Category: Updates

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 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 2.6.0

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.