Faculty Websites is a free managed WordPress hosting environment. This means that you cannot install or modify themes or plugins. This makes Faculty Websites a more stable and secure environment as all plugins and themes have gone through a strict code review for security, stability, and compatibility and are centrally updated. You can focus on your content and not worry about updates and security.
Before you begin, check to see if this is the right service for you.
Top Benefits
- Free. OIT covers the cost of using the service.
- More than 60 plugins are available to extend the functionality of your website.
- Hosted by CampusPress on Amazon Web Services for security and stability.
- Web-based editing, no desktop software needed.
- Unlimited pages and blog posts.
- Built-in version control.
- Backups and updates are handled for you.
WordPress is a very popular content management system (CMS) making it a big target. By using managed WordPress, you don’t have to worry about patching, plugin conflicts, or security. - All themes and plugins have gone through strict code review.
- Generous media storage
- 24/7 Technical Support – technical support is available from our partners at CampusPress
- Created just for UCI Faculty, including sample pages to help you get started.
- Custom domains are possible within the ‘uci.edu’ domain.
Top Limitations
- Limited to installed WordPress plugins and themes. You cannot install or modify themes or plugins. However, we have a wide variety of themes and plugins that should meet most of your needs.
- Limited to editing via WordPress tools. (No scripting or programming.)
- No SFTP access.
- Maximum upload file size: 50 MB
- All website contributors need a UCInetID to log in.
- You must be an active student or employee to be able to log in.
- Sites that have not been updated in more than 2 years are considered inactive and may be archived. We do an annual review of inactive websites and contact site owners to see if they want to keep their sites.