Major plugin and theme updates for November 28, 2023

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.2.3 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for November 28, 2023:

  • Ajaxify Comments (2.1)
  • Blubrry PowerPress (11.2)
  • BuddyPress (11.4)
  • BuddyPress Group Email Subscription (4.2)
  • ChatBot (4.9)
  • Gutenberg (16.9)
  • Jetpack (12.7)
  • Jetpack Boost (2.2)
  • Media Library Assistant (3.12)
  • MetaSlider (3.50)
  • News Announcement Scroll (9.1)
  • Query Monitor (3.14)
  • Restrict Media Library Access (1.4)
  • Seriously Simple Podcasting (2.24)
  • Share This Image (1.87)
  • TablePress (2.2)
  • TaxoPress (3.11)
  • XPoster (4.1)
  • Yoast SEO (21.5)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.2.3 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for November 28, 2023:

  • Ashe (2.219)
  • Hello Elementor (2.9)
  • Sydney (2.30)
  • Twenty Nineteen (2.6)
  • Twenty Seventeen (3.3)
  • Twenty Sixteen (3.0)
  • Twenty Twenty (2.3)
  • Twenty Twenty-One (1.9)
  • Twenty Twenty-Two (1.5)

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

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.

Commons 1.17.5

I’ve just released version 1.17.5 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes the following fixes:

  • Fixed problem that could cause group forum posts to be orphaned in certain cases
  • Fixed compatibility between pressforward-turnkey-theme and WP 5.5+
  • Fixed bug that made it impossible to add library items with # in the filenmae
  • Improvements to the daily digest mechanism for group notifications
  • Fixed the Notifications UI in user Settings area

For complete details, visit the 1.17.5 milestone.

Commons 1.17.0

I’ve just released version 1.17.0 of the CUNY Academic Commons. Version 1.17.0 is one of our twice-yearly “feature releases”, where we package major new and overhauled functionality, in addition to our normal twice-monthly bugfixes.

The major features included in this release are:

  • A new Group Library tool. The Library tab consolidates what used to be the Files, Docs, and Papers tabs, so that you can find all documents associated with the group in a single place. The interface makes it easy to filter, sort, and search through everything that’s been uploaded to a group. And, with the introduction of the Library, we’ve introduced a new type of library item: External Links, which can be a link to Dropbox, Google Docs, or any other third-party URL. The Group Library is a custom tool, with a front-end UI based on the Vue.js JavaScript library, built by the Commons team. See https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac-group-library.
  • Site Cloning. When creating a Site or a Group+Site, users will have the option to clone their new site from an existing site of which they are the administrator. The clone process means that the new Site will have the same settings – theme, navigation menus, etc – as the source site. Administrator-owned content will be copied over, too. This new tool will make the site creation process easier for faculty who reteach a course across multiple semesters, or anyone who needs to spin up a new site based on an old one. The Site Cloning tool was developed by the CAC team especially for the Commons.
  • Improved accessibility and keyboard navigation for the BuddyPress Group Email Subscription user settings UI.
  • The ability to accept multiple group membership requests in a single click.
  • Improved password strength tools during registration.

Read more about the 1.17.0 release in our official News Blog post, or by visiting the 1.17.0 milestone in our Redmine bug tracker.

Commons 1.16.8

I’ve just released version 1.16.8 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release is a major-update release for plugins and themes. The release also addresses the following issues:

  • Improvements to the Subject and From fields in email notifications related to group forum posts
  • Fixed bug that could cause slider navigation on Courses directory to be hidden or inaccessible
  • Improved footer navigation on mobile devices
  • New CommentPress-focused theme

For complete details, visit the 1.16.8 milestone.

Major plugin and theme updates for April 23, 2019

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 1.14.10 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for April 23, 2019:

  • Auto-Close Comments (2.0)
  • Broadcast (43.17)
  • BuddyPress Group Email Subscription (3.9)
  • FancyBox for WordPress (3.2)
  • Front Page Category (3.3)
  • GD bbPress Attachments (3.1)
  • Gravity Forms (2.4) (GravityForms)
  • Gutenberg (5.4)
  • Instagram Feed (1.12)
  • Jetpack by WordPress.com (7.2)
  • Mailchimp for WordPress (4.5)
  • MetaSlider (3.12)
  • Redirection (4.1)
  • Smush (3.2)
  • Yoast SEO (10.1)
  • YouTube (13.1)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 1.14.10 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for April 23, 2019:

  • Author (1.38)
  • Sydney (1.54)
  • Twenty Ten (2.8)

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

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Commons 1.14.1

I’ve just released version 1.14.1 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release follows up on the 1.14 major release, and addresses a few issues raised there, in addition to some broader performance related issues:

  • Improve compatibility with PHP 7.2
  • Improve performance of BPGES email sending queues
  • Fix bug that caused Plugin Package tag to appear in incorrect spot
  • Fix bug that caused database query loop when posting to multiple forums
  • Improve appearance of Site Layout picker on mobile devices

For complete details, visit the 1.14.1 milestone.

Commons 1.13.13

I’ve just released version 1.13.13 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes a large number of performance fixes, in addition to the following:

  • Fixed a bug that caused text entry to break when an apostrophe was entered into a text-entry Portfolio field
  • Improved PHP 7.2 compatibility in a large number of plugins and themes
  • Fixed a bug that caused some user subscriptions to appear incorrectly in some group listings
  • Improved the text of the confirmation email when deleting a site
  • Fixed a bug that caused group social media links to appear incorrectly in some cases

For complete details, visit the 1.13.13 milestone.