behind the scenes Archives

The Best of Both Worlds: WordPress.com Managed Hosting

How to 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.…

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What’s New in the Block Editor: Edit Your Images, Drag and Drop Blocks and Patterns, and More

Web Monkey3 years ago06 mins

From time-saving features to enhancements in your favorite blocks, these block editor improvements will help you build posts and pages on your site, no matter what you publish: Crop and rotate your images with built-in editing tools Drag and drop blocks and patterns for more control Display a list of your pages with the new Page List block Match your brand palette with an improved Social Icons block Strategically place your CTAs with a better Buttons block Manage your preferences in a refreshed panel Let’s take a closer look.…

Toward zero: Reducing and offsetting our data center power emissions

Web Monkey4 years ago09 mins

Following the massive Australian bushfires earlier this year, I was motivated to act within my role as a data scientist at Automattic to help fight anthropogenic climate change.…

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Industry Experts and Pro Bloggers Come Together to Inspire, Teach, and Help You (and Your Site) Succeed

Web Monkey4 years ago014 mins

At the Official WordPress.com Growth Summit, the two-day virtual conference running twice from August 11-13, you’ll have access to about 50 speakers and presenters across 90+ breakout sessions and keynote conversations.…

Celebrating Pride Month: Perspectives on Identity, Diversity, Communication, and Change

Web Monkey4 years ago010 mins

Throughout June, we’ve published a series of Q&As at WordPress Discover featuring members of the Automattic team. These conversations explore personal journeys; reflections on identity; and diversity and inclusion in tech, design, and the workplace.…

Working Remotely Isn’t Just About the Work

Web Monkey4 years ago06 mins

With COVID-19, the business world has come to a fork in the road: Down one route, shuttered offices. Down the other, companies embracing remote work, showing us how businesses can survive — and thrive!…

More Stats, Better Stats, Faster Stats: A Whole New Mobile Experience

Web Monkey5 years ago03 mins

If you’re like me, Stats is one of your most-visited screens in your WordPress app — we all want to know people are reading! Whether you use iOS or Android, the latest versions have Stat updates that bring you more useful data, faster.…

Boost Visitor Engagement and Grow Your Mailing List with the Mailchimp Block

Web Monkey5 years ago06 mins

Keeping your visitors interested is the key to a successful website—and one great way to do that is with email. A smart email outreach plan piques peoples’ interest, keeps them engaged, and brings them back to your website.…

Introducing Activity

Web Monkey5 years ago04 mins

Knowing what’s going on behind the scenes of your site is key to engagement and security. Who published a post? What comments need to be approved?…

Add A Simple Payment Button To Your WordPress.com Site

Web Monkey7 years ago09 mins

May 2016: Hajj Flemings, CEO of Rebrand Cities with renowned photographer, Shawn Lee, in a redesigned school bus en route to working with small business owners in Detroit.…

The Best of WordPress: September 2016

Web Monkey8 years ago07 mins

Hi everyone, it’s been a busy few weeks in the world of WordPress, WordPress.com, and Automattic, so I thought I’d share a roundup with all of you!…

Make the Most of Our New SEO Settings Panel

Web Monkey8 years ago05 mins

WordPress.com has always taken care of your site’s search engine optimization (SEO) behind the scenes. Whether you have a free site or paid plan, we index your posts and pages so that the Googles and Bings of the world can easily find them.…

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The 2015 WordPress.com Year In Review!

Web Monkey8 years ago020 mins

Here’s an incredible fact: together, you published more than 660 million posts on WordPress.com in 2015, and made more than 655 million comments. That’s a whole lot of joy, laughter, tears, insight, and thoughtfulness.…

Register Now for WordCamp US in Philadelphia!

Web Monkey8 years ago04 mins

We’re less than a month away from the inaugural WordCamp US, the largest WordPress conference in the world. Join us in Philadelphia for two days of informative sessions and stimulating conversations with everyone from blogging newbies to the most experienced WordPress developers in the world.…

Web Publishing for All! Introducing Community Translator Tools

Web Monkey9 years ago04 mins

Publishing tools for everyone Roughly half of the content and traffic on the internet is in English1, yet English is the mother tongue of only about a quarter of internet users2, and less than 5% of the world’s population.3 We believe that WordPress.com…

Press Publish Tickets

Web Monkey9 years ago03 mins

It is with great excitement that I announce the opening of ticket sales for the Press Publish conference series we teased here earlier this month! After scouring the web for bloggers with inspiring stories, successful blogs, and unique voices, we’ve confirmed the speaker lineups, and are thrilled to be including popular WordPress.com…

Im(Press)ive! Your Year in Review

Web Monkey9 years ago012 mins

Millions of new sites created and posts published later, 2014 is in the books. We could regale you with big numbers, like these… Total New Blogs 18,300,771 That’s 49,997 new blogs per day!…

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Upgraded Stats and Navigation Enhancements

Web Monkey9 years ago04 mins

We’ve been updating WordPress.com to make it faster and more powerful behind the scenes. We’ve now introduced some changes to the WordPress.com interface as well, making website, blog, and content creation more intuitive and consistent across devices.…