What Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) Actually Means
Answer engine optimization (AEO) is suddenly everywhere and it’s one of many names for AI search optimization. You’ll also see terms like GEO, AIO, and LLM visibility used to refer to much the same idea. But this guide will use the most common term AEO…
Read MoreMeet Purple: A Head Start for Your Ecommerce Store
A new store doesn’t have to start with an empty page. New stores on the WordPress.com Commerce plan start on Purple, a store-first theme built by WooCommerce. The shop page, product pages, the cart, and checkout are already there, designed to work…
Read MoreHow to Monetize a Blog Without Turning It Into a Job
Learning how to monetize your blog doesn’t have to mean grinding it out. It can mean adding one donation button and calling it done. You don’t have to turn your website into a fully fledged business to make it pay for itself. Maybe you started a blog to…
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WordPress.com Changelog: Custom AI Themes and A New Video Player
August 28 – September 14, 2026 Welcome back to the WordPress.com changelog! Much of the engineering effort these past two weeks went into some meaningful rollouts: our AI website builder flow got an upgrade and there’s a new VideoPress player. Create a…
Read MoreTwenty-Five Years Later, We Remember
Today marks twenty-five years since September 11, 2001. It’s one of those days that split time into before and after, for people everywhere, not just in the US. Nearly 3,000 people died that day, and they came from close to 90 countries. This was never…
Read MoreInside WordPress.com’s Essential Plugin Attack Response
See how WordPress.com identified, blocked, and cleaned up the Essential Plugin supply chain attack across 2,200+ hosted sites. Source
Read MoreBlueprints Gallery Now Launches in WordPress Studio
Discover Blueprints Gallery in WordPress Studio to browse, preview, and launch reusable WordPress setups locally in seconds. Source
Read MorePodcasts, Curated Newsletters, and a Mac App, New on WordPress.com
A built-in podcast tool, a new Mac app for managing your site, and weekly letters to close friends — see what’s new on WordPress.com in the last two weeks. Source
Read MoreTurn Your Blog Posts Into Podcast Episodes
Posts to Podcast is a new WordPress.com feature that creates AI-generated audio episodes from your existing posts, complete with a draft post and transcript. Source
Read MoreMeet WordCamp Agent: A Preview of the WordPress Memory Layer
If you’ve been to a WordCamp, you know how it goes. The schedule fills up fast, you lose track of who you wanted to meet, and your notes from the best talks never make it anywhere useful. Message @wordcamp_agent_bot on Telegram and not only have a…
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