Jetpack 11.6 has been made the default Jetpack version on the VIP Platform.
What is being added or changed?
Enhancements
- Editor: adds an experimental editor extension that displays a placeholder blogging prompt when starting a new post.
- Form Block: add a new form variation and template for a Salesforce Lead form.
- Form Block: add block alignment control for the form wrapper: center, wide and full
- Form Block: add support links to form type selector.
- Form Block: enable editing placeholders on form input fields.
- Form Block: feedback export function is now integrated with the feedback table filters
- Form Block: fix form placeholder background color.
- Form Block: improve the styling and formatting of the form submission page after a form block is submitted.
- Form Block: move the ‘check for spam’ buttont to below the responses table on the feedback page in WP Admin.
- Form Block: register Jetpack forms in the pattern inserter.
- Form Block: remove connection button from the Form block toolbar
- Form Block: update contact-form icon
- Form Block: update Contact Form Sidebar to include Manage Responses section and split Form Settings section into more specific sections
- Form Block: update Contact Form Toolbar to include a form settings dropdown
- Form Block: update design for Feedback table in WP Admin.
- Form Block: updates Form block placeholder to include pattern selection modal
- Form Block: updates Form block to allow layout blocks
- Form Block: updates URL validitity check
- Pre-Publish Panel: split out the email subscribers & social followers count in the pre-publish panel.
- SEO: add a ‘noindex’ checkbox for posts and pages.
- SEO: add a per post/page HTML title option.
- Stats: add stats option
enable_calypso_statsto allow users to enable the new Calypso Stats experience - Stats: conditionally load the new Calypso Stats package
- Stats: update mentions of “Site Stats” to “Jetpack Stats”
- VideoPress: adds VideoPress feedback link to the VideoPress block.
- VideoPress: detect if the video has a vtt chapters file
- WordAds: add US Privacy support for additional states (Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia).
Bug fixes
- Customizer: make sure the menu item is shown for block themes.
- Dashboard: fixes issue where default icon would be empty
- Dashboard: prevent scrolling to the active settings menu item on page load.
- Form block: add line breaks back to plain text email submissions.
- Form block: fix contact Form view responses URL
- Form block: fix form patterns modal scrollbar behavior
- Image Editor: fix issue where users are not able to edit/crop and restore images.
- Provide a fix for WPA click tracking in Agencies card
- Related Posts Block: when 3 posts are output, increase the width closer to 100%.
- Shortcodes: fix content_width handling for various shortcodes.
- SSO: fix setting toggle inconsistency.
- SSO: properly disable “match by email” by default.
- Stats: stop stats loading indefinitely when a hashtag exists
- VideoPress: fix issue with uploading VideoPress videos in the Full Site Editor.
- Widget Visibility: fix error with WooCommerce Product Categories block
- WordPress.com REST API: Fix fatal error in site ID endpoint.
Other changes
- Form block: update Form child blocks to show the “Manage Responses” section on the Sidebar.
- Improves compatibility with the Jetpack Protect standalone plugin.
- Sitemaps: improve compatibility with recent Google Image Sitemap changes.
- VideoPress (beta): introduce Video Chapters beta block.
For more details about this release (including specific changes), please see the release notes.
Questions?
If you have any questions, related to this release, please open a support ticket and we will be happy to assist.