In the dynamic world of online marketing, Jenn Brabbins stands out, carving her own path as a digital marketer. With twelve years of experience in the field, she founded Unite Experience, an integrated marketing consultancy business, helping to demystify new Continue reading Charting a Course to Success: How Unite Experience Navigates the Marketing Landscape
If one of your 2024 goals is to take your career to the next level, it’s worth taking a hard look at your resume. In a world where bots are scanning resumes for keywords, doing something unique—like creating a website Continue reading Create a Stellar Resume Using Any WordPress.com Theme
SEO, or search engine optimization, is an essential skill in the digital world, crucial for everyone from beginners to seasoned website operators. Understanding and effectively implementing SEO strategies can dramatically improve your website’s visibility and ranking on search engines, but Continue reading Enhance Your Site’s Reach with Our Exclusive “SEO Foundations” Webinar
There’s an old saying that “WordPress plugins are what makes the world go round.” Okay, so maybe that’s not an actual saying, but it’s still true in our hearts. In this roundup, we’ve gathered the top ten most frequently installed Continue reading The 10 Most Popular Plugins on WordPress.com
Our team here at WordPress.com, comprised of hundreds of people spread across the entire globe, accomplished a lot in 2023. On the blog, we published over 90 posts, from product upgrades, to brand new features, and even new additions to Continue reading WordPress.com’s Year in Review
As you look ahead to 2024, if you’ve been thinking about launching a new business, sharing your passion with a blog, or building an audience with a newsletter, now’s the perfect time to get started. To give you a jump Continue reading Do More in 2024: 25% Off All Annual Plans Until the End of 2023
This year has been a big year for domains on WordPress.com, from offering free transfers for Google customers to an all-new dashboard for managing your domains. We have one more bit of good cheer to spread before the year is Continue reading Official Country-Code Domains for .com.br and .de Now Available on WordPress.com
WordPress.com added support for ActivityPub today, a decentralized social networking protocol that is now available for across free and paid plans. This allows users to join the fediverse from their WordPress.com sites, and interact with content across federated platforms like Continue reading WordPress.com Enters the Fediverse with ActivityPub Support
WordPress core developer John Blackbourn sparked a heated discussion yesterday when he posted an image of his WordPress User Switching plugin ranking higher for the WordPress.com listing than the page on WordPress.org. Why has @wordpressdotcom replicated the entire https://t.co/oTA9NDVkFk plugin Continue reading Developers Raise Concerns About WordPress.com Plugin Listings Outranking WordPress.org on Google Search
WordPress.com is now selling a 100-year plan, one of the longest available in the industry, for a one-time payment of $38,000. It includes managed WordPress hosting (whatever that looks like in 100 years), multiple backups across geographically distributed data centers, Continue reading WordPress.com Launches 100-Year Domain and Hosting Plan for $38K
WordPress.com is making a strong bid for Google Domains customers after the the product was sold to Squarespace in a deal reportedly worthy $180 million. Shortly after the sale was announced, WordPress.com pitched Google Domains customers, reminding the public that Continue reading WordPress.com Makes a Bid for Google Domains Customers, Offering 1 Million Free Transfers
WordPress.com has been known to experiment with its pricing from time to time, and the platform announced another major change today. Users on the Free plan are now able to use monetization features without upgrading. In the past, WordPress.com users Continue reading WordPress.com Makes Monetization Features Available for Free
Automattic is bringing Tumblr’s Blaze ad tool to WordPress sites with its launch today on WordPress.com and Jetpack. Blaze made its debut in April 2022, to the delight of Tumblr users who will gladly shell out cash to get people Continue reading Automattic Launches Blaze Ad Network for Jetpack and WordPress.com Sites
WordPress.com has launched a newsletter product just in time to capture those escaping Gumroad’s price increase and editors displaced by Revue shutting down. Newsletters, which were already booming as a communication tool in recent years, have become more critical than Continue reading WordPress.com Launches Newsletter Product
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
WordPress.com has expanded its library of blocks to include a new Pocket Casts block that makes it easy to embed any show or episode in the WordPress editor. The block is branded for Pocket Casts and will display a podcast Continue reading WordPress.com Adds Support for New Pocket Casts Block
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
Automattic published its bi-annual transparency report this week, which highlights the different information and takedown demands received across the company’s services. Historically, Automattic has used these reports as an opportunity to publicly reaffirm its commitment to actively pushing back against Continue reading WordPress.com Defies Marked Increase in Russian Takedown Demands
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
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