December '25 - Mid Month News
Welcome to your quick mid-month summary of all things important & upcoming across our community.
The festive season is nearly upon us, and to celebrate we're bringing you "twelve days of blogging" advent!
We have a lot of fun posts planned for the days between today and December 24, and everyone in the team is contributing something to help ring in the season in true Reclaim style.
Support and Services Updates
Contact us for help & support via our support portal.
Year-End Accessibility Tune-Up
This post is part one of our Year-End Accessibility Tune-Up series, featuring short, practical guides to help you evaluate and improve the accessibility of your website as we head into the new year. Each instalment focuses on small but impactful steps you can take to ensure your content is readable, navigable, and welcoming to all users.
PHP changes coming up on January 5, 2026
Here is a quick reminder of upcoming changes for Shared Hosting customers, as well as sites hosted on Domain of One's Own and Managed cPanel servers.
- Removal of PHP 7.3 & 7.4: We will fully remove PHP 7.3 from our cPanel servers by January 5th, and PHP 7.4 by Mid Year 2026. If you have a website on PHP 7.3 or 7.4 at the time of depreciation, your website will automatically move to the lowest version available.
If you are unsure which version of PHP your site is using, or whether your site is set to "inherit" the default version, you can always check and/or the version using the MultiPHP Manager tool in cPanel. Note that it is only possible to set PHP versions for domains or subdomains, not for subdirectories. If a site is installed on a subdirectory (eg, defaultsite.com/example), it will use the PHP version set for its parent domain (in this case, defaultsite.com).
Security update: W3 Total Cache WordPress plugin
A vulnerability of a common Wordpress plugin has been identified. In this post we link to more information and what to do next.
2026 Product Improvements & Pricing Adjustments
As part of our ongoing commitment to providing reliable, secure, and high-quality hosting services, we are implementing pricing updates for our Domain of One’s Own, Managed Hosting, and Shared Hosting plans, effective January 1, 2026.
Events and Streams on Reclaim TV
Admin Workshop: WordPress Multisite
Register now for the first admin workshop of the year, scheduled for February 17 @ 1200 pm – 5:00 pm EST.
This workshop will help you learn about administering WPMS, explore themes and plug-ins, find out how to build a WPMS that supports your goals and also learn more about troubleshooting and how to fix common issues.
Check what's coming up on our Events Calendar:
- 12/12 @ 12pm EST Twenty years of bavatuesdays. This week we’re celebrating something very special, namely Jim’s mission to “land on exactly 4,000 at the moment this blog turns 20”, which is on December 13! As the main host of the popular “On Writing” series here on Reclaim TV, Jim did get to talk a lot about blogging this year, which didn’t stop him from also publishing his own posts at a record rate. This is your chance to help us celebrate.
- 12/17 @ 12pm EST Blogging Community of Practice Holiday Special. This month’s we are celebrating a whole year of blogging as our Blogging Community of Practice turns 1! Join us for this holiday special as we come together and reflect on a year of blogging, sharing practice and supporting each other to find and make our voice heard on the open web.
- 12/19 @ 12pm EST A Backwoods CMS adventure. For our final live stream of the year, Taylor will be live on Reclaim TV to take you on a Backwoods CMS adventure which he premiered at Reclaim Open.
