Hello and welcome to this month's round up of everything that's happening across our community!

Our new podcast Faces of Reclaim will launch September 29th, 2026 as a part of our new and improved Reclaim Podcast Network!

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This month

Major Upgrades to Domain of One's Own

We’re rolling out a new upgraded version of Domain of One’s Own this summer, and we have dedicated sessions for admins to find out what's in store. The upgrades will offer admins centralized and simplified administration, easier updates, increased security and more freedom in how your instance is themed. 

Head over to our knowledge base to take a look at the updated documentation and look out for our communications to admins with more details and timelines closer to the time. Keen to learn more? Register now for our next Admin Workshop:

Domain of One’s Own Upgrades: Admin Workshop
September 16
We are inviting all Admins to join us for a dedicated workshop to learn more about what’s in store.

Register

Plan ahead for Domain pricing changes

As an education-focused hosting provider, our pricing philosophy is simple: keep costs as low as possible without compromising quality and keep things transparent for all our customers. In response to continued increases in our costs for offering domain registrations, we're thus increasing the Base Domain Price (i.e. Pricing for a .com, .net and .org domain for the first year of registration) to $19/year. For new customers the new price will become effective from July 1, and renewing customers will see the changes reflected in their renewal from September 1.

We believe choosing a hosting provider shouldn’t require guesswork or hidden tradeoffs. That’s why we’ve put together a comparison to give you a transparent overview at how we stack up on both price and value and help you plan ahead for the next academic year.

Support, Tips, and Training

Contact us for help & support via our support portal.

Security updates

Since we introduced our new security updates as part of our continued improvement to how we both communicate and mitigate security risks across our infrastructure, several updates regarding vulnerabilities have been issued. New subscribers can subscribe directly at https://blog.reclaimhosting.com .

Upcoming Events

Find out what's on and register via our events calendar.

Reclaim Rewind << Summer Edition 2026
July 15
Whether you are looking for fresh inspiration, practical tips or innovative ideas for the next academic year, take a dive into our summer edition of Reclaim Rewind <<

Learn more

DS106 Radio Summer Camp
August 18
Join us for a day of radio fun as we go back to camp. Tune in to sessions sharing adventures in Higher Education and beyond as we celebrate the end of one academic year and gather our energy for the next.

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Domain of One’s Own Upgrades: Admin Workshop
September 16
We are inviting all Admins to join us for a dedicated workshop to learn more about what’s in store.

Register

Save the date: Reclaim Podcast Network launch
September 29
We’re working on something new… and it’s nearly time to unveil what’s in store for Reclaim’s new venture in podcasting. We love all things audio, from DS106 Radio to playing our favourite vinyl records, so it should come as no surprise that Team Reclaim loves podcasts, too.

Register

New on the Blog

At Reclaim Hosting, we blog #4life. Explore our round up of recent posts:

DS106 Radio Summer Camp returns

We are excited to announce the return of our popular radio summer camp, for one day only, on August 18, 2026. Imagine a day at summer camp, on the radio, connecting with friends old and new as you tell stories around the campfire, reflecting on the year that’s been

Reclaim the BlogMaren Deepwell

Thanks To Everyone Who Joined The Community ProfDev Session on Archiving and Preservation!

Thank you to everyone who joined us today for yesterday’s Community ProfDev Session on Archiving and Preservation. In this session, we explored the importance of backing up active websites as well as preserving websites and digital projects for the long term. We discussed a variety of approaches to archiving websites,

Reclaim the BlogJason Teitelman

Vulnerability in UpdraftPlus

‼️Impact: WordPress sites with the UpdraftPlus plugin installed We are writing to inform you of a vulnerability in the WordPress plugin UpdraftPlus. As of June 10th at 3pm ET, we have started an automated update procedure for this plugin on WordPress sites hosted across our infrastructure. What happened? * A vulnerability

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... and we keep blogging #4life:

• Jim's leading the blogging during conference season with his keynote post Punk’s Not Dead, as well as Unscripted Future and Conference, Camera, ILTA! and his take on The Reclaim Student Showcase Returns for 2026 and Domain of One’s Own Version 2 .
• Reporting from OER26 are Maren's Helloooooo OER26 and OER26: The Future is Open.
• Jadin's A short hike near Lost Lake gives you a glimpse of how Team Reclaim is enjoying the summer days!

