Jetpack 9.1 Beta

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9.0.2.1

This release is not meant to be made available on WordPress.org.

It is only meant as an option for folks interested in running Jetpack 9.0.2 + the fix for Facebook embeds and AMP introduced in #17492.

Jetpack 9.0.2

• Release date: October 9, 2020

Enhancements

• Publicize: improve handling of URLs when generating Twitter threads.

Bug fixes

• Instagram Embeds: ensure that Instagram URLs with additional URL parameters can be embedded as well.
• Media Extractor: prevent PHP notice for some URLs.
• Publicize: avoid block editor errors when no Publicize connections are available.
• Synchronization flow: avoid potential fatal errors when updating the plugin from the Dashboard > Updates screen.
• Sharing: avoid PHP notices when a post object is invalid.
• WordPress.com REST API: avoid errors when uploading images from a URL.

Jetpack 9.0.1

• Release date: October 6, 2020

Bug fixes

• General: remove a database optimization task that could potentially cause database issues.

Jetpack 9.0

• Release date: October 6, 2020
• Release post: wp.me/p1moTy-rLy

Major Enhancements

• Publicize: add the ability to publish the entire content of posts to Twitter as threads.

Enhancements

• Blocks: update icon color for all blocks provided by Jetpack.
• Custom CSS: add support for the clip-path property.
• Custom CSS: add rebeccapurple color to the list of colors that can be processed by the SCSS and LESS preprocessors.
• Dashboard: clarify Backup & Scan settings and alerts.
• Dashboard: improve the reconnecting process for site owners willing to disconnect and then reconnect Jetpack to WordPress.com.
• Dashboard: do not display option to purchase a plan when in Offline mode.
• Embeds: add Loom.com as a new embed option.
• Embeds: update song.link oEmbed to support more formats.
• Embeds: allow Instagram embeds to keep working via the WordPress.com REST API.
• Google Analytics: move the legacy variant from the HTML body to head.
• Instant Search: optimize images displayed in Search results thanks to Jetpack's Image CDN.
• Instant Search: improve layout of search results on mobile devices.
• Instant Search: trigger the search overlay upon typing into the search input.
• Pay with PayPal Block: display more helpful content in subscription emails.
• OpenTable Block: display wide style widget as standard on mobile.
• Site Health: add new test for testing blog and current user's token health.
• Site Health: refine information shared when using the "Copy site info to clipboard" button.
• Site Health: offer more information and help in failing tests.
• Slideshow Block: remove the default background color.
• Synchronization: improve performance of synchronization of term changes.

Improved compatibility

• Autoloader: add support for non-optimized PSR-4 namespace loading.
• Autoloader: add PSR-0 support.
• Autoloader: add handling for filtered active_plugins options that would otherwise have left classes out.
• Contact Form: add more integration settings for a better compatibility with Jetpack CRM.
• Contact Form: ensure that forms are displayed correctly in legacy AMP Reader views.
• Dashboard: remove plugin autoupdate settings from the dashboard now that WordPress itself handles this feature.
• Embeds: ensure that Instagram and Facebook embeds are always available, to avoid breaking embeds on existing posts.
• Embeds: solve PHP 8 compatibility issues with Crowdsignal embeds.
• EventBrite Block: ensure full compatibility with the AMP plugin.
• Google Calendar Block: ensure full compatibility with the AMP plugin.
• Image Compare Block: improve display on AMP views.
• Infinite Scroll: ensure Infinite Scroll works on AMP views as well for the Twenty Nineteen and Twenty Twenty themes.
• Infinite Scroll: add tools allowing theme authors to implement Infinite Scroll on AMP views in their own theme.
• Pinterest Block: ensure full compatibility with the AMP plugin.
• Security Scanning: avoid validation issues when using the AMP plugin and when notified of a security threat on your site.
• Slideshow Block: ensure images are displayed properly when using the Swell theme.
• Synchronization: ensure review comments are properly synchronized with WordPress.com.
• Twitter Threads Block: add support for unrolling threads when Gutenberg 8.8+ is activated.
• WordPress.com REST API: improved PHP 8.0 support.

