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Reclaim's Roundup - November '25

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A big thank you to everyone who took part in Reclaim Open at the start of November and helped make the conference such a wonderfully rich event! Dive into the conference highlights with our series of free ReclaimOpen25 Rewind events and meet the winners of our inaugural Student Showcase.

2025 Student Showcase Winners announced

We announced the winners of this year's student showcase at Reclaim Open on November 6. They are (in no particular order):

All entries were reviewed by our panel of judges and scored based on innovation, applicability as well as on creative use of the technology.

Explore the winning projects

Support and Service News

Contact us for help & support via our support portal.

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Support during the holidays, Nov 26-27: On Thursday and Friday of this week our team takes a well deserved break. We will continue to monitor our services for critical incidents, and respond to routine requests and support tickets once we are back to business as usual. We wish all who celebrate Happy Thanksgiving!

PHP changes coming up on December 1, 2025 and January 5, 2026

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 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).

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.

Learn more

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.

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Events and Streams on Reclaim TV

Admin Workshops

Admin Workshop: WordPress Multisite (WPMS) (February 17 @ 12:00 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.

Register now

What's coming up on our Events Calendar:

  • 11/28 #ReclaimOpen25 Rewind: Rewilding voice in a time of enclosure . No live stream as our team takes a well deserved break. We wish all who celebrate Happy Thanksgiving! Instead, we have a treat in store for you :)
  • 12/05 #ReclaimOpen25 Rewind: AI Maddeness. Join Jim Groom and Tom Woodward as they delve into how generative AI tools like ChatGPT can be used to simulate, narrate, and enhance digital sports experiences inspired by Madden 2001.
  • 12/12 #ReclaimOpen25 Rewind: Re-wilding EdTech: a collaborative speculative scenario design workshop. What if we stopped trying to control our digital tools and let them run wild instead? This is your chance to revisit a workshop which uses speculative design methods to imagine educational technologies that refuse to behave, systems that glitch creatively, algorithms with unpredictable logic, and learning platforms that evolve beyond their design.
  • 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. Taylor will be live on Reclaim TV to take you on a Backwoods CMS adventure which he premiered at Reclaim Open.

Watch at Reclaim TV, or catch the recording later on archive.reclaim.tv or our YouTube channel!

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