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 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 August 23, 2022

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.0.5 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for August 23, 2022:

  • AMP (2.3)
  • Akismet Anti-Spam (5.0)
  • Bellows Accordion Menu (1.4)
  • Broadcast (48.12)
  • Contact Form 7 (5.6)
  • Elementor (3.6)
  • EmbedPress (3.4)
  • Events Manager (6.0)
  • Export WP Page to Static HTML/CSS (2.1)
  • Folders (2.8)
  • Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (8.7)
  • Gravity PDF (6.4)
  • Gutenberg (13.8)
  • Jetpack (11.2)
  • Media Library Assistant (3.1)
  • NextGEN Gallery (3.28)
  • Open Graph and Twitter Card Tags (3.2)
  • Quiz And Survey Master (8.0)
  • Redirection (5.3)
  • Seriously Simple Podcasting (2.15)
  • Share This Image (1.70)
  • SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (1.38)
  • Smush (3.10)
  • Super RSS Reader (4.6)
  • WP Accessibility (1.9)
  • WP to Twitter (3.6)
  • Wufoo Shortcode Plugin (1.46)
  • Yoast Duplicate Post (4.5)
  • Yoast SEO (19.4)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 2.0.5 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for August 23, 2022:

  • Author (1.47)
  • Hello Elementor (2.6)
  • Hemingway (2.3)
  • Radcliffe (2.1)
  • Rowling (2.1)
  • Sydney (2.9)

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

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Major plugin and theme updates for May 25, 2021

The 1.18.8 release of the CUNY Academic Commons will include a major update to WordPress, from the 5.6.x to the 5.7.x release series.

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 1.18.8 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for May 25, 2021:

  • Better Font Awesome (2.0)
  • Blubrry PowerPress (8.6)
  • Broadcast (47.6)
  • BuddyPress (7.3)
  • Business Directory Plugin (5.12)
  • Custom Post Type UI (1.9)
  • Elementor (3.2)
  • Email Before Download (6.3)
  • Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (7.17)
  • Gravity PDF (5.4)
  • Gutenberg (10.5)
  • Jetpack by WordPress.com (9.7)
  • Kadence Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks for Page Builder Features (2.0)
  • Link Library (7.0)
  • List category posts (0.84)
  • Media Library Assistant (2.95)
  • MetaSlider Lightbox (1.12)
  • NextGEN Gallery (3.9)
  • Popup Maker (1.16)
  • Redirection (5.1)
  • Smash Balloon Instagram Feed (2.9)
  • Subscribe2 (10.35)
  • Super RSS Reader (4.2)
  • SyntaxHighlighter Evolved (3.6)
  • TablePress (1.13)
  • Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) (5.19)
  • Yoast SEO (16.2)
  • wpDiscuz (7.2)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 1.18.8 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for May 25, 2021:

  • Flat Bootstrap (1.10)
  • Make (1.10)
  • Sydney (1.76)
  • Twenty Eleven (3.7)
  • Twenty Fifteen (2.9)
  • Twenty Fourteen (3.1)
  • Twenty Nineteen (2.0)
  • Twenty Seventeen (2.7)
  • Twenty Sixteen (2.4)
  • Twenty Ten (3.3)
  • Twenty Thirteen (3.3)
  • Twenty Twenty (1.7)
  • Twenty Twenty-One (1.3)

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

Major plugin and theme updates for February 23, 2021

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 1.18.4 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for February 23, 2021:

  • Alt checker (1.3)
  • Broadcast (46.19)
  • Change Password Protected Message (2.1)
  • Custom Sidebars (3.31)
  • Elementor (3.1)
  • Email Before Download (6.1)
  • GD bbPress Attachments (4.2)
  • Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (7.15)
  • Gutenberg (9.9)
  • Jetpack by WordPress.com (9.4)
  • Link Library (6.8)
  • Media Library Assistant (2.94)
  • MetaSlider (3.20)
  • Popup Maker (1.15)
  • Redirection (5.0)
  • Simple Tags (2.63)
  • Smash Balloon Instagram Feed (2.7)
  • WP Email Users (1.7)
  • Yoast Duplicate Post (4.1)
  • Yoast SEO (15.7)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 1.18.4 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for February 23, 2021:

  • Sydney (1.74)

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