Category Archives: Blog

Your mind is buzzing with ideas, insights, stories, and opinions that your audience wants to hear. But turning these ideas into blog posts feels like pulling teeth. That’s where AI comes in. AI can help you find the pulse of your audience, structure your ideas, and support your writing process, without compromising the originality of […]

Staging sites let you safely experiment, like testing new themes, trying plugins, updating content, or fine-tuning your design, all without making unwanted changes to your live site. But staging site management can sometimes be challenging. A cumbersome interface and limited sync options can slow development, increase the risk of errors, and make it harder to […]

Picture this: You’re on the road when you get a notification that someone new just subscribed to your newsletter. You want to know more about this reader: are they engaging with your content? What other posts resonated with them? Until now, getting those insights meant waiting until you were back at your computer. That all […]

You’re sifting through a lot of conflicting advice on how long it takes to build a website. Some say it takes a few days, others say weeks. So, who’s right? The truth is, most website development timelines are just guesstimates.  These generic timeframes don’t factor in variables that could make or break your development process. […]

We hear you. You love your WordPress.com Personal or Premium plan, but there’s that one plugin — or two — you’ve been itching to try. Normally, plugins are only available on Business and Commerce plans. From August 12 to August 25, 2025, new customers and users upgrading from free plans can now use plugins on […]

Take it from someone who’s been burned by hosting companies: you don’t want to skimp on thoroughly evaluating your hosting provider. Overwhelmed by hundreds of web hosting providers online, I shrugged, “This one looks the cheapest,” and purchased a yearly plan without a second thought. Poor customer support, inaccessibility, and a migration later, I regretted […]

WordPress.com is a proud sponsor of WordCamp US this year. Some WordPress.com staff members and I will be heading to Portland, Oregon from August 26th – 29th to connect with the community and contribute to the open source WordPress project. If you’re there, and you see one of us — please stop and say hi! I’d […]

Despite Google’s official claim that it treats subdomains and subdirectories equally in indexing, website owners sometimes report substantial traffic gains after switching from the former to the latter. The reality? It’s far more nuanced than these site owners suggest. In order to make smart decisions about when to use subdomain or subdirectory, you need to […]

Imagine waking up in the morning, checking your site, and it’s an absolute mess. Your browser flashes a malware warning, your homepage is advertising questionable hair-growth pills, and your website logo has been replaced by a dancing raccoon. Meanwhile, your inbox is exploding with emails from customers asking if the “crypto investment opportunity” sent by […]

In April, we launched our AI website builder, opening the door for anyone to turn their ideas into a WordPress.com website — no expertise required. We’ve been listening to your feedback and regularly rolling out improvements and new features that put more creative power in your hands. Whether you’re dreaming up a business, building your […]