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@jeherve jeherve released this 04 Aug 10:44
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jeherve Jeremy Herve
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  • Release date: August 4, 2020
  • Release post: p1moTy-rs2-p2

Enhancements

  • Blocks: update categories to improve discoverability.
  • Connection Flow: improve experience of any additional users of your site that may want to link their WordPress.com account.
  • Dashboard: add Jetpack Anti-spam to the product list in the dashboard.
  • External Media: add ability to show google photos for a specific month or year.
  • Infinite Scroll: improve accessibility of the "Load More" behavior.
  • Instant Search: add support for excluding certain post types from search results.
  • Mailchimp Block: show error message on email validation error.
  • Markdown block: improve handling of long links with custom characters, as well as em- and en- dashes.
  • Payments block: add extra customization options to the Submit button.
  • Performance: use WordPress-provided wp_resource_hints for DNS prefetching.
  • Podcast Player block: start saving content in post content for better compatibility with non-WordPress tools.
  • Sharing: add direct link to share button customization for logged-in admins.
  • Widgets: introduce new Instagram Widget.
  • Widgets: add additional options to the Twitter Timeline widget.
  • Widgets: add the rel attribute to links with target=”_blank” in the Social Icons widget.
  • WordAds: update ad units to be more flexible and dynamic.

Improved compatibility

  • Blocks: add default text color to all buttons in AMP mode.
  • Connection Flow: improve the display of any connection errors, and provide more tools to help fix those connection errors.
  • Contact Form: updates based on language improvements in WordPress 5.5.
  • Deprecated hooks: Use native WordPress functionality for deprecated hooks.
  • Deprecation Notices: provide more information about deprecated files and functions.
  • General: ensure Jetpack's full compatibility with the upcoming WordPress 5.5 release.
  • General: update Jetpack's minimum required WordPress version to 5.4, in anticipation of the upcoming WordPress 5.5 release.
  • General: update Jetpack to support new environment type features introduced in WordPress 5.5.
  • Infinite Scroll: fix layout issue when used with the P2 theme.
  • Latest Instagram Posts block: fix layout when used with the AMP plugin.
  • Synchronization: improve stability of the connection between your site and WordPress.com.
  • WordPress.com REST API: adjust API response based on language improvements in WordPress 5.5.

Bug fixes

  • Asset CDN: avoid returning a directory when setting the local path for translation files.
  • Carousel: ensure jQuery is loaded when using the Carousel feature.
  • Contact Form: fix alignment of radio and checkbox items.
  • Connection: ensure the connection flow can be completed when third-party cookies are disabled.
  • External Media: ensure that images inserted from Pexels or Google Photos are attached to the post you're composing.
  • General: avoid issues on sites hosted on a Windows server environment.
  • General: avoid PHP notices when managing your site via the WordPress Desktop app.
  • Gathering Tweetstorms: don't enable the Unroll button until after a Twitter URL has been entered and verified.
  • Latest Instagram Posts block: stop showing cached galleries after the Instagram connection has been deleted.
  • Likes: resolve a potential PHP notice.
  • Media Tools: resolve potential PHP notice.
  • OpenTable block: ensure additional CSS classes are populated correctly.
  • Subscriptions block: Stop saving localized attributes defaults in the block content.
  • Tiled Gallery block: do not load the block when your site is not connected to WordPress.com.
  • Twitter Cards: resolve potential PHP notice.
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