October '25 - Mid Month News
Welcome to your quick mid-month summary of all things important & upcoming across our community.
Meet the Opening Keynote for Reclaim Open
We are delighted to announce Dr Bonnie Stewart and her talk "Rewilding voice in a time of enclosure" as the opening keynote for Reclaim Open 2025! Visit the conference site to check out the conference schedule, meet our keynotes and find out who's speaking.
Support and Services Updates
Contact us for help & support via our support portal.
Plan ahead for upcoming PHP Version changes
Here is a quick reminder of upcoming changes, which will affect Shared Hosting customers, as well as sites hosted on Domain of One's Own and Managed cPanel servers.
- Raising Default Version from PHP 8.1 to PHP 8.2: On December 1, 2025 we will be changing the default PHP version on all our cPanel servers, from PHP 8.1 to PHP 8.2. Only the default command-line PHP and sites set to "inherit" the PHP version will be impacted by this change; all other sites with a specified PHP version will remain using that PHP version.
- Removal of PHP 7.3 & 7.4: We are also on track to fully remove PHP 7.3 from our cPanel servers by January 5th, and PHP 7.4 by Mid Year 2026.
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 tip: How to protect your domain name
Jason wrote this post to share some tips on how to spot Domain Renewal Scams. He shares how to spot common signs that a renewal notice is actually a scam and what to do keep your domain name secure. Read the post.
Case Study: Open Infrastructure and Digital Scholarship at Brown University
As digital technology becomes more and more widely used for research and teaching across the Humanities and Social Sciences, the infrastructure that supports faculty and students in their work becomes increasingly critical to their academic success.
Events and Streams on Reclaim TV
For upcoming events check our Events Calendar.
- 10/22 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST Blogging Community of Practice – Blog-A-Thon. Join us for the final Community of Practice session before the conference, and get involved in this year's Blog-A-Thon.
- 10/29 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST Reclaim Open Countdown: Next Week! on Reclaim TV
Final call for entries: Reclaim's Student Showcase
If you are working with students in a Domain of One’s Own, Shared Hosting or a Wordpress Multisite, we want to hear from you! We are running a student competition to showcase emerging voices from across our community of institutions.
Selected by a judging panel of expert admins we will shine a spotlight on wonderful work that is happening at our flagship conference, Reclaim Open. Nominations are open to all our customers, so help us celebrate the voices which will shape the web for the next generation.
Reclaim Open, Nov 4-6
Our theme is Rewilding the Network – Making New Connections and this year's conference invites you to share how you find and amplify your voices on the open web, the technology that makes it possible to stay connected and what brings us together across fragmented social networks. Register now to join us as we come together on the open web, via federated social networks, on the radio and on a blog near you. With three days of inspiring sessions, a blog-a-thon and plenty of practical know-how to take away, this is one event you don’t want to miss.
Visit the conference site to check out the conference schedule, meet our keynotes and find out who's speaking.
