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Don't miss the panel from WordPress VIP CEO Steph Yiu, Mary Hubbard, and more at WP:26, a virtual event hosted by Human Made, tomorrow!

We're so proud to sponsor Local News Day in less than a month (!!!) along with Newspack and WordPress.com! 🎉 🗞️ See how you can get involved: https://lnkd.in/eRyC5RpE

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Most web hosting can be difficult to promote because the messaging quickly turns into technical explanations. However, WordPress.com makes it easy for affiliates to focus on what audiences actually care about: outcomes. In our latest affiliate marketing guide, we break down how easy it is to promote WordPress.com. Including: * All-in-one, beginner-friendly setup (launch in minutes) * Built-in security, backups, and performance with no patchwork of add-ons * Broad appeal across bloggers, small businesses, creatives, and more Read the full breakdown: https://lnkd.in/g7WUWWuh

This year at Automattic has been intense. We kicked it off with two weeks of in-person AI enablement training, and there’s a great post about it now. I’ve been so impressed and inspired by my colleagues leaning in to learn and grow together in the most consequential time in software development in the past 40 years.

Automattic recently brought 54 employees together at our NoHo Space for our first-ever AI Enablement training. And trust us, it won’t be the last! Featuring engineers and product designers across our entire suite of products, it was two jam-packed weeks of hands-on building, experimenting, and ushering in the future of how Automattic works: AI-first. In our newest Automattic Newsroom feature, Birgit Pauli-Haack shares what the team built, how perceptions changed, and what it means for the WordPress ecosystem. Birgit is a WordPress Developer Advocate at Automattic and the curator of Gutenberg Times, the go-to resource for news and community voices around the WordPress block editor. She is a full-time core contributor to the WordPress open source project, sponsored by Automattic, and co-hosts the Gutenberg Changelog podcast. 👉 Check out her insights into the inaugural event: https://lnkd.in/ejvbbFkm

Automattic’s mission is to democratize publishing, ecommerce, and messaging, because a fully informed citizenry is the foundation of a functioning democracy. To that end, our 25th biannual Transparency Report is now live. The report details our Trust & Safety Team’s work from July to December 2025 and summarizes the government information requests, intellectual property claims, and takedown demands we have received. In all, it spotlights the important work our Trust & Safety team undertakes to protect user rights across platforms. In an industry where user data is often a closely guarded asset, we believe that sharing this information openly is critical to fostering trust, championing free expression, and furthering our company's mission. Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/exbpd_zE

The future of web creation isn't built in a silo; it's co-created with the WordPress community. When we launched Telex, our experimental AI-powered block creation tool, we invited our users to show us what was possible. The response was incredible. Thousands of creators used it in ways we never anticipated, providing invaluable feedback along the way. That direct partnership is the engine of our innovation. Today, we're sharing our latest update to Telex, powered directly by your creativity and insights. Here’s a glimpse at what’s new: ➡️ Upload reference images when describing your block, from Figma mockups to napkin sketches ➡️ Edit blocks outside of Telex with VS Code, Cursor, and more ➡️ Restore previous versions as new versions ➡️ Available in seven languages This is how the next generation of powerful web tools is built: in the open, together. Discover more: https://lnkd.in/graAPETh

We’ve got Matt Mullenweg on the mic today! 🎙️ Matt joins the WP-Tonic podcast, hosted by Jonathan Denwood, for the episode “What is the Future of WordPress in a World of AI?” They’ll explore how AI is reshaping CMS platforms and what it means for the future of websites across web development, content creation, and user experience. 👉 9 a.m. PT / 12 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. GMT 👉 Livestream here: https://lnkd.in/eKgPEXNu