Jetpack by WordPress.com was updated to version 4.8.2, from version 4.7.1. Changelogs:
4.8.2
- Fixed a bug that prevented activating/deactivating of some features in PHP versions below 5.4.
- Removed an unused function that was also incompatible with PHP versions below 5.4.
- Fixed a bug that was causing a blank Jetpack admin area.
4.8.1
- An incompatibility with PHP versions lower than 5.4 was introduced in the last release, causing a fatal error and we’ve immediately fixed this.
- Sitemaps: Some plugins were relying on a function that was removed in the last release, which has been fixed.
- General: Clicking on the info icon in the settings area will no longer jump to the top of the page.
- General: The Anti-spam card will always display the correct status in the Jetpack dashboard.
4.8
- Easier to navigate Jetpack’s feature settings in your dashboard and WordPress.com.
- New WordPress.com Toolbar provides quick access to site management, stats, and other services.
- New MailChimp Subscribe Popup widget.
- Sitemaps are faster and now support sites with a very large amount of posts.
- Contact Form now has a plain-text alternative and better avoids spam filters.
- Debug form includes extra information to better prioritize your support requests.
- Photon can now be used within the dashboard, and supports bbPress topics and replies.
- Improved previously confusing wording in Stats dashboard, and Featured Content options.
- You can now embed Apple Keynotes straight from icloud.com in your posts and pages.
- Changed Infinite Scroll button text on taxonomy page and added a new filter to short-circuit the is_last_batch() method.
- Open Graph now uses transients to save image IDs.
- You can now use full URLs in the Social Media Icons widget.
- Milestone widget now allows custom links to open in a new window.
- VideoPress videos can be used as headers in themes that support it, like Twenty Seventeen.
- Extracted the timezone offset method from the Upcoming Events widget so it can be used by other features.
- Database load is reduced during updates on large sites with multiple servers by retaining hashes for current and current-1 versions.
- Disk storage is reduced on large multisite networks by storing the jetpack_file_data option in the wp_sitemeta table.
- Jetpack plan data now uses the WordPress.com REST API.
- Slovakian language files now rely on WordPress.org’s language packs.
- Improved post details clipping for better screen reader support.
- Updated custom language packs for multiple languages.
- We now avoid path disclosure via cookies in PHP error messages.
- Removed deprecated functions get_theme and get_current_theme.
- Publicize now works with third-party plugins like WP Recipe Maker.
- Open Graph Meta Tags are now enabled when you use the “Head, Footer and Post Injections” plugin.
- Better support for WooCommerce data sync and backup.
- We now also sync the sync_via_cron setting, the user’s chosen language, and WP Super Cache’s globals and constants.
- We no longer sync post types from the WordPress Automatic Plugin and RSS AutoPilot to avoid synchronization issues.
- Sync settings can now be edited from the WordPress.com REST API to better troubleshoot sync issues.
- Gravatar is always displayed in Settings.
- Submenu items always use relative links.
- Contact Form avoids PHP notices when using the form in a Text widget.
- Content Options now correctly displays single characters word count on sites with multibyte languages.
- Administrator area translations fixed for several languages.
- Added proper support for Formal/Informal translation versions for languages that support them.
- Site Icons are always used as fallback Open Graph Image tags.
- Protect removes port number when server returns a port alongside a stored IP address.
- Filters ensure that more than 1,024 posts can be excluded from Related Posts.
- When the email is already subscribed we now show the correct notification in the subscription form.
- When using the Email sharing button, we now avoid syntax errors due to unexpected characters in the from name.
- Remove deprecated jetpack_publicize_post action.
- VideoPress now avoids PHP Notices when fetching video information.
- Instagram base URL now uses www in the Social Media Icons widget.
- All values entered in Facebook Page Plugin widget settings are now escaped.
- Widget Visibility now avoids memory issues on sites with a lot of registered users.