Changed

• Updated the Two Factor plugin to the latest version (0.11.0): https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6123
• Query Monitor: Upgrade to 3.17.1: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6124

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Fixed

• CSS/JS Concatenation now correctly handles urlencoded values

Changed

• CSS/JS Concatenation automatically breaks assets into smaller groups when reaching a threshold of 150 items in the group rather than simply throwing a 400 Bad Request

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6108

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Jetpack 14.2 has been made the default Jetpack version on the VIP Platform.

What is being added or changed?

Enhancements

• Social: Improve Jetpack Likes behavior for better theme integration if the post has likes.
• Stats: Allow programatically fetching stats for specific sites when using Jetpack's tools.
• Stats: Enable sparkline chart in the WP Admin bar.
• Stats: Sunset Legacy Stats experience.

Improved compatibility

• Google Photos Picker: Update UX opening picker right after pressing "change selection" CTA.
• Jetpack Testimonials: Ensure feature loads via the Classic Theme Helper package instead of the module.
• SEO: Ensure support for adding an SEO title and description for custom post types.
• WordPress 6.7 Compatibility: Fix notices caused by translation calls happening too early in the load order.

Bug fixes

• Facebook Embeds: Add a white background to embeds to avoid transparent background interfering with readability.
• Form Block: Fix validation of URL input types to allow query strings.
• Google Fonts: Clean up the Google Fonts data if either the Google Fonts module is disabled or Jetpack is disabled.
• Import: Set WP_IMPORTING constant correctly when doing an import.
• SEO: Ensure that SEO fields are not visible when another SEO plugin is active.
• Shortcode embeds: Ensure Instagram reels are properly displayed in AMP views.
• Shortcodes: Prevent conflict with third-party SoundCloud shortcodes.
• Slideshow block: Fix block display when added within a Stack block.
• WooCommerce Analytics: Fix fatal error when WooCommerce cart object is not available.

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.

Removed

• Parse.ly plugin < 3.15

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6064

Changed

• WP-CLI wp vip alloptions find command improvements: add compressed size which is a closer representation of the size Memcached limits get triggered add; swap the custom wp option autoload set for WP-CLI Core’s wp option set-autoload; remove "Total size" line. This doesn’t take into account keys, and is as such not very useful, especially given the size of the full serialized value is also provided.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6072

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Added

• Introduced the vip_files_acl_is_valid_path_for_site filter to extend the is_valid_path_for_site function. This new filter allows overriding the VIP File System’s validation process for multisite setups, which uses the /wp-content/mu-plugins/files/acl/endpoint-check-file-acl.php endpoint to check permissions for paths under /wp-content/uploads. It enables custom use cases, such as accessing directories outside the default site asset paths (but within the uploads folder) while adhering to other ACL rules. This extends the functionality introduced in PR #1975.
  Warning: Improper use of this filter could expose private data. Developers using it must ensure that the logic they implement enforces proper access control to prevent data leaks between subsites.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6033

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Added

• Enterprise Search: Add new filter ep_disable_query_logging: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6030
• Displaying the source from where Jetpack is loaded from in Plugins list WP-Dashboard UI: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6046

Changed

• Enterprise Search: Do not facet feed queries to prevent duplicate posts on display: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6030

Fixed

• VIP Parse.ly: Fixed a fatal error that happened in certain conditions within the VIP Parse.ly plugin: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6016

• Jetpack: Correct version will display for non-pinned default loading in Plugins listing: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6043
• Mitigate paragraph block breakage wpcom-block-editor: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6047

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Fixed

• Last changed date after dynamic bulk index: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6015

Changed

• Updated ElasticPress: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6018

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Jetpack 14.0 has been made the default Jetpack version on the VIP Platform.

What is being added or changed?

Major enhancements

• Newsletters: Add email previews and a floating subscribe button.
• Social: Add support for Bluesky.

Enhancements

• Newsletters: Allow skipping newsletter modals with the "jetpack_skip_subscription_popup" URL query param.
• Newsletters: Update the default "reply to" setting value from not allowed to replies being posted as public comments.
• Performance: Optimize CSS for better page load performance and improve sitemap write efficiency.

Improved compatibility

• Embed Blocks: Append 'Embed' to Facebook and Instagram embed blocks' titles.
• Filters: Update "plugin_action_links" filter parameter to avoid conflicts with other plugins.
• General: Ensure correct display of notices when running an old version of WordPress.
• General: Indicate compatibility with WordPress 6.7.
• Image Block: Make the external media picker button consistent with other Image Block buttons.
• Image CDN: URL encode image path parts for RSS feed compatibility.
• Related Posts: Allow Related Posts on non-post CPTs where the block is already able to be used.

Bug fixes

• AI Assistant: Fix false-positive spelling errors in Write Brief.
• Carousel: Further improve accessibility by being more selective over which images to apply attributes to.
• Contact Form: Ensure that submitted forms can only be accessed by logged in users allowed to view form submissions.
• General: Include wp-polyfill as a script dependency only when needed.
• Goodreads Block: Avoid PHP warnings caused by missing attributes when rendering.
• Google Fonts: Fix module not fully loading in certain scenarios.
• Map Block: Prevent overlap with other blocks placed below.
• Newsletters: Fix "Enable featured image on your new post emails" and "Use excerpt" settings.
• Sharing: Ensure the sharing settings can be accessed even when the user is not connected to WordPress.com.
• Slideshow Block: Ensure the block renders correctly inside an iframe editor.
• Social: Fix the maximum video length for Instagram Business reels.
• Social: Prevent share status styles from causing text overflow or affecting other elements on the page.
• Stats: Fix top post card on the Insights page.
• Subscribe Block: Fix styling for the number of subscribers in the post editor sidebar.

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: Updated to 0.8.3: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5967
• Requests to VIP File Service via the Stream Wrapper will not cause as webp => jpg transform anymore: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5975
• Updated wp-parsely to 3.17.0: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5983

Fixed

• Enterprise Search: Allow syncmanager to support multisite context for queues: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5969
• WP Parse.ly: Fixed how Support Users are detected in the Parse.ly plugin: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5965

Please see the full release on GitHub.

Fixed

• A bug with registering organization ID in our tracks integration.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5921

Changed

• Jetpack: Updated default version to 13.9.1

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5935

Added

• Jetpack 13.5+: Display admin notice for users using deprecated standalone plugin

Fixed

• Jetpack 13.9+: Add shim for users using deprecated standalone plugin to prevent fatal errors

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/5937

Please see the full release on GitHub.