Over the past year, we've loved getting to celebrate our users here at Reclaim. From our first inaugural Student Showcase (and a second coming around the corner soon) to our recent Women's Showcase, it has been an absolute joy to show off projects our community has been working hard on.

Our mission has always been to offer the most accessible way to publish on the open web, so that our customers, our people, can share what's most important to them - whether that be an Omeka collection full of carefully curated online exhibits, a WordPress personal portfolio, a Scalar library stacked with published research, or a really deep love and appreciation for the band Phish.

While many may choose large, faceless hosting companies to create their websites, we pride ourselves on being something different: a hosting company built around relationships. Every website on our platform represents a person, a story, an idea, or a community, and we genuinely care about the work happening there. When a site goes down, when someone is trying to troubleshoot a tricky plugin, or when a creator is looking for the right tool to bring their idea to life, our team is here as real humans who understand that these aren't just files sitting on a server. They're projects that matter.

Many of our customers know our team by name, and we know many of you by the incredible things you create. That connection is at the heart of everything we do. We aren't just here to provide hosting. We're here to support the people building on it.

Over time, we realized we wanted a dedicated space to share those stories. A place to celebrate the people behind the projects, highlight the creativity happening across our community, and give others the opportunity to learn from the experiences of fellow Reclaimers.

Faces of Reclaim is a podcast series that dives into the stories behind the websites, digital projects, and online spaces built on Reclaim. Each episode features a different member of our community and explores what they created, why they created it, the tools and technologies they used along the way, and what they learned through the process.

These conversations are meant to feel less like a formal interview and more like a conversation with a fellow open web builder. They are a chance to talk about the ideas, challenges, discoveries, and moments of inspiration that shape projects on the open web. These conversations take a deep dive into topics such as open edtech advocacy to building digital capabilities, sharing research and pushing the limits of innovation.

Through Faces of Reclaim, we hope to not only showcase the incredible work happening across our platform, but also inspire others to start creating, experimenting, and building their own spaces on the web.

Faces of Reclaim will launch September 29th, 2026 as a part of our new and improved Reclaim Podcast Network, and we can't for you to hear our first stories.

So, are you interested in sharing your project and your story? We're beginning our interviews now, and we'd love to have you on! If you'd like to be a part of the Faces of Reclaim project, please reach out to support@reclaimhosting.com for more information. We can't wait to showcase what you've made!

We are excited to announce the return of our popular radio summer camp, for one day only, on August 18, 2026.

Imagine a day at summer camp, on the radio, connecting with friends old and new as you tell stories around the campfire, reflecting on the year that’s been and learning a whole lot along the way. 

Join us for a day of radio fun as we go back to camp. Tune in to sessions sharing adventures in Higher Education and beyond as we celebrate the end of one academic year and gather our energy for the next.

Take a look at what's in store:

• live radio sessions with special guests exploring open edtech
• a special preview of Domain of One's Own upgrades happening this summer
• plenty of chat and opportunities to gather around the virtual camp fire

and of course lots of blogging, too.

Simply take your headphones, head outside and tune in. It’s online conferencing…. but not as you know it.

Thank you to everyone who joined us today for yesterday's Community ProfDev Session on Archiving and Preservation.

In this session, we explored the importance of backing up active websites as well as preserving websites and digital projects for the long term. We discussed a variety of approaches to archiving websites, preserving content, and ensuring that important digital work remains accessible well into the future.

Whether you're managing personal projects, institutional websites, research collections, or community archives, we hope the session provided practical strategies and tools to help you plan for the longevity of your web presence.

A big thank you to everyone who attended, participated in the discussion, and shared their own experiences and questions about digital preservation. These conversations are what make our community so valuable.

If you weren't able to join us live, or if you'd like to revisit the session, you can watch the recording here or using the links below:

Session Recordings

• ReclaimTV
• YouTube

We appreciate you spending part of your day with us and look forward to seeing you at a future Reclaim Hosting event.

