Jetpack 12.6

12.6 - 2023-09-19

Enhancements

• AI Assistant: add prompts for correct feature configuration. [#33064]
• AI Assistant: proof-of-concept for expandable messages on the backend using form generation prompt. [#32679]
• AI Assistant: proof-of-concept for server-side prompts, starting with form generation prompts. [#32495]
• AI Excerpt: add the Accept button. [#32889]
• AI Excerpt: add the Discard button to the panel. [#32890]
• AI Excerpt: ensure to save the post before asking a suggestion. [#32891]
• AI Excerpt: show upgrade banner when site achieves requests limit. [#32895]
• AI Extension: add create-with-voice beta extension. [#32742]
• AI Extension: enhance blocks parsing flickering with child blocks. [#32635]
• AI Extension: introduce Create with voice jetpack block - initial implementation. [#32750]
• AI Extension: use new AIControl component from AI package and remove local implementation. [#32682]
• AI-chat Block: add ability to chat with the site. [#32741]
• Business Hours Block: refactor block registration to avoid duplication. [#32698]
• Classic Editor Markdown: add support for double-tilde strikethrough, e.g. ~~strikethrough~~. [#33057]
• Connection UI: use Redux state to pass the "from" property. [#32600]
• Content Lens: connect excerpt panel with AI Assistant. [#32846]
• Create with voice: connect block with useMediaRecording() hook. [#32769]
• Create with voice: introduce Done button. [#32792]
• Create with voice: set block properties by using useBlockProps() custom hook. [#32782]
• Create with voice: show audio duration when recording audio. [#32827]
• Featured Blogs: add item block. [#32746]
• Gravatar profile widget: add srcset. [#32662]
• Jetpack Assistant: add placeholder UX for the prompt input. [#33080]
• Jetpack Social: display the Social editor panel with an invitation to activate the feature when it is disabled. [#33149]
• Launchpad save modal: persist the user option when they opt to hide the modal. [#32567]
• Newsletters: add support for newsletter categories. [#32666]
• Newsletters: improve flows around access and paywall. [#32615]
• Paywall Block: add toolbar options. [#32659]
• Paywall Block: disable Paid subscribers button if plans are not set up. [#32663]
• Paywall Block: improve excerpts handling. [#32809]
• Paywall Block: improved settings panel. [#32801]
• Paywall Block: improved toolbar. [#32765]
• Paywall Block: redesign visuals for the mobile editor. [#32672]
• Paywall Block: release to WP.com and Jetpack. [#32625]
• Paywall: better content for when waiting for email validation. [#32800]
• Related Posts: make the block available even when the feature has not been activated yet. [#32930]
• Security: Blocks: avoid saving invalid block attributes that may appear to other editors on the site. [#33184]
• Sidebar: rename the "Inbox" menu to "My Mailboxes". [#32992]
• Site Editor: point the Site Editor's < link to the theme showcase when previewing a theme. [#32913]
• Social: add the change setting for the auto conversion feature. [#32712]
• Social: add the new auto-conversion toggle. [#32597]
• Subscribe modal: bump modal Z-index up. [#32621]
• Subscription Block: add newsletter categories to the content view. [#32756]
• Subscriptions Block: render in emails. [#32409]
• Subscriptions: add edit link for subscribe modal. [#32722]
• Subscriptions: add number formatting for subscriber count in newsletter module. [#32646]
• Subscriptions: remove newsletter flow+theme and FSE theme check for the subscribe modal. Leave WP.com check. [#32607]
• Tiled gallery module: add srcset to images. [#32598]
• WordPress.com Toolbar: add site monitoring menu and remove site logs. [#32458]

Improved compatibility

• Carousel: add new hook allowing third-parties to customize the metadata displayed within the Carousel modal. [#32749]
• General: Jetpack now requires WordPress version 6.2. [#32762]
• General: remove WP 6.1 backwards compatibility checks. [#32772]
• Lazy Images: discourage enabling of Lazy loading images as now 90% of browser support the feature natively and this version in Jetpack can conflict with the upcoming WordPress interactivity API. [#33030]
• Shortcodes: exclude images with broken URL from galleries. [#32556]
• Subscriptions: change the text color of selected newsletter categories to be more easily readable. [#33104]
• Theme fields: only add is_block_theme to theme response when WordPress version is < 6.3 [#31660]
• WC Analytics: ensure correct values are tracked for cart/checkout block/template tracking when using WC Blocks cart and checkout templates. [#32715]

Bug fixes

• AI Chat: fix block styles not loading. [#33090]
• AI Chat: fix styles not loading in the editor. [#33120]
• AI Extension: remove HTML fragments from AI-generated forms on site editor. [#32798]
• Admin Menu: display Newsletter settings submenu item for Jetpack connected sites. [#33065]
• Blocks: fix block icons for display on wp.org. [#32754]
• Blocks: use custom Facebook and Instagram icons in Jetpack's Facebook and Instagram blocks to avoid issues in accessibility inspector. [#32705]
• Comments: remove mention of Twitter as a log in option since it is no longer available. [#32717]
• Comments: remove the Twitter service as a login provider. [#30273]
• Cookie Consent Block: fix block positioning in the editor. [#32622]
• Donation Block: fix issue with Danish Krone. [#33072]
• Featured images fallback: fix undefined variable warnings. [#33179]
• Fixed a Global Styles UI performance issue in the Site Editor. [#32641]
• Launchpad modal: reduce API calls for modal dismiss flag. [#32751]
• Load the Jetpack block assets in the iframe directly in WP-Admin and keep the existing behavior on the front-end, for compatibility reasons. [#32706]
• My Plans: allow two year plans to show on the page. [#32904]
• Nav Unification: flips order of tags and categories submenu of posts. [#32619]
• Newsletters: allow Newsletter plans in the Premium Content and Recurring Payment blocks again. [#32850]
• Paywall block: avoid undefined variable warning. [#32578]
• Paywall block: fix autosave before redirecting the user. [#33033]
• Paywall block: fix default plan being selected in payment block. [#32640]
• Remove use of Jetpack_Membership::get_connected_account_id(). [#32620]
• Subscription Block: fix blog appearance. [#33144]
• Subscriptions: add subscribe modal mobile padding. [#32725]
• Subscriptions: email subscribers now receive full posts. [#32647]
• Subscriptions: hide modal if paywall block exists. [#32757]
• Subscriptions: hide modal if post is subscribers-only. [#32867]
• Subscriptions: tweak subscribe modal text/spacing. [#32724]
• VideoPress Block: Check if VideoPress module is active in order to register the VideoPress video block. [#32680]
• Widgets: fix an issue that caused the notice displayed when updating widgets to overlap the admin menu. [#32921]