Jetpack 11.5.1 is available now and the download link is available here.
Jetpack 11.5.1 will be deployed to VIP on Thursday, Nov 10, 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
- Dashboard: add a new illustration for WooCommerce recommendation.
- Dashboard: add connection widget for unconnected sites.
- Dashboard: add Jetpack Search Free and Jetpack Social to My Products.
- Dashboard: ensure Apps card is always displayed, regardless of whether promotions are active.
- Form block: add Contact Form child blocks to the Block Library.
- Form block: add default spacing attributes on all form variations.
- Form block: change layout flex styles.
- Form block: improve parent block selection when inner block is already selected.
- Form block: move Contact Form child blocks to a new category and remove some Core blocks from the child blocks list.
- Form block: remove duplicated contact form settings from the Contact Form block’s toolbar in favor of the sidebar.
- Jetpack Social: display broken connections to user in editor.
- Payment Button block: support a wider varity of layout options.
- Payment Buttons block: add typography controls.
- Publicize: make the pre-publish panel initially closed by default.
- Social: show pre-publish panel if the site has connections enabled.
- Stats: change mentions of “Site Stats” with “Jetpack Stats”.
- Subscription block: don’t include Jetpack Social connections in subscriber count.
- Subscription block: revert the subscription block subscriber count change.
- Subscriptions: bold the display reader numbers in subscriptions panel instead of underlined.
- VideoPress: change the toolbar text for the “Edit video” button on the VideoPress block to “Replace” to match the core video block’s toolbar.
- VideoPress: move videopress/video transfrom from VideoPress plugin to Jetpack plugin
Improved compatibility
Contact Form Block: removed compatibility checks involving automatic deactivation of contact form functionality.
Bug fixes
- Contact Form: display consent form field result in notification emails and feedback views.
- Contact Form: remove overlay causing issues with the block inserter hover behavior.
- CRM: Fix unmounted state updates in Form CRM integration
- Form block: include spacing between Contact Form blocks to allow the block inserter to be shown on mouse hover.
- Form block: prevent contact form from escaping valid URL characters in the redirect URL
- Get Apps card: Iterate on link to jetpack.com/apps to ensure backwards compatibility and click-tracking
- Payment Buttons block: fix payment-buttons font sizes taking precedence over the font sizes of contained button blocks.
- Publicize Components: Fix the panel component refactor
- Social: Ensure we have a user connection when loading the module
- Firewall: prevent sites from crashing when updating Jetpack versions due to a missing generated file.
What do I need to do?
We recommend the below:
- Installing the release on your non-production sites using these instructions.
- Running through the testing flows outlined in the Jetpack Testing Guide.
As you’re testing, there are a few things to keep in mind:
- Check your browser’s JavaScript console and see if there are any errors reported by Jetpack there.
- Use “Query Monitor” to help make PHP notices and warnings more noticeable and report anything you see.
Questions?
If you have any questions, related to this release, please open a support ticket and we will be happy to assist.