Wordpress Update Log

A running log of changes, improvements, and new features added to the WordPress environment across the archive platform. Use this page to stay informed about updates that may affect how you manage content, configure components, or navigate the CMS — no need to chase down announcements in email or Slack.

 

Commit history

September 9th

  • Generic Post Feed component now has the ability to add more than one button. Watch a demonstration video (no sound, 2 min 40 sec)

July 28th

The following changes apply to the individual news/announcement page.

  • The title section of the page is now wider than the content section.
  • The featured image no longer appears automatically.  Posts that were created prior to July 22, 2026 will retain the featured image. Posts created after that date will need to have the image added manually if desired.

July 15th

  • Compact table option has been added to the table component.  A video showing how to implement Compact Table has been recorded.

June 2nd

  • well styles for row components added
  • council member position added to staff member post type
  • editors can add guest contributors to news posts

May 18th

  • well color variants
  • Miscellaneous spacing fixes in flexible template
  • Added the “Unpublished” column to the WordPress admin list view for all post types. It shows the exact date and time a post was moved from published to draft, along with who made the change. The column is sortable and works for both manual unpublishing and any automated/scheduled status changes. One thing to note is that only posts unpublished from this point forward will have a date recorded. This is a new post_meta_field so we don’t have any historical data for posts that were already in draft before.

May 8th

  • added navigation menu to /shared site for internal staff pages like this one.

April 30th

Preview mode is available on production for all archive sites and /shared content. Hitting the ‘Preview’ button in the WordPress editor will direct you to a live production version of your page that bypasses our cache. It can be used to preview published content as well as content in draft status. A few small things to note…
  1. content on the /shared site will always preview on the ICPSR site. Your content will still be available on your archive site as long as it is properly tagged. Content that is not /shared will render in the appropriate site.
  2. featured images for news and event posts that are in draft status will not appear in preview mode until they are published (see attached image).
  3. content must be published at least once before it can be viewed in draft mode. I understand that isn’t very intuitive but WP has certain limitations around what content can be previewed via rest api.