I’ve just released version 2.7.5 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes minor updates for plugins and themes.
For complete details, visit the 2.7.5 milestone.
Major plugin and theme updates for June 23, 2026
The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.7.6 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for June 23, 2026:
- Broadcast (52.4)
- Classic Editor (1.7)
- Constant Contact Forms for WordPress (2.19)
- Events Manager (7.3)
- FeedWordPress (2026.517)
- FlexMeeting (2.9)
- GTranslate (3.1)
- Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (10.2)
- Gutenberg (23.3)
- Jetpack (15.8)
- Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor (3.7)
- MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress (4.13)
- Media Library Assistant (3.37)
- MetaSlider Lightbox (2.32)
- Open Graph and Twitter Card Tags (3.4)
- PDF Embedder (5.0)
- Relevanssi (4.27)
- Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.16)
- Share This Image (2.16)
- Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements (7.6)
- Simple Calendar (4.0)
- Simple Custom Post Order (2.7)
- Simply Static (3.7)
- SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (1.73)
- Smash Balloon Instagram Feed (6.11)
- Smush (4.1)
- TaxoPress (3.50)
- User Switching (1.12)
- WP Document Revisions (5.0)
- WP RSS Aggregator (5.1)
- WP to Buffer (6.0)
- WPBot ChatBot for WordPress for Live Support and Lead Generation (8.4)
- Widget Context (1.4)
- Yoast SEO (27.7)
The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.7.6 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for June 23, 2026:
- Ashe (2.270)
- Twenty Eleven (5.1)
- Twenty Sixteen (3.8)
- Twenty Ten (4.6)
- Twenty Thirteen (4.6)
- Twenty Twelve (4.8)
- Twenty Twenty (3.1)
For more details on major update releases, please visit our release schedule and procedures page.
Commons 2.7.4
I’ve just released version 2.7.4 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release is a major-update release for plugins and themes. The release includes the following improvements:
- Fix stray appearance of WP core caps-lock warning image during registration
- Remove legacy jQuery 1.x support
- Improve compatibility between Sydney theme and our S3 upload layer and custom site visibility settings
For complete details, visit the 2.7.4 milestone.
Commons 2.7.3
I’ve just released version 2.7.3 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes the following fixes:
- Fixed bug that caused certain group photos not to be shown in the groups directory
- Fixed compatibility issue with the atomic-blocks plugin
For complete details, visit the 2.7.3 milestone.
Major plugin and theme updates for May 26, 2026
The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.7.4 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for May 26, 2026:
- Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection (5.7)
- Better Search (4.3)
- Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler (8.9)
- Blubrry PowerPress (11.16)
- Co-Authors Plus (4.0)
- Constant Contact Forms for WordPress (2.18)
- Custom Post Type UI (1.19)
- Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery (0.0)
- Flipbox – Awesomes Flip Boxes Image Overlay (3.0)
- Gravity Forms (2.10)
- Gutenberg (23.0)
- Jetpack (15.7)
- Link Library (7.9)
- Meta Box (5.12)
- MetaSlider (3.109)
- MetaSlider Lightbox (2.23)
- NextGEN Gallery (4.2)
- OSM (6.2)
- Password Protected (2.8)
- Query Monitor (4.0)
- Scholar Publications Fetcher (2.3)
- Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.15)
- Share This Image (2.15)
- SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (1.72)
- Smush (4.0)
- TablePress (3.3)
- TaxoPress (3.45)
- WP Document Revisions (4.0)
- WPBot ChatBot for WordPress for Live Support and Lead Generation (8.2)
- Yoast SEO (27.5)
The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.7.4 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for May 26, 2026:
- Ashe (2.268)
For more details on major update releases, please visit our release schedule and procedures page.
Commons 2.7.2
I’ve just released version 2.7.2 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release is a major-update release for plugins and themes, and also includes the following fixes:
- Ensure that hidden groups are visible when viewing your own profile
- Fix display bug for site icons in My Sites and My Groups admin bar dropdowns
- Update labels on group subnav for increased clarity around “admin” features
For complete details, visit the 2.7.2 milestone.
Commons 2.7.1
I’ve just released version 2.7.1 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes the following fixes:
- Fixed bug that prevented certain AJAX requests in The Events Calendar from completing successfully
- Fixed bug that caused certain forum posts to be orphaned when hidden by certain users
For complete details, visit the 2.7.1 milestone.
Commons 2.7.0
I’ve just released version 2.7.0 of the CUNY Academic Commons. Version 2.7.0 is one of our twice-yearly “feature releases”, which include major improvements to the platform. Included in the release:
- A rewrite of the black toolbar that appears across the network. We’ve given the toolbar a visual refresh, and reorganized the available buttons and submenus for clearer and easier navigation. My Groups and My Sites now get their own top-level dropdowns, and redundant or unneeded nav items have been removed.
- A refresh of the Group Library interface. Items can now be edited without leaving the main Library view, using an expandable “drawer” interface. The concept of “folders” has been migrated to “tags”, allowing for fine-grained organization.
- A new privacy setting for groups allows you to make the contents of a Public group visible only to logged-in Commons users. This allows group admins to leverage the anyone-can-join features of Public groups, while hiding group membership and other content from external visitors not logged into the site.
- We’ve changed the ‘Full Name’ field to ‘Display Name’, to clarify that Commons users have full control over how their name (or pseudonym, if they wish) is shared with the public and with other members of the community.
For complete details, visit the 2.7.0 milestone.
Major plugin and theme updates for April 28, 2026
The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.7.2 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for April 28, 2026:
- Advanced Custom Fields (6.8)
- Auto-Close Comments (0.0)
- Broadcast (52.3)
- Constant Contact Forms for WordPress (2.17)
- Cool Timeline (3.3)
- Easy WP SMTP (2.14)
- EmbedPress (4.5)
- FlexMeeting (2.8)
- Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (10.1)
- Gutenberg (22.8)
- List category posts (0.95)
- MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress (4.12)
- Media Library Assistant (3.35)
- MetaSlider (3.107)
- NextGEN Gallery (4.1)
- Page Links To (3.4)
- Passster (4.3)
- Popup Maker (1.22)
- Quiz And Survey Master (11.1)
- Share This Image (2.13)
- Shortcodes Ultimate (7.5)
- Twentig (2.0)
- Two Factor (0.16)
- WPBot ChatBot for WordPress for Live Support and Lead Generation (7.9)
- Yoast Duplicate Post (4.6)
- Yoast SEO (27.3)
The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.7.2 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for April 28, 2026:
- Ashe (2.267)
- Sydney (2.66)
For more details on major update releases, please visit our release schedule and procedures page.
Commons 2.6.9
I’ve just released version 2.6.9 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release is a major-update release for plugins and themes. It also includes fixes for the following:
- Fixed regression that caused the Site Layout section not to appear during site creation
For complete details, visit the 2.6.9 milestone.
