A current listing of requests and improvements for the UCSC WordPress service.
Continuous improvements are underway to help you build a great web experience at UCSC.
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Current requests
Slideshow/Carousels
Description: Request to add slideshow/carousel functionality
Status: In the request queue
Options: MetaSlider and SlideIn are two options that are being evaluated for use with UCSC WordPress websites.
Video Integration
Description: Request for full width into hero/billboard video integration with the ability to turn autoplay on/off for accessibility.
Status: In the request queue
Options: Embedding video is a current function in WordPress
Custom course displays
Description: Allowing the owner to pull specific course from the course catalog to assemble an academic plan.
Status: In the request queue
Images in RSS news feeds
Description: Integrating images into RSS News feeds from sources like news.ucsc.edu
Status: In the request queue. Not available for RSS news feeds at the moment, and will be explored with redesign of news.ucsc.edu
Options: Using featured images in Posts created on your website, and the Post Lists block can generate thumbnail images.
Accessibility updates
Description: Ongoing accessibility improvements are underway to improve the accessibility of the WordPress theme and elements used in the theme.
Status: Ongoing
Search engine optimization
Description: Improvements to optimize the findability of your website in search engine results.
Status: Ongoing
Recent updates
- Weekly release notes 3.22.23Updates to the UCSC WordPress theme for the week of March 22, 2023: v. 2.1.4
- Weekly release notes 12.12.22Updates to the UCSC WordPress theme for the week of December 12, 2022: v. 1.9.0
- Weekly release notes: 12.05.22Updates to the UCSC WordPress theme for the week of December 5, 2022: v 1.8.0