Author: Boone Gorges

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 1.18.1 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for December 22, 2020:

  • Broadcast (46.16)
  • BuddyPress (6.4)
  • Business Directory Plugin (5.8)
  • Easy search and use CC-licensed images for WP (2.0)
  • Gutenberg (9.5)
  • Imsanity (2.7)
  • Jetpack by WordPress.com (9.2)
  • Media Library Assistant (2.92)
  • MetaSlider (3.19)
  • NS Cloner – Site Copier (4.1)
  • NextGEN Gallery (3.4)
  • Open Graph and Twitter Card Tags (3.1)
  • Smash Balloon Instagram Feed (2.6)
  • The Events Calendar (5.3)
  • WP OAuth Server (4.1)
  • WP Retina 2x (6.1)
  • Yoast SEO (15.4)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 1.18.1 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for December 22, 2020:

  • Basic (Themify) (5.0)
  • OceanWP (2.0)
  • Sydney (1.72)

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

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Commons 1.17.8

I’ve just released version 1.17.8 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release is a major-update release for plugins and themes.

Housekeeping note: The next scheduled maintenance release date is December 8, 2020. Our upcoming 1.18.0 feature release is scheduled for the same day. As such, there will be no 1.17.8 release.

For complete details, visit the 1.17.8 milestone.

Commons 1.17.6

I’ve just released version 1.17.6 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release is a major-update release for plugins and themes. It also includes the following fixes:

  • Fix display of Public Portfolio headers on mobile devices
  • Fix encoding of widget titles on Public Portfolios
  • Improve appearance of forum titles
  • Fix bug that caused error when attaching avatar during registration

For complete details, visit the 1.17.6 milestone.

Commons 1.17.5

I’ve just released version 1.17.5 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes the following fixes:

  • Fixed problem that could cause group forum posts to be orphaned in certain cases
  • Fixed compatibility between pressforward-turnkey-theme and WP 5.5+
  • Fixed bug that made it impossible to add library items with # in the filenmae
  • Improvements to the daily digest mechanism for group notifications
  • Fixed the Notifications UI in user Settings area

For complete details, visit the 1.17.5 milestone.

Major plugin and theme updates for October 27, 2020

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 1.17.6 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for October 27, 2020:

  • Broadcast (46.14)
  • BuddyPress (6.3)
  • Custom Post Type UI (1.8)
  • Gutenberg (9.1)
  • Kadence Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks for Page Builder Features (1.9)
  • Knight Lab TimelineJS (3.8)
  • Password Protected (2.4)
  • Popup Maker (1.12)
  • Require Post Category (2.1)
  • Simple Tags (2.61)
  • Smush (3.7)
  • Super RSS Reader (3.2)
  • The Events Calendar (5.2)
  • Theme Check (20200922.1)
  • WP Better Emails (0.4)
  • Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) (5.9)
  • Yoast SEO (15.0)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 1.17.6 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for October 27, 2020:

  • OceanWP (1.9)
  • Sydney (1.70)

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

Commons 1.17.4

I’ve just released version 1.17.4 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release is a major update release for plugins and themes. It also includes a major update to WordPress, to release series 5.5.x. Commons 1.17.4 contains a number of fixes to ensure compatibility with WordPress 5.5.x, as well as the following:

  • Fix bug that could cause Reply link to lead to the wrong place when viewing group forums in a thread
  • Ensure that content copied from a template at the time of site creation is attributed to the site creator

For complete details on the release, visit the 1.17.4 milestone.