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[automattic]

A New Theme for Short-Form Blogging on WordPress.com

Here’s a radically cool update from all of us at Automattic; this past month, we held our first-ever company-wide hackathon. Titled Radical Speed Month, we ventured forth in hundreds of two-person teams to build and ship passion projects across our universe of brands, including Tumblr.

One project worth spotlighting is Social, a new theme from the WordPress.com crew for quick posts, replies, and reblogs. The Social theme creates a space on your website for all those personal updates that are not a tweet, not yet a blog post. Sound familiar?

When you create a site with WordPress.com/social, you’re greeted by a feed-like interface with a profile page, a home page, and an explore page. Hit compose to write a post, or reblog someone else’s post from your feed to your profile, which has a custom URL that anyone can subscribe to.

Try it today

[macmanx]

More Control Over the Content You Share

There are currently very few options for individual users to control how their content is used for AI training, and we want to change that.

[W]e’re launching a new tool that lets you opt out of sharing content from your public blogs with third parties, including AI platforms that use such content for training models.  The reality is that AI companies are acquiring content across the internet for a variety of purposes and in all sorts of ways. We will engage with AI companies that we can have productive relationships with, and are working to give you an easy way to control access to your content.

[jobthomas]

This is just a placeholder now, but there are many books that have been hugely influential in building and evolving Automattic, and we want to share them here. We surveyed our leads on the top book…

A while ago our #Automattic CEO @photomatt did a poll among our company’s team leads on their recommended reads. The result of that survey can be found on this page.

I’ve read a few of the books on that list and can especially recommend Drive, Radical Candor, and Crucial Conversations.

[automattic]

Today marks 20 years of Automattic! 🥂 We span 82 countries, speak 110 languages, and power millions of sites, stores, and conversations through @wordpressdotcom, woo, and more (including Tumblr!) For a glimpse into our story: https://automattic.com/2025/06/20/automattic-20-years/ Cheers to user freedom, an open web, and software that serves people, not the other way around—and to 20 more!

[macmanx]

Get Paid on Any Plan: Introducing Payments for the Free Plan and Up

No limits, starting now. Earn money from your site, even on the Free plan.

This is a pretty huge deal! For context, WordPress.com is another Automattic product where you can create a more professional looking site, shop, or blog (though, how professional is entirely up to you of course 😏). And previously, the ability to accept payments beyond simple donations required a paid plan.

Now, folks even on the free plan can accept payments for a variety of things, like gated content, subscriptions, products, services, and more! The first heading in the post sums it up perfectly, "Starting from scratch, not starting from zero."

[macmanx]

Celebrating 20 Years of WordPress.com

Join us in celebrating 20 years of WordPress.com! From portfolios to blogs to online stores, see what millions are building on our platform.

Today, we’re celebrating 20 years of WordPress.com! We set out to put the power of publishing into everyone’s hands, and since then, millions of you have used it to build amazing things.

[bobopenweb]

It's officially live, again.

Running smoothly on WordPress and WordPress.com. https://bobwp.com

[macmanx]

Your Home for a Century: Our 100-Year Domains and Plans

Meet our 100-Year Domains and 100-Year Plan, here to help you secure your digital legacy long-term.

The internet moves fast. Platforms rise and fall in popularity, websites disappear, links go bad, and domains lapse. Some things shouldn’t disappear and deserve to last.