On August 20 2026, WFU WordPress sites will receive an updated header and footer featuring the new Wake Forest branding, a modernized look and feel, and accessibility improvements. Your sites will transition automatically without any action on your part. If your site includes custom navigation, […]
Categories: New Feature, Update
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
The WFU WordPress sites are stable after intermittent performance issues over the past 24 hours. The cause traces to a problem with our WP Cron replacement — the system that runs scheduled background tasks across the sites. UMC and Information Systems have addressed the issue […]
Categories: Incident Report
Improving website performance continues to be a major focus for our team. This month’s deployment includes several updates designed to make sites faster, more efficient, and easier to maintain. Modern Image Formats (WebP) We’ve begun implementing support for next-generation image formats using WordPress’s Modern Image […]
Categories: Deployment
We’re excited to introduce a new AI chatbot inside the WordPress dashboard to help answer your questions about using the Wake Forest WordPress system. This assistant pulls information directly from our WordPress Guide, ensuring responses align with our approved themes, blocks […]
Categories: New Feature
Today’s deployment included an upgrade to WordPress 6.9, bringing improvements to the editor that support more collaborative workflows, easier content management, and a few quality-of-life enhancements. Collaborative Editing with Notes One of the most exciting additions in 6.9 is the introduction of Notes. Just like […]
Categories: Deployment, New Feature
Due to the holiday schedule and an early code freeze, it’s been a quiet period for deployments. Our focus has been on routine maintenance and platform stability, with no major changes introduced. Today, 16 plugins were updated. We’re not expecting any issues, but feel free […]
Categories: Deployment
As we close out 2025, the WordPress team has been hard at work modernizing our WordPress platform. What We’re Doing We’re systematically updating our custom plugins to follow modern WordPress standards and best practices. This means: We Haven’t Forgotten About Features While our focus is […]
Categories: Deployment
A few weeks ago, we changed how we deploy WordPress. We moved from bi-weekly batch deployments to Continuous Deployment. What does this mean for you? Simple. When we build something new or fix something broken, you get it immediately. No more waiting for the next […]
Categories: Deployment