2019.2 Release

The Web Publishing team will perform system upgrades on the WordPress platform (wp.nyu.edu) on Wednesday, April 17 at 10P-12A. How will this affect you? No downtime is expected, however, user experience and functionality might be affected on the back-end for site administrators. Need help? This maintenance is being performed off-peak hours to minimize disruption. If […]

The Web Publishing team will perform system upgrades on the WordPress platform (wp.nyu.edu) on Wednesday, April 17 at 10P-12A.

How will this affect you?

No downtime is expected, however, user experience and functionality might be affected on the back-end for site administrators.

Need help?

This maintenance is being performed off-peak hours to minimize disruption. If you need assistance during the maintenance window or after the upgrade, please contact us at askit@nyu.edu

What is included?

Release 2019.2 is a minor release focused on plugin and theme updates with a few small fixes for other issues reported in the last month.

Plugin updates

  • Aesop Story Engine
  • Custom Sidebars Pro
  • Easy Fancybox
  • Gutenberg
  • Jetpack by WordPress.com
  • Relevanssi Premium
  • User Submitted Posts
  • Smush Pro
  • Wordfence

Theme updates

  • Altitude Pro
  • Baskerville
  • Brunch Pro Theme
  • Genesis
  • Hemingway
  • Make
  • Masonic
  • Modern
  • Reykjavik
  • Spacious
  • Zeko

Fixes

  • Fix Enable Media Replace conflict with WordPress Classic editor
  • Fix broken search functionality in the plugin activation page for site administrators
  • Spot CSS fixes for our home page