Did you know @wordpress.org powers around 43 percent of the web? There’s also a powerful community behind it, with endless meetups and ways to connect IRL. Our guide to finding your local WordPress community is now live on our blog.
For years, SEO meant one thing: Showing up on Google. The game has changed. Our free text-based course, Master SEO & AIO, teaches you how to rank in both traditional search and AI search so you can continue to scale as a @wordpress.org blogger or creator.
Arizona, we’re coming in hot! WordCamp U.S. 2026 is around the corner–four days of skill-building, memory-making, sessions, panels, and celebrating all things @wordpress.org. While it’s hard to choose, we’ve rounded up seven reasons to attend WordCamp US.
Got something worth recording at WordCamp US? Now you have a place to do it. 🎙️ WordPress.com is sponsoring the Creator Studio in Phoenix: a bookable, on-site recording space where we handle the room, the pro gear, and the setup. You just show up with something to say.
New on WordPress.com: a few updates that make creating content easier! Resize the editor to fit your workflow, crop images with more precision, and flip or rotate icons in just a few clicks.
🚨New guide alert! We’re here to walk you through installing Cursor and WordPress Studio to build your first AI-generated plugin. All it takes is 15 minutes. No prior coding experience needed.
WordPress Studio just shipped three updates that make local development noticeably faster. 🏎️ Speed, a simpler CLI install, and Claude Sonnet 5 now run by default in Studio Code–and we have the full rundown on how this can benefit your WordPress site below.
Choosing a web host is one of the first big decisions you make for your website. You want to get it right, so you’ll spend less time troubleshooting and more time building! Some things to consider before you commit 👇🧵
Are you already earning with affiliate links on @WordPress? The next step is to know which numbers actually matter so you can grow your business strategically.
WordPress already holds your content, media, users, plugins, and more. Now, all those tabs and workflows are in one place: your desktop. 🖥️ Meet Desktop Mode, a free and open source plugin and a better way to move through @wordpress.org.
Contributor Day. Real-world WordPress projects. Four conference tracks covering AI, technical skills, business, and the basics. Explore what’s waiting for you at WordCamp US 2026 in Phoenix, August 16–19: wordpress.org/news/2026/07/wc... #WCUS #WordPress
The open web has a story. This is it. Code for the People is available to stream today. For free. For freedom. For the future.
Big news: Studio Code is now in the WordPress Studio desktop app. That means your agentic @wordpress.org expert builds with you in real time, right in the terminal. Free while in beta and available on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
A month ago, we challenged teams across @automattic.com to build fast and ship in the open during Radical Speed Month. No overthinking and no gatekeeping. 🏁 Ten stood out. Here's the throughline: publishing is getting lighter, and AI is shifting from "write this for me" to "help me work."
Your ecommerce store just got a cart’s worth of search upgrades. 🛒 Introducing @jetpack.com Search 7.0, which brings new features to WooCommerce, including a search bar that filters by product name, type, and more.
If your affiliate links are buried in your hosting comparison posts, your conversions will tank. Link placement isn't an afterthought. It's the difference between making money and making nothing.
AI-powered search is already deciding who shows up and who doesn't–and "post more" is not the answer. But fear not; we have some answers to make your @wordpress.org website more discoverable.
2,458 people. 81 countries. A historic city hosting a conference about the future of the internet. @wceurope.bsky.social 2026 in Kraków, Poland did not disappoint. Here are some highlights!
Take back the internet. Code for the People. July 9. #OpenSource #OpenWeb #DocumentaryShort
Code for the People | Official Trailer (2026)
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Here’s an exciting one: You can now use Claude, ChatGPT, or your preferred AI agent to build and improve your WordPress.com site. We’ll show you how with our new self-guided video course.
This isn't the internet we were promised, and some promises are worth keeping. Code for the People, a documentary short about the open web and the humans behind it, drops July 9. Free to stream, unlike some things. #OpenSource #OpenWeb #DocumentaryShort
We’re building a memory layer with @wordpress.org. Meet the WordCamp Agent, the first place you can see it working. This free Telegram bot was built for @wceurope.bsky.social attendees to map out your sessions, notes, and goals.
June is a big month for @wordpress.org developers, and we're here for it. Wordpress 7.0 shipped, 7.1 testing is underway, and this month's roundup is packed. Watch the full breakdown: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NCf...
Media Editor Modal, React 19, Client-Side Media & PHP 8.5: WordPress for Developers — June 2026
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Ranking as a hosting affiliate in 2026 means competing with major publishers, aggressive paid search, and thousands of generic roundups. The good news? Most of that content has real gaps. Here's how to find them and win.
WordPress 7.0 is here, and along with it, every WordPress.com site has been updated. Here's what's new and what it means for how you build.
Chasing down client edits can be one of the most time-consuming parts of an agency’s job. What if there were a slash command to fix it? That would be /annotate, a powerful feature in Studio Code that improves the client feedback loop.
This one's pretty major: WordPress.com is now available on Stripe Projects. Developers and their AI agents can provision a site, register a domain, and activate a plan directly from the terminal. Programmatic, repeatable, and no browser required.
The Reader just got a whole lot bigger. We now let you follow @bsky.app, Mastodon, and more across the Fediverse right inside the Reader. No algorithm, no extra apps, no tab-switching.
Are you at @wceurope.bsky.social? Stop by our booth to demo our products and meet the team. We have a live demo of our AI assistant, @wordpress.org Agent, and more. There are so many things we’d love to show you–here through tomorrow!
Every great website starts here. 🌎 Contributor Day at WordCamp Europe in Kraków, Poland, brought the @wordpress.org community together to make the platform smarter, better, faster, and stronger for everyone.
