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changelog.txt

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 == Changelog ==
 
+= 5.8 =
+
+* Release date: February 6, 2018
+* Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-731
+
+**Major Enhancements**
+
+* [Lazy Images](https://jetpack.com/support/lazy-images/): after a Beta
+period, you can now enable this new feature from Jetpack > Settings in your
+dashboard.
+* [Elasticsearch-powered
+search](https://jetpack.com/features/design/elasticsearch-powered-search/):
+also out of Beta! We've improved the way data is indexed behind the scenes,
+and made changes to the Search widget and its filters. (Elasticsearch is a
+trademark of Elasticsearch BV, registered in the U.S. and in other countries.)
+
+**Enhancements**
+
+* Comment moderation tools: moderation emails now point to WordPress.com when
+using the `edit_links_calypso_redirect` option.
+* Custom CSS: add CSS Grid Layout support.
+* Dashboard: update list of features available in Paid plans.
+* Dashboard: improve the display of notices inside the Jetpack dashboard.
+* Dashboard: update content displayed in the Jetpack dashboard when not
+connected to WordPress.com.
+* Development mode: improve the display of the development notice.
+* General: add a new filter, `jetpack_active_modules`, allowing site owners to
+filter the list of active modules.
+* Notices: add rel tags to notice links to avoid issues when links open in a
+new window.
+* Onboarding: add functionality for saving Business Address in the Contact
+Info widget.
+* Onboarding: save site type during site setup process.
+* Onboarding: enable loading of specific modules when using the Onboarding
+process.
+* Post Images: allow passing size when searching for images in HTML.
+* REST API: update the plugin installation process to use a new library.
+* REST API: allow changing the number of posts displayed in the RSS feed, and
+whether feeds display full text or a summary.
+* REST API: simplify our invites endpoint.
+* Sharing: make sure the Whatsapp button works on mobile and on desktop.
+* Sharing: add new filter, `wp_sharing_email_send_post_subject`, to allow
+modifying the email sharing subject line.
+* Shortcodes: update the GettyImages shortcode to use the new format required
+by GettyImages.
+* Site Settings: add support for site language and timezone settings.
+* Sync: improve synchronization of user actions, theme and plugin edits /
+updates, post status, updates on Multisite networks, Protect events, and
+WooCommerce's meta data.
+* WordAds: enable the Ads in the header by default.
+* WordAds: add filters so site owners can control the display of the ads via
+code as well.
+
+**Improved compatibility**
+
+* Lazy Images: fix issues with the Gazette theme.
+* Open Graph: add Open Graph Metabox to the list of conflicting plugins.
+* Masterbar: fix incompatibility with BeaverBuilder plugin.
+* PHP 7.2: fix issues when running Jetpack with PHP 7.2.
+
+**Bug fixes**
+
+* Carousel: fix PHP Notice with images using custom meta.
+* Dashboard: make sure all links to WordPress.com point to the right site's
+settings on WordPress.com.
+* Dashboard: update links to the plugin interface on WordPress.com to load the
+full plugin management page.
+* General: fix images shown in the dashboard when Jetpack is installed in a
+directory different than `jetpack`.
+* Lazy Images: make sure Lazy Load can be triggered even when images are added
+to the content very late.
+* Stats: make sure the Stats script is XHTML compliant.
+* Widgets: Mailchimp - avoid conflicts with jQuery UI.
+
 = 5.7.1 =
 
