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.