Journal

8.3

• Release date: March 3, 2020
• Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-nZT

Major Enhancements

• Google Calendar Block: a simple way to embed Google Calendars into your posts.
• Revue Block: allow your readers to subscribe to your Revue newsletter right from your site.

Enhancements

• Dashboard widget: clarify wording in Anti-spam and Protect sections.
• Dashboard notices: allow permanent notices.
• Dashboard notices: add option to provide action button for a notice.
• Map block: add the ability to set the size of the map.
• Map block: add a zoom control to the block sidebar.
• Map block: add a fullscreen option.
• Map block: add an option for toggling zoom to scroll behaviour in the published post.
• Mobile Theme: sunset feature. We originally created the mobile theme feature as a fall-back when the regular theme did not include a mobile view. Most themes include a mobile view by default now, so the feature is no longer necessary.
• OpenTable block: offer more embedding options.
• Search: improvements to layout options when using the Search widget.
• Security Scanning tool: improve message about threats found in dashboard.
• Sharing: improve Open Graph Meta Tags on search result pages.
• Shortcodes: improve accessibility of navigation buttons for the Slideshow shortcode.
• Site Health Tests: improve ability to add additional tests.
• Site Health Tests: Update Connection test with detailed descriptions and actions to resolve failing tests.
• Synchronization: increase reliability of sync by not sending wp-rest-api-log posts.
• Synchronization: increase reliability when synchronizing term IDs.
• Tiled Gallery block: add a Rounded Corners option.
• Tiled Gallery block: add an option to easily rearrange images within a gallery.
• Cookies & Consents Banner widget: improve performance by removing reliance on jQuery.
• Twitter widget: remove deprecated link color parameter.

Improved compatibility

• Autoloader: avoid conflicts when other plugins rely on the Autoloader to load Jetpack packages.
• Beautiful Math: avoid layout issues with inline images when using the Twenty Twenty theme.
• Blocks: improve compatibility with theme colors for block buttons.
• Blocks: improve the layout of the blocks’ placeholders when using the Gutenberg plugin.
• Blocks: allow defining a minimum WordPress version or minimum Gutenberg plugin version when registering a block.
• Lazy Images: add option to skip images with the data-skip-lazy attribute.
• SSO: Add error argument for compatibility with a WordPress 5.4 hook change.

Bug fixes

• Blocks: fix layout issues with previews in block sidebar.
• Blocks: fix layout issues when using a custom CSS class for a block using the option in the block sidebar.
• Calendly block: fix overlay to render properly in the editor.
• Dashboard: remove Backups information from the Jetpack dashboard when on a Multisite network. Those do not support the Backup feature at this point.
• Map block: only show the Add Marker UI if there are no markers.
• Map block: prevent an unselected block from accidentally capturing scrolling.
• Map block: fix the styling of the map theme buttons.
• Mobile Apps: remove the edit post link when in app.
• OpenTable block: avoid error when inserting some specific embed codes.
• OpenTable block: fix alignment issues when center-aligning the block.
• Secure Sign On: do not display feature message when logging in to WordPress.com’s central dashboard.
• Stats: hide Stats smiley in post embeds.
• WooCommerce Analytics: improve product checks to avoid errors on order pages.
• Wufoo shortcode: Security fix return early when invalid parameters.

See the previous changelogs here.