Jetpack 8.3 Beta 1

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Jetpack 8.2.3

• Release date: February 21, 2020

• Multisite: resolve issue with Jetpack's loading sequence that would fatal subsites that did not have any individually activated plugins.

Jetpack 8.2.2

• Release date: February 20, 2020

• General: fix compatibility issues with other plugins relying on the REST API to communicate with Jetpack, or on the Jetpack registration process.

8.2.1

• Release date: February 17, 2020

Bug fixes

• Block Editor: avoid errors when uploading additional media to the Slideshow, Tiled Gallery, and Video blocks.
• Synchronization: address issues that would cause delayed synchronization of your posts to WordPress.com.

Jetpack 8.2.0.1

• Release date: February 14, 2020

Bug fixes

• Synchronization: address missing function within Full Sync needed for sync/close endpoint.

Jetpack 8.2

• Release date: February 11, 2020
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-mVu

Major Enhancements

• Calendly Block: a useful tool for all coaches, consultants, therapists… Add the block to a post or page and anyone can then book appointments, meetings, and classes right from your website.
• EventBrite Block: allow your visitors to register to events right from your site with this new block.
• OpenTable Block: restaurant owners, you can now add a reservation form to your site to make it easy for anyone to book a table online, via your site.

Enhancements

• Contact Form: add IP and Feedback date to data that can be exported via the CSV tool.
• Dashboard: display a notice when a site uses conflicting plans.
• Map Block: improve the calculation and persistence of maps' center points.
• Map Block: improve the generation of an access token on WordPress.com sites.
• Map Block: update Mapbox GL library to opt into map load based billing.
• Shortcodes: add new Vimeo shortcode format.
• Subscriptions: display a clear error message when you try to subscribe to a site where you've already subscribed but did not validate your subscription.
• Subscriptions: display a clear message when an email having many pending confirmations tries to subscribe to a site.
• Synchronization: improve performance of data synchronization with WordPress.com.

Improved compatibility

• Connnection Flow: ongoing work to improve the reliability of the connection between your site and WordPress.com.
• Connection Flow: improve detection of hosting environments for better communication with WordPress.com.
• General: avoid any login issues when using other plugins that may interact with cookies on your site.
• Gutenberg: avoid any layout issues that may appear in the block editor when using the latest version of the Gutenberg plugin.
• Related Posts: ensure that any filters customizing the display of Related Posts also apply to posts displayed with the AMP plugin.
• Sharing: do not output Jetpack's Open Graph Meta Tags if the Complete Open Graph plugin is present on your site.

Bug fixes

• Blocks / Dashboard: ensure that blocks as well as Jetpack's dashboard can be used even in older browsers such as Internet Explorer 11.
• Contact Info Block: ensure that Google's Structured Data tool can recognize phone numbers added to the block.
• Copy Post: ensure correct sharing and like settings are copied when posts are duplicated.
• Subscriptions: maintain email subscription settings when deactivating and reactivating the feature.
• WordPress.com REST API: avoid PHP notices when a media file is edited via the API.
• WordPress.com REST API: ensure that image URLs are currently set when uploading an image multiple times.

Jetpack 8.2 Beta 2

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Jetpack 8.2 Beta

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Jetpack 8.1.1

• Release date: January 23, 2020

Bug fixes

• Dashboard: ensure that connection issues with WordPress.com are displayed in the Jetpack dashboard.
• Block Editor: ensure that the Jetpack block sidebar icon is properly displayed, even with the latest version of the Gutenberg plugin.
• WordPress.com Block Editor: fix compatibility issues with Chrome's upcoming cross-site cookie changes.

Jetpack 8.1

• Release date: January 14, 2020
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-lJT

Enhancements

• Dashboard: preload connection flow script to improve performance.
• Dashboard: improvements to backup interface.
• Mobile Theme: allow one to temporary disable Jetpack's Mobile Theme for testing.
• Mobile Theme: disable settings when feature is inactive.
• Site Accelerator: disable a helper library by default and allow themes to enable it when required.
• Subscriptions: add a wp-admin setting to alert the admin when someone follows the blog.
• WordPress.com REST API: add flag to determine site eligibility for Full Site Editing.
• WordPress.com synchronization: improve the reliability of the synchronization events triggered to keep your site up to date with WordPress.com.
• WordPress.com Toolbar: update the link directing to the WordPress.com Reader.
• WordPress.com Toolbar: add "My Home" link to the toolbar.

Improved compatibility

• General: improvements to Coding Standards for plugin compatibility files.
• Notifications: avoid conflicts with Twenty Twenty's instrinsic video resizes.
• PHP 7.4: fix PHP warnings that may appear on sites running PHP 7.4.
• Sharing: avoid errors when using the Thrive Architect plugin.
• Tiled Galleries: fix layout when using a gallery inside a Classic block with the Twenty Twenty theme.
• Twenty Twenty: improve the display of the Authors and Flickr widget.
• Twenty Twenty: add Content Options to the Customizer.
• Twenty Twenty: ensure that Infinite Scroll does not suppress the display of footer widgets.
• Videos: automatically convert old Flash Jetpack Video embeds so they can use the new player.
• WooCommerce Services: avoid issues when installing plugin from notification message.

Bug fixes

• CLI: prevent a PHP notice when running some Jetpack CLI commands.
• Map Block: fix layout issue when selecting a marker in a map and then scrolling down.
• Map Block: avoid errors when adding more than 2 points on a map.
• REST API: correctly validate on/off values for booleans.
• Star Rating Block: translate block title.
• Widget Visibility: ensure that the visibility options always appear on old Widgets Options screen.
• WordAds: ensure that the ads.txt file created by the feature returns a correct HTTP response code.
• WordPress.com Block Editor: exclude WordPress.com features from Jetpack sites.