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Firewall changes coming June 4th through 17th

Posted on June 2, 2025

WiscWeb will soon be deploying subtle changes to the way that we configure our firewall settings for our WordPress environments. Our goal is to implement these changes in the least impactful way. However, it is …

Posted in Maintenance, Performance, Troubleshooting

Reminder: Embed Code Change Goes into Effect on January 12, 2023

Posted on January 5, 2023

On Thursday, January 12, 2023, WiscWeb will be removing the ability to embed tools/functionality using iframe, script, and style tags.

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Important Update for Sites Built Before January 2019

Posted on May 17, 2022

We will be making a change in January 2023 to remove certain embed options from sites built before January 2019.

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Known Issues with Modsecurity Update of February 28

Posted on February 28, 2020

In rolling out the Modsecurity updates of February 28, our team has uncovered a few recurring issues that are affecting a good portion of our users. We are currently working on updates to our configuration …

Posted in Maintenance, Performance, Updates

Important: Revised Rollout Date for Modsecurity Updates

Posted on February 28, 2020

Modsecurity changes planned for March 2nd are rolling out early due to a botnet attack Friday morning that resulted in a service-wide outage. Please report any and all error messages to the WiscWeb team via the customer support form.

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Important Updates Regarding Service Impacts Starting Monday, March 2

Posted on February 27, 2020

We will soon be making an important change to Modsecurity settings for the service to combat botnet attacks. This change may affect your sites and it is requested that you review this information and report any issues found.

Posted in Maintenance, Performance, Updates

Known Issues and Updates with Migration to Native WP Domain Mapping

Posted on July 16, 2019

The following document outlines the current known issues and updates with the migration from MU Domain Mapping to WordPress’s native domain mapping functionality. This list is being regularly updated so please check back if you experience a new issue.

Posted in Maintenance, Updates

Service Update for WiscWeb Editors and Administrators

Posted on July 2, 2019

We are aware of the noticeable slowness that authenticated users (those that are logged in) of WiscWeb sites have been experiencing. We are actively investigating this issue and are making changes that should begin improving …

Posted in Maintenance, Troubleshooting, Updates

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