Release Notes

Please find listed below the updates that we make for WordPress core and the plugins/themes that we manage as part of our Quality Assurance program.

For future dates shown, the changes listed are planned and are available for testing on sites using our ‘beta’ branch. Please contact support for information on access to the beta branch.

The past dates shown indicate the date the change was merged in production during your local change management window.

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  • Updates on May 20, 2025

    Plugin Updates:

    • Akismet : Upgrade – Version 5.4.
    • Content Control: Upgrade – Version 2.6.4.
    • Comment Moderation E-mail only to Author: Upgrade – Version 0.6.
    • Custom Post Type UI: Upgrade – Version 1.17.3.
    • Post Types Order: Upgrade – Version 2.3.5.
    • PublishPress Future: Upgrade – Version 4.6.0.
    • User Switching: Upgrade – Version 1.9.2.

    Theme Updates:

    • Apostrophe: Upgrade – Version 1.0.13.
    • Argent: Upgrade – Version 1.1.5.
    • Ari: Upgrade – Version 1.2.
    • Auberge: Upgrade – Version 3.0.1.
    • Author: Upgrade – Version 1.54.
    • AwesomePress: Upgrade – Version 1.0.4.
    • Unit: Upgrade – Version 1.14.
    • Unite: Upgrade – Version 2.0.9.
    • Universal: Upgrade – Version 1.0.3.
    • Untitled: Upgrade – Version 1.6.3.
    • Veggie Lite: Upgrade – Version 1.1.9.
    • Visual: Upgrade – Version 1.3.2.
    • Whimsical Love: Upgrade – Version 2.0.

    Theme Deprecations (to be removed on August 20, 2025):

    • Ari
  • Updates on May 13, 2025

    Plugin Updates:

    • CAS: Improve – Redirection after user login.
    • Reports & Batch Edits: Improve – Status column data in site reports.
    • bbPress : Upgrade – Version 2.6.13.
    • CoAuthors Plus: Upgrade – Version 3.6.5.
    • CoBlocks: Upgrade – Version 3.1.15.
    • Cool Timeline: Upgrade – Version 3.0.1.
    • Polylang: Upgrade – Version 3.7.1.
    • Public Post Preview: Upgrade – Version 3.0.1.

    Theme Updates:

    • Aldehyde: Upgrade – Version 3.0.6.
    • Amalie Lite: Upgrade – Version 1.1.8.
    • Ample: Upgrade – Version 1.3.5.
    • WP Jurist: Upgrade – Version 1.3.0.
    • Writr: Upgrade – Version 1.2.9.
    • Yuuta Upgrade – Version 1.6.3.
  • Updates on May 6, 2025

    Plugin Updates:

    • Accessibility [WP Accessibility]: Upgrade – Version 2.1.17.
    • Advanced Network Settings: New – Added Network disable comments functionality.
    • Content Control: Upgrade – Version 2.6.2.
    • Draw Attention: Upgrade – Version 2.0.35.
    • Search & Filter: Upgrade – Version 1.2.17.

    Theme Updates:

    • Adelle: Upgrade – Version 19.01.
    • Aguafuerte: Upgrade – Version 1.1.3.
    • Cruzy: Upgrade – Version 1.4.5.
    • Drop: Upgrade – Version 1.2.2.
    • Eryn: Upgrade – Version 1.7.1.
    • Zen [Accessible Zen]: Upgrade – Version 1.2.

    Themes Deprecated ( scheduled removal on 6th August, 2025 ):

    • Awaken
    • Ex Astris
    • Fara
    • FlatOn
    • iTek
    • Tecblogger
  • Updates on April 22, 2025

    Plugin Updates:

    • Calendar+: Improve – Event time for “Add to Google Calendar” links.
    • Akismet: Upgrade – Version 5.3.7.
    • Blogger Importer: Upgrade – Version 0.9.3.
    • Classic Editor: Upgrade – Version 1.6.7.

    Theme Updates:

    • Tecblogger: Upgrade – Version 1.0.7.
    • Oriental: Upgrade – Version 1.3.19.
    • iTek: Upgrade – Version 1.1.7
    • E.Nigma 2015: Upgrade – Version 1.2.5.1.
    • Eyesite: Upgrade – Version 1.54.
    • White Xmas: Upgrade – Version 1.9.
    • Wilson: Upgrade – Version 2.1.3.
    • Ward: Upgrade – Version 1.0.7.
    • University: Upgrade – Version 1.3.

  • Updates on April 15, 2025

    Plugin Updates:

    • Multisite Privacy: Improve – bbPress integration.
    • Simple SEO:
      • New – Added support for formatting tags inside singular posts.
      • New – Added support for noindex option per singular posts.
    • TablePress: Upgrade – Version – 3.1.1.
  • Updates on April 8, 2025

    Plugin Updates:

    • Co-Authors Plus: Upgrade – Version 3.6.4.
    • Multisite Plugin Manager: Upgrade – Version 3.4.
    • Super Admin Exports: Improve – Show inactive Domain Mapping sites in the list.
    • SyntaxHighlighter Evolved: Upgrade- Version 3.7.2.
    • TablePress: Upgrade – Version – 3.1.

    Plugins Deprecated:

    • Restricted Site Access
    • WP Mega Menu
  • Updates on April 1, 2025

    Plugin Updates:

    • Blog Templates/Cloner: Improve – Calendar+ integration.
    • Advanced Importer: Upgrade – Version 1.0.1.
    • WordPress Importer: Upgrade – Version 0.8.4.

  • Updates on March 25, 2025

    Plugin Updates:

    • Advanced Settings: Improve – Calendar+ integration.
    • Blog Templates/Cloner: Improve – Calendar+ integration.
    • Calendar +: Improve – Export file for events.
    • Classes: Improve – Multisite Privacy integration.
    • Multisite Privacy: Upgrade – Version 1.2.0.
      • Improve – Security/Sanitization.
      • Improve – Performance.
      • Improve – Shibboleth Integration.

    Themes Deprecated:

    • Sparkling ( scheduled removal on 24th June, 2025)
  • Updates on March 18, 2025

    Plugin Updates:

    • Advanced Settings: Improve – Calendar+ integration.
    • Batch Create: New – Field for site description.
    • Content Control: Upgrade – Version 2.6.0.

    Theme Updates:

    • Unlimited: Upgrade – Version 1.48.
  • Updates on March 11, 2025

    Plugin Updates:

    • Advanced Network Settings:
      • Improve – Settings page accessibility.
      • New – Added fields for ReCaptcha V2.
    • bbPress: Upgrade – Version 2.6.12.
    • Join Multisite:
      • Improve – Settings Page, Front-end Accessibility.
      • Improve – Security ( Sanitization and Escaping ).
    • Reports & Batch Edits: New – Add one user to a list of sites.
    • Site Templates/Cloner:
      • Improve – CampusPress Flex theme integration.
      • Improve – URL replacement in post content.
      • Improve – Core blocks id mapping.