At Jetpack, we are continuously working to develop a better product for you and your website. This month, we launched a revamped Carousel and made improvements to compatibility with WordPress 5.8.
Give your portfolio the space it deserves
With Jetpack 9.9, we make it easier to highlight your photography in a gorgeous full-screen carousel. We optimized performance and usability, particularly when swiping and zooming on mobile devices.

And More
- Improved compatibility with the upcoming version of WordPress, version 5.8
- Shipped several under the hood improvements for an enhanced Jetpack experience
Come join us!
We continue to grow and have some exciting open positions available at our parent company Automattic, including in Engineering, Product, Marketing, Business Development, HR, Customer Support, and more.
Work for us, from anywhere: https://automattic.com/work-with-us/

A big thank you to everyone who contributed to this release!
Adrian Moldovan, Alex, Andrei Demian, Andrew Serong, Andy Peatling, Aurorum, Ben Dwyer, Bernie Reiter, Bogdan Ungureanu, Brad Jorsch, Brandon Kraft, Brian Colinger, Bryan Elliott, Camilla Krag Jensen, Chris R, Collyn Philleo, Damián Suárez, Foteini Giannaropoulou, Glen Davies, Grant Kinney, Harris Papazolgou, Jason Moon, Jasper Kang, Jeremy Herve, Kim Brown, Marcelo Serpa, Matthew Denton, Miguel Torres, Ramon, Renzo Canepa, Samiff, Sergey Mitroshin, Sérgio Gomes, Steve D, Tugdual de Kerviler, William Viana, Yaroslav Kukharuk, Rob Pugh, Linas Norvaiša, Leo Germani, Staci Cooper, Alexander Concha
Showed the first three photos – then stopped showing anything other than the title.
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Thanks for reaching out! I’d recommend reaching out to support with some additional information, including details about the site and the post where the issue is occurring. Any other info, such as if this happens for all posts, or only some, would be very helpful as well!
You can contact support here: https://jetpack.com/contact-support/?rel=support&hpi=1
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The old Carousel used to show the title, the caption AND the long description (excerpt). The new one only shows the title. Can this be customized?
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Thanks for letting us know, that’s a good point! This is something we’re looking into. If you’d like, you can follow along with the progress of the issue here: https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/issues/20295
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This is great! How does one get involved with early release and the development process?
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Thanks for your interest! If you’d like to test Jetpack releases early, you can download and install our Jetpack Beta plugin from here: https://jetpack.com/download-jetpack-beta/
You can also follow along with Jetpack development in our Github repository here: https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack
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Is it possible to disable meta data like camera etc?
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Yes! You can disable the meta data under Jetpack -> Settings -> Writing and then disable the the option for “Show photo Exif metadata in carousel (when available)”. There’s more info on the support page here: https://jetpack.com/support/carousel/
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