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Author: Sami Falah

  • Jetpack 12.3 – Introducing AI-Assisted Content Editing and More

    Since the launch of the Jetpack AI Assistant, we’ve been listening closely to your feedback, and we’re excited to announce that now, in addition to creating fresh content, you can use the AI Assistant to revise and enhance your existing blocks in the WordPress Editor. This release also introduces the new Tock Block for easy on-site bookings, alongside numerous enhancements and bug fixes.

    Enhance your editing experience with the Jetpack AI Assistant

    The AI Assistant is designed to make your content editing process more efficient and tailored to your needs. Let’s say you have a paragraph or a block of content that you think could be more engaging or could better represent your ideas. Now, with a simple click, Jetpack AI Assistant can step in and help you to enhance that content, all within the familiar environment of the WordPress Editor.

    The introduction of this new feature comes with several benefits:

    • Efficient Content Refinement: Instead of starting from scratch, let the AI Assistant help you improve your existing content, saving you both time and effort.
    • Quality Enhancement: AI-assisted editing can help fine-tune the language and tone of your content, making it more engaging for your readers.
    • Multiple Block Editing: The updated Jetpack AI is designed to work when you select more than one paragraph, making it much more convenient to edit larger sections of your content in one go.

    Are you ready to explore the AI-powered content editing feature? Here’s what you need to do:

    1. Update your Jetpack to the latest version.
    2. Head to the WordPress Editor within your wp-admin.
    3. Select the paragraph or block you want to edit and find the AI Assistant logo in the “tools” group.

    Seamless bookings now a click away: Introducing the new Tock Block

    Introducing the all-new Tock Block powered by Jetpack! Redefine the way your customers book reservations with your business. Utilizing the lightweight and efficient Tock, this block provides an intuitive, in-line booking experience directly from your website. With a simple click, your customers can access a neatly organized calendar and booking form.

    And More

    This release also includes several new features and improvements:

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

    Adnan Haque, André Kallehauge, Andrei Demian, Andrés Blanco, Anna McPhee, Brad Jorsch, Brandon Kraft, Carlos Garcia, Caroline Moore, Clemen, Damián Suárez, Dognose, Donncha Ó Caoimh, Douglas Henri, Dylan Munson, Gergely Márk Juhász, Greg Fogelberg, Igor Zinovyev, Ivan Ottinger, Jason Moon, Jasper Kang, Jeremy Herve, John Caruso, Jonny Harris, Karen Attfield, Luiz Kowalski, MILLER/F, Manzoor Wani, Mark Biek, Miguel Lezama, Miguel Torres, Nate Weller, Osk, Panos Kountanis, Paul Bunkham, Paulo Marcos Trentin, Peter Petrov, Renato Augusto Gama dos Santos, Richard Ortiz, Romario Raffington, Samiff, Sean Fisher, Sergey Mitroshin, Sérgio Gomes, Tim Broddin, bindlegirl, gogdzl, nunyvega, ouikhuan, tbradsha, thingalon, valterlorran

  • Jetpack 11.9 – Improvements for Social Sharing Buttons and Form Block

    This month we have worked on several improvements to enhance your Jetpack experience, including further enhancements to the Social Sharing Buttons and Form Block.

    Share your blog posts on Mastodon with improved Jetpack Social Sharing Buttons

    We made some design and performance updates on our Social Sharing Buttons for a better user experience, including a new sharing button for Mastodon.

    You can customize your Social Sharing Buttons by following these steps:

    • Go to the Jetpack dashboard in WP Admin.
    • View the Settings menu and click on Sharing page.
    • Enable Add sharing buttons to your posts and page option.
    • Click on Configure your sharing buttons.

    Once you’ve activated the Sharing feature, you can also go to  Settings > Sharing to enable a sharing button:

    As you can see in the video above, the button does a few things:

    1. You can pick between just the icon, icon + text, text only, or a button with a colorful logo and the text.
    2. When sharing, your visitors will first have to enter the Mastodon instance where they’d like to share the post.
    3. You can edit the message, but by default, the message will include the post title and URL, and tags will be added as hashtags at the end.

    Field style syncing for the Form Block

    We introduced a new Sync Fields Style option for the Form Block to provide you greater flexibility in customizing your forms’ designs. You can enable this option from the block settings in your editor:

    Updated Stats dashboard design

    We are now defaulting to an updated modern design for the Jetpack Stats dashboard to help provide valuable insights and grow your site.

    If you have feedback on the updated design, please share your thoughts on this survey. And if you prefer to continue using the traditional stats for now, there is a toggle in the Traffic section of the Jetpack settings.

    Automattic Certified as a Most Loved Workplace

    Our parent company Automattic has been certified as a Most Loved Workplace by Best Practice Institute research and analysis. The Most Loved Workplace validation provides the most comprehensive look at workplace sentiment for organizations today. To learn more about Automattic’s certification and read why folks love working here, visit our page on Most Loved Workplace.  

