The Commons team is working on a release in the upcoming weeks that may change the version number for the October 24, 2023 release to the 2.2.x series. Below, we will refer to it as the 2.1.17 release.

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.1.17 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for October 24, 2023:

• Akismet Anti-Spam: Spam Protection (5.3)
• Block Visibility (3.1)
• Broadcast (50.5)
• Embed Plus YouTube WordPress Plugin (14.2)
• EmbedPress (3.9)
• Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (8.20)
• Gutenberg (16.7)
• Jetpack (12.6)
• Jetpack Boost (2.1)
• Media Library Assistant (3.11)
• Meta Box (5.8)
• MetaSlider (3.40)
• NextGEN Gallery (3.41)
• Otter – Page Builder Blocks & Extensions for Gutenberg (2.4)
• Restrict Media Library Access (1.2)
• Seriously Simple Podcasting (2.23)
• Share This Image (1.85)
• Simply Static (3.1)
• SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (1.55)
• Table of Contents Plus (2309.0)
• WP Ajaxify Comments (2.0)
• WP to Buffer (3.9)
• Webinar and Video Conference with Jitsi Meet (2.5)
• Yoast SEO (21.3)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.1.17 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for October 24, 2023:

• Neve (3.7)
• Sydney (2.29)

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