Here’s some fresh news: Freshly Pressed is back! Back in 2009, WordPress.com launched Freshly Pressed, a curated collection of posts from bloggers and creators to entertain, enlighten, and inspire the web. Now, it’s returned and fresher than ever.

Great Writing Deserves a Spotlight! Freshly Pressed Is Back wordpress.com/blog/2026/02...

Look out, link rot! We’ve proudly teamed up with @archive.org to help preserve and restore links across the web. 🖥️ Introducing the Wayback Machine Link Fixer, a free @wordpress.org plugin that scans, detects, and fixes broken links ⛓️‍💥 using @waybackmachine.bsky.social!

Tammy Silva Built a Career Helping Others Build Theirs. Her New Website Scales That Mission. wordpress.com/blog/2026/01...

The Word "Computer" Meant Human... (At Some Point) iterativewonders.com/2026/01/27/t...

When Remembrance Becomes Amnesia Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. We may be watching history repeat itself—not through violence, but through language. When governments erase perpetrators from memory, amnesia replaces remembrance.

Wednesday I launched the new zeldman.com site design. Next week, working with brilliant colleagues at @automattic.com, I’ll fine-tune the many small details I missed. Details that now haunt me. The designer’s dilemma: you don’t truly see your work till after you’ve shown it to the public.

Connect AI Agents to WordPress.com with OAuth 2.1 and MCP wordpress.com/blog/2026/01...

How a Tiny Dale Carnegie Book Smacked Me Out of AI Brain iterativewonders.com/2026/01/21/h...

Building My Workspace Sanctuary (Thanks, Automattic) I could work from anywhere, but I choose my own space. Here's what makes my home office temple work—and how Automattic made it happen.

The latest in my "Life at Automattic" series, this time about all the cool stuff I get to use through our home office benefit. youtu.be/m0MDlwfOfwQ?...

Scroll on Hover Image Block Upload a tall image that automatically scrolls when your readers hover. derekhanson.blog/scroll-on-ho...

Catch our CEO @ma.tt on the Do The Woo live podcast today! Matt will discuss the future of @woocommerce.com and answer viewer questions in real-time. It all goes down at 17:00 UTC (9 a.m. PT, 12 p.m. ET). Livestream link below. Don't miss it! 💜

I’ve never written a birthday post before. But turning 43 in Brazil while living in Italy made me do it. Some moments don’t need decades of hindsight to be recognized as happiness. I should write more about them.

Life Happens at 1x Speed terriblesoftware.org/2026/01/08/l...

Write more, consume less ❤️ derekhanson.blog/write-more-c...

How to Choose WordPress Hosting: A Guide for Any Skill Level wordpress.com/blog/2026/01...

How to Build an Interactive WordPress Theme Demo with Playground Blueprints wordpress.com/blog/2026/01...

December in the Countryside: A Brazilian Recalibration Every December, I leave Europe for Brazil. It’s not an escape—it’s calibration. A return that feels like stepping into a parallel version of my life, capturing fragments of the universe I temporarily inhabit.

Hey @pocketcasts.com users, your Playback 2025 recap is waiting for you in the app! Take a look and see what shaped your year in audio.

Twenty WordPress Themes: A Year in Review Nineteen WordPress themes, plus my personal site. Twenty total. Some bold, some restrained. All functional. 2025 is a year of focused work, captured in one complete list that’s here to stay.

“Automattic wants people who are really passionate about open source,” says Enfys Book, onboarding specialist at @wpvip.com. See why Enfys says anyone interested in Automattic has “excellent taste” in our new Employee Spotlight series: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlZR...

Grow Your Website’s Audience with Our New Free Course wordpress.com/blog/2025/12...

Pondering your next career move? Check out America’s Most Loved Workplaces 2025, certified by Best Practice Institute through real employee sentiment data (not PR or editorial opinion). mostlovedworkplace.com/americas-top...

Accessibility is a human right, cruelty a human wrong. zeldman.com/2025/12/13/a...

10 Types of Websites and What I’d Use to Build Them buthonestly.io/web/10-types... #Blogging #Productivity #WordPress #Workflow

10 Best WordPress Holiday Plugins for a Little Holiday Cheer wordpress.com/blog/2025/12...

“WordPress is shipping faster, listening better and building for teams, not just individuals.” Ivana Cirkovic, @wpbakery.bsky.social. 900 contributors on 6.9, including 230 first-time contributors, show that the community pipeline is strong. wpbakery.com/blog/state-o...