Until next time, keep building - and preserving - your corner of the web.

A quick round up of everything that's happening at Reclaim this month.

We had a blast taking part in the ILTA Conference in Dublin at the start of this month and it was fab to see such strong interest in Domain of One's Own, case studies and indie web hosting amongst conference participants - alongside playing retro games on the arcade machine of course. Catch up with our week in Dublin on Jim's blog and read Maren's conference post.

Support, tips and training

Contact us for help & support via our support portal.

Major Upgrades to Domain of One's Own are coming soon

We’re rolling out a new upgraded version of Domain of One’s Own soon. The upgrades will offer admins centralized and simplified administration, easier updates, increased security and more freedom in how your instance is themed. 

• Head over to our knowledge base to take a look at the updated documentation.
• Look out for our communications to admins with more details and timelines closer to the time.

Recent security updates

Since we introduced our new security updates as part of our continued improvement to how we both communicate and mitigate security risks across our infrastructure, two updates regarding vulnerabilities have been issued:

Vulnerability in UpdraftPlus

‼️Impact: WordPress sites with the UpdraftPlus plugin installed We are writing to inform you of a vulnerability in the WordPress plugin UpdraftPlus. As of June 10th at 3pm ET, we have started an automated update procedure for this plugin on WordPress sites hosted across our infrastructure. What happened? * A vulnerability

Reclaim the BlogReclaim Hosting

Vulnerability in Gravity Forms plugin for WordPress

‼️Impacted Services: WordPress sites using Gravity Forms on Domain of One’s Own, Managed Hosting, Reclaim EDU, Shared Hosting, and Reclaim Cloud We are writing to inform you of a vulnerability in the WordPress plugin Gravity Forms. As of June 3rd at 1pm ET, we have started an automated update procedure

Reclaim the BlogReclaim Hosting

New subscribers can subscribe directly at https://blog.reclaimhosting.com .

Events

Find out what's on and register via our events calendar.

Archiving and Preservation: Community ProfDev Session
June 16 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Eastern
Speakers: Jason Teitelman, Taylor Jadin

Register

Interested to learn more? Jason's post Built To Last: Archiving and Preserving Your Website tells the inside story and what's in store for this session.

Reclaim @ OER26 Conference
June 22-23, 2026, Milton Keynes, UK
Reclaim has long been a supporter of this wonderful conference and in 2021 we even joined forces for OERxDomains21. We were excited to take part in 2023 in Scotland, and in 2024 in Ireland, so this year we are heading to the UK’s Open University for much open education goodness!

Reclaim Rewind << Summer Edition 2026
July 15
Whether you are looking for fresh inspiration, practical tips or innovative ideas for the next academic year, take a dive into our summer edition of Reclaim Rewind <<

Learn more

Recent posts on the blog

Reclaim @ OER26

This year we are excited to take part in the OER26 Conference, Openness Reimagined: Continuity, Change and Shared Vision – happening on 22-23 June 2026, in Milton Keynes, UK. Learn more about OER26 Reclaim has long been a supporter of this wonderful conference and in 2021 we even joined forces for

Reclaim the BlogMaren Deepwell

Introducing Our Transparent Pricing Commitment

As an education-focused hosting provider, our pricing philosophy is simple: keep costs as low as possible without compromising quality. We know many of our users are students working with limited budgets and faculty navigating tight departmental funding. Our commitment is to offer reliable, high-quality hosting and responsive, expert support at

Reclaim the BlogAlexis Block

We answer your questions about Reclaim’s Student Showcase 2026

If you are working with students in a Domain of One’s Own, Shared Hosting or a Wordpress Multisite, we want to hear from you! To help you make your submission to the student showcase, we answer your questions in this short info video: Who can submit a project? Anyone

Reclaim the BlogMaren Deepwell

Security Plugin Compatibility Issues with Installatron

We want to make users aware of a compatibility issue between Installatron and several popular WordPress security plugins: * All In One Security * Really Simple Security * Better WP Security / iThemes Security (now Kadence Security) These plugins may interfere with Installatron’s ability to properly connect to your WordPress installation, which can

Reclaim the BlogJason Teitelman

We are writing to inform you of a vulnerability in the WordPress plugin UpdraftPlus. As of June 10th at 3pm ET, we have started an automated update procedure for this plugin on WordPress sites hosted across our infrastructure.

