Author: Boone Gorges

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 2.6.8

I’ve just released version 2.6.8 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes the following fixes:

  • Improved compatibility between the Co-Authors Plus plugin and the Customizr theme
  • Allow the selection of Site Layout when creating a site to link to an existing group, in that group’s settings panels
  • Fix incompatibility between Add User modal interface and plain permalinks on secondary sites
  • Fix bug in Bravada theme that caused fatal errors when generating bylines for certain user types

For complete details, visit the 2.6.8 milestone.

Commons 2.6.7

I’ve just released version 2.6.7 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release is a major-update release for plugins and themes. It also includes the following fixes:

  • Improved compatibility of certain HTML heading tags when using the ‘code’ view on forums
  • Fixed bug that caused certain invitations to secondary sites to fail
  • Fixed character encoding bug that prevented certain forum topic subject lines from being rejected
  • Improved behavior of “default to private” blog post behavior when using the Classic Editor

For complete details, visit the 2.6.7 milestone.

Commons 2.6.6

I’ve just released version 2.6.6 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes:

  • Improved compatibility with WP 5.9+ changes to login screen
  • Improved appearance for 2FA method management
  • Improvements to mail-sending system to ensure compatibility with Gravity Forms notifications

For complete details, visit the 2.6.6 milestone.

Major plugin and theme updates for February 24, 2026

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.6.7 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for February 24, 2026:

  • Broadcast (51.14)
  • Constant Contact Forms for WordPress (2.16)
  • Edit Flow (0.10)
  • Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (10.0)
  • Gutenberg (22.5)
  • Jetpack (15.5)
  • Kadence Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks for Page Builder Features (3.6)
  • MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress (4.11)
  • Media Library Assistant (3.32)
  • Meta Box (5.11)
  • MetaSlider (3.105)
  • MetaSlider Lightbox (2.22)
  • Newsletters (4.13)
  • Ninja Forms (3.14)
  • Share This Image (2.12)
  • Simple Calendar (3.6)
  • Simple Custom Post Order (2.6)
  • TaxoPress (3.44)
  • WP Accessibility (2.3)
  • WP OAuth Server – CE (4.5)
  • WPBot ChatBot for WordPress for Live Support and Lead Generation (7.7)
  • Yoast SEO (26.9)

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