Commons In A Box 1.7.1 is now available: https://commonsinabox.org/archives/9294
Author: Boone Gorges
Major plugin and theme updates for January 27, 2026
The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.6.5 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for January 27, 2026:
- Advanced Custom Fields (6.7)
- Advanced Views Lite (3.8)
- Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection (5.6)
- Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler (8.7)
- Blubrry PowerPress (11.15)
- Bulk Delete (6.11)
- Categories Images (3.3)
- Constant Contact Forms for WordPress (2.15)
- Cool Timeline (3.2)
- DK PDF (2.3)
- Draw Attention (2.1)
- Easy WP SMTP (2.13)
- Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery (0.0)
- FeedWordPress (2025.1211)
- Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (9.11)
- Gutenberg (22.3)
- Jetpack (15.3)
- LiteSpeed Cache (7.7)
- MetaSlider (3.104)
- MetaSlider Lightbox (2.20)
- Newsletters (4.12)
- NextGEN Gallery (4.0)
- Redirection (5.6)
- Relevanssi (4.26)
- Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.14)
- Smash Balloon Instagram Feed (6.10)
- Smush (3.23)
- Subscribe2 (10.45)
- Super RSS Reader (5.4)
- TaxoPress (3.42)
- WP Document Revisions (3.8)
- WP-ShowHide (1.6)
- WPBot ChatBot for WordPress for Live Support and Lead Generation (7.6)
- YYDevelopment – Back To The Top Button (2.3)
- Yoast SEO (26.6)
The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.6.5 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for January 27, 2026:
- Ashe (2.264)
- Neve (4.2)
- Sydney (2.63)
- Twenty Eleven (5.0)
- Twenty Fifteen (4.1)
- Twenty Fourteen (4.4)
- Twenty Nineteen (3.2)
- Twenty Seventeen (4.0)
- Twenty Sixteen (3.7)
- Twenty Ten (4.5)
- Twenty Thirteen (4.5)
- Twenty Twelve (4.7)
- Twenty Twenty (3.0)
- Twenty Twenty-Five (1.4)
- Twenty Twenty-Four (1.4)
- Twenty Twenty-One (2.7)
- Twenty Twenty-Two (2.1)
In addition, the 2.6.5 release will include an update to the WordPress 6.9.x series.
For more details on major update releases, please visit our release schedule and procedures page.
Commons 2.6.3
I’ve just released version 2.6.3 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release features a new plugin that improves Block Editor compatibility in the cool-timeline plugin.
For complete details, visit the 2.6.3 milestone.
Major plugin and theme updates for December 22, 2025
The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.6.3 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for December 22, 2025:
- Advanced Custom Fields (6.7)
- Advanced Views Lite (3.8)
- Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection (5.6)
- Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler (8.7)
- Blubrry PowerPress (11.15)
- Constant Contact Forms for WordPress (2.15)
- DK PDF (2.2)
- Draw Attention (2.1)
- Easy WP SMTP (2.13)
- Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery (0.0)
- Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (9.10)
- Gutenberg (22.2)
- Jetpack (15.3)
- MetaSlider (3.103)
- MetaSlider Lightbox (2.20)
- Newsletters (4.12)
- Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.14)
- Smash Balloon Instagram Feed (6.10)
- TaxoPress (3.41)
- WP-ShowHide (1.6)
- WPBot ChatBot for WordPress for Live Support and Lead Generation (7.5)
- Yoast SEO (26.5)
The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.6.3 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for December 22, 2025:
- Ashe (2.263)
- Neve (4.2)
- Sydney (2.63)
- Twenty Eleven (5.0)
- Twenty Fifteen (4.1)
- Twenty Fourteen (4.4)
- Twenty Nineteen (3.2)
- Twenty Seventeen (4.0)
- Twenty Sixteen (3.7)
- Twenty Ten (4.5)
- Twenty Thirteen (4.5)
- Twenty Twelve (4.7)
- Twenty Twenty (3.0)
- Twenty Twenty-Five (1.4)
- Twenty Twenty-Four (1.4)
- Twenty Twenty-One (2.7)
- Twenty Twenty-Two (2.1)
For more details on major update releases, please visit our release schedule and procedures page.
