Author: Cole Ragle

The Publish.Illinois.edu service underwent a scheduled maintenance period on 03/25/26. During the maintenance period, the Publish service was upgraded to WordPress version 6.9.4. Plugins were updated and additional general service improvements were implemented.

Announcing the next maintenance events: 

• A maintenance event for Publish.Illinois.edu is tentatively scheduled for April 7th, 2026, during this event we plan to do plugin updates. The test environment (test.publish.illinois.edu) will be refreshed on 03/27/2026 in anticipation of these updates.
• The next maintenance event for Publish.Illinois.edu is tentatively scheduled for April 15, 2026. The test environment (test.publish.illinois.edu) will be refreshed on 04/06/26. More details will be announced soon.

Hello

The next scheduled maintenance for Publish.Illinois.edu will take place on March 25th, 2026 starting at 10pm. During this maintenance cycle, supported plugins will be updated and general service improvements will be made. The Publish service will be upgraded to WordPress version 6.9.4.

We recommend that you test the changes on your site(s) in our Publish test environment before 03/25/26! – The Test-Publish environment has been updated to include the changes that are set to occur on 03/25/26. You can preview these changes, as they will appear in Production-Publish, now by visiting Test.Publish.Illinois.edu (VPN connection required). Note: the Test-Publish environment was synced with data from 03/06/2026.

If you notice any issues or have any questions, please reach out to us at consult@illinois.edu!

Announcing the next maintenance event: The next maintenance for Publish.Illinois.edu is tentatively scheduled for April 15, 2026. The test environment (test.publish.illinois.edu) will be refreshed on 04/06/26.