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New Release: Jetpack 14.4


18 March 2025

14:04:00 GMT+0000

New Jetpack release

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.