{"id":3793,"date":"2020-11-11T11:43:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T18:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/webguide\/?p=3793"},"modified":"2026-01-13T11:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:57:14","slug":"wordpress-news-for-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/webguide\/2020\/11\/11\/wordpress-news-for-november\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress news for November"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/11\/wg_wplogo_laptop_1300.png\" alt=\"WordPress logo and laptop displaying stylized web page\" class=\"wp-image-3795\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-siteimprove-webinar-recording\">Siteimprove webinar recording<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom Laughlin, Senior Customer Success Manager for Siteimprove, recently presented a webinar for Boise State that discussed updates to the Siteimprove service and answered some of your questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Siteimprove is our quality assurance and accessibility reporting tool, and is free to use for our WordPress community. 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