Automattic is bringing Tumblr’s Blaze ad tool to WordPress sites with its launch today on WordPress.com and Jetpack. Blaze made its debut in April 2022, to the delight of Tumblr users who will gladly shell out cash to get people to look at their cat or promote a game they made. It’s an affordable way… Continue reading Automattic Launches Blaze Ad Network for Jetpack and WordPress.com Sites
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WordPress.com Launches Newsletter Product
WordPress.com has launched a newsletter product just in time to capture those escaping Gumroad’s price increase and editors displaced by Revue shutting down. Newsletters, which were already booming as a communication tool in recent years, have become more critical than ever, as the uncertainty around Twitter has people scrambling to find reliable ways to stay… Continue reading WordPress.com Launches Newsletter Product
Two Tools
Jetpack and WordPress.com can publish to Telegram. The ultimate gitignore for WordPress projects. This article was published at Post Status — the community for WordPress professionals.
Pandemic experiences, “Are you disabled?” and the history of screen readers
Back in July, Sabina Ionescu published a lot of different responses from people in the WordPress community to questions about the impact of the pandemic on them. I missed it then, but it’s still relevant and worth reading. Some other things I’ve enjoyed but haven’t slipped into a post yet: Joanne Limburg discusses the agonizing… Continue reading Pandemic experiences, “Are you disabled?” and the history of screen readers
WordPress.com Adds Support for New Pocket Casts Block
WordPress.com has expanded its library of blocks to include a new Pocket Casts block that makes it easy to embed any show or episode in the WordPress editor. The block is branded for Pocket Casts and will display a podcast player and a selection of episodes when the show URL is selected. Alternatively, users can… Continue reading WordPress.com Adds Support for New Pocket Casts Block
Keeping Higher Education Website Managers’ Dream Alive While Sunsetting Edupack
Every University IT department dreams of a self-service system in which they do not have to deal with outside vendors. The dream includes a simple form that its users can fill out to generate websites from a library of templates. With Nathan Monk and Matt Lees, I cofounded a project called Edupack to realize the… Continue reading Keeping Higher Education Website Managers’ Dream Alive While Sunsetting Edupack
Learning and Pulling Together
This week was all about revisiting and continuing conversations that have special value and maybe for that reason tend to continue on with a life of their own. Tom Willmot dropped a fine Twitter thread about the challenge all enterprise WordPress agencies face. This came in response to Magne Ilsas‘ featured post here last week,… Continue reading Learning and Pulling Together
WordPress In The Long View With James Farmer— Post Status Draft 129
James Farmer’s WordPress story goes all the way back to his launch of the first hosted WordPress multisite blogging platform — just a few days ahead of WordPress.com. Edublogs currently hosts millions of students’ and educators’ blogs. James talks about successes and failures, his views on Gutenberg, how he stays competitive with Squarespace, and how… Continue reading WordPress In The Long View With James Farmer— Post Status Draft 129
How to sell plugins, themes, and services on WordPress.com
Read the FAQ. Fill out this form. Agree to the WordPress.com Marketplace Vendor Agreement. If needed, integrate with the WordPress.com Store Licensing API. This article was published at Post Status — the community for WordPress professionals.
How to Try WordPress for Free Without a Domain or Hosting
Do you want to try WordPress for free without buying domain name or hosting? Normally, you need a domain name and hosting to build a WordPress website. However, many users may want to give it a try before spending money. In this article, we’ll show you multiple ways to try WordPress for free without domain… Continue reading How to Try WordPress for Free Without a Domain or Hosting