What happened?

• A vulnerability disclosure for UpdraftPlus was published on June 10th in Wordfence's Vulnerability Database: Critical Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Patched in UpdraftPlus WordPress Plugin
• This vulnerability makes it possible for attackers to forge and run commands as an administrator on sites with UpdraftPlus installed that have been connected to UpdraftCentral, the plugin’s remote site management dashboard.
• This vulnerability impacts UpdraftPlus versions 1.26.4 and earlier. It was patched in version 1.26.5. Some older versions of UpdraftPlus appear to use an older versioning scheme and report themselves as version 2x, which is likely impacted as well.
• UpdraftPlus is not installed by default by Reclaim Hosting, but has been recommended as a backup solution for WordPress sites.

Current Status

• As of June 10th at 3pm ET, we have started an automated update procedure for this plugin on WordPress sites hosted across our infrastructure.
• This procedure triggers WordPress's built-in update functionality to upgrade the plugin to/replace the plugin with the latest version available.
  • This update procedure covers all WordPress sites with UpdraftPlus installed on Domain of One's Own, Managed Hosting, Reclaim EDU, and Shared Hosting.

Next Steps

• We recommend all users of UpdraftPlus check for and install any available updates to the plugin, particularly if you are using version 1.26.4 and earlier or a version reporting as 2x.

Contact our Support Team

If you have any further questions or need assistance, please contact our support team.

One great thing about the web is that publishing is easy. Preservation, on the other hand, can be a bit more complicated. Platforms can change and projects lose funding; faculty retire and students graduate. Digital scholarship projects that once felt permanent can quietly fade away if nobody plans for what comes next.

That's why our next Community Professional Development Session on June 16 will focus on website archiving and preservation.

At Reclaim, we've spent years helping people create and host websites, but creating them is only part of the story. What happens to those sites, projects, portfolios, and digital collections years down the road? What happens when the grant ends, the server is retired, or the software that powered a project is no longer maintained?

We discussed many of these subjects last Septmeber with the Webrecorder team, who reminded us that preserving a website is about much more than saving a backup.

Today's web is dynamic, interactive, and deeply connected. Preserving it means preserving not only the files, but also the context, functionality, and experience that make the work meaningful in the first place.

During our upcoming session, we'll explore the differences between backups and archives, discuss practical approaches to web preservation, and share tools and workflows that can help institutions, educators, and individuals think more intentionally about the long-term future of their digital work.

We'll also talk about sustainability. One of the most compelling themes from our past discussion on web archiving is that preservation works best when it gives people agency. That can be achieved by using open formats, portable archives, and approaches that don't lock content into a single platform or service. The goal isn't simply to keep websites online, but also to ensure that the work, stories, and communities represented by those sites remain accessible for years to come too.

Whether you're responsible for a departmental website, a digital humanities project, student portfolios, institutional archives, or simply your own corner of the web, we hope you'll join us for the conversation. If your website is worth building, then it's also worth remembering.

Join us on June 16 at 12:00 PM ET for our free Archiving and Preservation Community ProfDev Session.

This year we are excited to take part in the OER26 Conference, Openness Reimagined: Continuity, Change and Shared Vision – happening on 22-23 June 2026, in Milton Keynes, UK.

Reclaim has long been a supporter of this wonderful conference and in 2021 we even joined forces for OERxDomains21. We took part in 2023 in Scotland, and in 2024 in Ireland, and this year we are heading to the UK’s Open University for much open education goodness!

