It’s almost time for State of the Word 2022! Join us for this live stream event on December 15th at 1pm ET. State of the Word is the annual keynote address delivered by the WordPress project’s co-founder, Matt Mullenweg. Every year, Continue reading State of the Word 2022
If you’ve recently visited the WordPress.com Reader, you may have noticed some aesthetic improvements. Today we’re giving you a quick visual tour of those changes and inviting you to check out our new and improved Reader if it’s been a while. Continue reading A Redesigned Reader Experience
As 2022 comes to a close, we at WordPress.com are preparing to ring in the new year. As we get ready to say goodbye to 2022, we’re thinking about how quickly time has flown by this past year. Beijing hosted Continue reading Welcome Back, Bloganuary!
For a holiday gift that’s absolutely brimming with possibility, look no further than our brand new feature which allows any reader to gift a WordPress.com subscription renewal to their favorite website. As a website owner, this is a way to Continue reading Give the Gift of WordPress.com!
In September 2022, we released SSH for Business and eCommerce sites. SSH (secure shell protocol) allows you to access your site from the command line and use tools such as WP-CLI to manage your site, plugins, users, and more. Our Continue reading We Heard You Wanted to Add SSH Keys
You’re already familiar with WordPress.com, but did you know we’re part of a larger family of amazing products? Automattic provides a range of online solutions, from ecommerce shops to course-creation software to audience survey tools, and much, much more. No Continue reading Black Friday: All of Our Deals in One Spot
Have you used Patterns on your site yet? These prebuilt, customizable templates combine professionally-designed blocks for specific uses like stylized quotes, contact page layouts, and product listings. But that’s just the beginning. All told, we have more than 275+ Patterns Continue reading New Patterns: Subscriptions, Link in Bio, Wireframes, and More
The library of blocks in the WordPress editor is always growing, providing websites with fresh and intriguing features on a regular basis. Our most recent update will appeal to podcasters, bloggers and Pocket Casts fans alike and we are thrilled Continue reading Embed a Pocket Casts Player in Seconds With Our New Block
In September, our team celebrated 200 WordPress.com websites built with Out in Tech, a non-profit organization dedicated to creating career and networking opportunities for LGBTQ+ folks in the tech industry. Since 2017, Automattic and WordPress.com have been proud partners of Out in Tech. Continue reading Celebrating 200 WordPress.com Websites With Out in Tech!
The WordPress.com team is always working on new design ideas to bring your website to life. Below you’ll find the four newest themes that we’ve added to our library, with beautiful options for food-based businesses, podcasts, and bloggers. To install Continue reading Hot Off the Press: New WordPress.com Themes for October 2022
Are you building a website for the first time? Returning to WordPress after a break? Just looking to get caught up on the newest Gutenberg features? You’re in the right place. We’re excited to announce a brand new free course Continue reading Free New Course Coming Soon: Create Your Site With WordPress.com
Have you used Patterns on your site yet? These prebuilt, customizable templates combine professionally-designed blocks for specific uses like stylized quotes, contact page layouts, and product listings. But that’s just the beginning. All told, we have more than 260 Patterns Continue reading New Patterns: Headers, Footers, Link in Bio, and More
Ever since the block editor was introduced in 2018, we’ve been pushing it to do more — and our latest crop of improvements will help you build posts and pages on your site with confidence, no matter what you publish: Continue reading What’s New in the Editor: More Design Tools, Enhanced Lists, Easier Block Switching
The WordPress.com team is always working on new design ideas to bring your website to life. Below you’ll find the four newest themes that we’ve added to our library, giving you beautiful options for small businesses/organizations, artists, and even a Continue reading Hot Off the Press: New WordPress.com Themes for September 2022
This month, we have an exciting announcement that should appeal to all creators, whether you use traditional artistic mediums or play around with new forms like digital, crypto, and VR art, or NFTs. All new .art domain registrations are on Continue reading Calling All Creators: Showcase Your Art with a Discounted .art Domain and a New Website Theme
Small business professionals and owners spend a lot of time on email. Each email is an important piece of communication and could contribute to your business in many ways, like building relationships, selling your products, giving a great customer experience, Continue reading 5 Ways to Become a “Pro” with Professional Email
Are you a WordPress.com power user? For ultimate security, you can now enable SSH and access your Business or eCommerce-powered WordPress.com site from the command line. Use WP-CLI to install and activate a series of plugins, manage users, or handle Continue reading SSH Now Available for Business and eCommerce Sites
If you’ve been looking for a simple way to access and quickly navigate between your multiple WordPress.com websites, we have an exciting announcement for you today. We’ve launched a new dashboard to help you manage all your WordPress.com and Jetpack-connected Continue reading Introducing a New Way to Access All Your Sites
We get it. Life’s to-do list seems bottomless, and maybe building your own website isn’t anywhere near the top of it. And yet your business needs it. Yesterday, if possible. Your audience, your customers, are waiting. If you’re in need Continue reading Need a Website Fast? Let Us Do It For You
Since we launched Patterns in 2020, we’ve been steadily adding to our library of prebuilt Block templates for you to easily make your site stand out even more. There are now over 260 Patterns that can be inserted into your Continue reading Here’s a Look at Our Favorite New Patterns