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.

Major plugin and theme updates for December 22, 2025

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.6.3 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for December 22, 2025:

  • 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)
  • Constant Contact Forms for WordPress (2.15)
  • DK PDF (2.2)
  • Draw Attention (2.1)
  • Easy WP SMTP (2.13)
  • Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery (0.0)
  • Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (9.10)
  • Gutenberg (22.2)
  • Jetpack (15.3)
  • MetaSlider (3.103)
  • MetaSlider Lightbox (2.20)
  • Newsletters (4.12)
  • Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.14)
  • Smash Balloon Instagram Feed (6.10)
  • TaxoPress (3.41)
  • WP-ShowHide (1.6)
  • WPBot ChatBot for WordPress for Live Support and Lead Generation (7.5)
  • Yoast SEO (26.5)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.6.3 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for December 22, 2025:

  • Ashe (2.263)
  • 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)

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

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 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.