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Upload Images Quickly From Your Phone With the Jetpack Mobile App
Do you find yourself jumping through hoops just to get photos from your phone to your latest blog post? We have a solution for you. Learn about the exciting new feature in Jetpack when using the Jetpack Mobile app that streamlines how you upload media. All you need to do is scan a QR code…
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What is a Directory or Path Traversal? How to Avoid These Attacks
Protect your site: Six methods & top tools to help prevent directory or path traversal attacks. Common vulnerabilities that put sites at risk.
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New in 2.3: Job Statistics, a Fresh Dashboard, and New CAPTCHA Options
Welcome to Job Manager 2.3.0! In this release, we are adding a new core feature, job statistics for employers, refreshing the employer dashboard, and addressing various feature requests, like supporting reCAPTCHA v3. Job Statistics Employers and site owners can open a detailed overlay for each job listing. The analytics data includes page views and unique…
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What Are Passkeys? A Clear Explanation
Passkeys are leading the charge in transforming how we secure our digital identities. This article offers a comprehensive exploration of passkeys – breaking down their mechanics, illustrating their advantages over traditional passwords, and showcasing their role in the next wave of secure online authentication. Whether you’re a developer, IT professional, or simply tech-curious, join us…
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Hot Off the Press: New WordPress.com Themes for April 2024
Five of our favorite new themes.
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How to Clone a WordPress Site: Plugin and Manual Methods
4 reasons to clone a WordPress site & top tools for a seamless transition. Step-by-step instructions. Which WordPress cloning method is the best?
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How to use WordPress Playground for interactive demos
Spin up a live site demonstrating a custom plugin, a theme adapted to feature it, and a user manual—no server needed
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New Malware Campaign Targets WP-Automatic Plugin
A few weeks ago a critical vulnerability was discovered in the plugin WP-Automatic. This vulnerability, a SQL injection (SQLi) flaw, poses a severe threat as attackers can exploit it to gain unauthorized access to websites, create admin-level user accounts, upload malicious files, and potentially take full control of affected sites. The Vulnerability The vulnerability lies…
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Meet WordPress Studio: Your New Favorite Way to Develop WordPress Locally
Meet Studio by WordPress.com, our new, free, open source local WordPress development environment.
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How to Secure Your Website: Top Tips From Enterprise Security Experts
What tools do you really need to secure a website? How to stay on budget without compromising. The most serious threats and vulnerabilities.
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WordPress Block Patterns Give You Superpowers
Few WordPress features offer more return on your learning investment than block patterns.
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Principle of Least Privilege (POLP): What it is & Why it's Important
Do you really need to follow the principle of least privilege? Learn about access control policies & top cybersecurity tools to prevent hacks.
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10 Amazing WordPress Design Resources
Whether you're a design pro or a total newbie, you'll find a great tool in this list that will take your website skills to the next level.
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The 2024 WordPress Security Threat Landscape: Key Trends and Stats
Latest WordPress security trends & current stats. Which threats are most prevalent? Which vulnerabilities are most common? How to protect your site.
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Guest Post: Lilyotron on .blog
Welcome to our first guest post on my.blog. We've long known that the .blog'osphere is rich in thoughtful content, stellar writing, and a diverse range of perspectives and experiences. We are always thinking about how we can spotlight our favorite dotbloggers, and this new series allows us to do that.
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Making 43% of the Web More Dynamic with the WordPress Interactivity API
Try it out: WordPress' new Interactivity API provides a standardized way for developers to build interactive, dynamic elements within their websites.
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WordPress Website Speed Build: The Masters Golf Tournament
What's harder: winning the Masters Tournament or re-creating its website in under 30 minutes? Watch the video and find out.
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Creating an external project template for create-block
The create-block package is a fantastic time-saving tool that allows you to quickly and consistently create custom blocks for your projects with a single command. With External Project Templates you can take full control of create-block to customize how you build your blocks.
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Guide to WordPress AI Plugins: Content Tools, SEO, Chatbots & More
Grow faster with less work: The best WordPress AI plugins to rocket past the competition. Proven tools for SEO, content, spam prevention, & more!
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Unauthenticated Stored XSS Fixed in WordPress Core
WordPress Core recently released v6.5.2, fixing a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue in the Avatar block present in the 6.x versions. While investigating the patch made, we identified that it could lead to an Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue in the worse case scenario, however this case requires a specific configuration. Versions 6.5.2, 6.4.4, 6.3.4, 6.2.5,…
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Meet Alicia Blázquez
We recently welcomed Alicia to our Automattic Design team. Enjoy this short interview with her.
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Registering Custom Post Types in the WordPress Admin: Our CloudFest Hackathon Report
Let's discuss: What if you could register custom post types and custom fields directly in the WordPress admin?
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10 Link in Bio Tools for Instagram Growth
Explore the top 14 tools to optimize your Instagram bio, bypass the single-link limitation, and effectively drive traffic to your desired online destinations.
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A first look at the Interactivity API
How to add dynamic features and user interaction to blocks using the Interactivity API, now available in WordPress 6.5.
