November is one week away, and that means NaNoWriMo and NaBloPoMo are, too! If you’ve been thinking about reinvigorating your blogging or are finally ready to stop procrastinating on that book you’ve always wanted to write, these two great events (and communities) can give you the jolt of motivation you need. NaMo what now? NaNoWriMo and NaBloPoMo are short for ...
Today is International Women’s Day! We’d like to celebrate it by highlighting gender balance and how important it is to us here at Automattic. While gender balance in itself is definitely something worth pursuing for ethical reasons, we also strongly believe that it makes good business sense. As our CEO Matt Mullenweg said in his recent TED talk, we ...
HTTP/3 is the third major version of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol used to exchange information on the web. It is built on top of a new protocol called QUIC, which is set to fix some limitations of the previous protocol versions. Without getting into technical details—though feel free to do so in the comments if you have questions—our users should ...
A topic which I wrote about a few years back on one of my old blogs, was the subject of child monks. Sri Lanka has a proud history of children being ordained as monks, in the form of Samaneras. I personally believe that this leads to children losing their childhood, as the life of the [...]
Distributed teams, different geographies, and complex dynamics are redefining the modern workday. Soon, “job perks” like flexible hours and work-from-anywhere will become table-stakes benefits that every company needs to offer to stay competitive. WordPress.com’s parent company Automattic has long been ahead of this curve, growing a global software company of more than 850 people across 68 countries with no ...
It’s almost time for State of the Word 2023! Join us for this live stream event on December 11th at 10am ET. State of the Word is the annual keynote address delivered by the WordPress project’s co-founder and Automattic CEO, Matt Mullenweg. Every year, the event shares reflections on the project’s progress and the future of open source. Expect all that and more ...
We’re happy to introduce two brand new free themes today! Minnow Designed by Mel Choyce, Minnow is a light, simple theme that puts your social presence front and center. A social links menu is displayed prominently below the site title and logo, so readers can easily find you on your favorite social networks. When activated, the optional Custom Menu or Widget ...
As much as people, and the Government, carry on talking about it, Hambantota will never be the next Colombo, nor will it be close to it. Yes, there is an airport that will be coming up, there is the famed harbour, there is a new Indian Consular office, but there are some simple reasons why [...]
Electric Literature launched 10 years ago in Brooklyn, New York, as a quarterly print journal with a mission to make literature more relevant, exciting, and inclusive. And today they’re celebrating the launch of a new website on WordPress, at electricliterature.com. Surviving (and thriving) for ten years as an independent publisher is no small feat. Over the years the nonprofit ...
On January 1, you came together from all corners of the globe, ready to answer the call of our Bloganuary challenge and write for 31 straight days. And, oh, how you wrote! 6,140 people published at least one blog post during the challenge. A total of 33,639 blog posts were published throughout the month, answering the daily prompts and tagged ...
Keeping your data safe is as important to us as it is to you. Privacy protection for domains that are registered at WordPress.com is now free, so you don’t have to choose between your site and your security. What is domain privacy protection? When you register a new domain, you have to provide personal contact information. This information is ...
The foundational infrastructure for the websites you build and manage is crucial for ensuring a safe, secure, fast, and reliable environment. That’s where WP Cloud comes in. Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com, built WP Cloud because we wanted a cloud platform constructed from the ground up just for WordPress. We’ve hosted millions of websites across the WordPress ecosystem and ...
Late in 2015, we launched Discover — a site to showcase the people who use WordPress and the amazing things they make and do. There, we publish editors’ picks from across the WordPress landscape as well as in-depth features on WordPressers making a splash in the world. Here are five thought-provoking features you might have missed. Anne Thériault: one gutsy ...
France yesterday outlawed the wearing of the full veil for women in France. Apparently whilst the law does not even say the word “Muslim”, it’s designed in such a way to target out the Muslim women who do cover their heads. The reasons cited are many, including protection of culture and tradition (French ones, obviously) [...]
The digital landscape is evolving, and with it, the way we create and consume content is undergoing a remarkable transformation. As we stand at the cusp of a new era, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in content creation is not just a trend but a revolutionary step forward. Today, we’re excited to announce our latest resources that open the ...
Mahinda Rajapaksa has managed to secure more than 2/3 from the 225-member Parliament. This means he can practically bring in any legislation that he wants (I assume providing it doesn’t clash with the constitution) and get it passed. As Indi pointed out here, it’s partially due to Ranil Wickremasinghe being a weak opposition leader. But [...]
As part of my journalism studies the studies, I’ve headed out to Raichur with a team of others to cover deprivation in rural India. My experience in covering poverty so far has been either with one of the many places that I worked for as field visits, or during my work with Perambara last year. [...]
Hi everyone, it’s been a busy few weeks in the world of WordPress, WordPress.com, and Automattic, so I thought I’d share a roundup with all of you! Here’s a rundown: Welcome to WordPress We are proud to host the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s new Biohub, with a bold vision to invest in science, technology and human ingenuity “to help cure, prevent ...
It’s time! As a company whose mission is to democratize publishing, we believe strongly in helping everyone in our community make their voice heard regardless of their political affiliation. So we’ve teamed up with HelloVote to make it easy to register for the upcoming elections in the US — right here on WordPress.com. Introducing a quick, easy way to register ...
A new video showing alleged summarily executions of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres by the Sri Lankan military has been released online and aired on Channel4, amidst a rough welcome to the Sri Lankan President during his state visit to the United Kingdom. The Sri Lankan Government issued a statement from the High [...]
