From across Automattic.
Updates from all of Automattic’s business units.
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The ecommerce shipping setup that grows with your store
Before you ship your first package, you need to make 5 core decisions around fulfillment models, rates, carriers, packaging, and returns.
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Free WooCommerce extensions to help new stores get moving
There are hundreds of extensions in the WooCommerce Marketplace. These are the free ones you'll need from day one.
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May, 2026
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Keeping the WooCommerce GitHub backlog actionable
WooCommerce is cleaning up its GitHub issue backlog by closing stale or incomplete issues, ensuring only relevant ones remain. Updated guidelines will improve contributions and streamline triage for maintainers. The post Keeping the WooCommerce GitHub backlog actionable appeared first on The WooCommerce Developer Blog.
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May Product Update: Deeper Metrics, Smarter Workflows, and Better Security
May was a big one. Nine new features shipped this month, touching everything from how deeply you can see into your site’s performance to how securely your team can collaborate. Here’s everything we launched this […] The post May Product Update: Deeper Metrics, Smarter Workflows, and Better Security appeared first on Pressable.
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WordPress Workflow Automation: Enterprise Guide to Streamlining Operations
Learn how to implement WordPress workflow automation at enterprise scale. Covers triggers, actions, tools, AI automation, and workflow management for large teams.
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WooCommerce 10.8.1: Dot Release
🔧 WooCommerce 10.8.1 has been released. We issued a quick patch to restore WooPayments onboarding for new merchants. If you're on 10.8.0, update to 10.8.1. The post WooCommerce 10.8.1: Dot Release appeared first on The WooCommerce Developer Blog.
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WordPress VIP Earns Secure Hosting Alliance Certification
Reinforcing dedication to building a trusted, secure, and ethical web hosting platform.
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Pressable Achieves Secure Hosting Alliance Certification
We’re excited to share that Pressable has officially earned certification from the Secure Hosting Alliance (SHA), an initiative of the i2 Coalition that sets a higher bar for security, reliability, and responsible hosting practices across […] The post Pressable Achieves Secure Hosting Alliance Certification appeared first on Pressable.
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Now in the Reader: Bluesky, Mastodon, and the Fediverse
If you’ve been blogging for a while, you’ll probably know the WordPress.com Reader – a calm place to catch up on the blogs you follow, without an algorithm deciding what you see. This month, we added a new Social Feeds section to the Reader. Now you can bring in the people you follow on Bluesky,…
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Pressable, WordPress VIP, and WP Cloud Partners Earn Secure Hosting Alliance Certification
Pressable and WordPress VIP have each earned official certification from the Secure Hosting Alliance (SHA), an i2Coalition initiative that recognizes hosting providers with a genuine, demonstrable commitment to security, reliability, and responsible operations.
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WP23
WordPress at 23 is simultaneously both the strongest and most precarious it’s ever been. Last week, we shipped WordPress 7 to the world. In seven days, 46% of all WordPresses, tens of millions across countless different hosting environments, are already on 7.0, auto-updated with no breakage. From a Raspberry Pi to the most secure sites…
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How Pressable MCP is Changing the Game for WordPress Agencies: A Live Breakdown with Matt Medeiros and Phill Clapham
Pressable Senior TAM Phill Clapham joined Matt Medeiros on WP Minute to put Pressable MCP through its paces live. Watch how multi-site triage, log analysis, and backup recovery – tasks that used to eat up a morning – get handled in minutes with simple prompts across Claude and ChatGPT. The post How Pressable MCP is…
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Kai Wright & Emmanuel Dzotsi
Kai Wright is an award-winning writer, editor, and podcast host. He was host, most recently, of WNYC’s Notes from America, which aired live each week on public radio stations around the country. He was also host of the Peabody Award-winning podcast Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows, which documents activism in the early years of…
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WooCommerce 10.8.0 Release Notes
WooCommerce 10.8 is live ✨ Review your request emails, enjoy faster storefronts, and a smoother Add to Cart. Important: WordPress 6.9+ is now the required minimum. Get your update on. The post WooCommerce 10.8.0 Release Notes appeared first on The WooCommerce Developer Blog.
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Introducing Write: A New Way to Post, Built for Writers
One page. A blinking cursor. The formatting you need and nothing you don't. That's Write, a new, focused writing surface built into WordPress.com. In last year's Creators survey, "simplify the editor" was the single most-requested improvement from the people already publishing on WordPress.com. So we built it.