    We continue to grow and have some exciting open positions at Automattic, including in Engineering, Product, Marketing, Business Development, HR, Customer Support, and more. Work for us, from anywhere: https://automattic.com/work-with-us/.

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

    Adnan Haque, Adrian Moldovan, André Kallehauge, Antony Agrios, Artur Piszek, Bogdan Nikolic, Brad Jorsch, Brandon Kraft, Christian Gastrell, Clemen, Damián Suárez, Daniel Bachhuber, Daniel Post, Dave Martin, Douglas Henri, Dylan Munson, Fernando Fernandes, Francesco Bigiarini, Gergely Márk Juhász, Grant Kinney, Ian Ramos, Igor Zinovyev, Jason Johnston, Jason Moon, Jasper Kang, Jeremy Herve, Jeremy Yip, John Caruso, Karen Attfield, Kevin L, Kosta, Kuba Birecki, Linas Valiukas, MILLER/F, Matias Ventura, Matthew Reishus, Miguel Torres, Nate Weller, Nauris Pūķis, Osk, Peter Petrov, Piotr Stankowski, Rafael Agostini, Renato Augusto Gama dos Santos, Robert Felty, Rustam Shaikh, Samiff, Sergey Mitroshin, Sérgio Gomes, Siobhan Bamber, Steve D, Tom Rhodes, Vishnu Gopal, bindlegirl, dkmyta, gogdzl, jcheringer, nunyvega, ouikhuan, simonktnga8c, thingalon, vikneshwar

  • Jetpack 11.8 – Under-the-hood improvements for your site

    This month we have worked on several under-the-hood improvements to enhance your Jetpack experience, including further enhancements to the Form block.

    New form element styling options

    • You can now style individual form elements more easily in the Form block’s sidebar settings, including:
      • Adding a corner radius to input fields
      • Updating the border width
      • Editing the line height of an input field
      • Changing the color of the label text, input text, borders, and input fields
    The new individual style settings in the Form block’s sidebar

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

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

    Adnan Haque, Adrian Moldovan, Ajay Kumar Jain, André Kallehauge, Artur Piszek, Biser Perchinkov, Bogdan Ungureanu, Bogomil Stoynov, Brad Jorsch, Brandon Kraft, Candy Tsai, Christian Gastrell, Clemen, Damián Suárez, Daniel Bachhuber, Daniel Post, Dean Sas, Derek Smart, Donncha Ó Caoimh, Douglas Henri, Dylan Munson, Eric Binnion, Foteini Giannaropoulou, Gergely Márk Juhász, Grant Kinney, Ian Ramos, Ivan Ottinger, James Kenneth Guidaven, Jason Johnston, Jason Moon, Jasper Kang, Jeremy Herve, Karen Attfield, Kuba Birecki, Luiz Kowalski, MILLER/F, Maciej Grabowski, Mikael Korpela, Nate Weller, Nauris Pūķis, Osk, Peter Petrov, Piotr Stankowski, Rafael Agostini, Renan Carvalho, Renato Augusto Gama dos Santos, Romario, Samiff, Sergey Mitroshin, Sérgio Gomes, Steve D, Vishnu Gopal, Wilmerson da Silva, Yaroslav Kukharuk, arthur791004, bindlegirl, daledupreez, jcheringer, nunyvega, ouikhuan, simonktnga8c, thingalon

  • Jetpack 11.4 – Behind-the-scenes improvements for your site

    We have shipped several under-the-hood improvements for an enhanced Jetpack experience in this release. You can check the changelog to see all the bug fixes and improvements.

    To use the latest Jetpack version on your site, update your existing installation or install Jetpack.

    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, Twitter, 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:

    Adrian Moldovan, Andrés Blanco, Anna McPhee, Bogomil Stoynov, Brad Jorsch, Brandon Kraft, Briley Hooper, Chris Jean, Damián Suárez, Daniel Bachhuber, Daniel Post, Dean Sas, Dognose, Douglas Henri, Dylan Munson, Foteini Giannaropoulou, Gergely Márk Juhász, Grant Kinney, Grzegorz Chudzinski-Pawlowski, Hsing-yu Flowers, Igor Zinovyev, Jared, Jason Moon, Jasper Kang, Jeremy Herve, Juanma Rodriguez Escriche, Karen Attfield, Kevin L, Kolja Zuelsdorf, Luiz Kowalski, Marcelo Serpa, Michael Kelly, Miguel Torres, Miguel Xavier Penha Neto, Nate Weller, Nauris Pūķis, Olaseni Oluwunmi, Osk, Panos Kountanis, Paul Bunkham, Piotr Stankowski, Renato Augusto Gama dos Santos, Richard Ortiz, Sagar Nasit, Samiff, Sergey Mitroshin, Siddarthan Sarumathi Pandian, Siobhan Bamber, Steve D, William Viana, Wojtek Naruniec, bindlegirl, erics1989, jboland88, leogermani, nunyvega, philipjohn, thingalon