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Jetpack introduced a new Activity feature that…

Dan Knauss

November 2, 2018

Jetpack introduced a new Activity feature that monitors your site and adds a new tab in WordPress.com where you can see all your site’s activity outlined in an "organized, readable way." How far back you can look or how many features…

Matt Mullenweg reported on Thursday (September…

Dan Knauss

September 21, 2018

Matt Mullenweg reported on Thursday (September 20) that Gutenberg has over 420,000 active installations, and 213,000 posts written with Gutenberg have been tracked. Note that this is only for Jetpack and WordPress.com sites. The total number would be higher if…

Notes from WordCamp Europe, 2018

David Bisset

June 25, 2018

Design

Another successful WordCamp Europe 2018 just wrapped up a few days ago. The event had 54 organizers, 170 volunteers, 65 speakers (from 17 countries), and 37 sponsors (with 44 micro-sponsors). Out of 2,368 tickets sold, 2,085 attendees (from 76 countries)…

GoDaddy has ranked the most popular…

Brian Krogsgard

December 23, 2017

GoDaddy has ranked the most popular WordPress plugins and themes installed on their servers in 2017. The top three plugins were Yoast SEO, Jetpack and Ninja Forms. The most popular eCommerce plugin was WooCommerce, and MonsterInsights took the crown as the most…

Interview with Matt Mullenweg on the WordPress ecosystem — Draft Podcast

Brian Krogsgard

November 14, 2017

BusinessDesign

In this episode, I talk to Matt Mullenweg -- co-founder of WordPress and the CEO of Automattic -- about what's happening in the world of WordPress, and his role in it all.

WooCommerce 3.2 is out with several…

Brian Krogsgard

October 13, 2017

WooCommerce 3.2 is out with several improvements. As a reminder, WooCommerce is now on SemVer, so this is a minor release. The biggest new feature is to be able to apply coupons to orders after they're made (prior to payment),…

Jetpack has included Elasticsearch support in…

Brian Krogsgard

October 5, 2017

Jetpack has included Elasticsearch support in their "professional" plan now. It's in beta for now, but I anticipate we'll see them expand on this functionality. I think it could be a good trigger for some folks to upgrade.

Jetpack 5.0 was released as a “spring cleaning”…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2017

Jetpack 5.0 was released as a "spring cleaning" with a focus on stability and compatibility. You'll want to update for cleaner code, faster execution, and a few bug fixes for PHP 7.1 that were causing some fatal errors.

Much more interesting than a regular…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2017

Business

Much more interesting than a regular Jetpack upgrade is how (as I predicted) Jetpack is bringing "professional themes" to the plugin, effectively making it a full-on marketplace. I am very, very interested in how that's going to work, specifically in…

DreamHost is the first host to offer Jetpack commercial option en masse

Brian Krogsgard

May 4, 2017

HostingSecurity

DreamHost has announced a new benefit for DreamPress customers: all customers can get Jetpack's commercial version -- including VaultPress backups and Akismet spam protection -- included in their plan for no additional cost. The deal was structured between Automattic and…

WordPress.com is testing custom plugins and themes for Business plans

Brian Krogsgard

March 20, 2017

BusinessHosting

Automattic is testing the ability for Business plan customers to upload custom plugins and themes on WordPress.com. The test has only been open a few days, and they are enabling the feature for around 10 sites per day, so it's…

Automattic has built an importer for…

Brian Krogsgard

March 3, 2017

Business

Automattic has built an importer for folks to move from Medium to WordPress.com, and gave a tiny jab to Medium while at it: With the recent news about Medium’s change in business model we’ve been receiving a number of requests…

If you are a Jetpack customer…

Dan Knauss

March 3, 2017

If you are a Jetpack customer with a recently released Personal Plan, note that Jetpack has announced that they are now including "Priority Support" in such Personal Plans. Priority support simply mean you’ll get your tickets responded to faster, but…

Automattic’s WordAds, and other features, now available to paid Jetpack users

Brian Krogsgard

January 17, 2017

Jetpack 4.5 has several new features, including a newly designed VideoPress that I look forward to checking out further. But what caught my eye the most is that Automattic is now making WordAds -- their home grown ad platform that…

Automattic has published their year in…

Brian Krogsgard

December 16, 2016

Automattic has published their year in review, which gives a broad look at what happened with the company and the various brands in 2016. The page (which has a nice design, btw) covers Automattic's corporate growth, diversity, and other points…

WordPress.com updated their Reader design. I…

Brian Krogsgard

December 15, 2016

WordPress.com updated their Reader design. I don't use the Reader, but for some folks, its their primary use case of the service. Also in .com news, they've introduced support for VR and 360 degree photos, which is pretty neat. It's…

Jetpack introduced a new Activity feature that…

Matt Mullenweg reported on Thursday (September…

GoDaddy has ranked the most popular…

Interview with Matt Mullenweg on the WordPress ecosystem — Draft Podcast

WooCommerce 3.2 is out with several…

Jetpack has included Elasticsearch support in…

Jetpack 5.0 was released as a “spring cleaning”…

Much more interesting than a regular…

DreamHost is the first host to offer Jetpack commercial option en masse

WordPress.com is testing custom plugins and themes for Business plans

Automattic has built an importer for…

If you are a Jetpack customer…

Automattic’s WordAds, and other features, now available to paid Jetpack users

Automattic has published their year in…

WordPress.com updated their Reader design. I…

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