Jetpack Goes Modular With More Features Now Available as Individual Plugins – WP Tavern
Jetpack announced immediately that it’s splitting out six of its hottest options into particular person plugins. Automattic experiences that the corporate obtained suggestions from builders and website homeowners asking for the power to make use of particular parts of Jetpack as a part of their very own “tech stack” of plugins.
The six options that at the moment are out there as particular person plugins embrace the next:
- Jetpack Backup
Actual-time website backups on Automattic’s cloud infrastructure - Jetpack Defend
Scan for vulnerabilities in WordPress core, themes, and plugins at no cost - Jetpack Increase
Enhance website velocity and search engine optimisation at no cost in just some clicks - Jetpack Social
Routinely share new posts and merchandise on social channels at no cost - Jetpack Search
Assist guests discover what they’re searching for - Jetpack CRM
Streamline communication, present higher customer support, and develop gross sales
Three of these plugins had been already out there as separate plugins (Backup, CRM, and Increase). The Defend, Increase, CRM, and Social plugins are free to make use of. Backup and Search require a paid plan with the intention to work. Jetpack representatives confirmed these three plugins fall beneath the WordPress.org guidelines for SaaS connection plugins.
For years builders have criticized Jetpack for being “bloated,” bundling too many options. In 2019, Jetpack acknowledged that the plugin had a discovery downside, the place customers who weren’t totally conversant in the plugin’s dozens of modules ended up putting in plugins to carry out performance that Jetpack already consists of. Automattic tried to unravel this by promoting paid upgrades as feature suggestions on the plugin search screen, a controversial transfer that violated the plugin listing’s pointers and was promptly reversed.
The concept behind splitting out extra options into particular person plugins is that Jetpack customers will be capable to set up solely what they want as an alternative of assuming the overhead for the all-in-one plugin. That is additionally a strategic change for Jetpack because it makes an attempt to market its bulk licensing choices for agencies. A extra modular Jetpack shall be extra interesting to builders and Automattic plans to separate out extra options into particular person plugins sooner or later.
“Over time, the merchandise that exist as particular person plugins could also be extracted from the unique one, however irrespective of which plugin you begin with, the expertise of including options shall be seamless,” Automattic progress marketer Simon Keating stated.
The 5 million Jetpack customers who’re utilizing the all-in-one-plugin is not going to expertise any adjustments as the results of immediately’s information. As extra options grow to be particular person plugins, customers will nonetheless be capable to set up what they need from a single interface.