Bug fixes

• Activity Log: avoid potential duplicate entries.
• Beautiful Math: resolve incorrectly rendered LaTeX images cached during a server migration.
• Connection Flow: resolve conflicts where "staging" connection errors were wrongly detected for some sites.
• Copy Post: ensure categories can be copied properly on sites using an old database schema.
• Donations / Payments: fix link to WordPress.com on sites where WordPress is installed in a subdirectory.
• Image CDN: ensure Wikimedia-hosted images are correctly handled by the CDN.
• Infinity Scroll: remove the loading spinner when loading an extra set of posts and receiving an empty response.
• Stats: do not track visits when site is in staging mode.
• Synchronization: ensure theme information is correctly synchronized with WordPress.com.
• WordPress.com Block Editor: ensure that "Code Editor" menu item is available on mobile devices.
• WordPress.com REST API: improve messaging when uploading a media file via the API fails.

Jetpack 9.0 Beta

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Jetpack 8.9.1

• Release date: September 16, 2020

Enhancements

• Jetpack Dashboard: add support for new Jetpack plans.

Bug fixes

• General: avoid deprecation PHP notices when used with WooCommerce 4.4+.
• Image CDN: avoid PHP warning when replacing URLs by their image CDN equivalent.
• REST API: avoid authentication issues when using a third-party plugin also using the REST API.
• Search: fix a bug where no results appear when using Jetpack's Instant Search interface.
• Site Health Tools: skip a connection status test when in offline mode.

Jetpack 8.9

• Release date: September 1, 2020
• Release post: p1moTy-rAs-p2

Major Enhancements

• The new Donations Block allows you to easily accept and process donations on your site.
• You can now preview how your posts will look on Facebook, Twitter, and Google Search Results even before you hit the Publish button.

Enhancements

• Blocks: add "Edit" button to the Calendly block toolbar.
• Blocks: add new "Consent" field option to the Form block.
• Connection: improve the reconnection process when your site is not properly connected to WordPress.com anymore.
• Connection: improve messaging offered and displayed in the dashboard when there are connection issues between your site and WordPress.com.
• Contact Form: put feedback that matches the disallowed list in trash.
• Dashboard: improved legibility across all Jetpack interfaces.
• External Media: improve keyboard navigation in the media modal.
• External Media: offer a way to disconnect Google Photos accounts from within the media modal.
• Sharing: add spacing around customization link.
• Search: improve styling of expanded results in the Instant Search interface.
• Shortcodes: remove jQuery dependency from Gist shortcode.

Improved compatibility

• Anti-Spam: better handle globally-configured Akismet API keys in the Jetpack dashboard.
• Blocks: update to use latest colors defined by WordPress.
• Blocks: ensure our External Media option is compatible with other plugins that also make changes to the Media Library options in the block editor.
• Connection: ensure better compatibility of the Monitor, Protect, Secure Sign In, Stats, and Subscription features with your site's connection to WordPress.com.
• General: remove references to pre-PHP 5.6 code.
• Sharing: improve accessibility of the sharing butttons in AMP views.
• Shortcode Embeds: ensure compatibility of the Instagram embeds with upcoming Instagram API changes.
• Third-party plugin compatibility: add new compatibility file for the Creative Mail plugin.
• Third-party plugin compatibility: add Slim SEO to the list of plugins compatible with Jetpack's Open Graph and Twitter Cards Meta tags.

Bug fixes

• Autoloader: avoid issues when updating plugins using the Autoloader in environments using OPCache.
• Autoloader: remove the map regeneration that occurs after a plugin update.
• Activity Log: ensure that theme changes are mentioned in the Activity Log.
• Blocks: ensure alignment options are respected for the Video block in the editor.
• Blocks: avoid accidental disconnections of the Payments block in the editor.
• Blocks: bug fixes and improvement of consistency of block style implementation in the OpenTable block.
• Blocks: avoid duplicate navigation arrows in the Slideshow block.
• CLI tools: avoid notices when using Synchronization CLI tools.
• Connection: ensure that secondary users can connect their own account to their WordPress.com account.
• Dashboard: fix missing card for Backups in some error cases.
• Protect: avoid displaying HTML markup on blocked login screen.
• Protect: avoid Fatal errors when trying to update Protect options from the REST API.
• Search: ensure that Instant Search options are properly saved in the Customizer.
• Search: avoid errors when searching for a term and including the "%" symbol.
• Shortcodes: avoid Fatal errors when receiving unexpected response from Flickr.
• Theme Tools: resolve a PHP notice in PHP 7.4.
• Video: ensure that videos uploaded with Jetpack Videos are assigned to the correct author.
• Widgets: ensure that the Instagram Widget is properly styled when previewed in the customizer.
• Widgets: do not hide accepted cookie widget to allow visual customization in the Customizer.

Jetpack 8.9 Beta 2

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Jetpack 8.9 Beta

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