 * Release date: January 16, 2018

readme.txt

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 == Changelog ==
 
+= 5.9 =
+
+* Release date: March 6, 2018
+* Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-7mW
+
+**Major Enhancements**
+
+* WooCommerce Analytics: Added a new module for WooCommerce analytics that will use Jetpack's analytics functionality to help you track activity on your WooCommerce store.
+* Custom Content Types: Added support for excerpts on Testimonial and Portfolio.
+
+**Enhancements**
+
+* Activity Log: Improved the way we show failed login attempts in Jetpack's Activity Log.
+* Admin Page: We now hide settings for Lazy Images and Photon in the Admin page when the modules are not enabled due to being filtered out by jetpack_get_available_modules.
+* Admin Page: Now we only show the dismissal button in Apps card of the Jetpack Dashboard for admin users.
+* Build: Added a pre-commit hook for linting the Jetpack Admin Page source code. This aids in finding common syntax and style problems before having to wait for automated tests to run.
+* JSON API: We removed an obsolete endpoint for updating invites.
+* Onboarding: Added the ability to configure the country for a business address the using the Onboarding functionality of Jetpack.
+* Onboarding: Added the ability to enable the stats module when using the Onboarding functionality.
+* Onboarding: We now delete the onboarding token when the site gets connected.
+* Jetpack Start: Updated scripts for partners allowing to pass a tracking ID when provisioning or cancelling a plan which will help in debugging.
+* Jetpack Start: Improved the documentation for partners so they're now able to get them right on the Jetpack's Github repository under the docs/partners directory.
+* Plans: Correctly forward the client IP address for currency localization.
+* Plans: Updated the copy-text on Jetpack's Admin page for plans to be more concise on the features of each plan.
+* REST API: Added a plans endpoint to Jetpack's REST API to better handle the features of each Jetpack plan internally.
+* Search Implicitly activate Jetpack Search when attempting to add the Jetpack Search widget.
+* Search: Updated the Jetpack Search settings card to be more helpful in setting up the widget.
+* Search: We made the "Add Jetpack Search Widget" link in the Search module settings card open the widgets section of the customizer.
+* Search: Move any active search widgets to the inactive list if you disable the search module.
+* Search: Only log mysql and ES query times that are less than 60 seconds. There are some outliers that mess up our stats.
+* Sync: Improved the way widget titles are synchronized to WordPress.com servers when widgets are saved or updated.
+* Twitter Cards: Added new jetpack_twitter_image_default filter to allow themes and plugins to customize twitter:image when no suitable image is found automatically.
+* We updated the way we handle Jetpack's green color in out stylesheets for better compatibility with Jetpack's new logo.
+
+**Improved compatibility**
+
+* Admin Page: Jetpack's Admin Page javascript code is now fully compatible with React 16.
+* JSON API: Updated the modules endpoint Jetpack's JSON API to reply with a new property `override` that indicates if a module was either enabled or disabled by a filter.
+* Lazy Images: Updated the library used as IntersectionObserver for Lazy Images. We now use the W3C IntersectionObserver polyfill.
+* Lazy Images: Jetpack now allows the lazy images module to skip images with the skip-lazy css class or any given class of your choice by using the jetpack_lazy_images_blacklisted_classes filter.
+* Masterbar: Updated the sign out button behaviour of the Masterbar to not sign you out of WordPress.com when you sign out of your site for regular Jetpack sites.
+* REST API: Updated the modules endpoint in Jetpack's REST API to be aware of modules that have been filtered through option_jetpack_active_modules allowing for better compatibility with custom Jetpack installation where the administrator decides to filter out specific Jetpack modules.
+* Sync: Added the jetpack_sync_action_before_enqueue action that's done when anything gets enqueued before being synchronized to WordPress.com servers.
+
+**Bug fixes**
+
+* Admin Page: Removed all linting warnings for the JS code of the Admin page. These were only shown in development builds.
+* Connect: Fixed an issue that sometimes resulted in a notice being shown about another user already having connected a Jetpack site when attempting to connect your site to WordPress.com
+* General: Added suppress_filters param to get_posts / get_children function calls.
+* Markdown: Updated WordAds code to not use create_function which is getting deprecated in PHP 7.2.
+* Sync: Fixed a problem in Jetpack Sync code when trying to get property of non-object in the post syncing file.
+* Sync: Stopped synchronizing the sitemap post types to WordPress.com servers as it was an issue given the size of these.
+* Tracks events: Track events are logged now only if the user has accepted ToS and not just if Jetpack is connected.
+* Widget Visibility: Added a decodeEntities function in widget-conditions.js to handle entity decoding for the minor conditions dropdown.
+* WordAds: Updated WordAds code to not use create_function which is getting deprecated in PHP 7.2.
+
 = 5.8 =
 
 * Release date: February 6, 2018