Update 18 was released (3/27/2025). All central third party plugins were updated to the latest version. A new theme, Cynder, and the new block editor is now available for all new sites. Learn more about the block editor and how the editing experience will differ.

Update 17.7 was released (12/19/2024). WordPress Core was upgraded to 6.7.1 and all central third party plugins were updated to the latest version.

Update 17.6 was released (8/15/2024). WordPress Core was upgraded to 6.6.1 and all central third party plugins were updated to the latest version.

Update 17.5 was released (6/20/2024). WordPress Core was upgraded to 6.5.4 and all central third party plugins were updated to the latest version.  Each site's media library storage limit has been increased to 10GB.

Aurora will be migrated to our alternate data center as part of the ITS annual disaster recovery test. There will be service interruptions during the morning of Sunday May 19^th and then again during the evening of Wednesday May 22^nd.

Aurora will be migrated to our alternate data center as part of the ITS annual disaster recovery test. There will be service interruptions during the morning of Sunday May 19^th and then again during the evening of Wednesday May 22^nd.

Update 17.4 was released (3/21/2024). WordPress Core was upgraded to 6.4.3 and all central third party plugins were updated to the latest version.  A new calendar plugin has been released with an easy to use interface and advanced display options. For more information go to Events Calendar.

Update 17.3 was released today (9/28/2023). WordPress Core was upgraded to 6.3.1 and all central third party plugins were updated to the latest version. 

Instagram Feed

Please ignore the email with Subject “There has been a problem with your Instagram Feed.” "This is a courtesy email sent from the Smash Balloon Instagram Feed plugin on your website to alert you when there is an issue with one of your Instagram feeds."  

YouTube Feed

Ignore the link within the Dashboard for YouTube Feed as shown below.  Do Not add license key.

The message states in the blue banner, "Your license key is inactive. Please add license key to enable PRO features." 

Please send an email to webdev@uconn.edu if you have any questions.

Update 17.2 was released today (4/20/2023). WordPress Core was upgraded to 6.2.1 and all central third party plugins were updated to the latest version.