On January 15 we released version 1.7.91 of the OpenLab. The main purpose of this release was to update all existing themes and plugins, including BuddyPress and WordPress, the two primary plugins that power the OpenLab.
We added one new plugin, Gravity Forms Advanced Post Creation Add-on, which allows you to more easily turn form submissions into posts on your site.
We retired a number of plugins that are no longer being maintained by their developers. These plugins will still be activated on any existing sites but won’t be available for activation on new sites:
- Advanced Excerpt
- Block Navigation
- Breadcrumb
- Category Tag Pates
- Cite
- DCO Comment Attachment
- Easy Google Fonts
- Pager Widget
- Text Hover
- Text Replace
We also made a few accessibility updates, mainly improvements for keyboard navigation of the site.
As always, please contact us with any questions!
Image credit: Snow….. again! By Thomas D Mørkeberg is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND.
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