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Featured · September 16, 2026
Meet Purple: A Head Start for Your Ecommerce Store
New stores on the WordPress.com Commerce plan start with Purple, a WooCommerce theme built by Woo. Its shop, product, cart, and checkout designs work together, giving you a storefront to make your own.
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September 15, 2026
How to Monetize a Blog Without Turning It Into a Job
Want your blog to cover its own costs without becoming another job? Start small with tips, affiliate links, or one digital download—and stop whenever you reach “enough.”
September 15, 2026
WordPress.com Changelog: Custom AI Themes and A New Video Player
See what's new on WordPress.com: a way to get an AI-generated custom theme, a redesigned video player, and various fixes across the site.
September 11, 2026
Twenty-Five Years Later, We Remember
Twenty-five years after 9/11, we look at how people across WordPress.com are keeping the memory of that day alive.
September 9, 2026
8 Ways to Grow Website Traffic When Google Sends Less of It
When Google sends fewer clicks, growing traffic takes more than a bigger content calendar. Here are eight practical ways to earn visits through useful content, email, partnerships, and a site people can trust.
August 28, 2026
WordPress.com Changelog: A New Hosting Dashboard, a ChatGPT Plugin, and WordPress 7.1
WordPress.com’s latest updates include a redesigned Hosting Dashboard, a new ChatGPT plugin, WordPress 7.1, and practical improvements for users.
August 26, 2026
WordCamp US 2026 Recap: The Artist and the Algorithm
Two months after my first WordCamp, I landed in Phoenix, AZ, for WordCamp US to experience it again, this time in another part of the world but with a similar group of people equally passionate about open source. At first glance, the Arizona desert seems simple, barren. But look closer, …
August 24, 2026
Build with Your Expert WordPress Agent: WordPress Studio's New Desktop Experience is in Beta
We rebuilt the WordPress Studio desktop app around Studio Code, our expert WordPress agent. Your sites, the chat, and a live preview now sit side by side in one window, so you describe what you want, watch it build on real local WordPress, and point at anything that's off. It's in beta today on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
August 24, 2026
Your WordPress.com Site Now Works from Inside ChatGPT
The new WordPress.com ChatGPT plugin enables you to manage your site efficiently and safely, streamlining tasks like publishing, checking stats, and more.
August 19, 2026
Every Site, One Click Away in the Hosting Dashboard
Manage all your WordPress.com sites from one consistent interface, with persistent navigation for domains, hosting, updates, and performance.
August 19, 2026
When WordPress.com Support Knows It’s Time for a Human
WordPress.com's Support Assistant helps thousands of customers every day, from resetting forgotten passwords to connecting a domain name and explaining settings. It resolves most questions on its own, but we built it to get you the right help, fast. And sometimes the right help is a person. Talking to our …
August 18, 2026
Give Your WordPress.com Site a Memory with Guidelines
Set your brand voice, visual style, and goals once with WordPress.com Guidelines, so WordPress Agent can work from the same context wherever you are.