VIP Cloud Changelog

New Release: Jetpack 13.5

New Jetpack release

Jetpack 13.5 has been made the default Jetpack version on the VIP Platform.

What is being added or changed?

Enhancements

  • AI Assistant: Add AI Assistant to Paragraph, Heading, List, and List Item blocks.
  • Newsletters: Add "From" and "Reply to" name settings.
  • Social: Add connection management to editor.
  • Social: Add the new Jetpack Social plan.
  • Subscribe Block: Add button-only style.
  • Subscribe Block: Allow to be placed inside the Navigation block.
  • Subscriptions: Add a toggle to automatically add Subscribe block to site navigation.
  • WordAds: Allow inline ads to be added within post content.

Improved compatibility

  • Notifications: Update notification icon to match WordPress.com.
  • SSO: Improve accessibility of tooltips on WP Admin users page.
  • Stats: Deprecate old Stats experience.

Bug fixes

  • External Media: Ensure the connect URL has the correct blog ID and verification values.
  • Slideshow: Ensure autoplay works correctly.
  • WordAds: Prevent fatal error when post content is null.

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.

Production release – 2024/05/21

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Please see the full release on GitHub.

VIP-CLI: v2.39.6

Updates the custom deploy functionality, enabling deploys to be triggered with only a custom deploy token. There are breaking changes associated with this, so you will need to update the VIP CLI to the latest version if using custom deployments: npm i -g @automattic/vip

This functionality is currently in closed beta. Please reach out to VIP Support if you would like to join in on the beta test.