I’ve already spoken at length about the wonders of Retina displays, so go check that out if you want to see why they’re the cat’s pajamas. Right now I want to tell you what it means for you, a sophisticated Jetpack user: We’ve updated all the icons in Jetpack, including the Sharing ones, all the […]
They say the first million is the hardest, and it’s true: it took Jetpack 13 months to get its first million downloads. However maybe doubling is easier. In the past 4 months Jetpack has doubled its downloads and flown past 2 million downloads from WordPress.org, tripling its growth in just a few short months. What’s […]
This has been a pretty exciting year for Jetpack, with numerous updates like countries being added to stats, subscriptions, contact forms, Jetpack comments, Carousel, and there’s some even more exciting things in the pipeline. But despite the incredible adoption of the plugin and positive feedback we’ve been getting, Jetpack only has 3 of 5 possible […]
Version 1.5 of Jetpack is now available for download or upgrade in your dashboards. This release features a new module called the Carousel, which gives you awesome full-screen galleries like this: You can find out more on this WordPress.com post announcing the same. Yes you read that right, the same day it’s released on WP.com […]
The wait is finally over. You’ve been asking for it for months and we are finally ready to ship it. Jetpack Comments has arrived! We’re breaking down the barriers between you and your audience. When someone reads an article on your site and wants to comment, they can now use one of their existing social […]
Jetpack 1.3 is here and adds a new feature: Contact Forms. If you’ve used WordPress.com’s Contact Forms or Grunion Contact Form, Jetpack’s new feature should look familiar. To create a contact form, click the contact form icon above the post editor. A popup will appear allowing you to add, edit, and reorder the fields you […]
We’re pleased to announce Jetpack has been downloaded over 1 million times. We’re happy so many of you are using features from WordPress.com to make your blogs better. For fun: If the monitor you are looking at now has a resolution of 1280 x 800, that’s 1,024,000 pixels A million seconds = 11.57 days There […]
Jetpack 1.2.3 is a bug fix and security release. Please update. Changes in 1.2.3: Expands t.co URLs in the Twitter widget Fixes some WordPress MultiSite issues Fixes most “loading title” stats issues Fixes a rare infinite redirect loop bug Stops sending subscription emails if the subscriptions feature is turned off in Jetpack Correctly displays your […]
With the addition of email subscriptions in Jetpack 1.2, one common question is: is it possible to view your list of subscribers? The good news: you can. The bad news: it’s disturbingly hard to find. Unless you posess psychic powers, or you are one of the programmers who worked on this, you’re unlikely to find […]
Version 1.2.2 fixes a few small bugs that affected a small percentage of sites. The expected modules get reactivated correctly during unusual upgrade paths. I’m looking at you, Sharing Module. Theme compatibility (in particular the Koi theme) has been improved for subscriptions. A reference to an unused CSS background image has been removed. Subscription requests […]
