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Major plugin and theme updates for July 22, 2025

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.5.11 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for July 22, 2025:

Ajaxify Comments – Ajax and Lazy Loading Comments (3.1)
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection (5.4)
Blubrry PowerPress (11.13)
Broadcast (51.7)
Constant Contact Forms for WordPress (2.11)
Contact Form 7 (6.1)
DK PDF (2.0)
Easy WP SMTP (2.11)
Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery (0.0)
Event Tickets (5.24)
Events Manager (7.0)
Folders (3.1)
GD bbPress Attachments (4.9)
Github Embed (2.2)
Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (9.6)
Gutenberg (21.1)
Jetpack (14.8)
Jetpack Boost (4.1)
List category posts (0.91)
LiteSpeed Cache (7.2)
MetaSlider (3.99)
Newsletters (4.10)
Otter – Page Builder Blocks & Extensions for Gutenberg (3.1)
Query Monitor (3.18)
Quiz And Survey Master (10.2)
Shortcodes Ultimate (7.4)
Simply Static (3.3)
SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (1.69)
Smash Balloon Instagram Feed (6.9)
Smush (3.20)
TaxoPress (3.37)
Two Factor (0.14)
WP Grade Comments (1.6)
WPBot ChatBot for WordPress for Live Support and Lead Generation (6.8)
Yoast SEO (25.4)
Zotpress (7.4)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.5.11 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for July 22, 2025:

Ashe (2.258)
Hello Elementor (3.4)
Neve (4.1)
Sydney (2.55)

As part of this update, WordPress will also be updated to the 6.8.x series.

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

Major plugin and theme updates for February 25, 2025

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.5.3 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for February 25, 2025:

Better Search (4.0)
Block Visibility (3.7)
Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler (8.2)
Blubrry PowerPress (11.12)
Broadcast (51.2)
BuddyPress (14.3)
Constant Contact Forms for WordPress (2.8)
Contact Form 7 (6.0)
Cool Timeline (3.0)
Default featured image (1.8)
Download Manager (3.3)
Event Tickets (5.19)
Events Manager (6.6)
FeedWordPress (2024.1119)
Feedzy RSS Feeds Lite (5.0)
Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (9.2)
Gravity Forms (2.9)
Gravity PDF (6.12)
Gutenberg (20.2)
Jetpack (14.3)
Jetpack Boost (3.8)
Kadence Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks for Page Builder Features (3.4)
List category posts (0.90)
MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress (4.10)
Media Library Assistant (3.24)
MetaSlider (3.95)
Native ChatBot for WordPress WPBot for Live Support and Lead Generation (6.3)
PDF Embedder (4.9)
Plugins List (2.7)
Query Monitor (3.17)
Quiz And Survey Master (9.2)
Really Simple CAPTCHA (2.4)
Relevanssi (4.24)
Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.8)
Share This Image (2.8)
Shortcodes Ultimate (7.3)
Sign-up Sheets (2.3)
Simply Static (3.2)
SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (1.65)
Smash Balloon Instagram Feed (6.6)
Smush (3.17)
Subscribe2 (10.44)
Table of Contents Plus (2411.1)
TablePress (3.0)
TaxoPress (3.30)
The Events Calendar: Category Colors (7.4)
Tumblr Importer (1.2)
Twentig (1.9)
Two Factor (0.11)
User Switching (1.9)
VaultPress (4.0)
WP Inventory (2.3)
WP Mail SMTP (4.3)
XPoster – Share to X and Mastodon (4.3)
Yoast SEO (24.4)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.5.3 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for February 25, 2025:

Ashe (2.250)
ColorMag (4.0)
Hello Elementor (3.3)
Neve (4.0)
Sydney (2.50)
Twenty Eleven (4.8)
Twenty Fifteen (3.9)
Twenty Fourteen (4.1)
Twenty Nineteen (3.0)
Twenty Seventeen (3.8)
Twenty Sixteen (3.4)
Twenty Ten (4.3)
Twenty Thirteen (4.3)
Twenty Twelve (4.4)
Twenty Twenty (2.8)
Twenty Twenty-Four (1.3)
Twenty Twenty-One (2.4)
Twenty Twenty-Three (1.6)
Twenty Twenty-Two (1.9)

As part of this release, we will also update WordPress to the 6.7.x series.

