{"id":6582,"date":"2026-04-22T13:05:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/?p=6582"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:09:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:09:57","slug":"glow-blog-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2026\/04\/22\/glow-blog-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Glow Blog Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We have been making some updates to the infrastructure that glow blogs runs on. In doing so we have also updated themes and plugins where updates have been available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Themes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Theme updates have been applied to the &#8220;Twenty&#8221; series of themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Classic themes (2012\u20132016): almost invisible updates<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hybrid\/block-compatible (2017\u20132020): better block display<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Block themes (2022+): noticeable improvements in editing and patterns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The WordPress &#8220;Twenty&#8221; themes are regularly updated. We would recommend choosing one of these themes when creating a new site. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Things you may notice<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Better mobile layout<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cleaner typography and spacing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improved block editor appearance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New patterns (in newer themes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plugins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Yammer Plugin which allowed comments from Yammer on posts has been removed. Glow no longer includes Yammer so this plugin had no use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These plugins have been updated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Various Embeds, ePortfolio, Glow Analytics, Glow Register Blog Widget, UCAS Widget, WordPress importer, WP Accessibility, MegaMenu, 3D Flipbook, Search Filter, H5P, Youtube Embed Plus and Userway Accessibility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All updates are about fixing bugs, improving compatibility, and making things work more smoothly. No major new features\u2014just better reliability and performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glow Blogs has had an infrastructure update. We have also updated some plugins  and themes to the latest version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":3932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[298054,298024],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-releases"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2022\/04\/14105859\/glow-blogs-help-update.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6582"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6590,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6582\/revisions\/6590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}