Lily Burton spent years in the lab. PhD in biochemistry and molecular biophysics at the University of Chicago. Deep research. Big questions. But something was missing. “I really enjoyed thinking about very deep questions,” she says. “But I kind of missed the human element. I would get frustrated — why should a normal, everyday person…
Andrew Adetitun runs The King’s Monologue, a media network teaching African history to over 160,000 followers across different channels. He noticed that African history wasn’t just underrepresented — it was actively obscured. Achievements credited to the wrong civilizations. Truth buried in books most people would never read. So he started making content. First on TikTok….
Tammy Silva started sharing remote job opportunities on LinkedIn during the pandemic. When she moved back to Brazil after years in Singapore and Australia, she noticed something: most Brazilians had no idea they could work remotely for U.S. companies and earn in dollars. So she started posting about it on LinkedIn. Job openings. Resume tips….
30 days’ notice. Years of memories at stake. Here’s how WordPress.com stepped up. On August 28, 2025, Typepad announced it was shutting down. Creators who’d been blogging since the early 2000s suddenly faced an impossible deadline: save everything or lose it forever in 30 days. We couldn’t let that happen. A race against the clock…
On December 2, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, Executive Director Mary Hubbard, and Lead Architect Matías Ventura took the stage in San Francisco — joined by contributors and guests from around the world. And for the first time, a major WordPress release launched live during the keynote — WordPress 6.9 went out to the world as…
Today, we’re celebrating 20 years of WordPress.com! We set out to put the power of publishing into everyone’s hands, and since then, millions of you have used it to build amazing things. Our beginnings and our purpose On June 20, 2005, WordPress project co-founder Matt Mullenweg hired Donncha Ó Caoimh (a software developer and WordPress…
This Black Friday (Nov 17 – Dec 1, 2025), get your website built for you — free — when you purchase a new annual WordPress.com Business plan. Plus, take 10% off. That’s over $499 in professional design included at no cost, along with savings on our most powerful plan. Claim your free site build Terms…
Typepad, the veteran blogging platform that has served creators for years, recently announced it will be shutting down permanently on September 30, 2025. According to their official announcement, all user accounts will be terminated on that date. This means you’ll need to export your content before the deadline — or risk losing it forever. If…
On Dec. 16, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, Lead Architect Matías Ventura, and Executive Director Mary Hubbard were joined by WordPress community member Junko Nukaga to reflect on all things WordPress at Tokyo Node Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The venue provided the perfect location for the annual event, which was held for the second time outside…
State of the Word 2024 is just around the corner! Join us for this live stream event on Monday, Dec. 16th at 18:00 JST / 09:00 UTC. State of the Word is the annual keynote address delivered by the WordPress project’s co-founder and Automattic CEO, Matt Mullenweg. Every year, the event celebrates the open source…