Major plugin and theme updates for May 23, 2023

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.1.6 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for May 23, 2023:

  • Better Search (3.2)
  • Blubrry PowerPress (10.0)
  • Broadcast (50.0)
  • ChatBot (4.5)
  • EmbedPress (3.7)
  • Gutenberg (15.7)
  • Jetpack (12.1)
  • MetaSlider (3.30)
  • Share This Image (1.78)
  • SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (1.49)
  • SoundCloud Shortcode (3.1)
  • The Events Calendar: Category Colors (7.3)
  • Theme Check (20230417.0)
  • Webinar and Video Conference with Jitsi Meet (2.1)
  • Yoast SEO (20.6)
  • wpDiscuz (7.6)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.1.6 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for May 23, 2023:

  • Ashe (2.213)
  • Sydney (2.21)

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

Major plugin and theme updates for January 24, 2023

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.0.15 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for January 24, 2023:

  • 3D FlipBook – Lite Edition (1.13)
  • Broadcast (49.2)
  • Categories to Tags Converter Importer (0.6)
  • Contact Form 7 (5.7)
  • Custom Sidebars (3.36)
  • Easy Appointments (3.11)
  • EmbedPress (3.6)
  • GD bbPress Attachments (4.4)
  • Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (8.11)
  • Gutenberg (14.9)
  • Jetpack (11.6)
  • List category posts (0.88)
  • Media Library Assistant (3.5)
  • MetaSlider (3.28)
  • Movable Type and TypePad Importer (0.6)
  • News Announcement Scroll (9.0)
  • Open External Links in a New Window (1.44)
  • Popup Maker (1.17)
  • Query Monitor (3.11)
  • RSS Cloud (0.5)
  • RSS Importer (0.3)
  • Seriously Simple Podcasting (2.19)
  • Share This Image (1.74)
  • SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (1.46)
  • Subscribe2 (10.39)
  • Table of Contents Plus (2212.0)
  • TablePress (2.0)
  • Team Members (5.2)
  • Tumblr Importer (1.0)
  • Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) (5.30)
  • Yoast SEO (19.13)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.0.15 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for January 24, 2023:

  • Ashe (2.207)
  • Author (1.49)
  • Sydney (2.17)

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

Major plugin and theme updates for November 22, 2022

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.0.11 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for November 22, 2022:

  • Blubrry PowerPress (9.7)
  • Broadcast (48.15)
  • BuddyPress (10.6)
  • Business Directory Plugin (6.3)
  • Draw Attention (2.0)
  • Easy search and use CC-licensed images for WP (3.2)
  • Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (8.10)
  • Gravity PDF (6.5)
  • Gutenberg (14.4)
  • Jetpack (11.5)
  • Seriously Simple Podcasting (2.17)
  • Share This Image (1.73)
  • SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (1.43)
  • Smash Balloon Instagram Feed (6.1)
  • Smush (3.12)
  • Super RSS Reader (4.8)
  • The Events Calendar Category Colors (7.1)
  • WP Accessibility (2.0)
  • Yoast SEO (19.9)
  • wpDiscuz (7.5)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.0.11 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for November 22, 2022:

  • Sydney (2.14)
  • Twenty Eleven (4.2)
  • Twenty Fifteen (3.3)
  • Twenty Fourteen (3.5)
  • Twenty Nineteen (2.4)
  • Twenty Seventeen (3.1)
  • Twenty Sixteen (2.8)
  • Twenty Ten (3.7)
  • Twenty Thirteen (3.7)
  • Twenty Twelve (3.8)
  • Twenty Twenty (2.1)
  • Twenty Twenty-One (1.7)
  • Twenty Twenty-Two (1.3)

As part of the 2.0.11 release, we will also update WordPress to the latest release series, 6.1.x.

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

Commons 2.0.2

I’ve just released version 2.0.2 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes major updates for plugins and themes, as well as the following fixes:

  • Improved logic on when to show My Papers tab
  • Fixed bug that caused some images not to show properly when cloning private sites
  • Fixed broken Visit Profile link on member directory
  • Improved layout of ‘Lost your password’ link

For complete details, visit the 2.0.2 milestone.

Commons 2.0.1

I’ve just released version 2.0.1 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release addresses a number of issues related to the 2.0.0 release, including:

  • Improved hover behavior for main nav items
  • Ensure that Groups directories don’t show multiple instances of a given campus
  • Improved contrast for items in the invitation modal
  • Fix the CC license picker modal
  • Improved appearance of long titles in directories

For complete details, visit the 2.0.1 milestone.

Major plugin and theme updates for June 29, 2022

Programming note: Normally our “major plugin and theme update releases” come on the fourth Tuesday of the month. Due to team vacation time during June 2022, the 2.0.2 release is delayed by one day, to June 29, 2022.

The 2.0.2 release will include an update to the WordPress 6.0.x series.

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.0.2 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for June 29, 2022:

  • Better Search (3.1)
  • Blubrry PowerPress (9.1)
  • Broadcast (48.11)
  • BuddyPress (10.3)
  • Business Directory Plugin (6.2)
  • Custom Post Type UI (1.12)
  • Custom Post Type Widgets (1.5)
  • Event Tickets (5.4)
  • Gravity PDF (6.3)
  • Gutenberg (13.3)
  • Imsanity (2.8)
  • Share This Image (1.69)
  • SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (1.35)
  • The Events Calendar (5.16)
  • Ultimate Category Excluder (1.6)
  • WP Accessibility (1.8)
  • WP-EMail (2.69)
  • WP-Polls (2.76)
  • Yoast SEO (19.0)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.0.2 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for June 29, 2022:

  • OceanWP (3.3)
  • Sydney (2.6)
  • Twenty Eleven (4.1)
  • Twenty Fifteen (3.2)
  • Twenty Fourteen (3.4)
  • Twenty Nineteen (2.3)
  • Twenty Seventeen (3.0)
  • Twenty Sixteen (2.7)
  • Twenty Thirteen (3.6)
  • Twenty Twelve (3.7)
  • Twenty Twenty (2.0)
  • Twenty Twenty-One (1.6)
  • Twenty Twenty-Two (1.2)

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

Major plugin and theme updates for March 22, 2022

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 1.19.5 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for March 22, 2022:

  • 3D FlipBook – Lite Edition (1.12)
  • Advanced Custom Fields (5.12)
  • Broadcast (48.7)
  • BuddyPress (10.1)
  • Easy search and use CC-licensed images for WP (3.1)
  • Event Tickets (5.3)
  • FeedWordPress (2022.222)
  • Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (8.4)
  • Gutenberg (12.7)
  • Jetpack (10.7)
  • Media Library Assistant (2.99)
  • Meta Box (5.6)
  • MetaSlider (3.27)
  • NextGEN Gallery (3.23)
  • Share This Image (1.66)
  • Smash Balloon Instagram Feed (6.0)
  • Tag Groups (1.44)
  • TaxoPress (3.5)
  • The Events Calendar (5.14)
  • WP Document Revisions (3.4)
  • Yoast SEO (18.2)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 1.19.5 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for March 22, 2022:

  • Sydney (2.1)
  • Twenty Twenty-Two (1.1)

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