"Deprecated: Class Jetpack_Geo_Location" Error Message on Sites

[bizanimesh]

Impacted plugin

Jetpack

Quick summary

After upgrading to Jetpack version 14.3, users are encountering the following deprecated notice both on the website and in the WordPress admin dashboard:

Deprecated: Class Jetpack_Geo_Location is deprecated since version 14.3 with no alternative available. in /home/eueu3893/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114.

The issue doesn't appear to be because of any other plugin/theme, as for one of the users, I tried plugin/theme dance, but that didn't resolve the issue.

Can we check the source of the issue for this?

For now, I'm asking the user to set WP_DEBUG to FALSE in the wp-config.php file to remove the error message.

Steps to reproduce

Not Known (I can't see the issue on my test site)

Site owner impact

Fewer than 20% of the total website/platform users

Severity

Major

What other impact(s) does this issue have?

No revenue impact

If a workaround is available, please outline it here.

No response

Platform (Simple and/or Atomic)

Self-hosted

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OpenAI suggested the following labels for this issue:

• [Feature Group] Support: The issue requires support for users experiencing error messages after a plugin upgrade.
• [Feature] Geo Location: The deprecated class mentioned in the issue is specifically related to the Geo Location functionality of the Jetpack plugin.
• [Feature] Error Reporting: This issue involves a deprecated error message that needs reporting to help improve plugin stability.

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Support References

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• 9247535-zen
• 9387858-zen

[bizanimesh]

Reported in:

• 9247535-zd-a8c
• 9387858-zd-a8c

[bizanimesh]

Quick Update: The issue will most likely be fixed in v14.5.

• Source: p1738852553098649/1738833817.851799-slack-CDLH4C1UZ

[coder-karen]

Just to add some additional clarification - these deprecation notices were intentional. They are just particularly noisy as some core themes - Twenty Fifteen, Nineteen, Seventeen, Sixteen, Twenty, and Twenty One - all have included support for this feature (which we've actually included via Jetpack, it doesn't come from the theme itself).

Relevant P2: pfwV0U-kl-p2

[dd32]

As a workaround, a site can remove the Jetpack theme support feature through a mu-plugin.

<?php
/**
 * Disable Jetpack's geo-module theme supports.
 *
 * @see https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/issues/41655
 */
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', function() {
	remove_theme_support( 'jetpack-geo-location' );
}, 20 );

IMHO the jetpack compat theme-supports should've been removed when the module was disabled.

[coder-karen]

Thanks for mentioning the snippet @dd32 . To add to that as well, for self-hosted sites that same snippet could be added to a functionality plugin: https://jetpack.com/support/adding-code-snippets/

[campbell-m]

Thanks for the workaround. I was suffering from this issue and can confirm that the workaround works, though I agree that it shouldn't be necessary in the first place.