What's new in Wordpress.com for Desktop 8.0.3

Sep 28, 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 for Desktop 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 for Desktop 8.0.1 (Jul 20, 2023)

  • Latest Changes:
  • chore: upgrade jest (and related packages) to v29 (#78786)
  • React 18 (#77046)

New in Wordpress.com for Desktop 8.0.0 (Jun 29, 2023)

  • desktop: update Electron and related package versions.
  • desktop: fix copy shortlink
  • desktop(notifications): add automattcher case and URL fallback
  • desktop: update docs
  • desktop: refine changelog script

New in Wordpress.com for Desktop 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 for Desktop 7.2.0 Beta 1 (Aug 23, 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 for Desktop 7.1.0 (Aug 9, 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)
  • Amend package.json

New in Wordpress.com for Desktop 7.1.0 Beta1 (Jul 27, 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

New in Wordpress.com for Desktop 7.0.6 (Jul 1, 2021)

  • This is the first release of the overhauled WordPress Desktop application. ?? Includes new navigation controls as well as a host of fixes and improvements.
  • 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 for Desktop 7.0.5 (Jun 28, 2021)

  • This is the first release of the overhauled WordPress Desktop application. Includes new navigation controls as well as a host of fixes and improvements.
  • 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 for Desktop 6.0.2 (Aug 18, 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 for Desktop 6.0.1 Beta 1 (Jul 13, 2020)

  • Calypso:
  • Update to Automattic/wp-calypso@1c03224 (#938)
  • 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:
  • Handle unknown editor load failures (#937)

New in Wordpress.com for Desktop 6.0.0 (Jun 29, 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 for Desktop 6.0.0 Beta 4 (Jun 28, 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 Calypso to pull in some bug fixes (#908, #909, #910, #931)
  • Enhancements:
  • Augment print handler (#928)
  • New Features:
  • Spellchecker:
  • Use os-native spellchecker
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where clicking "View Post" after updating/publishing a post broke the app (#908)
  • Fixed a bug where the site setup list would not populate. To address this issue, site setup list on desktop will be disabled until a more comprehensive solution is found. (#909)
  • Fixed a bug where clicking "print recovery codes" would silently fail (#910)
  • Fixed a bug where the Get Help card would open the wrong "Domains" link (#931)
  • Testing:
  • Disable logout test (#894)

New in Wordpress.com for Desktop 6.0.0 Beta 3 (Jun 23, 2020)

  • 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 Calypso to pull in some bug fixes (#907)
  • 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 for Desktop 6.0.0 Beta 2 (Jun 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@6fcf873 with "My Home" card (#901)
  • New Features:
  • Spellchecker:
  • Use os-native spellchecker
  • Testing:
  • Disable logout test (#894)

New in Wordpress.com for Desktop 5.2.0 (May 30, 2020)

  • 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 for Desktop 5.1.1 (May 18, 2020)

  • 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 for Desktop 5.1.1 Beta 1 (May 7, 2020)

  • 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 for Desktop 5.1.0 (May 5, 2020)

  • Windows:
  • Update with renewed codesigning cert (#843)
  • General:
  • Automate Github release notes (#848)
  • Deploy with ghr (#846)
  • Migrate calypso to yarn (#806)
  • New Features:
  • Logging:
  • Persist and export application logs (#814)
  • Improvements:
  • Tooling:
  • Add Windows dev tooling (#822

New in Wordpress.com for Desktop 5.1.0 Beta 1 (Apr 20, 2020)

  • Build:
  • Windows:
  • Update with renewed codesigning cert (#843)
  • General:
  • Automate Github release notes (#848)
  • Deploy with ghr (#846)
  • Migrate calypso to yarn (#806)
  • New Features:
  • Logging:
  • Persist and export application logs (#814)
  • Improvements:
  • Tooling:
  • Add Windows dev tooling (#822)

New in Wordpress.com for Desktop 5.0.1 Beta 1 (Mar 24, 2020)

  • [tests] Disable auto-update check (#818)

New in Wordpress.com for Desktop 5.0.0 Beta 2 (Feb 13, 2020)

  • Amend how application icons are packaged

New in Wordpress.com for Desktop 5.0.0 Beta 1 (Feb 11, 2020)

  • Improved robustness of spellchecking on Windows, Mac and Linux (in both Gutenberg and Classic editors)
  • Shiny new icons!

New in Wordpress.com for Desktop 4.4.0 Beta 4 (Oct 16, 2019)

  • Fix Login request on critical locations

New in Wordpress.com for Desktop 4.4.0 Beta 1 (Oct 2, 2019)

  • Update Calypso

New in Wordpress.com for Desktop 4.2.0 Beta 1 (May 27, 2019)

  • Bump Calypso to pull the new nav bars

New in Wordpress.com for Desktop 4.0.0 Beta 1 (Feb 25, 2019)

  • Fix CircleCI config