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Move Fast and Don't Break Things: Shipping the Simplenote MCP
When Automattic recently launched a month-long hackathon, engineers Mark Biek and Evan Tobiesen knew exactly what they wanted to work on: the Simplenote Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. Neither Mark nor Evan works in data science, so measurement might have been the easy thing to skip. Instead, they shipped a product with built-in measurement from…
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Meet WordCamp Agent: A Preview of the WordPress Memory Layer
If you've been to a WordCamp, you know how it goes. The schedule fills up fast, you lose track of who you wanted to meet, and your notes from the best talks never make it anywhere useful. Message @wordcamp_agent_bot on Telegram and not only have a better plan for WCEU 2026, see where agentic WordPress is going.
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Looking Ahead to WordCamp Europe 2026
June 4-6, 2026 | ICE Kraków Congress Centre, Kraków, Poland WordCamp Europe 2026 will bring the WordPress community together in Kraków, Poland, from June 4–6 for Contributor Day, two conference days, and a program shaped by the ideas, tools, and people moving WordPress forward. This year’s schedule includes two official keynotes, hands-on workshops, panels, and…
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Two new search experiences in Jetpack Search
Jetpack Search 3.0 introduces two new ways for visitors to search your site — Embedded and a blocks-powered Overlay — both built from real WordPress blocks that inherit your theme's fonts, colors, and layout.
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A search built for your WooCommerce store
Jetpack Search 3.0 ships with a full set of WooCommerce-aware search blocks — filter by product attribute, price, rating, stock status, brand, category, tag — so shoppers can narrow results the way they expect on a store.
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Build your search page with blocks
With the new Jetpack Search, your search results page is now a real block template. Open it in the editor, drag in the filters and sort controls you want, design the empty state — the same editor you use for posts and pages, applied to search.
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Where’s that comment?
Hello Tumblr! @jubs here, today, to tell you about a feature we’re building: Comments by author!Comments (or replies) have been around for a while, but they have always been tucked away from your regular feed, and so we’re working on a few ways to integrate them into the rest of our experience.Soon, blogs will have a…
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WordPress Scalability: How to Scale to Enterprise
WordPress scalability from vertical and horizontal scaling to enterprise infrastructure — caching, CDN, database optimization, headless architecture, and WordPress VIP.
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Introducing auto-complete suggestions in Jetpack Search
Jetpack Instant search allows you to see results as you type. That’s fast. But it’s not always what people actually need. Sometimes you want a nudge in the right direction before you’ve even finished your question. Today we’re adding exactly that to Jetpack Search. The new Search Suggestions feature shows visitors three types of helpful…
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From Messages to Episodes: Building Better Recall for AI Support
Our customers do not think of support as isolated chats. They think in terms of things they are trying to get done: connecting a domain, changing the look of a site, launching a store, fixing checkout, recovering access, or understanding a bill. That creates a challenge for an AI support assistant. If a customer returns…
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Jetpack Search now understands your WooCommerce catalog
Jetpack Search 3.0 adds product-aware filters to WooCommerce stores. Now your customers can sort by price range, stock status, color, size, and more.
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Turn Your Blog Posts Into Podcast Episodes
Posts to Podcast is a new WordPress.com feature that creates AI-generated audio episodes from your existing posts, complete with a draft post and transcript.
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WordPress.com Changelog: Launch a Podcast and Update Your Friends
A built-in podcast tool, weekly letters to close friends, and a new Mac app for managing your site — see what's new on WordPress.com in the last two weeks.
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Bringing the NoHo Collection Into Conversation During NYCxDESIGN
On May 14, Automattic’s NoHo Space in New York welcomed over 100 guests for the first edition of the NoHo Speaker Series during NYCxDESIGN. The evening centered on design, community, and the growing NoHo Collection, featuring NYC-based Anna Kulachek and Ronaldy Navarro in conversation with Automattic’s Head of Design, Pablo Honey.
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Introducing AI Answers in Jetpack Search
When you search a site, you’re usually not looking for a list of links — you’re looking for an answer. Today, we’re introducing AI Answers in Jetpack Search: a new feature that reads your site’s content and delivers a direct, cited response right at the top of search results. The problem with traditional search Site…
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Blueprints Gallery Is Now Available in WordPress Studio
Discover Blueprints Gallery in WordPress Studio to browse, preview, and launch reusable WordPress setups locally in seconds.
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Mind the Gaps: Key Takeaways from the Automattic for Agencies and AgencyHabits Fireside Chat
The session explored how agencies adapt to changing client purchasing behaviors in the AI era. Noted risks include fragile revenue concentrations and vague positioning that hinders competitiveness. Specific agency positioning is critical for attracting better-fit inquiries and ensuring visibility in AI-driven searches, ultimately leading to more successful client engagements.
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Inside WordPress.com’s Security Response to the Essential Plugin Attack
The Essential Plugin attack hit 2,200+ hosted sites. Here's how WordPress.com's security team detected, contained, and cleaned up the threat.
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Achievement Unlocked: Your WordPress.com Milestones Now Have a Home
Your new Achievements page brings together badges, milestones, activity streaks, and a few surprises—right in the Reader.
