Our themes need to be updated to fix issues with the block editor relating to WordPress 7.0. You may have noticed the theme-provided styles failing to load when adding or editing a page, sermon, event, etc. This update fixes this problem and an “invisible” title field that was happening before WordPress 7.0 on some sites. A performance-related improvement is also in this update.
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ChurchThemes, LLC was renamed Sunday Pixels, LLC earlier this month in order to launch ChurchHost as a brand that compliments ChurchThemes. You can think of these as siblings with Sunday Pixels as their parent. This restructuring also opens up a lot of future possibilities.
We launched ChurchHost because over time we have become dissatisfied with our former hosting recommendations. SiteGround was our primary choice (see our hosting survey results) but they’re not what they used to be. Having to pay extra every month just to be able to download your site’s backups? Come on. We also want to be able to provide you with a more complete church website solution. Now you can deal with the same people for virtually every aspect of your web presence.
What makes ChurchHost different from other hosts? Read on…
We have tested our themes and plugins with the newly released version 6.9 of WordPress and they are compatible. You may upgrade to version 6.9 when ready. Make a full site backup to be extra safe as there could be plugins from other providers that are not ready for the new version of WordPress, though […]
UPDATE: Deal ended. Thank you to all who participated!
It’s that time of year again! This year for Black Friday and Cyber Monday we’re offering 40% OFF which ties our biggest discount ever offered. In fact, we’ve only offered 40% off one time in the last decade. If you’re ready to get started with your new church site or have been considering upgrading, this is your opportunity.
Be quick, though, because this deal is available only for the first 50 coupon users.
This round of updates makes theme and plugin activation/deactivation and updates more reliable and secure.
Your site connects to our server when activating a license or updating a theme. We run two firewalls on our end that block requests from known malicious IP’s. If your host is running a shared server and one site on it is abusive, the IP might become blacklisted, affecting all other sites on the same server. This makes theme and plugin activation and updates fail. With these updates, connections from your site are now bounced off of our proxy server with a clean, whitelisted IP.
Not only this, but as the NGINX web server has gained in popularity, we’ve seen increased difficulty with license activation. This issue has been addressed by adjusting the way license actions are sent to our server from the themes and Pro plugin. Lastly, we’re now ensuring that SSL certificates are verified when connecting to our licensing server as an extra precaution for security.
An issue has been resolved where certain users were unable to download a theme or plugin that had been purchased even though the license was not expired. This issue has been resolved.
Both the Exodus and Resurrect themes have been updated for better compatibility with WordPress 6.6.2. The themes were showing newly created (or updated) lists without bullet points or the correct indentation. The latest versions are Exodus 3.3.4 and Resurrect 3.4.2, which resolve resolve this issue. Update your theme by going to Dashboard > Updates and contact us if you need help.
Version 2.6.1 of the Church Content plugin hardened security issue but at the same time introduced a bug affecting events and recurrence on some hosts. It also began requiring PHP 8. Version 2.6.2 resolves the event issues and also reduces the PHP version requirement to PHP 7.4 since there are still some hosts not yet offering PHP 8 (we still recommend PHP 8.1 or 8.2 as 7.4 has reached End of Life).
Update: Read about version 2.6.2 which fixes an events bug introduced by Church Content 2.6.1.
PHP versions 7.x and 8.0 have reached End of Life and no longer receive security updates. We highly recommend upgrading to PHP version 8.1 or 8.2 (recommending 8.1 in case any third-party plugins you are using are not ready for 8.2). Hold off on PHP 8.3 for now as the Church Content plugin version 2.6.1 (just released) is not yet compatible.
Jubilee, Saved, Maranatha, Exodus and Resurrect have been tested against WordPress 6.3 and updated with various bug fixes and compatibility changes (WordPress, Google Maps and PHP 8.2) to keep things running smoothly. The Church Content Pro plugin has also been updated. The base Church Content plugin does not need an update but has been tested against WordPress 6.3 to confirm compatibility.