As part of the WordPress update on Tuesday, June 2nd, the content width across the platform will be expanded from 1000px to 1440px. Font sizes will also be increased slightly to improve readability and better use modern screen sizes. Most pages should transition smoothly into […]
Categories: Update
Today’s update includes a new layer of email protection to help reduce phishing risks, along with new file size limits to keep sites fast and easy to use. To help combat the rise in AI-powered phishing attacks targeting WFU, we’ve deployed a new email protection […]
Categories: Functionality Change, New Feature
Earlier today, an issue with Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud platform that hosts all the websites on our WordPress theme, caused temporary slowdowns and errors across multiple institutions nationwide. Amazon has resolved the primary issue, and most services are now operating normally. However, there […]
Categories: Outage
In our WP 4.1.7 deployment, we made small child theme updates and refreshed the Button Block to meet current coding standards. While the frontend appearance remains the same, the Button Block now enforces stricter validation, buttons must include both text and a link before […]
Categories: Deployment
We have a few exciting new features that we’d like to share with you: Vertical Video Support: With the popularity of vertical video on social media, we’ve added support to our theme so you can properly display your new videos on your website. Check out […]
Categories: New Feature
We want to inform you of an important issue regarding the UA WordPress system. Due to an unexpected problem, we needed to roll back the WordPress database to 11:30 p.m. today. Unfortunately, this means that any work done after this time will be lost. We […]
Categories: Incident Report, Outage
Most of our recent work has been focused on accessibility, improving code quality and maintenance, but we do have a few exciting new features that we’d like to share with you: QR Code Generator: We’ve gotten requests for guidance around creating QR Codes for promoting […]
Categories: Functionality Change, New Feature
Today’s WordPress deployment was a more technical one where we handled many plugin updates, took care of additional accessibility changes, and improved code quality behind the scenes. We are also bidding farewell to the ZenDesk plugin and evaluating a new chat plugin replacement. As always, […]
Categories: Deployment
Our final deployment of 2023 happened today, and we have two important updates that we’d like to share: Button Card Block: We have another new block to help enhance your websites. The Button Card Block allows you to add a row of attractive “cards,” […]
Categories: Functionality Change, New Feature
We have more exciting updates to share with you. We have released two new custom blocks and a recent WordPress update has added two more: Heading + Image Hover Block: If you have visited the new WFU homepage recently, you may have noticed the […]
Categories: Functionality Change, New Feature, Update