Our very own @ma.tt joined the TBPN crew to close out #StateOfTheWord yesterday. They talked about WordPress 6.9, open source, @beeper, and how AI is changing the web. Did you miss it? Check it out now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBQh...

WordPress 6.9: What’s New for Bloggers, Creators, and Site Owners #wordpress #wpsixpointnine wordpress.com/blog/2025/12...

Eating Meat and the Contradictions We Carry Raising animals industrially feels wrong. Yet I continue eating meat, shaped by a culture woven into my belonging. Hypocrite or work in progress? Probably both. Here’s how I navigate it.

The Ultimate WordPress Migration Checklist for Beginners wordpress.com/blog/2025/11...

Vibe Coding WordPress Blocks with Telex buthonestly.io/web/wordpres... #AI #Automation #Productivity #WordPress #Workflow

The Strange Value of Blogging When No One Is Looking This week, I questioned why I keep writing, especially when the audience is small or absent. Maybe it’s just the December instinct to reflect—but somewhere in this thought process, I realized that the quiet might influence my writing more than…

New: Automate how memories, ideas, and important information flow into Day One by linking it to thousands of apps with Zapier. 30+ pre-built Zap templates available now. See what's new: dayoneapp.com/blog/introdu...

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The team at Pocket Casts just launched Playlists, a flexible new way to organize episodes from any podcast, even ones you don’t follow. Build your own flow or let Smart Playlists do the work for you! Now available on iOS and Android.

The modern internet has a Midas touch problem: if AI touches your work, people treat it like slop, no matter how much effort is behind it. buthonestly.io/web/ai-slop-... #AI #Creativity #MachineLearning #NLP #InternetCulture

20 Years of WordPress.com: Show Us What You’ve Built wordpress.com/blog/2025/11...

“No pitch deck. No roadmap. Just one polite blog post from a frustrated blogger and one thoughtful comment from a stranger an ocean away.” So began the software that now powers 43% of the web. Great post by @iterativewonders.bsky.social. iterativewonders.com/2025/11/21/i...

WordPress.com, one of Automattic’s flagship brands, turns 20 today. 🎉 For two decades, the teams at @wordpressdotcom have helped millions publish, build businesses, and create their corner of the open web. 👇

11 Common WordPress Myths vs. Reality wordpress.com/blog/2025/11...

There’s still time to get the hottest deal of the year—The WordPress.com Business Plan is 10% off with a FREE five-page site build from our experts. That’s a $499 discount!

The one thing that every Frankenstein remake gets wrong? I can tell you exactly what it is. #frankenstein #GuillermodelToro #MaryShelley #remix iamarino.com/frankenstein...

Best in WordPress Design: General Condition’s Fantastic Website ✨🤩 automattic.design/2025/11/19/b... #websitedesign #madewithwordpress #DesignInspiration

WordPress 6.9 Source of Truth Welcome to the Source of Truth for WordPress 6.9! Before you dive headfirst into all the big and small changes and pick your favorites, make sure to read these preliminary thoughts about this post and how to use it. If you have questions, leave a comment or email me…

Today’s the day, our Black Friday offer is officially live. 10% off annual WordPress.com Business plans + FREE done-for-you site build. Get yours now!

“World-renowned classicist Mary Beard and Guardian chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins host what is the best podcast of the year. They prove that ancient history can be funny and surprisingly relevant without needing a degree in Classics.” iamarino.com/instant-clas...

Mary Beard & Charlotte Higgins Are Making Classics Cool Again Two brilliant women are hosting the year's best podcast. A world-renowned classicist and Guardian culture writer make emperors, epic poems, and ancient stories feel immediate, relevant, and unexpectedly entertaining.

Gutenberg Changelog #124 – Gutenberg 22.0 and WordPress 6.9 In episode 124 of the Gutenberg Changelog podcast, Birgit Pauli-Haack and guest Ellen Bauer discuss the latest WordPress and Gutenberg updates, including the upcoming WordPress 6.9 release and Gutenberg 22.0. Highlights include insights…