From across Automattic.
Updates from all of Automattic’s business units.
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Developer Q&A: Dika Fei of Jelly Pixel Studio
"Let me know where you get your magic pixie dust from!"
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From idea to innovation: write brief with AI
Read how a side project turned into a product feature, and launched in just two months.
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Effective Strategies for Repurposing Blog Content on Social Media
Repurposing blog content for social media can enhance reach and engagement. Identify high-performing blog posts, adapt them for different platforms, create multimedia content, and engage with your audience for optimal results.
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Registering block templates via plugins in WordPress 6.7
Learn how to use the plugin template registration API in WordPress 6.7 to register and build templates from plugins.
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Best Digital Educational Tools for Effective Classroom Management
Remember when classroom management meant chalkboards and paper gradebooks? Those days are long gone. Today’s educators are using digital tools to revolutionize how they teach and how students learn. These digital education tools help teachers work smarter, not harder. They get students more involved in their own learning, and they make it easier to track…
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Level Up Your Profile: 3 Cool New Features for Your Link-in-Bio
New header images, reordering of sections, and mobile wallet cards for your profiles.
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Top 5 Travel Bloggers for Your Wanderlust | Inspiring Adventure Stories
Today, we’re highlighting five of our favorite travel bloggers who have mastered the art of storytelling and capturing the world through their words and photos. Whether you're looking for your next travel destination or a way to satisfy your wanderlust, here are five bloggers you should check out.
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Shipping Tumblr and WordPress
Since Automattic acquired Tumblr we’ve made it more efficient, grown its revenue, and worked to improve the platform. But there’s one part of the plan that we haven’t yet started, which is to run Tumblr on WordPress. I’m pleased to say we’re kicking off that project now! We’re not talking about changing Tumblr. We’re not…
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Hot Off the Press: New WordPress.com Themes for August 2024
Four of our favorite new themes.
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Social Media Marketing for Artists: Top Platforms, Strategies, and Best Practices
Find more patrons & earn a living doing what you love. Top tips for artists to win at social media marketing without spending all day online.
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Using Data Views to display and interact with data in plugins
Discover the new WordPress DataViews component to create UIs that enable users to customize, filter, and manage data. Learn how to integrate this powerful component into your plugins to create dynamic and user-friendly interfaces for managing datasets.
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Gravatar API Tutorial for App Developers
Discover practical Gravatar API integration techniques in our comprehensive guide for developers, complete with code examples and best practices.
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How to Make Your Online Course More Interactive
Looking to make your online course more interactive? Explore our comprehensive guide to improve student engagement & course outcome. The post How to Make Your Online Course More Interactive appeared first on Sensei LMS.
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The Fediverse Files: The Magic of Federation
Let's bring back commenting.
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20 Labor Day Social Media Post Ideas for Businesses
Stuck? From engaging copy to incredible imagery, get exciting labor day social media post ideas + winning tools to maximize your reach in less time!
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Level-up Your E-learning: Top LMS Website Design Tips
Explore Sensei LMS enhanced features, WooCommerce integration, and mobile-friendliness for your online courses. The post Level-up Your E-learning: Top LMS Website Design Tips appeared first on Sensei LMS.
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Building Studio in Public: Maintaining High Performance in Our Local Development App for Enhanced UX
In this post, we share the strategies and techniques we've implemented to ensure our Electron-based Studio app runs smoothly, delivering a high-performance user experience.
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Comparison of AI Tools & Software for Automated Video Editing
Compare these amazing AI-based video editors to find your next game-changing tool.
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9 Key Types of eLearning Content and Their Ideal Uses
Diverse eLearning content is the key to effective training. It caters to various learning styles – visual, auditory, and kinesthetic – keeping learners engaged and boosting retention. Studies consistently show that multiple content formats outperform single-format approaches in knowledge retention, such as this study from 2021 which highlights the use of various content formats in…
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Digital Identity Platform Implementation Guide
Discover advanced insights on digital identity platforms for IT professionals. Explore various solutions, their features, benefits, and drawbacks.