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When Designers Start Building
What a workshop taught us about closing the gap between design and code. In most design workflows, there’s a point where the work leaves your hands. The spec goes to engineering, and from there you’re shaping the outcome through comments, screenshots, and Slack threads—staying involved, but one step behind.
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Your Podcast Belongs With Your Blog and Newsletter
We're launching Jetpack Podcast, a new way to publish, distribute, and grow a podcast from the same site as your blog and newsletter. If you're on WordPress.com, it's already in your dashboard in your Jetpack menu. You can start a podcast for free. We'll help you set up your show, get your podcast onto major podcast apps like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Pocket Casts, and pair it with your newsletter to grow your audience.
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In-person payments and Point of Sale are live in 7 new countries
Thirteen new countries can now take card payments through the WooCommerce app. Here's the full list and what you need to get started.
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Easy Site Editor – Now in Beta
Building a website should feel exciting, not overwhelming. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce the beta launch of the Easy Site Editor on WordPress.com, a brand new way to create and customize your site through the power of conversation. A friendlier way to edit your site We’ve been listening closely to our community, and one…
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WordPress 7.0 “Armstrong”
Explore AI abilities directly in your website, all managed from a central hub. Slide seamlessly through the sleek, new admin theme implemented across the dashboard. Ignite creative flow with new blocks and design tools, and tap into an expansive developer toolbox that gives you more control than ever, letting you make it uniquely yours.
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WPScan 4.0.0: We're Back
WPScan 4.0.0 is here. We read through years of community issues. We addressed every major complaint. 75+ open issues → 0. Explicit scan control. Authentication-based enumeration. Real-time streaming. Consolidated codebase. This is WPScan shaped by what you asked for. You Control What Gets Scanned The #1 complaint: WPScan scanned plugins automatically, burning API requests and…
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Introducing Lately, Now in Beta
One of the best parts of blogging is the ability to share something with the people you care most about. Over the last few weeks, we’ve built a WordPress.com feature to make that easier. It’s geared to the kind of short, casual thing you’d otherwise send in a group chat or email. Today we’re introducing…
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Not Everything Needs to Be Content
The internet has shifted from personal expression to performance, pressuring creators to turn every thought into content, which can stifle genuine creativity. Not all ideas should be published; some require privacy and development. Embracing unfinished work fosters intentionality, allowing for deeper reflection and a more meaningful creator-audience relationship.
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Alisha Wainwright
Alisha Wainwright is an actress, science communicator and the host of When Science Finds A Way – a podcast where she speaks with scientists, innovators and diverse communities. Her mission is to build trust in science by listening to diverse voices and telling stories that connect science to people’s everyday experiences. In her opinion, science…
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Introducing WordPress Workspace for Mac
WordPress Workspace is an macOS companion that turns your website into a full productivity suite. Ask the WordPress Agent, dictate, upload images, capture screenshots, and transform text with the voice, history, media, and structure your site already contains.
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Your ecommerce website launch checklist: 9 things to test before you go live
The best part of building a store is sharing it. Here's your website launch checklist to help things go smoothly on day one.
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How to start selling online: Nail the decisions that matter most
Ready to sell online? Start with the decisions you'll live with for a long time: your site, hosting, and payments. Here's how to get them right.
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Enterprise Digital Transformation: Strategy, Requirements, and Best Practices
This article covers the essential definition of enterprise digital transformation, the core requirements for success, the tangible benefits for the business, and the best practices for implementation.
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AI is shifting commerce — here’s what 225 leaders told us they’re betting on
Find out what stood out from our survey of 225 industry leaders at Stripe Sessions 2026.
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WordPress 7.0 Release Candidate 4
The fourth Release Candidate (“RC4”) for WordPress 7.0 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended that you evaluate RC4 on a test server and site. Reaching this phase…
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How to build an image generation plugin with the WordPress AI Client
Learn how to use the WordPress AI Client to build a provider-agnostic plugin that generates images directly within the Media Library.
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Get Your WordCamp US 2026 Tickets
August 16–19, 2026, Phoenix Convention Center – Phoenix, Arizona Tickets are now available for WordCamp US 2026, taking place August 16–19, 2026, at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. The flagship event brings together people from across the WordPress community to learn, contribute, share ideas, connect with contributor teams, and help shape the future…
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Connect Your Research Identity with ORCID on Gravatar
Researchers, scholars, and contributors can now add their ORCID iD to their Gravatar profile as a verified account, making it easier to connect their research identity with their broader online presence.
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Ecommerce SEO in 2026: What to know when you’re starting out
Getting started with ecommerce SEO? Most of the noise can wait. Here are the basics that will do more for your visibility than anything else.
