Jetpack 16.4: One Protect page, a new Backup dashboard, and more

By Devin Walker on November 3, 2026

Jetpack 16.4: new features, improvements and fixes, next to the new Backup dashboard in wp-admin.

Jetpack 16.4 is out now. A lot of this release is about doing more without leaving your dashboard, starting with security and backups. Here’s what’s new.

All of your security on one page

Scan, Firewall, Login protection and Downtime monitoring now live together on one page, Jetpack → Protect. You can check whether your site is safe, fix threats, test your firewall and change any security setting there, without a trip to Jetpack Cloud or Settings → Security.

Before: security settings spread across Settings → Security, a Scan link to Jetpack Cloud, My Jetpack, At a Glance and the Jetpack Protect plugin. Now: one Jetpack → Protect page.

Your security tools used to live in five places. Now they live in one.

“Protect” replaces the “Scan ” link in the Jetpack menu. It’s on by default for sites running the Jetpack plugin, and WordPress.com sites get it soon. We’ll share a closer look at the new page tomorrow.

A new Backup dashboard

The Backup dashboard in wp-admin has been rebuilt. Pick any backup to see what it holds and browse its files, then restore your site to that point or download it.

You can also choose when your daily backup runs and how many days of backups to keep, right from the dashboard. Backups in the Activity Log open straight to that backup, and backups that finished with warnings can now be opened and restored too.

The Backup dashboard listing recent backups, with one backup's files open and the "Days of backups saved" dialog set to 30 days.

Browse a backup’s files, restore or download it, and choose how long backups are kept.

Trim and cut your videos

VideoPress has a new “Trim & cut” editor. Trim the start or end of a video, or cut a section out of the middle, then save over the original or keep it as a new video. You’ll find it in the VideoPress dashboard and in the Video block’s toolbar.

The VideoPress Trim & cut timeline with two sections marked for removal and "4.0s removed" shown for the selected cut.

Mark the parts you don’t want, and VideoPress takes them out.

A comment form that fits your theme

If you use Jetpack Comments, your comment form has been rebuilt. It picks up your theme’s styling now, so the old “Color scheme” setting is gone. Commenters can format their text, add links, and drop in an image or an embed from sites WordPress trusts, like YouTube. Images only show once a comment is approved.

Simpler plans with Jetpack Pro

Starting today, there are two paid Jetpack plans to choose from, Pro and Complete. Jetpack Pro is $29 a month, billed yearly, and includes everything in Complete, from security and backups to VideoPress and AI, with lower limits on things like backup storage and Stats views.

Both plans renew at the price you paid, so there’s no first-year discount that doubles when it’s time to renew. Jetpack Security and Jetpack Growth are no longer sold to new customers. If you already have one of them, nothing changes and your plan keeps renewing as it does today. You can also switch from either one to Pro, with credit for the time left on your current plan. Take a look at both plans.