Jetpack

All WordPress sites on the VIP Platform automatically have Jetpack activated with the features of the Jetpack Complete plan. A VIP site’s Jetpack connection is registered with the VIP machine user wpcomvip. This machine user is required for managing Jetpack connections and should not be removed. For security reasons, logins for the wpcomvip user are disabled.

For information on available Jetpack actions, hooks, filters, and features, refer to the Jetpack Developer Resources.

Features enabled by default

Features that are enabled by default when Jetpack is connected to a VIP site:

• Activity Log
• Blocks
• Enhanced Distribution
  • Jetpack’s content distribution can be selectively disabled via code.
• Jetpack AI Assistant block: VIP customers can make up to 1,000 requests per site to the Jetpack AI Assistant block. The block will display a warning while in edit mode if a site reaches this limit. An increase to this limit can be requested by reaching out to a customer’s account team.
  • Since Jetpack v12.8, the Jetpack AI Assistant block can be code-disabled. To code-disable the Jetpack AI Assistant block add the following filter setting to a file in /client-mu-plugins:
    add_filter( 'jetpack_ai_enabled', '__return_false' );
• Jetpack Stats
• JSON API
• Notifications
• Site Verification Tools
• WordPress.com Secure Sign On

Incompatible features

The Jetpack Complete plan includes a large number and wide variety of Jetpack features. Not all of the included Jetpack features are compatible with the VIP Platform because they are redundant to features that are already built-in.

Jetpack also offers “bundle plugins” (e.g. Jetpack Boost). These plugins combine small groups of Jetpack features. One or more of these features might be redundant if they are already included in the Jetpack Complete plan, or if they duplicate a service built in to the VIP Platform.

Jetpack features that are identified as incompatible with the VIP Platform infrastructure:

• Brute Force Attack Protection: Brute-force protections are built into VIP’s infrastructure at the network level.
• Downtime Monitoring: Uptime Robot is configured to monitor uptime for all launched sites on a production environment. 
• Image CDN: VIP’s global network of edge cache servers already provides a CDN for files uploaded to the VIP File System and other static assets.
• Jetpack Akismet Anti-spam: The VIP Platform automatically installs and enables Akismet on all WordPress sites.
• Jetpack Scan: Plugins with security vulnerabilities are identified by Codebase Manager and reported in the VIP Dashboard Plugins panel.
• Optimize CSS Loading: In order to reduce the number of requests that occur on a single page load, enqueud JavaScript and CSS files are concatenated by default. CSS files are minified as well as concatenated.
• Plugin Management: Available version updates for a site’s plugins are displayed in the Plugins panel in the VIP Dashboard. On VIP, updates for plugins can only be made via GitHub version control.
• Site Accelerator: All WordPress sites on the VIP Platform are provisioned with robust, built-in performance features such as a built-in CDN, multiple caching layers, and auto-scaling.
• VaultPress Backup: Databases for WordPress environments are automatically backed up on a regular cadence. Database Backups and Media Backups can be accessed in the VIP Dashboard.