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Reclaim's Roundup - October '25

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We start with a BIG welcome to Alexis Block, who recently joined our team as Customer Support Specialist! Alexis is already a big Champion of Domain of One's Own and brings a ton of experience to the role, and we are excited to have her on board.

Support and Service News

Contact us for help & support via our support portal.

Look out for product updates for 2026

Our small, dedicated team is always working hard to improve our products and services, and we'll be introducing updates to products for the new year to ensure that our hosting services remain secure, accessible and reliable for our community. Stay tuned for updates via email, our website and the round up newsletter in the coming weeks.

Reminder of 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).

Support during Reclaim Open, Nov 4-6

Next week most of our team is focusing on delivering our flagship event, and we are excited to connect with many of our clients during the conference. We may be a little slower than usual to respond to routine support requests, so please be patient and enjoy the event.

Events and Streams on Reclaim TV

For upcoming events check our Events Calendar.

It's not too late to register for Reclaim Open

Welcome to our 2025 conference: Reclaim Open 2025 Rewilding the Network – Making New Connections. Join us online from November 4-6th 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.

Register now

Coming up

  • 10/31 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST Reclaim Open Countdown: Next Week! on Reclaim TV
  • 11/14 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST “On Writing” with Catherine Cronin on Reclaim TV

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

Also, we have a new date for our next admin workshop:

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.

The Month in Blog Posts

Catch up on all that's been happening in the Reclaim blogosphere:

Haunted Halloween Special

Take a trip to Trento, and find out what Jim has been building to celebrate the season: Enter… if you dare. Halloween Diorama and Halloween Haunted Arcade .

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