The Notre Dame Sites network has been updated to 5.3.1 Security and Maintenance Release.
Author: Erik Runyon
Erik is the Technical Director for University Communications.
WordPress Updated to 5.3
The Notre Dame Sites network has been updated to 5.3.
- Block Editor Improvements
- Expanded Design Flexibility
- Automatic Image Rotation
- Site Health Checks
WordPress updated to 5.2.4
The Notre Dame Sites network has been updated to 5.2.3.
This security release fixes 6 security issues.
Logging in with Okta
The summer the University migrated from CAS for authentication to Okta. Starting today, you can log into your Notre Dame Sites account using Okta. Instead of filling in your NetID and password, click on the “Log In with NetID/Okta” button. This will take you through the standard Okta workflow and redirect you back to your admin dashboard.
If you run into any issues logging in with Okta, please let us know.
WordPress updated to 5.2.3
The Notre Dame Sites network has been updated to 5.2.3.
This security and maintenance release features 29 fixes and enhancements.
WordPress updated to 5.2.2
The Notre Dame Sites network has been updated to 5.2.2.
This maintenance release fixes 13 bugs and adds a little bit of polish to the Site Health feature that made its debut in 5.2.
WordPress updated to 5.2
The Notre Dame Sites network has been updated to 5.2.
Accessibility Updates
A number of changes work together to improve contextual awareness and keyboard navigation flow for those using screen readers and other assistive technologies.
New Dashboard Icons
Thirteen new icons including Instagram, a suite of icons for BuddyPress, and rotated Earth icons for global inclusion. Find them in the Dashboard and have some fun!
Plugin Compatibility Checks
WordPress will now automatically determine if your site’s version of PHP is compatible with installed plugins. If the plugin requires a higher version of PHP than your site currently uses, WordPress will not allow you to activate it, preventing potential compatibility errors.
WordPress updated to 5.1.1
This morning we updated WordPress to 5.1.1 which is a maintenance and security release.
The primary focuses of 5.1.1 are:
- A pair of security fixes that handle how comments are filtered and then stored in the database.
- Hosts can now offer a button for their users to update PHP.
- The recommended PHP version used by the “Update PHP” notice can now be filtered.
- Several minor bug fixes.
WordPress updated to 5.1
The Notre Dame Sites network has been updated to 5.1.
About the release: Following WordPress 5.0 — a major release which introduced the new block editor — 5.1 focuses on polish, in particular by improving the overall performance of the editor. In addition, this release paves the way for a better, faster, and more secure WordPress with some essential tools for site administrators and developers.
WordPress updated to 5.0.3
The Notre Dame Sites network has been updated to 5.0.3.
For more information on the included releases:
- WordPress 5.0 “Bebo”
- WordPress 5.0.1 Security Release
- WordPress 5.0.2 Maintenance Release
- WordPress 5.0.3 Maintenance Release
We have enabled the Classic editor by default for all sites. If you would like to use the Block Editor (Gutenberg) on your site, go to “Settings > Allow users to switch editors”