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Jetpack

All WordPress sites are automatically provisioned with Jetpack and Jetpack Akismet Anti-Spam (Akismet) and a Jetpack Complete plan. Versions of Jetpack and Akismet are managed by the WPVIP Platform via VIP MU plugins.

Jetpack and Akismet connections are registered with the WPVIP machine user wpcomvip. This machine user is required for managing Jetpack connections and should not be removed. The machine user will be listed in the Users screen of a WordPress site. Logins for the machine user are disabled, and for this reason two-factor authentication is also disabled.

Setting screens for Jetpack and Akismet can be accessed by selecting the navigation menu item labeled “Jetpack” in a site’s WordPress Admin dashboard.

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

Features enabled by default

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

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 WPVIP 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 WPVIP Platform.

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

Last updated: March 14, 2024

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