Category: Updates

Major Commons plugins updates schedule for 2013-11-21

The following plugins will receive major updates during the maintenance release on November 21, 2013. The numbers in parentheses represent the major version series for each plugin; on the 21st, the plugin will be updated to the latest available version in that series, but no later.

  1. Authors Avatars List (1.8)
  2. Blogger Importer (0.6)
  3. Broken Link Checker (1.9)
  4. List category posts (0.34)
  5. Post video players, slideshow albums, photo galleries and music / podcast playlist (1.131)
  6. TablePress (1.2)
  7. User Role Editor (4.7)

The following themes will receive major updates:

  1. Twenty Eleven (1.7)
  2. Twenty Thirteen (1.1)
  3. Twenty Twelve (1.3)

Question or concerns about these releases? Leave a comment below, or contact our team at commons@gc.cuny.edu.

(This post is in the series of “major update release warning posts”, announced in https://dev.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/09/05/new-release-schedule-and-procedures-document-available/ and described in detail at https://dev.commons.gc.cuny.edu/release-schedule-and-procedures/#major-update-releases.)

Commons 1.5.6

I’ve just released version 1.5.6 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release added support for Github and Vimeo profile fields, as well as a new Storify embedding plugin for WordPress.

In addition, 1.5.6 is a major plugin update release. See for a list of plugins updated with this release.

For complete details, see the 1.5.6 milestone.

Commons 1.5.2

I’ve just released version 1.5.2 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This is a maintenance release. Some highlights:

  • Users are now redirected to the public profile view after editing
  • New Positions fields now reflected in the Members Directory
  • Improved UX for the College and Title field deprecation notices
  • WordPress upgraded to 3.6.1 security release

For complete details on the release, visit the 1.5.2 milestone.

Major Commons plugins updates scheduled for 2013-09-21

(The following post is the first in the series of “major update release warning posts”, announced in https://dev.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/09/05/new-release-schedule-and-procedures-document-available/ and described in detail at https://dev.commons.gc.cuny.edu/release-schedule-and-procedures/#major-update-releases.)

The following plugins will receive major updates during the maintenance release on September 21, 2013. The numbers in parentheses represent the major version series for each plugin; on the 21st, the plugin will be updated to the latest available version in that series, but no later.

  • ChartBoot (3.0)
  • Contact Form 7 (3.5)
  • Easy Admin Color Schemes (4.2)
  • Events Manager (5.5)
  • Genesis Simple Hooks (2.0)
  • Jetpack (2.4)
  • Leaflet Maps Marker (3.6)
  • NextGEN Gallery (2.0)
  • Really Simple CAPTCHA (1.7)
  • Redirection (2.3)
  • Rotating Tweets (1.5)
  • ShareThis (7.0)
  • Spam Free WordPress (2.2)
  • ThreeWP Broadcast (1.24)
  • TubePress (3.1)
  • User Role Editor (4.5)
  • WordPress Custom Sidebar (2.3)
  • WordPress Google Form (0.57)
  • WP-Markdown (1.4)
  • WP-PostRatings (1.74)
  • WP Retina 2x (1.6)
  • xili-language, xili-xl-bbp-addon (2.9)

The following themes will receive major updates during the maintenance release on September 21, 2013. The numbers in parentheses represent the major version series for each theme; on the 21st, the theme will be updated to the latest available version in that series, but no later.

  • Minimatica (1.1)

Question or concerns about these releases? Leave a comment below, or contact our team at commons@gc.cuny.edu.