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How to Implement User Experience Personalization
Improve UX design with a personalized approach. Discover techniques, avoid common challenges, and utilize Gravatar for optimal customization and privacy.
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The Fediverse Files: Making Social Media Fun Again
Social media has become unruly and hard to navigate. (An understatement, we know.) How can the fediverse make social media fun again? Tune in.
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How to extend a WordPress block
Building custom blocks is a key part of WordPress development, but it's not always the best approach. Learn how to customize and extend existing WordPress blocks to meet your needs.
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How We Built It: Beeper's New Blog
Our special projects team was eager to build Beeper a new blogging home. Here's the beautiful result.
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Make Your Business Passwordless with FIDO
Explore the future of authentication with FIDO passkeys; understand their operation, benefits, challenges, & compatibility. Make your online security foolproof.
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What is Vulnerability Scanning? How Does a Vulnerability Scanner Work?
How does vulnerability scanning work on websites? Different types of vulnerability scanners. Which tools actually protect your WordPress site?
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Move to WordPress.com, and We'll Handle the Migration for Free
For a limited time, we’ll move your existing WordPress site from any host to WordPress.com for free.
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What is Blind SQL Injection & How to Prevent These Attacks
What’s the difference between in-band and blind SQL injection? 9 potential consequences of blind SQL attacks + the best way to prevent them.
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Master the Art of eLearning Course Creation in 7 Simple Steps
Are you eager to share your expertise through an online course but unsure where to begin? Creating an engaging eLearning experience may seem daunting, but it’s easier than you think – the key lies in using dedicated software. This is where we come in. Sensei LMS is a user-friendly WordPress plugin that simplifies the course…
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What’s new for developers? (August 2024)
WordPress 6.6 has now been released to the world, and it's time to start setting our sights forward to 6.7 with the latest monthly roundup of developer news.
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The Fediverse Files: ActivityPub Interview with Evan Prodromou
Doc Pop and Evan Prodromou discuss the past, present, and future of ActivityPub and the fediverse.
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Space for life: a sabbatical story
Automattic gives employees a three month sabbatical every five years. Read this reflection from design program manger, Monika, on her recent sabbatical.
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Beyond Avatars: How Gravatar is Transforming Online Identity
Seven things every WordPress user should know about Gravatar
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30 Social Media Contest & Giveaway Ideas to Skyrocket Engagement
Grow followers, boost engagement, get clicks — these social media contest & giveaway ideas do all that & more. Inspiration for your next campaign!
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VaultPress Backup: Say Hello to Faster Restores — No Server Passwords Needed
Jetpack VaultPress Backup now offers a seamless restore process without the need for a server password. Experience up to 10 times faster restores and minimal downtime.
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Clearer Writing at Your Fingertips: Introducing Write Brief with AI (Beta)
From the team at Jetpack AI comes a new tool that will improve your writing in a flash.
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Selecting the Right Gamified Learning Platform: Your Ultimate Guide
Do your learners struggle to stay engaged during training sessions or online courses? Gamification could be the solution to that problem! Gamification takes the elements that make games so captivating, such as points, badges, leaderboards, and challenges, and applies them to online learning. And trust us, it works! According to a study by Taylor &…
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Registering custom aspect ratios in WordPress 6.6
WordPress 6.6 introduced support for custom aspect ratios. Learn how to register your own via theme.json.
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Organizational Benefits of Efficient Contact Sharing
Discover how to enhance team efficiency with effective contact management techniques. Find secure, time-saving solutions to share contacts across devices.
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Welcome to the Fediverse Files: What Is the Fediverse?
Have you heard the term "fediverse" and wondered what the heck it is? Doc Pop is here to explain. And no, it's not a cheese pun.
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Why Organizations Need Digital Identity Management
Learn how effective digital identity management propels modern businesses while shielding them from security risks and see why Gravatar is your top solution.
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How to Harden WordPress: An 18-Step Guide with Essential Tools
Harden your WordPress site in 18 steps: Proven plugins, practices, & policies for a safer website. The number one thing to do to protect your site
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