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.

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:

• Activity Log
• Blocks
• Jetpack AI Assistant block: WPVIP 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. If needed, customers can reach out to their account team to request an increase to this limit.
  • 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 Akismet Anti-spam
• 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 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:

• Brute Force Attack Protection: Brute-force protections are built into WPVIP’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: WPVIP’s global network of edge cache servers already provides a CDN for files uploaded to the VIP File System and other static assets.
• Jetpack Scan: Plugins with security vulnerabilities are identified by Codebase Manager and reported in the VIP Dashboard Plugins panel.
• Optimize Critical 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 WPVIP, updates for plugins can only be made via GitHub version control.
• Site Accelerator: All WordPress sites on the WPVIP 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.