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.