CUNY Academic Commons Development Blog

Commons 2.5.5

I’ve just released version 2.5.5 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes an update to the WordPress 6.7 series, as well as the following fixes:

Improved handling of image permissions when changing site privacy level
Improvements to 2FA login flow when using email

For complete details, visit the 2.5.5 milestone.

I’ve just released version 2.5.3 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This is a major-update release for plugins and themes. We had planned to update to the WP 6.7 series as part of this release, but this update has been briefly delayed while we check some compatibility issues. Other fixes included in this release:

Fixed problems with passkey-based two-factor authentication
Fixed compatibility problem between wpdiscuz and S3 uploads

For complete details, visit the 2.5.3 milestone.

Commons 2.5.2

I’ve just released version 2.5.2 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes the following fixes:

Improve behavior of login flow for mapped domains
Improve compatibility between a number of plugins and S3-uploaded files
Hide unneeded Litespeed Cache Dashboard tools from site admins

For more details, visit the 2.5.2 milestone.

Major plugin and theme updates for February 25, 2025

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.5.3 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for February 25, 2025:

Better Search (4.0)
Block Visibility (3.7)
Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler (8.2)
Blubrry PowerPress (11.12)
Broadcast (51.2)
BuddyPress (14.3)
Constant Contact Forms for WordPress (2.8)
Contact Form 7 (6.0)
Cool Timeline (3.0)
Default featured image (1.8)
Download Manager (3.3)
Event Tickets (5.19)
Events Manager (6.6)
FeedWordPress (2024.1119)
Feedzy RSS Feeds Lite (5.0)
Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (9.2)
Gravity Forms (2.9)
Gravity PDF (6.12)
Gutenberg (20.2)
Jetpack (14.3)
Jetpack Boost (3.8)
Kadence Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks for Page Builder Features (3.4)
List category posts (0.90)
MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress (4.10)
Media Library Assistant (3.24)
MetaSlider (3.95)
Native ChatBot for WordPress WPBot for Live Support and Lead Generation (6.3)
PDF Embedder (4.9)
Plugins List (2.7)
Query Monitor (3.17)
Quiz And Survey Master (9.2)
Really Simple CAPTCHA (2.4)
Relevanssi (4.24)
Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.8)
Share This Image (2.8)
Shortcodes Ultimate (7.3)
Sign-up Sheets (2.3)
Simply Static (3.2)
SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (1.65)
Smash Balloon Instagram Feed (6.6)
Smush (3.17)
Subscribe2 (10.44)
Table of Contents Plus (2411.1)
TablePress (3.0)
TaxoPress (3.30)
The Events Calendar: Category Colors (7.4)
Tumblr Importer (1.2)
Twentig (1.9)
Two Factor (0.11)
User Switching (1.9)
VaultPress (4.0)
WP Inventory (2.3)
WP Mail SMTP (4.3)
XPoster – Share to X and Mastodon (4.3)
Yoast SEO (24.4)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.5.3 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for February 25, 2025:

Ashe (2.250)
ColorMag (4.0)
Hello Elementor (3.3)
Neve (4.0)
Sydney (2.50)
Twenty Eleven (4.8)
Twenty Fifteen (3.9)
Twenty Fourteen (4.1)
Twenty Nineteen (3.0)
Twenty Seventeen (3.8)
Twenty Sixteen (3.4)
Twenty Ten (4.3)
Twenty Thirteen (4.3)
Twenty Twelve (4.4)
Twenty Twenty (2.8)
Twenty Twenty-Four (1.3)
Twenty Twenty-One (2.4)
Twenty Twenty-Three (1.6)
Twenty Twenty-Two (1.9)

As part of this release, we will also update WordPress to the 6.7.x series.

For more details on major update releases, please visit our release schedule and procedures page.

Commons 2.4.10

I’ve just released version 2.4.10 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This is a maintenance release.

For complete details, visit the 2.4.10 milestone.

Major plugin and theme updates for November 26, 2024

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.4.11 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for November 26, 2024:

Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler (8.1)
Blubrry PowerPress (11.10)
Broadcast (50.15)
BuddyPress (14.2)
Contact Form 7 (6.0)
Download Manager (3.3)
Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (9.2)
Gravity PDF (6.12)
Gutenberg (19.5)
MetaSlider (3.92)
Native ChatBot for WordPress WPBot for Live Support and Lead Generation (5.9)
Quiz And Survey Master (9.2)
Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.6)
Share This Image (2.6)
Shortcodes Ultimate (7.3)
Simply Static (3.2)
Smash Balloon Instagram Feed (6.6)
TaxoPress (3.26)
Yoast SEO (23.8)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.4.11 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for November 26, 2024:

Ashe (2.243)
ColorMag (4.0)
Sydney (2.45)

For more details on major update releases, please visit our release schedule and procedures page.

Commons 2.4.9

I’ve just released version 2.4.9 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release is a major-update release for plugins and themes. It also includes an update to the WordPress 6.6.x series.

For complete details, visit the 2.4.9 milestone.

Commons 2.4.8

I’ve just released version 2.4.8 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes the following:

Fixed bug that prevented user from joining public groups in certain interfaces
Improve the text of the ‘Group Details Updated’ email

For complete details, visit the 2.4.8 milestone.

Major plugin and theme updates for October 22, 2024

The 2.4.8 release, scheduled for Oct 22, 2024, will include an update of WordPress to the 6.6.x series.

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.4.8 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for October 22, 2024:

Broken Link Checker (2.4)
Easy Appointments (3.12)
EmbedPress (4.1)
Events Manager (6.6)
Export WP Page to Static HTML/CSS (3.0)
Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (9.1)
Gutenberg (19.3)
Jetpack (13.9)
Jetpack Boost (3.5)
Kadence Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks for Page Builder Features (3.3)
Media Library Assistant (3.20)
MetaSlider (3.91)
Native ChatBot for WordPress WPBot for Live Support and Lead Generation (5.8)
OSM (6.1)
Popup Maker (1.20)
Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.5)
Share This Image (2.4)
The Events Calendar (6.7)
WebAuthn Provider for Two Factor (2.5)
Yoast SEO (23.5)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.4.8 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for October 22, 2024:

Ashe (2.242)
Inspiro (1.9)
Sydney (2.44)

For more details on major update releases, please visit our release schedule and procedures page.

Commons 2.5.5

Commons 2.5.3

Commons 2.5.2

Commons 2.4.10

Commons 2.4.9

Commons 2.4.8

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