Explore four ways to tackle website busywork with an AI assistant, from preparing posts and updating site details to reviewing alt text and comments.

Getting hacked is bad enough. You shouldn't have to pay another bill to clean up your site. Security should be part of what you're already paying your host to do.

Two critical PHP vulnerabilities were disclosed on October 21, 2026. WordPress.com sites are already protected, with no action required from site owners.

Build along with our portrait photography tutorial, from choosing a domain name to showcasing your strongest work and helping clients get in touch.

Premium themes now come with every paid WordPress.com plan, starting at Personal. Plus a theme-matched comment form and a new newsletter Overview tab.

The WordPress Agent can now build custom themes, help refine your site, and manage plugins. Here's how the latest updates work.

When years of travel interviews disappeared from the web, Roge Blasco and WordPress.com brought the archive back — and the interviews kept coming.

For their internship, two UDIT design students worked with Spanish nonprofit Odón Solar to plan, design, and launch a WordPress.com website. The project gave them a real client, a portfolio piece, and hands-on experience with WordPress Studio.

Domains don’t have to be confusing. Our free 45-minute video course explains how to register, connect, transfer, and manage a domain name on WordPress.com.

Black Friday traffic won’t fix a weak customer journey. Before you promote your offer, use these 10 checks to test the price, page, purchase or booking flow, mobile experience, delivery, and tracking from your customer’s side.

WordPress.com MCP connects AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude to your site. Here are seven practical ways to publish and refresh content, check traffic, organize your site, and handle everyday WordPress.com work from your AI assistant.

Your blogs, newsletters, and social feeds in one free RSS reader, plus new ways to catch up, get organized, and find your next favorite writer.

Let the WordPress Agent install plugins for you, connect Cursor to your site, and catch up on recent WordPress security releases and Reader updates.

Your first website probably needs fewer features than you think. The real challenge is knowing exactly what you need and how much it will cost. We compared current pricing ranges across major website platforms to show what a blog, business site, or online store costs in year one and beyond.  …

Desktop Mode is now OpenStation, a free plugin from Automattic for working in WP Admin with windows. Keep your draft, media, and comments open side by side in one tab.

One session at eCommerce Expo 2026 stood out: a practical look at customer data, marketing fatigue, and designing your store for gift buyers.

Heard people talk about AI search optimization or AEO? It’s less a new rulebook than clearer, more useful content that AI tools can understand and cite.

New stores on the WordPress.com Commerce plan start with Purple, a WooCommerce theme built by Woo. Its shop, product, cart, and checkout designs work together, giving you a storefront to make your own.

Want your blog to cover its own costs without becoming another job? Start small with tips, affiliate links, or one digital download—and stop whenever you reach “enough.”

See what's new on WordPress.com: a way to get an AI-generated custom theme, a redesigned video player, and various fixes across the site.

Twenty-five years after 9/11, we look at how people across WordPress.com are keeping the memory of that day alive.

When Google sends fewer clicks, growing traffic takes more than a bigger content calendar. Here are eight practical ways to earn visits through useful content, email, partnerships, and a site people can trust.

WordPress.com’s latest updates include a redesigned Hosting Dashboard, a new ChatGPT plugin, WordPress 7.1, and practical improvements for users.

Two months after my first WordCamp, I landed in Phoenix, AZ, for WordCamp US to experience it again, this time in another part of the world but with a similar group of people equally passionate about open source.  At first glance, the Arizona desert seems simple, barren. But look closer, …

We rebuilt the WordPress Studio desktop app around Studio Code, our expert WordPress agent. Your sites, the chat, and a live preview now sit side by side in one window, so you describe what you want, watch it build on real local WordPress, and point at anything that's off. It's in beta today on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

The new WordPress.com ChatGPT plugin enables you to manage your site efficiently and safely, streamlining tasks like publishing, checking stats, and more.

Manage all your WordPress.com sites from one consistent interface, with persistent navigation for domains, hosting, updates, and performance.

WordPress.com’s Support Assistant helps thousands of customers every day, from resetting forgotten passwords to connecting a domain name and explaining settings.  It resolves most questions on its own, but we built it to get you the right help, fast. And sometimes the right help is a person. Talking to our …

Set your brand voice, visual style, and goals once with WordPress.com Guidelines, so WordPress Agent can work from the same context wherever you are.

Today at WordCamp US 2026, we’re officially launching WordPress.com Education. At its heart is a free dedicated Student Plan, built to give students the tools of a professional WordPress.com environment while they learn. Now, students can build real websites in a professional environment that they can keep using after the …