Major plugin and theme updates for May 26, 2026

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.7.4 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for May 26, 2026:

  • Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection (5.7)
  • Better Search (4.3)
  • Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler (8.9)
  • Blubrry PowerPress (11.16)
  • Co-Authors Plus (4.0)
  • Constant Contact Forms for WordPress (2.18)
  • Custom Post Type UI (1.19)
  • Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery (0.0)
  • Flipbox – Awesomes Flip Boxes Image Overlay (3.0)
  • Gravity Forms (2.10)
  • Gutenberg (23.0)
  • Jetpack (15.7)
  • Link Library (7.9)
  • Meta Box (5.12)
  • MetaSlider (3.109)
  • MetaSlider Lightbox (2.23)
  • NextGEN Gallery (4.2)
  • OSM (6.2)
  • Password Protected (2.8)
  • Query Monitor (4.0)
  • Scholar Publications Fetcher (2.3)
  • Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.15)
  • Share This Image (2.15)
  • SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (1.72)
  • Smush (4.0)
  • TablePress (3.3)
  • TaxoPress (3.45)
  • WP Document Revisions (4.0)
  • WPBot ChatBot for WordPress for Live Support and Lead Generation (8.2)
  • Yoast SEO (27.5)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.7.4 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for May 26, 2026:

  • Ashe (2.268)

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

Major plugin and theme updates for April 28, 2026

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.7.2 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for April 28, 2026:

  • Advanced Custom Fields (6.8)
  • Auto-Close Comments (0.0)
  • Broadcast (52.3)
  • Constant Contact Forms for WordPress (2.17)
  • Cool Timeline (3.3)
  • Easy WP SMTP (2.14)
  • EmbedPress (4.5)
  • FlexMeeting (2.8)
  • Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (10.1)
  • Gutenberg (22.8)
  • List category posts (0.95)
  • MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress (4.12)
  • Media Library Assistant (3.35)
  • MetaSlider (3.107)
  • NextGEN Gallery (4.1)
  • Page Links To (3.4)
  • Passster (4.3)
  • Popup Maker (1.22)
  • Quiz And Survey Master (11.1)
  • Share This Image (2.13)
  • Shortcodes Ultimate (7.5)
  • Twentig (2.0)
  • Two Factor (0.16)
  • WPBot ChatBot for WordPress for Live Support and Lead Generation (7.9)
  • Yoast Duplicate Post (4.6)
  • Yoast SEO (27.3)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.7.2 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for April 28, 2026:

  • Ashe (2.267)
  • Sydney (2.66)

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

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 April 23, 2024

This release will include a WordPress update, to the 6.5.x series.

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.3.6 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for April 23, 2024:

  • Block Visibility (3.4)
  • Blubrry PowerPress (11.7)
  • Broadcast (50.8)
  • BuddyPress (12.4)
  • ChatBot (5.2)
  • Cincopa video and media plug-in (1.160)
  • Event Tickets (5.9)
  • Gravity PDF (6.10)
  • Gutenberg (18.0)
  • Jetpack (13.3)
  • Jetpack Boost (3.2)
  • Media Library Assistant (3.15)
  • MetaSlider (3.70)
  • NextGEN Gallery (3.59)
  • Password Protected (2.7)
  • Quiz And Survey Master (9.0)
  • Really Simple CAPTCHA (2.3)
  • Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.2)
  • Share This Image (1.96)
  • Shortcodes Ultimate (7.1)
  • TablePress (2.3)
  • TaxoPress (3.20)
  • WP Document Revisions (3.6)
  • WP OAuth Server – CE (4.4)
  • Yoast SEO (22.4)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.3.6 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for April 23, 2024:

  • Ashe (2.235)
  • Author (1.52)
  • Sydney (2.36)
  • Twenty Eleven (4.6)
  • Twenty Fifteen (3.7)
  • Twenty Fourteen (3.9)
  • Twenty Nineteen (2.8)
  • Twenty Seventeen (3.6)
  • Twenty Sixteen (3.2)
  • Twenty Ten (4.1)
  • Twenty Thirteen (4.1)
  • Twenty Twelve (4.2)
  • Twenty Twenty (2.6)
  • Twenty Twenty-Four (1.1)
  • Twenty Twenty-One (2.2)
  • Twenty Twenty-Three (1.4)
  • Twenty Twenty-Two (1.7)

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 January 23, 2024

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.3.1 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for January 23, 2024:

  • Block Visibility (3.2)
  • ChatBot (5.1)
  • Gutenberg (17.4)
  • Jetpack (12.9)
  • MetaSlider (3.60)
  • NextGEN Gallery (3.55)
  • Otter – Page Builder Blocks & Extensions for Gutenberg (2.6)
  • PressForward (5.6)
  • Quiz And Survey Master (8.2)
  • Redirection (5.4)
  • Share This Image (1.90)
  • Super RSS Reader (5.1)
  • SyntaxHighlighter Evolved (3.7)
  • Theme Check (20231220.0)
  • WP Inventory (2.2)
  • Webinar and Video Conference with Jitsi Meet (2.6)
  • Yoast SEO (21.7)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.3.1 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for January 23, 2024:

  • Ashe (2.226)
  • ColorMag (3.1)
  • Hello Elementor (3.0)
  • Raft (1.1)
  • Sydney (2.32)

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

Major plugin and theme updates for December 26, 2023

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.2.5 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for December 26, 2023:

  • AMP (2.5)
  • Blubrry PowerPress (11.3)
  • Broadcast (50.6)
  • BuddyPress Docs (2.2)
  • ChatBot (5.0)
  • Custom Post Type UI (1.15)
  • Event Tickets (5.7)
  • Export WP Page to Static HTML/CSS (2.2)
  • Folders (3.0)
  • Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (8.22)
  • Gutenberg (17.1)
  • Jetpack (12.8)
  • Media Library Assistant (3.13)
  • Meta Box (5.9)
  • NextGEN Gallery (3.54)
  • Ninja Forms (3.7)
  • Otter – Page Builder Blocks & Extensions for Gutenberg (2.5)
  • Query Monitor (3.15)
  • Seriously Simple Podcasting (2.25)
  • Share This Image (1.89)
  • Shortcodes Ultimate (7.0)
  • SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (1.57)
  • Smush (3.15)
  • Subscribe2 (10.42)
  • Table of Contents Plus (2311.0)
  • Twentig (1.7)
  • WP Accessibility (2.1)
  • Yoast SEO (21.6)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.2.5 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for December 26, 2023:

  • Ashe (2.222)
  • Inspiro (1.8)
  • Sydney (2.31)
  • Twenty Eleven (4.5)
  • Twenty Fifteen (3.6)
  • Twenty Fourteen (3.8)
  • Twenty Nineteen (2.7)
  • Twenty Seventeen (3.4)
  • Twenty Sixteen (3.1)
  • Twenty Ten (4.0)
  • Twenty Thirteen (4.0)
  • Twenty Twelve (4.1)
  • Twenty Twenty (2.4)
  • Twenty Twenty-One (2.0)
  • Twenty Twenty-Three (1.3)
  • Twenty Twenty-Two (1.6)

As part of the 2.2.5 release, WordPress will also be update to the latest major release sequence, 6.4.x.

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.