UT Shield

WordPress for Texas (WFT) is a custom WordPress distribution provided by ITS for use on the Pantheon Web Hosting service.  WFT includes a UT branded theme and the necessary components to enable users to log in to a website using their UT EID.

By default, WFT uses a UT branded theme built on the Genesis framework and is populated with default content meant to display the versatility of the theme.  WFT is meant to meet accessibility standards and UT brand guidelines.

EID authentication integration can be requested from ITS and is made possible by the inclusion of WP SAML Auth and UTexas EID Auth plugins as well as the simpleSAMLphp library. See the Knowledge article in ServiceNow for more information on EID authentication for WFT.

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WordPress for Texas 2.26.0

A new release of the WordPress for Texas (WFT) upstream is now available on Pantheon, which updates WordPress to version 7, and updates the Genesis Framework and Akismet plugin.

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WordPress for Texas 2.25.0

A new release of the WordPress for Texas (WFT) upstream is now available on Pantheon, which removes plugins related to SAML authentication, which are no longer part of the upstream.

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WordPress for Texas 2.24.0

A new release of the WordPress for Texas (WFT) upstream is now available on Pantheon, which includes the latest version of WordPress core (6.9.4).

Site owners should review the release announcement for WordPress 6.9.4 to be familiar with the included changes.

The release also updates the Pantheon integration plugin to version 1.6.9

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WordPress for Texas 2.23.0

A new release of the WordPress for Texas (WFT) upstream is now available on Pantheon, which includes the latest version of WordPress core (6.9.1).

Site owners should review the release announcement for WordPress 6.9.1 to be familiar with the included changes.

There are no other changes in this release.

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WordPress for Texas 2.22.0

A new release of the WordPress for Texas (WFT) upstream is now available on Pantheon, which includes the latest version of WordPress core (6.8.2).

Site owners should review the release announcement for WordPress 6.8.2 to be familiar with the included changes.

This release also includes the following plugin and theme updates:

  • Akismet to version 5.6
  • Native PHP Sessions to version1.4.5
  • WP SAML Auth to version 2.3.0

There are no other changes in this release.

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WordPress for Texas 2.21.0

A new release of the WordPress for Texas (WFT) upstream is now available on Pantheon, which includes the latest version of WordPress core (6.8.3).

Site owners should review the release announcement for WordPress 6.8.3 to be familiar with the included changes.

There are no other changes in this release.

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WordPress for Texas 2.20.0

A new release of the WordPress for Texas (WFT) upstream is now available on Pantheon, which includes the latest version of WordPress core (6.8.2).

Site owners should review the release announcement for WordPress 6.8.2 to be familiar with the included changes.

This release also includes the following plugin and theme updates:

  • Akismet to version 5.5
  • UTexas EID auth to version 2.1.1
  • WP SAML Auth to version 2.2.0
  • Genesis to version 3.6.0

There are no other changes in this release.