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What’s new for developers? (May 2026)
Stay up to date with the latest Gutenberg and WordPress 7.0 developer updates for May 2026, including the evolving content types system, new grid package, block improvements, API changes, and key fixes impacting themes, plugins, and editor workflows.
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Enterprise Ecommerce: Definition, Platforms, and Selection Guide
Enterprise ecommerce defined: benefits, platform types, core capabilities, selection criteria, and enterprise SEO strategy.
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The greatest job title I'll ever have
At Automattic, we have a Creed. This is the fourth line: I will build our business sustainably through passionate and loyal customers. Customers are central to everything we do. The Happiness Engineer title aims to capture how seriously we take that work. In 2007, when Matt Mullenweg posted Automattic’s first Happiness Engineer job listing, he…
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I Like the Shapes You Read
I care about text. Not just what it says, but how it looks and behaves on a layout. How it sits on a page, how it moves, how it breaks.
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2016, Again
The internet of 2016 is experiencing a nostalgic resurgence, characterized by grainy photos and old filters, as people long for a more personal and less performative online experience. Today's algorithm-driven landscape contrasts sharply with the simpler, more expressive connections of that time, prompting a renewed interest in blogging as a platform for authentic self-expression.
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Bringing Metadata to Life at Automattic with OpenMetadata
The metadata problem at scale Automattic’s data ecosystem is large and highly interconnected: thousands of Iceberg tables and views queried via Trino, thousands of Airflow tasks producing and updating them via Spark jobs, and a growing catalogue of Looker and Superset dashboards and charts on top. Most of the information about these assets exists somewhere,…
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From WordPress Agency to Enterprise Partner
rtCamp started as a tech publisher running on WordPress. What turned them into an enterprise partner was learning to sell solutions, not platforms. This is the story of that shift, and what agencies thinking about enterprise can take from it.
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WordPress 7.0 Release Candidate 3
The third Release Candidate (“RC3”) for WordPress 7.0 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended that you evaluate RC3 on a test server and site. Reaching this phase…
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WordPress.com Changelog: AI Assistant Opt-in on All Current Paid Plans and A New Way to Build Sites from Your Terminal
More AI for more people, a new way to build with WordPress in the terminal, and a theme that turns blogging into a social feed.
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Even Better Simplenote MCP Server
Last month, we announced a basic MCP server for Simplenote which allowed macOS users to use their favorite AI tool to search their notes. Now we’re excited to announce an updated version which supports macOS, Windows, and Linux plus new functionality to make working with notes even better: How to use it Some example things…
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Where Automattic Meets Up
Every week, Automattic teams are meeting in person across the globe. Let our research be your gain.
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Behind the Fiber-Optic Rope: Engineering WordCamp
Networking engineer Tyler Leeds explains how Automattic delivered rock-solid livestreamg from WordCamp Asia—and what's on tap for WordCamp EU in June.
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What I’d tell every ecommerce merchant about hosting before they launch
Weighing infrastructure options for your ecommerce site? Check out these hosting recommendations from the Head of WP Cloud, Jesse Friedman.
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An update for users in Brazil and the United Kingdom
An update for users in Brazil and the United KingdomTo continue our commitment to user safety and to comply with local laws, we will start using age groups to determine access to certain experiences.People in Brazil or in the UK, who are 18 or older, will soon need to verify their age to change content…
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Sales tax across state lines: What every growing ecommerce store needs to know
Here’s what every WooCommerce store operator should understand about sales tax compliance so you can protect the brand you’ve worked so hard to build.
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The AI ‘Marketing Recipes’ Enterprises Need for High-Performing Content Operations
It’s time to stop running AI in a siloed, ad-hoc fashion. Use this simple concept to test, learn, and execute.
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Get Involved With WordCamp US 2026 in Phoenix
WordCamp US 2026 will take place August 16–19 in Phoenix, Arizona, and applications are now open for sponsors, speakers, and volunteers. WordCamp US is the flagship gathering for the WordPress community in North America, where contributors, builders, and users come together to share ideas and help shape what comes next for the open web. Full…
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How WordPress Sent a Dog (and a Pop Culture Brand) to the Moon
The Pop Culture Monday site—and newsletter, and podcast—is an fun and irreveratnt testament to WordPress's flexibility.
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Go From Idea to Live Ecommerce Store in One Hour
Learn how to set up, design, and launch your own online store with WooCommerce on WordPress.com in our new free, self-paced course.
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Getting started writing WordPress E2E Tests with Playwright
Learn how to set up Playwright for WordPress E2E testing and write tests using real-world examples so you have a solid foundation to adapt for your own project.
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Introducing Subscriptions Health Check: A new way to monitor your subscriptions
Here's how to use the Subscriptions Health Checker in your WooCommerce dashboard to track missing renewals and auto-renewals — with more new features to come!
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