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WiscWeb is a platform for creating and maintaining a UW-Madison branded website. Sites using WiscWeb are built with the UW Theme and hosted in the cloud for fast performance and high availability. Build out your site in private mode, then schedule an official launch when the site is ready to be public. Our team is here to help you if you get stuck along the way.
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Styling/functionality
Process and options for fee-based customizations (for qualifying sites).
Gutenberg transition
WiscWeb and the Office of Strategic Communications are working together to investigate and create a future UW Theme using Gutenberg, also called the block editor. This editor is designed to be more like popular page builder tools with a drag-and-drop editing experience, enabling content creators to design pages and posts more easily.
Learn more about the general transition
News
UW Theme updated to 1.39.0
On Wednesday, April 2, 2025, the WordPress UW Theme was updated to version 1.39.0 in the WiscWeb service. This update includes updates for ACF Pro, as well as two bug fixes.
April 2, 2025Gravity Forms plugin will be updated on March 24 to remove Post fields
Post and Pricing fields will be removed from WiscWeb's Gravity Forms plugin on March 24, 2025. Reach out to the WiscWeb team if you are using one of these options.
March 17, 2025Important update regarding wpDataTables using Google Sheets
wpDataTables that were built using Google Sheets may be displaying an error. Here's what we know about this issue.
March 12, 2025- More News