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 talk about fediverse applications that apply…
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 the walled gardens of modern social media platforms are finally getting some real competition from a better, and more open social web. The rise of the…
Automattic recently welcomed Beeper, an all-in-one messaging app, to our umbrella of life-improving apps. (If you haven’t yet, check out Day One, Pocketcasts, and Tumblr, too!) Since Beeper joined a company best known for its world-class WordPress hosting and plugin solutions, we knew our special projects crew would love creating a shiny new blog for…
If your WordPress website is hosted somewhere other than WordPress.com, we’d love for you to ask one simple question: Why? Maybe you started there because of a stellar pricing deal on hosting and just stayed put for years. Maybe their offering was cutting-edge at one time, but now it seems outdated. Are all those paid…
In this episode of the Fediverse Files, Doc Pop talks with ActivityPub co-creator Evan Prodromou. ActivityPub is a fediverse technology that’s akin to what RSS is for podcasts and blog feeds; it’s the foundational element that connects platforms and allows them to communicate with each other. Doc Pop and Evan discuss the past, present, and…
You’ve probably seen it on social media and in headlines around the web in the last few years: the fediverse. But what is it, really? A Boba Fett theme park? A Kevin Federline production? Some sort of cheese pun? In this first episode of our new YouTube series, the Fediverse Files, designer, illustrator, and fediverse…
Endoh Collaborative is blazing a unique and powerful trail as a queer-owned, feminist digital agency. Their aim is to create effective, engaging, and accessible websites and visual brands to help nonprofits, purpose-driven businesses, and progressive organizations. Ultimately, Endoh wants to empower their clients to grow, thrive, and make a lasting positive impact. Aiding Endoh in…
From the earliest days of WordPress.com, the bottom of every site on our platform has featured a default phrase in the footer credit area. Today, we’re handing the reigns over to you: every website using a block theme, on every plan, can customize the footer credit to say anything at all. That footer space offers…
A few times a year, the WordPress open source software gets a major update, providing users with new capabilities, regular refinements, and important bug fixes. With hundreds of fixes and enhancements, WordPress 6.6 brings a new level of creativity, usability, and efficiency to your WordPressing. Here’s a quick tour of what this latest update offers…
When Automattic launched the .blog domain extension back in 2016, our in-house team built a shiny new website to go with it. The vibe of my.blog very much matched the era, featuring a simple layout, a generic color palette, and a “just the basics” approach to the content and overall messaging. The previous iteration of…