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

Major plugin and theme updates for February 27, 2024

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.3.3 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for February 27, 2024:

Better Search (3.3)
Block Visibility (3.3)
Business Directory Plugin (6.4)
Event Tickets (5.8)
Filter Everything — WooCoomerce Product & WordPress Filter (1.8)
Gutenberg (17.6)
Hypothesis (0.7)
Jetpack (13.0)
Jetpack Boost (3.0)
Kadence Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks for Page Builder Features (3.2)
Link Library (7.6)
NextGEN Gallery (3.57)
Share This Image (1.92)
Simple Calendar (3.3)
SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (1.58)
The Events Calendar (6.3)
Twentig (1.8)
XPoster – Share to Twitter/X from WordPress (4.2)
Yoast SEO (21.9)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.3.3 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for February 27, 2024:

Ashe (2.230)
Neve (3.8)
Sydney (2.34)
Twenty Seventeen (3.5)
Twenty Twenty (2.5)
Twenty Twenty-One (2.1)

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

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.

Major plugin and theme updates for June 27, 2023

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.1.9 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for June 27, 2023:

Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler (7.1)
Blubrry PowerPress (10.2)
Broken Link Checker (2.1)
BuddyPress (11.2)
Events Manager (6.4)
Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (8.15)
Gravity Forms (2.7) (Gravity)
Gutenberg (15.9)
Jetpack Boost (1.9)
Meta Box (5.7)
MetaSlider (3.31)
NextGEN Gallery (3.36)
Otter – Page Builder Blocks & Extensions for Gutenberg (2.3)
Passster (4.2)
PressForward (5.5)
Really Simple CAPTCHA (2.2)
Seriously Simple Podcasting (2.21)
Shortcodes Ultimate (5.13)
SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (1.50)
Tumblr Importer (1.1)
WP to Twitter (3.7)
WebAuthn Provider for Two Factor (2.1)
Yoast SEO (20.8)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.1.9 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for June 27, 2023:

Ashe (2.214)
Neve (3.6)
Sydney (2.22)

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

Major plugin and theme updates for March 28, 2023

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.1.4 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for March 28, 2023:

3D FlipBook – Lite Edition (1.15)
AMP (2.4)
Advanced Excerpt (4.4)
Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler (7.0)
Blubrry PowerPress (9.10)
Broadcast (49.6)
Broken Link Checker (2.0)
BuddyPress (11.1)
Events Manager (6.3)
Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (8.12)
Gutenberg (15.2)
Jetpack (11.8)
Kadence Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks for Page Builder Features (3.0)
Link Library (7.5)
MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress (4.9)
Media Library Assistant (3.6)
NextGEN Gallery (3.35)
Open Graph and Twitter Card Tags (3.3)
Otter – Page Builder Blocks & Extensions for Gutenberg (2.2)
Passster (4.1)
Password Protected (2.6)
Perfect Images (Media Replace • Generate Thumbnails • Image Sizes • Optimize • HighDPI) (6.4)
Popup Maker (1.18)
PressForward (5.4)
Quiz And Survey Master (8.1)
Share This Image (1.75)
Subscribe2 (10.40)
Super RSS Reader (4.9)
Table of Contents Plus (2302.0)
Tag Groups (2.0)
Team Members (5.3)
The Events Calendar: Category Colors (7.2)
WP Document Revisions (3.5)
WP OAuth Server – CE (4.3)
WP-ShowHide (1.5)
Webinar and Video Conference with Jitsi Meet (2.0)
Wufoo Shortcode Plugin (1.53)
Yoast SEO (20.2)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.1.4 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for March 28, 2023:

Ashe (2.210)
Neve (3.5)
OceanWP (3.4)
Sydney (2.19)

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

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