WordPress Community of Practice Archives
Morning Updates — v6.6
Dear WordPress Community, We are excited to share with you recent changes and accessibility improvements that have been made in…
Alternative Text and Web Accessibility
One of the most powerful ways we can improve the accessibility of our website is the creation of alternative text…
Homepage Banner Examples
Emergency Example Our Emergency Banner is the one banner option that defaults to presenting open (it can be minimized by…
Two cool new features in WordPress
Hi all, The Webteam would like to draw your attention to two new features we recently added to WordPress which…
Why isn’t my Post appearing?
Question I published a new post to appear on my Latest Updates page, but I’m not seeing it appear on…
Announcing WordPress 5.8
Dear Bates WordPress Community, In an ongoing effort to keep our website up to date, safe, and easy to manage,…
New Tutorials and Best Practices for Expandable Areas, Table of Contents, and Page Anchors
Special thanks to Digital Communications Assistant Mei Kane ‘23 for researching and creating these new tutorials and best practices.
Overhauling the Editor: A New Way to Use WordPress
So what’s the problem? And what’s a block? One of the things you hear a lot about during discussions of…
Updates and Opportunities
I’m pleased to announce that yesterday we upgraded WordPress to its most recent version (5.3). One change you’ll notice immediately is…
How to switch to Block Editor
1. Classic Editor vs. Block Editor If you started using WordPress before December 2018, then you’ll recognize the Classic Editor.…