January Newsletter 2026

January Newsletter 2026
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We wish all our customers and community a Happy New Year 2026!

This month

PHP changes coming up on January 5, 2026

Removal of PHP 7.3 & 7.4: We will fully remove PHP 7.3 from our cPanel servers by January 5th. for Shared Hosting customers, as well as sites hosted on Domain of One's Own and Managed cPanel servers.

Upcoming email changes for Shared Hosting

Email services will no longer be available for Student/Personal and Faculty/Professional shared hosting account holders. This change will take effect from January 1, 2026. Read our useful guide about how to prepare.

2026 Product Improvements & Pricing Adjustments

As part of our ongoing commitment to providing reliable, secure, and high-quality hosting services, we are implementing product improvements and pricing updates for our Domain of One’s Own, Managed Hosting, and Shared Hosting plans, effective January 1, 2026.


Support, tips and training

Focus on: accessibility

The deadline for schools to meet web accessibility requirements by April 2026 is fast approaching. This series offers short, practical guides to help you evaluate and improve the accessibility of your website.

There's also a dedicated live stream to explore this in more detail coming up this month.

Spring admin training

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Training for new admins and everyone looking to up-skill in Domain of One's Own and Wordpress Multisite, hosted by our expert team.
Workshop 1: Wordpress Multisite, Feb 17
Workshop 2: Domain of One's Own, Feb 26

Sign up

Events

Find out what's on and register via our events calendar.

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Accessibility Tune-Up
January 9, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST
We're starting the year with short, practical guides to help you evaluate and improve the accessibility of your website.

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Reclaim celebrates Wikipedia @ 25: Knowledge is Human
January 16, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST
This week Wikipedia turns 25 (on January 15) and we're proud to be part of the celebration.

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Spring workshop preview: Domain of One’s Own and WordPress Multisite
January 23, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST
Join the team from Reclaim Hosting to find out what’s coming up in our spring workshops about all things Domain of One’s Own and WordPress Multisite.

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“On Writing” on Reclaim TV
January 16, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST
Welcome to a new year for our popular series "On Writing", a video podcast hosted by Jim Groom and Team Reclaim.


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On the blog

If you are looking for some fresh inspiration, head over to the blog and dive into our 12-part holiday season of posts.


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