Commons 2.6.2
I’ve just released version 2.6.2 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This is a major-update release for plugins and themes, and also includes the following:
- Improved error messages during site creation
For complete details, visit the 2.6.2 milestone.
Commons 2.6.1
I’ve just released version 2.6.1 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This is a regularly scheduled maintenance release.
For complete details, visit the 2.6.1 milestone.
Commons 2.6.0
I’ve just released version 2.6.0 of the CUNY Academic Commons. Version 2.6.0 is one of our twice-yearly “feature releases”, which introduce new functionality to the Commons, in contrast to the bug fixes and smaller improvements introduced in twice-monthly “maintenance releases”. Included in 2.6.0:
- Improved richness and consistency for email notifications generated by various actions throughout the Commons
- Improvements to the site creation process, to increase reliability when cloning and during template copying
- Improvements to the “threading” settings for group forums
- Fixed a bug that caused Courses to appear in the directory even after the corresponding site was deleted
- Added the ability to add external links to a group library without sending email notifications to the group
For complete details, visit the 2.6.0 milestone.
Major plugin and theme updates for November 25, 2025
The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.6.2 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for November 25, 2025:
- Advanced Custom Fields (6.6)
- Better Search (4.2)
- Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler (8.6)
- Blubrry PowerPress (11.14)
- Broadcast (51.11)
- BuddyPress (14.4)
- Co-Authors Plus (3.7)
- Constant Contact Forms for WordPress (2.14)
- DK PDF (2.1)
- Easy WP SMTP (2.12)
- Editoria11y Accessibility Checker (2.1)
- EmbedPress (4.4)
- Events Manager (7.2)
- Export WP Page to Static HTML & PDF (5.0)
- Featured Images in RSS for Mailchimp & More (1.7)
- Feedzy RSS Feeds Lite (5.1)
- Flipbox – Awesomes Flip Boxes Image Overlay (2.10)
- Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (9.9)
- Gutenberg (22.0)
- Jetpack (15.2)
- List category posts (0.93)
- LiteSpeed Cache (7.6)
- Media Library Assistant (3.30)
- MetaSlider (3.102)
- MetaSlider Lightbox (2.12)
- Ninja Forms (3.13)
- Popup Maker (1.21)
- Post Timeline (2.4)
- Query Monitor (3.20)
- Quiz And Survey Master (10.3)
- Relevanssi (4.25)
- Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.13)
- Simple MathJax (2.1)
- Simply Static (3.5)
- SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (1.70)
- Smush (3.22)
- TablePress (3.2)
- Tag Groups (2.1)
- TaxoPress (3.40)
- Team Members (5.4)
- User Switching (1.11)
- WP Accessibility (2.2)
- WP Document Revisions (3.7)
- WPBot ChatBot for WordPress for Live Support and Lead Generation (7.3)
- WordPress Importer (0.9)
- Yoast SEO (26.3)
The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.6.2 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for November 25, 2025:
- Ashe (2.262)
- Bravada (1.2)
- ColorMag (4.1)
- Sydney (2.60)
- Twenty Fourteen (4.3)
- Twenty Sixteen (3.6)
- Twenty Twenty-Five (1.3)
- Twenty Twenty-One (2.6)
For more details on major update releases, please visit our release schedule and procedures page.
Commons 2.5.17
I’ve just released version 2.5.17 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release features the following fixes:
- Remove unneeded search icon on primary site toolbar
- Improve email sending technique for group invitations
- Improve positioning for anchor links on certain themes
For more details, visit the 2.5.17 milestone.
Commons 2.5.16
I’ve just released version 2.5.16 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes the following fixes:
- Fixed bug that caused ‘Members from my campus’ homepage feature to return incorrect results in some cases
- Improved behavior of reply by email from certain iOS setups
- Fixed bug that caused certain UI elements for bulk-managing of messages to be missing
- Fixed bug that prevented user management of forum attachments when editing posts
For complete details, visit the 2.5.16 milestone.