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Directory Indexing: What it is and Why You Need to Disable it
How to disable directory indexing on WordPress. Why is it dangerous? Four risks from cyber attacks. See the top tool to protect your WordPress site
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10 Powerful Tools to Design Your Personal Brand
Discover essential tools to solidify your personal brand online. Learn how Gravatar simplifies branding by unifying your identity across platforms.
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Site-Building Made Simple: Introducing the Public Pattern Library
When it comes to website-building, WordPress themes set your site up for success by providing stylish, preselected options for fonts, colors, and layouts. Even though themes provide the overall aesthetic, you still need to build out the posts, pages, and templates on your site. That’s where block patterns come in! The WordPress.com Pattern Library is…
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Updates to Jetpack Stats for Commercial Sites
Going forward, commercial sites will pay for Jetpack Stats based on the amount of traffic they receive. Personal sites are still free.
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What’s new for developers? (April 2024)
With WordPress 6.5 released, the latest monthly roundup gives you a first look at things to come in the version 6.6 release cycle.
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What is an SQL Injection (SQLi)? How to Prevent SQLi Attacks
Are your systems vulnerable? Everything you need to know about SQL injection attacks. See examples and learn how to detect and prevent them.
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10 WordPress Influencers to Follow in 2024
If you’re at all interested in or curious about WordPress, these are folks to pay attention to.
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The World’s Best Inbox Just Got Better
Automattic welcomes Beeper to the family.
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What is Session Duration? A Guide to This Crucial Metric
How’s session duration calculated? Why does it matter? Learn how to optimize your WordPress site to maximize session duration and meet your goals.
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Beeper is now available, no waitlist!
Beeper is (finally) out of beta. No more waitlist! Download the app today – it's free.
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Beeper is joining Automattic
Beeper has been acquired! The team will join Automattic and continue build and grow Beeper.
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How Beeper Android Works
This blog post is the second in the series of how Beeper works. The first, How Beeper Mini Works, was published back in December with the release of our incredibly popular, but short-lived iMessage-on-Android app. This post will describe how we’re continuing to evolve our all-your-chats-in-one-app experience to have better performance and security. Restating our…
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The personalized workspaces of Automattic's designers
Explore how Automattic’s designers craft personalized home workspaces that blend creativity, comfort, and functionality. From sunlit studios to cozy corners adorned with art, this post offers a glimpse into the diverse setups that support their distributed design team’s innovation and well-being.
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My Daily Work as a Woo Happiness Engineer…
Are you considering joining Automattic as a Happiness Engineer and want to learn more about the work we do and what you can expect? Buckle up, as I’ll give you a hands-on guide of what a typical day looks like for a Happiness Engineer like me. What hours do Happiness Engineers work? The short answer…
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Introduction to Playground: running WordPress in the browser
WordPress Playground is an exciting project that lets you run a whole site in your browser. Here's everything you need to know to get started.
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.blog Returns to Nordic Domain Days in 2024
For anyone involved in domains, Nordic Domain Days is a hub of ideas, insights, and introductions for registries, registrars, resellers, service providers, and investors. Prepare to dive deep into discussions and return home with a wealth of knowledge and new connections.
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Streamlining Your Content Creation: Adding Images From Your Phone With Ease
We’re excited to share a new feature in the desktop editor and Jetpack mobile app that makes it a breeze to upload media to your WordPress posts and pages.
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A Day in the Life of a Woo Happiness Engineer…
Being a Woo Happiness Engineer is absolutely amazing. It gives you the opportunity to make a positive impact, bit by bit, on the lives of individuals and businesses who trust you to help and guide them with their stores. What does my typical day look like? When I started, my main role was to support…
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What your neurodivergent colleagues wish you knew
In 2023, we asked members of Automattic's neurodiversity ERG, 'Neurodiverseomattic', the question "What’s one thing you wish neurotypical people understood about your neurodivergence?" Here were their answers!
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Jetpack's Newest Features: From AI-powered Content Feedback to Faster Site Loads
In this update we cover the AI Assistant for writing feedback and post excerpts, how to use Social Notes to enable quick sharing without titles or formatting, how to control which blog posts get sent as emails with Jetpack Newsletter and the new cache module in Jetpack Boost improves website performance by reducing load times.
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The 2024 Automattic Design Meetup
The Automattic Design team recently met up in Lake Como, Italy to connect, learn, and do some cool work together. Check it out!
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LMS Hosting for WordPress: A Comprehensive Guide
Discover the best LMS hosting solution for educators and organizations, ensuring fast loading times and top-notch support for online courses. Learn more now!
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A Visit to Where the Cloud Touches the Ground
Zander Rose recently took a visit to one of Automattic's data centers. Here's what he learned about what the cloud looks like in person.
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How to register custom font collections for the Font Library
WordPress 6.5 will ship with the Font Library. Learn how to use a built-in API for registering custom font collections.
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Transparency Report Update: July – December 2023
Our latest Transparency Report is out, covering July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023. As in past reports, you’ll find information about the types and volumes of government requests that we received across Automattic’s services. Since 2013, we have published bi-annual Transparency Reports providing the public with robust insights into the types of complaints, takedown…
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