What's new in WordPress.com 8.0.3
Sep 29, 2023
- chore(deps): update unit test packages (#81328)
- Upgrade Playwright to 1.37. (#80737)
- chore(deps): update unit test packages (#80525)
New in WordPress.com 8.0.2 (Aug 17, 2023)
- Desktop App: remove dependency on Keytar for Windows 32bit compatibility. (#80077)
- desktop/package.json (#79409)
New in WordPress.com 8.0.1 (Jul 20, 2023)
- chore: upgrade jest (and related packages) to v29 (#78786)
- React 18 (#77046)
New in WordPress.com 8.0.0 (Jun 30, 2023)
- desktop: update Electron and related package versions. (github/Automattic/wp-calypso#78098)
- desktop: fix copy shortlink (github/Automattic/wp-calypso#56477)
- desktop(notifications): add automattcher case and URL fallback (github/Automattic/wp-calypso#56255)
- desktop: update docs (github/Automattic/wp-calypso#56228)
- desktop: refine changelog script (github/Automattic/wp-calypso#55623)
New in WordPress.com 7.2.0 (Sep 7, 2021)
- Desktop: Fix social logins so they can function in the Desktop app (#55562)
- Desktop: enable dynamic feature flags for development (#54623)
- Desktop: fix magic link notice (#55500)
- Desktop: use calypso.live for desktop TeamCity e2e (#55323)
- Desktop: fix devtools, reload and zoom menu items (#54524)
- Desktop: exempt net error 27 from "failed to load" handler (#55139)
- Desktop: Add instructions when trying to login with an email link (#55212)
- Desktop: refine home button behavior (#55210)
- Update/desktop win tile icons (#54845)
- Chore: migrate desktop/app to import/order (#55094)
- Chore: migrate desktop/e2e to import/order (#54955)
New in WordPress.com 7.1.0 (Aug 15, 2021)
- Desktop: update electron and key dependencies (#54175)
- Desktop(windows): fix window restoration on icon double-click (#54562)
- Chore: migrate webpack configs to import/order (#54584)
- Desktop(ci): fix macOS notarization (#54193)
- Amend package.json
- Mac: fix notarization
New in WordPress.com 7.0.5 (Jun 29, 2021)
- New title bar with navigation controls to enable easier back, forward and home access.
- Updated icons on Linux, Mac and Windows.
- Refine how links are opened in the app when triggered with about:blank or window.open
- Better handling of code=-30 ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CSP request failures
- Some fixes for notification payload parsing
- Add "network disconnected" error message
New in WordPress.com 6.0.2 (Aug 21, 2020)
- Auto-Update:
- Point auto-updater to wp-calypso
- Continous Integration:
- Add check to fail if tag version doesn't match package.json (#939)
- Add step to validate tag matches version in package.json
- Enhancements:
- Configure YML indentation in .editorconfig
New in WordPress.com 6.0.1 (Aug 17, 2020)
- Calypso:
- Update to Automattic/wp-calypso@77f169c (#947)
- Continous Integration:
- Remove Slack notifications (#936)
- Fix ignore path for import branch (#926)
- Ignore wp-desktop migration branch (#925)
- Send PR # and author back to canary bridge (#905)
- Add Slack notifications for Calypso PRs (#903)
- Accept user name and PR number (#902)
- Fixes:
- Update Calypso to fix #942 (#946)
- Fix updater and SSO dialog prompts (#944)
- Handle unknown editor load failures (#937)
New in WordPress.com 6.0.0 (Jul 10, 2020)
- Build:
- CI:
- Isolate canary from wp-desktop workflows (#898)
- General:
- Update to Electron v8 LTS
- Convert desktop/server/server module to ESM for better Calypso import compat (#890)
- Calypso:
- Update to Automattic/wp-calypso@6d53da1 to fix bug (#933)
- Enhancements:
- Augment print handler (#928)
- New Features:
- Spellchecker:
- Use os-native spellchecker
- Fixes:
- Open "View Post" in an external browser (#924)
- Testing:
- Disable logout test (#894)
New in WordPress.com 5.2.0 (Jun 2, 2020)
- Build:
- Changelog:
- Log only latest calypso update (#888)
- General:
- Persist e2e app executables for inspection (#889)
- Update semantic types (#875)
- Calypso:
- Update to Automattic/wp-calypso@a0bdabe
- New Features:
- Allow Jetpack Gutenberg users to enable SSO
- Testing:
- Temporarily disable flakey signup test (#885)
- Add linux e2e testing (#874)
New in WordPress.com 5.1.1 (May 19, 2020)
- Build:
- Add mac build step to calypso canary workflow (#870)
- Optimize BAU non-release build times (#869)
- Replace npm with yarn (#863)
New in WordPress.com 5.1.0 (May 5, 2020)
- Build:
- General:
- Automate Github release notes (#848)
- Deploy with ghr (#846)
- Migrate calypso to yarn (#806)
- New Features:
- Logging:
- Persist and export application logs (#814)
New in WordPress.com 3.4.0 (Aug 6, 2018)
- Docs: Fix https typo
- Docs: Fix origin and redirect URLs
- Fix Canary Test: Replace spectron with electron-mocha (#482)
- Improve spell checker (#447)
- Upgrade Babel to 7.0.0 beta 53 (#477)
- Updated readme on how to build the app from this repo
- Update secrets.md docs to recommend a Type: native OAuth token (#474)
- Update to node 10.5.0 in calypso (#463)
New in WordPress.com 3.1.0 (Nov 24, 2017)
- Use node’s URL parsing when checking external links
- Don’t allow links to be dropped into window
- Bump to Node 6.11.5.
