Backport jetpack 16.3-a.3 changes - #52573

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Backports changes for jetpack 16.3-a.3

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+              - Add a Product ID field, shipping and handling fees, a discount, and flat-amount tax, and check fees and tax rates against what the currency allows. [#52301]
+              ### Changed
+              - Open a saved payment link on its details in the block settings sidebar, with the form behind "Edit". [#52372]

tbradsha Sep 21, 2026

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Not sure what this one means.

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+              ### Fixed
+              - Keep a block's payment link at PayPal when the block is removed. [#52463]
+              - Show a notice when opening a post picks up changes made to the payment link elsewhere. [#52302]
+              - Stop a save overwriting payment link settings before the block has loaded them, and keep a value edited while the link is still loading. [#52418]

tbradsha Sep 21, 2026

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I'm guessing it means this:

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            - Stop a save overwriting payment link settings before the block has loaded them, and keep a value edited while the link is still loading. [#52418]
          
            - Prevent payment link settings from being overwritten on save before the block has loaded them, and keep values that were edited while the link is still loading. [#52418]

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+              ## [0.8.0] - 2026-09-21
+              ### Added
+              - Add an author detail page with the author's views, popular and latest posts, and top viewed posts. It is not linked from the reports yet. [#52312]

tbradsha Sep 21, 2026

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            - Add an author detail page with the author's views, popular and latest posts, and top viewed posts. It is not linked from the reports yet. [#52312]
          
            - Add an author detail page with the author's views, popular and latest posts, and top viewed posts. [#52312]

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+              ## [0.87.1] - 2026-09-21
+              ### Changed
+              - Connections: On WordPress.com sites, open the Instagram Business help link as the WordPress.com support doc inside the Help Center. [#52436]

tbradsha Sep 21, 2026

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            - Connections: On WordPress.com sites, open the Instagram Business help link as the WordPress.com support doc inside the Help Center. [#52436]
          
            - Connections: Open the Instagram Business help link as the WordPress.com support doc inside the Help Center on WordPress.com sites. [#52436]

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+              ### Fixed
+              - Dashboard: Restore the admin screen ID after the wp-build enqueue check. [#52471]
+              - Fix author schema describing the wrong user on sites that use a third-party author plugin. [#52379]
+              - Fix the Settings tab failing to load on sites where a page title structure had been cleared from WordPress.com. [#52100]

tbradsha Sep 21, 2026

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            - Fix the Settings tab failing to load on sites where a page title structure had been cleared from WordPress.com. [#52100]
          
            - Ensure the Settings tab no longer fails to load on sites where a page title structure had been cleared from WordPress.com. [#52100]

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+              ### Fixed
+              - Dashboard: Restore the admin screen ID after the wp-build enqueue check. [#52471]
+              - Fix author schema describing the wrong user on sites that use a third-party author plugin. [#52379]

tbradsha Sep 21, 2026

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Suggested change

      
            - Fix author schema describing the wrong user on sites that use a third-party author plugin. [#52379]
          
            - Ensure the author schema describes the correct user on sites that use a third-party author plugin. [#52379]

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+              - AI: Show one notice explaining why Jetpack AI is unavailable, worded the same on the Overview and AI Features tabs. [#52260]
+              - Daily Writing Prompt: Stop offering the Write editor after a switch to the Block editor. [#52230]
+              - Donations Form: Replace the "Accept Donations with Stripe" modal with a link to Stripe's donation requirements. [#52313]
+              - Forms: Add a Done button to the conditional logic rules dialog, and open the Conditional logic panel by default on a field that has conditions. [#52347]

tbradsha Sep 21, 2026

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Suggested change

      
            - Forms: Add a Done button to the conditional logic rules dialog, and open the Conditional logic panel by default on a field that has conditions. [#52347]
          
            - Forms: Add a "Done" button to the conditional logic rules dialog, and open the Conditional logic panel by default on a field that has conditions. [#52347]

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+              - My Jetpack: Show the Jetpack menu notification badge when a connection error is detected. [#52332]
+              - Newsletter: Show the email itself in the email design canvas, and limit editing there to the Styles panel. [#52283]
+              - Search: Show each of the No Results block's empty-state messages as it will appear to visitors while editing, and tell the messages apart by name when browsing the page structure. [#51530]
+              - Settings: On WordPress.com sites, open the "Learn more" links in the Help Center as WordPress.com support docs. [#52436]

tbradsha Sep 21, 2026

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Suggested change

      
            - Settings: On WordPress.com sites, open the "Learn more" links in the Help Center as WordPress.com support docs. [#52436]
          
            - Settings: Open the Instagram Business help link as the WordPress.com support doc inside the Help Center on WordPress.com sites. [#52436]

haqadn added 3 commits

September 22, 2026 12:00


          Changelog: apply review suggestions for 16.3-a.3

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          Changelog: rewrite and split the entries flagged in review

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          Changelog: resort entries after the review edits

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haqadn commented Sep 22, 2026

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Thanks for the review @tbradsha! I've taken in your suggestion. Merging.

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