Co-Chaired by the Co-Directors of GO-GN, the Global OER Graduate Network, Dr. Robert Farrow and Dr Beck Pitt, this year's conference sets out to explore open education as a changing landscape: 

“Openness has expanded participation, reshaped practice, and challenged assumptions about who education is for and how it should be delivered. Yet openness is not static. It evolves alongside the social, political, and technological conditions in which it operates. The rapid development of AI systems, platform-based infrastructures, shifting policy environments, new economic pressures, and renewed global debates about equity and justice are reshaping the terrain of open education.” 

From Experiment to Enterprise: Open EdTech Case Studies

Inspired by the conference theme “Open Practices and Pedagogical Innovation” our talk will showcase key points from several new Open EdTech case studies that show who and how institutions who are at the forefront of Open EdTech adoption develop, scale and deploy open source educational services. 

As well as showcasing how open source technologies move from experiment to enterprise service, we will highlight just how important such work is for developing digital capabilities, for faculty and for students.

If you are attending the event, come along to our session and get your hands on some of our lovely stickers featuring the talented Bryan Mather's artwork!

We are writing to inform you of a vulnerability in the WordPress plugin Gravity Forms. As of June 3rd at 1pm ET, we have started an automated update procedure for this plugin on WordPress sites hosted across our infrastructure.

What happened?

• A vulnerability disclosure for Gravity Forms (a paid plugin for WordPress) was published on June 1st in Wordfence's Vulnerability Database:

Gravity Forms <= 2.10.0.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion

• This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated users to delete arbitrary files from an impacted site.
• This vulnerability affects Gravity Forms versions 2.10.0.1 and earlier and was patched in version 2.10.1. The current version of the plugin as of this writing is 2.10.3.
• Gravity Forms is used on many of Domain of One's Own project homepages as part of the "Request Form" functionality, and is also a broadly popular paid WordPress plugin.

Current Status

• As of June 3rd at 1 p.m. ET, Reclaim has started an automated update procedure for WordPress sites with the Gravity Forms plugin installed.
• This procedure triggers WordPress's built-in update functionality to upgrade the plugin to the latest version available.
  • This update procedure covers all WordPress sites with Gravity Forms installed on Domain of One's Own, Managed Hosting, Reclaim EDU, and Shared Hosting.
  • This update procedure also includes all Domain of One's Own project homepages where the "Request Form" functionality is implemented using Gravity Forms.

Next Steps

• We recommend all users of Gravity Forms check for and install any available updates to the plugin, particularly if you are using version 2.10.0.1 or earlier.
• Consider enabling Automatic Background Updates for the Gravity Forms plugin from the WordPress Dashboard's Plugins page (/wp-admin/plugins.php)
• If you have a site with an expired license for Gravity Forms where it is no longer possible for you to receive updates to the plugin, we recommend deactivating the Gravity Forms plugin until you've renewed your license.

Contact our Support Team

If you have any further questions or need assistance, please contact our support team.

One of the things that struck me most about last year’s inaugural showcase was not only the quality of the work, but how much of it I never would have seen otherwise. There were digital storytelling projects, research sites, portfolios, multimedia experiments, and all manner of creative work happening across our community that largely existed within the context of a particular course, institution, or program. The showcase provided a rare opportunity to see all of that work gathered together in one place.

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about storefronts and exhibition spaces through the lens of bava.studio. One of the things I love most about having a physical space is the window. You can put something in it and suddenly work that might otherwise go unseen becomes part of the life of a community. People stop, stare, ask questions, wander in, and conversations start.

Building a Blog You Can Walk Into

In a lot of ways, the Student Showcase is exactly that kind of window. It’s a chance to put student work on display and let people see what is actually happening across courses, programs, and institutions. Whether it’s a digital storytelling project, research site, portfolio, publication, multimedia experiment, or something that doesn’t fit neatly into any category, it’s worth sharing.

Window at bava.studio not dissimilar from the Student Showcase to fly your freak flag

So if you’re teaching, supporting, or working alongside students doing interesting things on the open web, now is a great time to submit their work. The showcase feels less like a competition than an exhibition—a chance to celebrate the creativity, experimentation, and care students bring to the web every day.

The web could always use more examples of people making interesting things. This is one of the few opportunities each year to get a glimpse of the awesome work happening across the Reclaim community, and I hope you’ll consider submitting something.