WCMS 3.2.38 release

Thursday, January 29, 2026

All WCMS 3 sites will soon be upgraded to WCMS 3.2.38.

These release notes are subject to change without notice.

Release notes

Features/functionality

  • added remaining functionality from WCMS 2 publication sites (appearance/theming is still preliminary or not yet present)
    • added listing pages for publications, publication issues, and a publication issue's articles
    • added functionality to rearrange publication content
    • added publications, publication issues, and publication issue to the automatic and manual listing blocks
    • added permission controls for publication-related functionality
    • added publication-related content to the API

Fixes/updates

  • added a link to create SiteImprove tickets to the dashboard
  • ensured the "hide date display" option is in a consistent spot across content types supporting it
  • updated the footer links to add a link to the campus status page, remove the copyright link and make the copyright statement link to the copyright page

Theming changes

  • fixed an issue where video banners could show a grey bar in certain circumstances
  • fixed an issue where page banners set to wide width would not display properly
  • ensured that section column separator colours have accessible colour contrast on all backgrounds
  • ensured that the global footer does not have a header inside when the footer has no content (as in generic sites)