Jetpack 14.8 has been made the default Jetpack version on the VIP Platform.
What is being added or changed?
Enhancements
- Add archives endpoint support.
- AI Assistant: Add support for file upload field on Forms extension.
- Forms: Improve the error validation animation.
- Forms: Add "undo" to all post-action alerts in Inbox.
- Forms: Add Akismet refresh status button.
- Forms: Add MailPoet integrations nudge.
- Forms: Make emails clickable in Inbox.
- Forms: Make it possible to preview file by visiting the URL.
- Forms: Release new file uploads field.
- Forms: Show central integrations dashboard.
- Forms: Stop translate product name in the sidebar.
- Forms: Use interactivity API for form validation.
- My Jetpack: Update Stats card to include a chart for better analytics.
- Sharing: Add ability to count sharing events on sharing buttons blocks.
- Sharing: Improve the performance of Open Graph Meta Image tags.
- Write Brief: Enhance local custom dictionary with more known terms.
- Write Brief: Enhance typo detection dictionary.
Improved compatibility
- Search: Replace the Core Search widget instead of adding a new widget to the main sidebar in classic themes.
- Tiled Gallery: Ensure accessibility properties are added only when needed, as well as preventing block validation errors.
Bug fixes
- Connection: Redirect to the proper place when clicking the block "Connect" banner on Multisites.
- Display Critical CSS status correctly on the WordPress.com Complete plan.
- Endpoints: Prevent warnings in logs when attempting to add external media from some sources.
- Flickr shortcode: Prevent errors in logs when requested data does not exist.
- Forms: Fix an error with poorly-formatted POST data.
- Forms: Fix dropdown field background color on Windows.
- Forms: Hide legacy Feedback menu from newly-connected sites.
- Forms: Remove the broken step transformation.
- Jetpack Media Library: Prevent PHP warnings related to unexpected array offsets and undefined array keys in some cases.
- JITM: Fix ineffective caching due to expired plugin sync transient.
- Likes: Do not register the Like block when a site is not connected to WordPress.com.
- Newsletter: Ensure subscriber stats links are correct in the dashboard widget, even when you do not use Stats feature.
- Prevent JavaScript errors when using the editor.
- Prevent non-string currentday parameters from causing errors in infinite scroll AJAX requests.
- Recipe shortcode: Prevent errors in logs due to checking for theme color properties that may not exist.
- Security: Prevent errors with array-type parameters in carousel comment submissions.
- Settings: Show Backup and Account Protection modules only with relevant search terms.
- Slideshow block: Reduce layout shifts during page load.
- Social Previews: Prevent text overflow issues with Mastodon.
- Update
Jetpack_Newsletter_Dashboard_Widget to not be added with an anonymous function.
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.