Category Archives: Blog

Make it easier for your audience to engage with you by connecting your site to the fediverse. Jeremy Anderberg You created your website for a reason. Whether it’s showing off your art, passing on family recipes, or selling boutique high-performance yo-yos. (That may or may not be Doc Pop’s example.) You created your website to […]

There are no secrets about how PostSecret handles millions of visitors. Jeremy Anderberg Since moving PostSecret to WordPress.com in 2013, Frank Warren’s iconic platform has empowered millions to share their secrets in a safe place. In the last ten years, that simple mission has propelled PostSecret to become one of the most highly trafficked ad-free […]

Where we’ve been and where we’re going. When I stepped in to run WordPress.com while Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg was on sabbatical, my mission was to make WordPress.com the best and fastest host for WordPress developers and agencies. We cheekily called this initiative “Developers, Developers, Developers,” a reference to a certain point in tech history […]

“We can really be dangerous if we want, without being too afraid of it.” John Kostak has been building websites for longer than most social media networks have even been around. So splashy features don’t interest him much—he’s far more into performance, reliability, and compatibility. Which is why he and his company, Web Development USA, […]

There’s no secrets about PostSecret handles millions of visitors. Jeremy Anderberg Since moving PostSecret to WordPress.com in 2013, Frank Warren’s iconic platform has empowered millions to share their secrets in a safe place. In the last ten years, that simple mission has propelled PostSecret to become one of the most highly trafficked ad-free blogs on […]

“Let me know where you get your magic pixie dust from!” Dika Fei, like most founders, had a couple ideas that failed before hitting just the right note when he started his web development company, Jelly Pixel Studio. With a team of seven, Jelly Pixel Studio specializes in crafting unique and illustrative websites for a […]

Four of our favorite new themes. The WordPress.com team is always working on new design ideas to bring your website to life. Check out the latest themes in our library, including great options for dog lovers, engaged couples, and interior design aficionados. Bark is a pawsitively perfect theme for pet care pros, striking the perfect […]

Let’s bring back commenting. Jeremy Anderberg Remember when commenting on blogs and interacting with other commenters was one of the core pieces of enjoying the web? Matthias Pfefferle is making commenting cool again with ActivityPub for WordPress, a plugin that seamlessly connects your WordPress website to the fediverse.  In this interview, Doc Pop and Matthias […]

In this post, we share the strategies and techniques we’ve implemented to ensure our Electron-based Studio app runs smoothly, delivering a high-performance user experience. We’re back with Part 2 of our “Building Studio in Public” series! Today, we’re diving into the challenges we faced while optimizing Studio’s performance. This post will be especially valuable if […]

Social media has become unruly and hard to navigate. (An understatement, we know.) How can the fediverse make social media fun again? Tune in. Jeremy Anderberg In this episode of the Fediverse Files, ‪‪Doc Pop talks with Bart Decrem, the co-creator of Mammoth, an open source Mastodon app for iOS. Doc and Bart discuss how […]