- Fix missing icon on error pages
- Split boot file into a preload script
- Fixed one missing NVM version
- Add a link handler exception for 127.0.0.1
New in WordPress.com 3.0.0 (Nov 17, 2017)
- Resolve json imports the same as js imports.
- Fix showing up an error when another instance of the app is trying to be launched.
- Update Calypso to pull in oauth-token lib fix.
New in WordPress.com 2.9.0 (Oct 10, 2017)
- Fix GHR
- Fix npm dependencies
- Set to a new OS level by setting Xcode version
- Fix a path error
- Fixing distribution with node version conflict
- Secrets and directory wrangling
- Update node dependencies to match Calypso
- Spellchecker bump
New in WordPress.com 2.6.0 (Jul 6, 2017)
- Updated Calypso and version number
- Preview: Ignore x-frame-options for iframes (#308)
- Include fix from Automattic/wp-calypso#15429
- Pin dependencies; fixes issue with spellchecker specifically.
- Updates node & npm requirements to match Calypso
- Update node version for CircleCI to current
New in WordPress.com 2.5.0 (May 24, 2017)
- Improved notifications panel performance, drag & drop for featured images, fixed a few Reader issues.
New in WordPress.com 2.4.0 (Apr 25, 2017)
- Fix: Extensions loader in webpack
- Fix issue with component-closest
New in WordPress.com 2.3.0 (Apr 7, 2017)
- Docs: Add note on updating Calypso.
- Update Makefile check for makensis version.
- Build: Use the new minified names.
- Fix non-Mac build where makensis binary does not exist.
- Updated makefile to work with single build.js.
- Build: Revert relative path to lib/config in desktop folder.
New in WordPress.com 2.2.0 (Jan 26, 2017)
- Fixing a break with calypso’s `desktop/2.2.0`:
- Webpack was configured in the calypso project without updating the desktop project (Automattic/wp-calypso#9575).
New in WordPress.com 1.9.0 (Nov 2, 2016)
- Fixed issues:
- Theme Showcase: Enable Server-Side Rendering #245
- Theme Showcase: Enable baseline Server-Side Rendering for logged-out users #8870
New in WordPress.com 1.8.0 (Oct 5, 2016)
- Circle CI:Updating Node version to 6.1.0.
- Updating Calypso to a18a81ab1662960dbe46a93251c16fef5a043db9.
- Fixed centering for the UI that pops up for the DMG.
- Update electron to latest (1.3.5).
- Fixed a break caused by latest Calypso.
- Fixed bug where we were unable to access electron.screen for Electron >= 1.1.1.
- Fixed error with builder.js.
- Advanced SEO: Fixes preview nudge breaking the app on load.
- Adds a module replacement entry to the webpack configuration to noop the SeoPreviewNudge component until we can extract the shared functionality.
New in WordPress.com 1.4.0 (Aug 3, 2016)
- Update classes used to target layout elements.
New in WordPress.com 1.3.6 (Jul 30, 2016)
- Fixed:
- Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory error on Mac.
New in WordPress.com 1.3.1 (Apr 1, 2016)
- Calypso Improvements:
- Fix settings link within individual site
- Fix excerpt on admin posts page
- Desktop App:
- Improve exception handling on start, should help with network errors #125
- Add context menus, #116
- Fix spellcheck contractions for Mac and Linux #124 #119
- Add preference to enable/disable spellcheck #118 #137
- Note: This release disables Spellcheck by default due to performance issues with large posts, can be reenabled within preferences. Also introduces an issue with spellcheck for Windows, which is disabled see #128
New in WordPress.com 1.3.0 (Mar 4, 2016)
- Desktop App:
- Fix #86 - Clean up after Windows
- Fix #99 - Overcome corrupt settings file
- Calypso - Core Application:
- WordPress.com Signup from within the app.
- New "Help" section.
- Improved Site Picker component (recent sites).
- Use system fonts for UI plus better Merriweather rendering.
- Faster rendering of Posts.
- Live preview fixes for private sites.
- Better All Sites icon.
- Editor bug fixes and enhancements.
- Added new edit icon link for sites.
- More robust featured image handling in Reader and Posts sections.
New in WordPress.com 1.2.7 (Feb 12, 2016)
- Add clientid check for production release, ensure that proper id is used so production doesnt force log everyone out.
- Remove unused CSS.
- process.exit on unhandledException.
- Add uncaughtException handler.
- Move path resolution for public to separate module.
- Only trigger callback after server starts.
- Move windows icons to public desktop.
- Adjust image placement in DMG.
- Tune positions of icons in DMG file.
New in WordPress.com 1.2.1 (Dec 30, 2015)
- New Features:
- Mac/Windows - spell detection in editor, now undrlinez mizpelld wurds
- Bump to Electron 0.36.0
- Bump Calypso to https://github.com/Automattic/wp-calypso/tree/2536145329d985ba296d04645b4289c3edd6ab3e