2.9.0

2.9.0 - 2025-06-06

Added

• Featured Content: Add messaging to clarify that the tag name is case-sensitive. [#43165]

Changed

• Admin Menu: Update WooCommerce icon. [#43029]
• Site Visibility: Disable search engine indexing for *.wpcomstaging.com sites. [#42853]
• Update package dependencies. [#43085] [#43425]

Deprecated

• Remove default_rendering_mode hotfix. [#42984]

Removed

• Color Scheme: Clean up *-rgb css variables. [#42960]
• Remove links to deprecated Calypso views on the launchpad tasks. [#42923]

Fixed

• Block editor: fix layout issues with the Media Library modal buttons.. [#43035]
• Forms: Change submenu registration. [#43627]
• Forms: Check for classes and methods before call. [#43606]
• Fix wrapping on the stats column heading in non-English languages. [#43630]
• My Jetpack: Fix readability of license activation button on hover. [#43550]

2.8.0

2.8.0 - 2025-04-04

Added

• Add newsletter widget to the dashboard. [#41807]
• Add site launch button to the admin bar. [#41240]
• Bump a Tracks stat for every wp-admin page view. [#42422]
• Comments: Use Verbum on comments containing block mark-up. [#42022]
• Connection: Disconnect all other users before disconnecting connection owner account. [#41923]
• Dashboard: Add Daily Writing Prompt widget. [#41094]
• Dashboard: Add general tasks widget. [#41150]
• Dashboard: Add launchpad. [#41434]
• Dashboard: Add site preview and links. [#41106]
• Launchpad: Add create-course-goal intent task list [#42108]
• Media: Introduce the Import Media page. [#41032]
• Media: Support Upload from URL on media-new page. [#41627]
• Media: Untangle Calypso. [#41628]
• Newsletter Dashboard Widget: Remove feature flag and enable widget. [#42276]
• Add Subscribers in WP Admin. [#42066]
• Theme tools: Load theme compat functionality relevant to features in Classic Theme Helper package. [#41598]

Changed

• Admin Bar: Point the Edit Site menu item to /site-editor.php. [#41137]
• Admin Color Schemes: Update color schemes to match Calypso. [#40908]
• Connection: Allow pre-selected login providers. [#42662]
• Connection: Display connection status on Users page independent of the SSO module. [#41794]
• Hide "Verify Email" launchpad task for existing users. [#41326]
• Live Preview: Don't change the homepage when previewing a theme in the Site Editor [#42388]
• Prevent site owner from editing user's account-level fields. [#42177]
• Site Visibility: Port the site visibility settings from Calypso to WP Admin. [#42230]
• Theme: Clean up files that were used during the theme switch and theme preview. [#42420]
• Update composer.lock files. [#41066]
• Update package dependencies. [#40980] [#41659] [#42180] [#42815]
• Update Site Settings link copy. [#41663]
• Use Automattic/jetpack-composer-plugin so jetpack-library packages will be installed in a place where wp i18n will see them. [#41185]

Removed

• Remove the "Personalize Link in Bio" launchpad task. [#41949]
• Remove start page pattern modal. [#41479]
• Use default core welcome tour when the user creates a post for the first time. [#41258]

Fixed

• Admin Color Scheme: Fix the color of the Aquatic color scheme. [#42632]
• Avoid opening Fiverr link when hitting Enter. [#42093]
• Media Library: Ensure Upload from URL shows in the editor. [#41711]
• Do not load ETK on agency sites on all pages. [#41272]
• Filter out the full-site-editing plugin from the active_plugins list if the plugin file doesn't exist. [#41887]
• Use blueberry (modern) scheme for launch site button. [#42605]
• Make email and password available in profile.php on the default view. [#41945]
• Port the fix of the modern color scheme from WP 6.8. [#42462]
• Site Badge: Update styles of the Coming Soon badge. [#42496]
• Site Visibility: Prevent accidental changes to blog_public on the Settings > Reading page. [#42716]
• Verbum: Fix broken block editor. [#41747]

2.7.0

2.7.0 - 2025-01-10

Added

• WordPress.com Features: Add Holiday Snow functionality. [#40478]

Changed

• Newspack Blocks: Update to version 4.5.2. [#40636]
• Updated dependencies. [#40286]
• Updated package dependencies. [#40116] [#40515]

Fixed

• Global Styles: Stop showing the limited global styles notice in distraction-free mode. [#40907]
• Testimonials: Fix a shortcode related bug which ccurs if the column attribute is added and set to 0. [#40896]

2.6.1

2.6.1 - 2024-11-11

Changed

• Internal updates.

2.6.0

2.6.0 - 2024-11-11

Added

• Enable test coverage. [#39961]

Changed

• Admin dashboard: Disable portfolio toggle if theme supports portfolio and site is WoA [#39508]
• Only include wp-polyfill as a script dependency when needed. [#39629]
• Updated package dependencies. [#39288]
• Updated package dependencies. [#39653]
• Update Jetpack Scan link [#39619]

Removed

• Connection: Removed deprecated method features_available [#39442]
• Connection: Removed features_enabled deprecated method [#39475]

Fixed

• Portfolios: Ensure these are enabled and working properly on themes that support portfolios [#39431]
• Stats: Fix top post card on the Insight page [#39691]
• wpcom-block-editor: Support getting the canvas mode from the query string after GB 19.6 [#40045]

2.5.11

2.5.11 - 2024-09-02

Changed

• Internal updates.

2.5.10

2.5.10 - 2024-08-30

Changed

• Internal updates.

2.5.9

2.5.9 - 2024-08-26

Changed

• Updated package dependencies. [#39004]

2.5.8

2.5.8 - 2024-08-21

Changed

• Internal updates.

2.5.7

2.5.7 - 2024-08-19

Changed

• Updated package dependencies. [#38822]