260

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Changed

• Increase upload size limit to 3GB: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6236
• Only allow HTTPS origins on VIP: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/4964

Added

• Add Remote Data Blocks as a new VIP integration

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6217

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Fixed

• Mitigation for sporadic bad responses from X (formerly Twitter) oEmbed endpoints

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6224

Changed

• Updates Jetpack to 14.5

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6225

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Jetpack 14.5 has been made the default Jetpack version on the VIP Platform.

What is being added or changed?

Enhancements

• Add page view count in the post and page list.
• Add the Account Protection module toggle.
• AI Assistant: Add image block extension with alt text and caption generation.
• AI Assistant: Use base64 on image extension requests.
• Connection: Add modal for disconnecting owner account in Dashboard.
• Connection: Allow pre-selected login providers.
• Feature suggestions: Improve the design of cards to better match WordPress Core's design.
• Forms: Add Akismet panel to Form Block.
• Forms: Add block integrations modal with feature flag.
• Forms: Add quick link in the admin bar for form entries.
• Forms: Add third-party integration endpoint.
• Improve the onboarding experience of Jetpack.
• My Jetpack: Introduce a new onboarding screen to provide clear, step-by-step instructions for new users connecting to Jetpack.
• Newsletter Dashboard Widget: Remove feature flag and enable widget.
• Publicize Components: Add a schedule button.
• Sharing block: Improve the description of the "Native Share" feature.
• Social: Add "Schedule" functionality to the Share Post modal.
• Social: Move resharing into the Share Post modal.

Improved compatibility

• AI Assistant: Improve performance by optimizing state management in the AI feature hook.
• Carousel: Enable core lightbox on single image blocks.
• Components: Prevent deprecation notices by adding __next40pxDefaultSize to controls.
• Components: Update controls to prevent more deprecation notices.
• VideoPress: Add block sidebar notice to transform embed into a block.

Bug fixes

• Add a default value for the error param in the wp_login_failed action callback.
• Admin Color Scheme: Fix colors in the Aquatic color scheme.
• Button: Fix contrast checker for user-specified colors.
• Fix display name when listing gravatar accounts.
• Fix error with videos uploaded through the Video block.
• Fix potential wp_login_failed action conflicts.
• Forms: Add a default label for textarea fields.
• Forms: Fix core list bullets not showing.
• Forms: Remove default padding around form block.
• Forms: Remove Google Drive beta badge.
• Forms: Remove Salesforce beta badge.
• Forms: Update the variation previews to match the current structures.
• Map block: Increase compatibility of components, preventing console warnings.
• Newsletter: Ensure aria-label attribute on dashboard welcome message section is correctly spelled.
• Newsletter: Ensure external links are marked as such in the Newsletter widget.
• Search: Ensure the count of returned results is shown after searching.
• Site Badge: Update styles of the Coming Soon badge.
• Site Verification: Fix auto-verification via Google when Social is disabled.
• Slideshow: Fix misaligned controls in site editor.
• Social: Resolve connection issues with LinkedIn company pages and Tumblr additional blogs.
• Stats: Ensure the Stats widget is automatically disabled when the Stats module is disabled.
• Stats: Fix date processing for "At a Glance" chart.
• Story block: Avoid PHP warnings when using video files.
• Twitter Timeline Widget: Prevent broken links when using Twitter's deprecated data-widget-id approach.
• Video: Fix auto-reload after upload completes.
• VideoPress Block: Fix broken undo functionality.
• VideoPress Block: Fix error in the core Video block.

For more details about this release (including specific changes), please see the release notes.

Questions?

If you have any questions, related to this release, please open a support ticket and we will be happy to assist.

Changed

• WordPress Importer: update to 0.8.4

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6216

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Fixed

• Enterprise Search: Fix terms indexing failing from terms_clauses affecting orderby

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6196

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Changed

• Jetpack: Update to 14.4

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6189

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Jetpack 14.4 has been made the default Jetpack version on the VIP Platform.

What is being added or changed?

