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.