Major plugin and theme updates for October 24, 2023

The Commons team is working on a release in the upcoming weeks that may change the version number for the October 24, 2023 release to the 2.2.x series. Below, we will refer to it as the 2.1.17 release.

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.1.17 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for October 24, 2023:

  • Akismet Anti-Spam: Spam Protection (5.3)
  • Block Visibility (3.1)
  • Broadcast (50.5)
  • Embed Plus YouTube WordPress Plugin (14.2)
  • EmbedPress (3.9)
  • Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (8.20)
  • Gutenberg (16.7)
  • Jetpack (12.6)
  • Jetpack Boost (2.1)
  • Media Library Assistant (3.11)
  • Meta Box (5.8)
  • MetaSlider (3.40)
  • NextGEN Gallery (3.41)
  • Otter – Page Builder Blocks & Extensions for Gutenberg (2.4)
  • Restrict Media Library Access (1.2)
  • Seriously Simple Podcasting (2.23)
  • Share This Image (1.85)
  • Simply Static (3.1)
  • SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (1.55)
  • Table of Contents Plus (2309.0)
  • WP Ajaxify Comments (2.0)
  • WP to Buffer (3.9)
  • Webinar and Video Conference with Jitsi Meet (2.5)
  • Yoast SEO (21.3)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.1.17 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for October 24, 2023:

  • Neve (3.7)
  • Sydney (2.29)

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

Commons 2.1.14

I’ve just released version 2.1.14 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes the following fixes:

  • Updated the Graduate Center logo used in the Campus Widget.
  • Fixed a bug in the Group Library that made it impossible to download files that had certain special characters in their filenames.
  • Added the ability to delete Docs from the Group Library.

For complete details, visit the 2.1.14 milestone.

Major plugin and theme updates for August 22, 2023

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.1.12 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for August 22, 2023:

  • Akismet Anti-Spam: Spam Protection (5.2)
  • Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler (7.2)
  • Blubrry PowerPress (10.6)
  • Broadcast (50.1)
  • Broken Link Checker (2.2)
  • BuddyPress Group Email Subscription (4.1)
  • Categories Images (3.1)
  • ChatBot (4.7)
  • EmbedPress (3.8)
  • Enable jQuery Migrate Helper (1.4)
  • Event Tickets (5.6)
  • GD bbPress Attachments (4.6)
  • Glossary (2.2)
  • Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (8.18)
  • Gravity PDF (6.6)
  • Gutenberg (16.3)
  • Jetpack (12.4)
  • Jetpack Boost (2.0)
  • Kadence Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks for Page Builder Features (3.1)
  • Knight Lab TimelineJS (3.9)
  • Media Library Assistant (3.9)
  • MetaSlider (3.33)
  • Newsletters (4.9)
  • NextGEN Gallery (3.37)
  • Query Monitor (3.13)
  • Seriously Simple Podcasting (2.22)
  • Share This Image (1.81)
  • Simple Calendar (3.2)
  • SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (1.52)
  • Smush (3.14)
  • Subscribe2 (10.41)
  • TaxoPress (3.9)
  • The Events Calendar (6.1)
  • WP Grade Comments (1.5)
  • WP-PostRatings (1.91)
  • Yoast SEO (20.12)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.1.12 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for August 22, 2023:

  • Ashe (2.216)
  • Bravada (1.1)
  • ColorMag (3.0)
  • Hello Elementor (2.8)
  • Sydney (2.25)

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