Enhancements

• Connection: Disconnect all other users before disconnecting connection owner account.
• Connection: Display connection status on Users page independent of the SSO module.
• Custom Post Types: do not display testimonials and portfolios on block themes where they are not in use.
• Dashboard: Display connection owner to all users.
• External Media: Add external media modal on the Media Import page.
• Forms: Add support for having multiple forms accross paginated pages.
• Forms: Update field and button blocks to support contentOnly editing.
• Forms block: Add number input.
• Media Page: Enable the "Untangle Calypso" feature.
• My Jetpack: Update the unowned section from a product grid to a product list.
• Newsletter: Add footer widget section.
• Newsletter: Add new newsletter widget.
• Newsletter: Add newsletter widget header row behind a feature flag.
• Newsletter: Add setting to hide category selection modal.
• Post actions: Rename Copy action to Duplicate, which is clearer.
• Social: Update the admin page to be used by Editors and Authors.
• Subscriptions: Pre-select newsletter categories.
• Tiled Gallery block: Add ability to link to custom URLs from each image.
• VideoPress: Add title to the attachment details view.

Improved compatibility

• Custom Content Types: Ensure feature works on Jetpack settings page without using module functionality.

Bug fixes

• External Media: Fix the button size in the editor for Gutenberg 18 or below.
• Fix Social toggles.
• Forms: Ensure non-rendering fields to not trigger validation or show value in form submission response.
• Forms: Fix 404 error when a user submits an invalid form with JavaScript disabled.
• Forms: Fix block style variations not showing in the editor.
• Forms: Fix invalid html IDs.
• Forms: Hide fields without options.
• Forms: Improve the styling of the separator block when placed inside the form block.
• Geo Location: Remove support from default themes to prevent deprecation notice.
• Gravatar Widget: Fix linked accounts not showing.
• Newsletter: Fix post placement not displaying on certain block themes.
• Publicize: Fix disconnect command not working.
• Related Posts: Ensure images using the AVIF format are properly displayed.
• Sharing: Fix possible warnings related to plugin compatibility.
• Social Previews: Fix distorted image for Tumblr preview.
• Stats: Fix a problem where count roles weren't able to be updated.
• Widget Visibility: Fix possible fatal errors for widgets using anonymous functions as callbacks.

For more details about this release (including specific changes), please see the release notes.

Questions?

If you have any questions, related to this release, please open a support ticket and we will be happy to assist.

Changed

• Creating the admin user on single site WordPress installation is impossible.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6157

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Jetpack 14.3 has been made the default Jetpack version on the VIP Platform.

What is being added or changed?

Enhancements

• Blocks: Improve performance.
• Forms: Add Checkbox and Consent field enter action to create a new block.
• Forms: Allow HTML block within forms.
• Show Infinite Scroll options in Simple Classic.
• Social: Enable Social post UI for WordPress.com sites.
• Social: Post character limits are now dynamic based on selected connections.

Improved compatibility

• Nova Restaurant: ensure that the custom post type is now loaded via the Classic Theme Helper package.
• Open Graph Meta Tags: Do not display Jetpack's tags when the SEOPress plugin is active.
• Social: Remove "Your post" section from previews in favor of newer Social Post UI.

Bug fixes

• Authors widget: Fix saving of unchecked "Display all authors" checkbox in the legacy widget editor.
• Copy Post: Ensure Copy option is still available on all CPTs after quick edit in post list.
• Fix: Newsletter toggle in editor sidebar has a visually broken active state.
• Forms: Fix datepicker appearance on dark themes.
• Forms: Fix dropdown icon style.
• Forms: Fix field spacing and widths.
• Forms: Fix permanent deletion of form reponses via quicklinks.
• Forms: Hide empty radio fields.
• Forms: Keep content as-is when switching Feedback status between spam and publish.
• Forms: Make the icons show up as expected in the style editor.
• Forms: Prevent error in block placeholder when the Forms module is disabled.
• Pages and Posts: Fix the layout on mobile when details are open.
• Photon: Fix double encoding image urls.
• Sharing: Fix the location of the sharing dialog so it is not always the first sharing element on the page.
• Sitemaps: Ensure a valid news sitemap is present even if no posts are eligible.
• Social: Fix profile links for LinkedIn connections.
• Social: Fix Publicize error in the editor due to malformed connections data.
• Social: Fix wordpress.com login error when connecting Social accounts.
• Stats: Fix saving of custom roles settings.
• Testimonials: Fix shortcode-related bug.
• Tiled Gallery block: Ensure icons are visible when selecting image in editor.
• VideoPress: Fix issue with VideoPress block with zero height and width.

For more details about this release (including specific changes), please see the release notes.

Questions?

If you have any questions, related to this release, please open a support ticket and we will be happy to assist.

Updated

• Query Monitor: Update to 3.17.2
• Jetpack: Update to 14.3

Changed

• WooCommerce: stop trying to regenerate images in background, as it’s redundant on WPVIP platform.

Please see the full release on GitHub.