I’ve just released version 2.5.6 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This is a regularly-scheduled maintenance release.
For complete details, visit the 2.5.6 milestone.
Tag: 2.5.x
Major plugin and theme updates for April 22, 2025
The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.5.6 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for April 22, 2025:
- Better Search (4.1)
- Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler (8.3)
- Broadcast (51.3)
- Constant Contact Forms for WordPress (2.9)
- Custom Sidebars (3.38)
- Easy WP SMTP (2.10)
- EmbedPress (4.2)
- Event Tickets (5.21)
- Filter Everything — WooCommerce Product & WordPress Filter (1.9)
- GD bbPress Attachments (4.8)
- Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (9.4)
- Gutenberg (20.6)
- Jetpack (14.5)
- Jetpack Boost (3.13)
- Kadence Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks for Page Builder Features (3.5)
- Link Library (7.8)
- LiteSpeed Cache (7.0)
- Media Library Assistant (3.26)
- MetaSlider (3.97)
- Ninja Forms (3.10)
- Quiz And Survey Master (10.0)
- Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.9)
- Simple Calendar (3.5)
- SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (1.67)
- Smash Balloon Custom Facebook Feed (4.3)
- Smash Balloon Instagram Feed (6.8)
- Smush (3.18)
- TablePress (3.1)
- TaxoPress (3.33)
- Two Factor (0.13)
- WP to Buffer (4.0)
- WPBot ChatBot for WordPress for Live Support and Lead Generation (6.5)
- Webinar and Video Conference with Jitsi Meet (2.7)
- XPoster – Share to Bluesky and Mastodon (5.0)
- Yoast SEO (24.8)
The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.5.6 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for April 22, 2025:
- Ashe (2.254)
- Inspiro (2.0)
- Sydney (2.53)
- Twenty Twenty-Five (1.1)
For more details on major update releases, please visit our release schedule and procedures page.
Commons 2.5.5
I’ve just released version 2.5.5 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes an update to the WordPress 6.7 series, as well as the following fixes:
- Improved handling of image permissions when changing site privacy level
- Improvements to 2FA login flow when using email
For complete details, visit the 2.5.5 milestone.
Commons 2.5.4
I’ve just released version 2.5.4 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes the following fixes:
- Fixed bug that caused group+site cloning not to complete properly in some cases
- Fixed bug that caused the post preview feature from being broken on mapped domains
For complete details, visit the 2.5.4 milestone.
Commons 2.5.3
I’ve just released version 2.5.3 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This is a major-update release for plugins and themes. We had planned to update to the WP 6.7 series as part of this release, but this update has been briefly delayed while we check some compatibility issues. Other fixes included in this release:
- Fixed problems with passkey-based two-factor authentication
- Fixed compatibility problem between wpdiscuz and S3 uploads
For complete details, visit the 2.5.3 milestone.
Commons 2.5.2
I’ve just released version 2.5.2 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes the following fixes:
- Improve behavior of login flow for mapped domains
- Improve compatibility between a number of plugins and S3-uploaded files
- Hide unneeded Litespeed Cache Dashboard tools from site admins
For more details, visit the 2.5.2 milestone.
