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Popular Podcast App Pocket Casts Joins Automattic Pocket Casts will be joining Automattic, making it easier for podcast fans to discover new content and customize their listening experience. Eli Budelli We’re excited to announce that Pocket Casts will be joining Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com. More than 80M people in the US listen to a…

6 Ways WordPress.com Courses Help You Grow Join our WordPress.com Course Communities to help you get started on your blog or podcast. Mindy Postoff WordPress.com experts invite you to join our community-driven courses to get your blog or podcast started, launched, or taken to the next level. Join today for on-demand content, access to a course…

Build a Blogging Habit with Reminders in Your WordPress App Meet your posting goals on your site with this new feature in the iOS and Android apps. Giorgio Ruscigno Writing regularly on your blog both improves your writing skills and engages the readers that visit your site. The more you write, the better — you can…

P2 Puts Easy, Flexible Project Tracking Tools In Your Hands Improve your team’s workflow and productivity with these project tracking blocks. From to-do apps and day planners, to spreadsheets and full-blown subscription services, making your work trackable and visible can really help with productivity. P2 is the tool we use at Automattic (the company behind WordPress.com),…

Built-in Duotone Image Filter, Editor Navigation via Persistent List View, and Other Block Editor Improvements Seth McLellan The next batch of exciting updates to the block editor is live on WordPress.com. Powerful duotone image editing, a persistent list view to edit your page or post, and an update for picking table colors are all ready for…

WordPress.com Welcomes the Award-Winning Atavist Magazine to the Platform The Atavist Magazine, known for its in-depth journalism and creative, elegant design, joins sister site Longreads, making WordPress.com a home for the web’s best longform storytelling. At WordPress.com, part of our mission is to support and empower storytellers and publishers of all sizes. We’re thrilled to announce…

Let’s Celebrate Pride by Supporting Nonprofits For Pride this year, we’re highlighting queer nonprofits and charities. It’s more important than ever to support the queer community and raise awareness for those who do so all year round, long after the rainbow flags come down. It’s Pride month; perhaps you’ve noticed from the rainbows all over everything?…

Day One, the Journaling App, Joins Automattic Eli Budelli We’re excited to welcome Day One to the Automattic team. Day One is a private journaling app that makes writing for yourself a simple pleasure. A beautifully designed user experience has earned the app prestigious awards including App Store Editor’s Choice, App of the Year, and the…

WordPress.com is the Fastest WordPress Host in Review Signal’s 2021 Test WordPress.com delivered the fastest WordPress speed test of any company in any price tier in 2021. For the past eight years, Review Signal has published its WordPress Hosting Performance Benchmarks, and 2021’s results are in. We’re happy to report that not only did WordPress.com earn…

How you can get the total freedom to create without the hassles that come with managing your own website.  The open source WordPress project has given the world a powerful publishing platform that now powers 41% of the web. While this is the most widely adopted CMS on the internet, you’re also going to need…