On Thursday, January 9, the WordPress UW Theme was updated to version 1.8.0. A full list of changes in this version of the UW Theme can be reviewed in the changelog.
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WordPress Core 5.3.1 Security and Maintenance Release
WordPress recently updated Core to version 5.3.1 to accommodate some security- and maintenance-related fixes. WiscWeb has rolled out this update on December 13, 2019.
Decommissioning of Enhanced Media Library Plugin
Due to unforeseen conflicts with the plugin and the latest version of WP Core, as well as the fact that the plugin has been abandoned by the developer, we have decided to decommission the Enhanced Media Library plugin for the WiscWeb service.
WiscWeb Holiday Availability
The WiscWeb team will have low availability during the winter holidays (December 23, 2019 – January 2, 2020). Please expect delays in messaging. Outage Reporting If you experience a site outage during the holidays, please …
WordPress Core Update to 5.3
The WiscWeb Service was updated to WordPress Core version 5.3 on Monday, November 25, 2019. This update is mostly related to changes to and fixes for the Gutenberg editor, which is not yet available with the UW Theme. More information about these changes can be found on the WordPress website.
UW Theme Updated to 1.7.0
On Thursday, November 7, the WordPress UW Theme was updated to version 1.7.0 within the WiscWeb Service. A full list of changes in this version can be reviewed in the changelog. Here is the one …
Gravity Forms Alert After Update
If you are seeing a new alert message in your Gravity Forms notifications settings, fear not. This is not something that should interfere with the functioning of your forms.
Plugin Updates for October 2019
After testing the plugins in our Dev and QA environments, we will be rolling out plugin updates to a few of our more major plugins on Thursday, October 24. We plan to roll these out …
Performance Improvements for July and August 2019
Over the past two months, various members of DoIT, University Marketing, and CALS have been focusing on key performance updates for the WiscWeb service to improve page load times. This effort was in response to reports of slow page load times for both authenticated (logged into the editing environment) and unauthenticated (not logged in, your general website visitors) users of the tool. We would like to provide an update on the status of this endeavor.
WordPress Core Update to 5.2.3
The WiscWeb Service was updated to WordPress Core version 5.2.3 on Friday, September 6. This update is a security release that aims to fix several potential vulnerabilities (mostly related to cross site scripting). More information about these changes can be found on the WordFence website.