September 2026 update

You can bookmark our System Update page for regular updates. Here is a summary of what’s new this month:

• Before & after image captions added: You can now add captions to Before and After images to provide more context and explain comparison details to visitors.
• Cleaner website sitemaps: Website sitemaps now automatically exclude pages hidden from search engines, keeping your sitemap accurate and focused on visible content.
• SiteRank ranking history update: SiteRank plans now clearly display your ranking history limits—6 months for Essential, 5 years for Complete, and unlimited for Premium—making it easy to track search term trends over time.
• Website closure process improvement: You can now choose which connected domains to close at the same time when shutting down a Webfactory product in Hub, while keeping unticked domains active for renewals and email services.
• Copying page layouts improvement: You can now choose to copy both a page's layout and its content at the same time when using the Copy layout tool, speeding up the creation of similar pages.
• New upgrade store: You can now explore products, features, and add-ons using the new Upgrade Store in Hub, which features clear pricing, free trials, and eligibility checks.
• IP access controls improved: You can now enable or disable website IP access control independently of your saved address list, making it easier to temporarily turn off restrictions.
• Improved reports: Website Manager reports have been refreshed with clearer labels, consistent filters, and improved sales and traffic data to make performance easier to understand.
• Time zone settings added: Team members can now set their own local time zone in their Hub profile, ensuring notifications and activity records display in their local time without affecting shared business settings.
• Permissions improvements: Product Settings now feature a Manage permissions section where managers can view and update team member access in one place, including seeing whether permissions are direct or inherited.
• Hub notifications improvement: Team members can now set a default alert sound in Hub and customise it for individual products through their personal settings.
• Schedule website content improvements: Each website can now be set to its own time zone, ensuring scheduled pages, articles, and banners publish accurately according to local time and daylight-saving changes.
• Product access improvements: A new Product access interface makes it simpler to grant team members access to your products and review their existing permissions.
• Updated temporary addresses for Knowledge Base: New Knowledge Base products now use a temporary webfactorysite.co.uk address until a custom domain is connected, with existing kbsite.io links automatically redirecting.
• Hidden pages from search engines: Website Manager now displays a "Hidden from Google" label directly in the page list for any pages excluded from search results, making it easy to review your site's visibility at a glance.
• Products now all in one place: Account administrators can now view and manage each product's subscription details—including plans, billing cycles, seats, and cancellation options—all in one place within the Hub Account & billing area.
• SiteRank chart improvements: SiteRank search-term charts now include flexible date ranges—from past weeks to custom dates—and daily or weekly detail controls, making it easier to investigate recent movements or long-term trends without altering your recorded data.
• Access controls for webshop improved: Website Manager now lets you deactivate, reactivate, or remove Webshop customer accounts, temporarily blocking access while preserving their order history for your records.
• Recruitment website application form improvements: Recruitment application forms now support up to eight custom questions, increased from five, with adjustable field widths and flexible response types like text, checkboxes, and file uploads.
• Recruitment website linked with Google Jobs: Recruitment sites can now use the new Google Jobs feed add-on to automatically sync vacancies—including workplace type, location, and salary—directly to Google for search consideration.