Author: Igor Zinovyev

This month, Jetpack 12.6 brings updates to AI Assistant, Newsletter, Social, and more. Read on to learn more.

AI: Generate excerpts for your posts

You can now ask AI to create a post excerpt for your posts to save you time in writing short summaries of your content. This is great if you’re producing a lot of content and want a consistent post summary on your blog page. Custom excerpts can give an overall summary of a post and increase the number of click-throughs to read the whole post.

Add a paywall to your content

If you’re using the Newsletter feature, you can now add a paywall divider, which lets you control how much of a post visitors see before subscribing to your site or becoming a paid subscriber to access the full content. It’s a great way to monetize your content and keep visitors coming back for more.

Automatically optimize your social image sizes

When adding images to your Social posts, we now automatically optimize them to ensure that they are the right size for each social network that you are sharing to.

And More

We’ve also improved the plugin by making important bug fixes, including improved escaping around attributes, hiding the subscriptions modal if a post is set to subscribers only, fixing an issue that caused the notice displayed when updating widgets to overlap the admin menu and showing two-year plans on the my plans page.

A big thank you to everyone who contributed to this release!

Addison Stavlo, Adnan Haque, Andrés Blanco, Antonio Sejas, bindlegirl, Bogdan Ungureanu, Brad Jorsch, Brandon Kraft, Brent Nef, Caroline Moore, Chris McCluskey, Christopher Smith, Clemen, daledupreez, Damián Suárez, Daniel Bachhuber, David Calhoun, Derek Smart, Douglas Henri, Dylan Munson, Erick Danzer, Gergely Márk Juhász, gogdzl, Harris Papazoglou, Ian Ramos, Igor Zinovyev, Jasper Kang, Jeremy Herve, Jeroen P, John Caruso, katinthehatsite, Kev, Kosta, Kuba Birecki, Luiz Kowalski, Miguel Lezama, Mikael Korpela, MILLER/F, Nauris Pūķis, Neil Roberts, Omar Alshaker, ouikhuan, Paulo Cruz, Peter Petrov, Rafael Agostini, Rahul Gavande, Richard Ortiz, robertf4, Sebastián Barbosa, Sérgio Gomes, Siddarthan Sarumathi Pandian, Steve D, tbradsha, Tim Broddin, valterlorran

We are excited to introduce version 12.4 of Jetpack. We’ve packed this release with significant updates and enhancements. The headline this month is the release of Jetpack Newsletter. We’ve also got updates to the AI Assistant, as well as a host of additional improvements and bug fixes.

Jetpack Newsletter: Write Once, Reach All

Turning your blog posts into a newsletter is now easier than ever. Jetpack Newsletter lets you easily send your awesome content straight to your subscribers’ email inboxes. We’ve even made it super simple to grow your subscriber list with our subscribe signup form.

Read more about it on our blog.

Get Feedback About Your Post with the AI Assistant

We’re continuing to update the Jetpack AI Assistant monthly to keep it cutting-edge. Check out the new feedback feature, which provides valuable insights about your content. Choose the AI Assistant section on the sidebar before publishing a post and ask it to generate feedback.

We also upgraded the prompt logic when requesting suggestions, simplifying your interactions with the system. Finally, the AI Assistant now keeps the original content after transforming a paragraph using the “Ask AI Assistant” button, reducing the chances of losing your original draft.

And More

This release also includes various other enhancements and fixes. We’ve added a new “Earn” section in the WP-Admin Dashboard settings, updated the link to configure Related Posts and made sure the latest release is fully compatible with the latest version of WordPress, 6.3.

A big thank you to everyone who contributed to this release:

Adnan Haque, Andrii Lysenko, Brad Jorsch, Caleb Burks, Caroline Moore, Chris R, Clemen, Damián Suárez, Dan Q, dkmyta, Donncha Ó Caoimh, Douglas Henri, Dylan Munson, Erick Danzer, Francesco Bigiarini, Gergely Csécsey, Gergely Márk Juhász, gogdzl, Igor Zinovyev, Jason Moon, Jasper Kang, Javier Olmo, jcheringer, Jeremy Herve, Kev, Luiz Kowalski, Mark Biek, Mat Lipe, Matthew Denton, Michael Sumner, Miguel Lezama, Mike Stott, MILLER/F, Nate Weller, nelsonec87, okmttdhr, tada, Osk, Paul Bunkham, Paulo Marcos Trentin, Paul Sealock, Peter Petrov, Renato Augusto Gama dos Santos, Richard Ortiz, robertf4, Romario Raffington, Samiff, Sebastián Barbosa, Sergey Mitroshin, Sérgio Gomes, Steve D, thingalon, valterlorran, Yan Sern

This month we have worked on several under-the-hood improvements to enhance your Jetpack experience.

In this release:

• We have modernized some of the Jetpack plugin’s WP Admin pages with a minor visual refresh.
• We have added support for footnotes to the Markdown Block.
• Form child blocks can now be transformed into any other form child block.
• We’ve enhanced the Jetpack Stats widget to provide a more modern and efficient user experience.

This release also includes other minor bug fixes and improvements — check the changelog for more.

Put your site in your pocket

The Jetpack mobile app gives you everything you need to create, design, manage, and grow your WordPress website. Here are some cool things you can do from your phone with the Jetpack app:

• Write, edit, upload, and publish content even when you’re away from your desk.
• Get updates when your favorite site publishes a new post, when someone comments on your post, or when you get a new subscriber.
• Watch your traffic grow with industry-leading stats and helpful insights. Learn more about your visitors and their habits.
• Easily share your website content on all your social media channels from one place. Auto-publish on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Tumblr.
• Comment, like, or save a post to read it later.

Visit jetpack.com/app or scan this code with your mobile device to download the Jetpack mobile app :

A big thank you to everyone who contributed to this release:

Adnan Haque, Andrés Blanco, Anthony Grullon, bindlegirl, Bogomil Stoynov, Brad Jorsch, Brandon Kraft, Carlos Garcia, Chris R, Christian Gastrell, Clemen, Damián Suárez, Daniel Bachhuber, Daniel Post, Dognose, Douglas Henri, Erick Danzer, Francesco Bigiarini, Gergely Márk Juhász, Glen Davies, gogdzl, Grant Kinney, Igor Zinovyev, James Kenneth Guidaven, Jason Johnston, Jason Moon, Jasper Kang, jboland88, jcheringer, Jeremy Herve, Jeremy Yip, Karen Attfield, Konstantin Obenland, Kuba Birecki, Luiz Kowalski, Maciej Grabowski, Matthew Reishus, Matt Wiebe, MILLER/F, Nate Weller, Nauris Pūķis, nextgenthemes, Omar Alshaker, Paul Bunkham, Peter Petrov, Rafael Agostini, Renato Augusto Gama dos Santos, Romario Raffington, Samiff, Sergey Mitroshin, Sérgio Gomes, Siddarthan Sarumathi Pandian, simonktnga8c, Siobhan Bamber, Steve D, tbradsha, thingalon, valterlorran, Wojtek Naruniec