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Jetpack 11.4-beta is available now and the download link is available here.

Jetpack 11.4 will be deployed to VIP on Thursday, Oct 6, 2022*. The upgrade is expected to be performed at 17:00 UTC (1:00PM ET).
*This deployment date and time are subject to change if issues are discovered during testing of the Jetpack release.

A full list of changes is available in the commit log.

What is being added or changed?

Enhancements

  • Payment Blocks: add core typography settings to the buttons.
  • VideoPress Block (beta): various enhancements and fixes for styling, vtt files, and block settings.
  • VideoPress block (beta): register a video-chapters beta feature with basic controls.

Improved compatibility

  • WC Pay: resolves issue for WooCommerce Payments that could result in a fatal for some sites on PHP 8+.
  • Jetpack: update styling for Jetpack logo shown in pre-publish panels for Jetpack and Jetpack Social plugins.
  • Pay with PayPal block: the postLinkUrl attribute now uses the immutable post GUID to prevent the editor from becoming dirty after publishing a post.
  • Subscriptions: do not load Subscriptions block while using Jetpack Offline Mode.
  • VideoPress: move jetpack_videopress_guid REST custom field to VideoPress package.

Bug fixes

  • Fonts: set the Global_Styles::enqueue_global_styles_fonts callback priority in the init hook to 22 to prevent it from causing style issues with sites that have Gutenberg > 13.5 activated.
  • Jetpack: fix a typo when selecting the VideoPress attachment info description field.
  • Subscriptions: add clearer messaging for past-published posts.
  • Widgets: add source check for broken image.

What do I need to do?

We recommend the below:

  1. Installing the beta release on your non-production sites using these instructions.
  2. Running through the testing flows outlined in the Jetpack Testing Guide.

As you’re testing, there are a few things to keep in mind:

Questions?

If you have any questions, related to this release, please open a support ticket and we will be happy to assist.