WordPress.com: Everything You Need to Build Your Website

There are thousands of WordPress plugins out there. But to get started, you really only need a handful.
We pulled real usage data from WordPress.com sites to see which plugins people rely on, and we selected the ones that address core website needs. Then, I personally tested each plugin and looked at user reviews....

Andrew Adetitun runs The King’s Monologue, a media network teaching African history to over 160,000 followers across different channels.
He noticed that African history wasn’t just underrepresented — it was actively obscured. Achievements credited to the wrong civilizations. Truth buried in books most people would never read....

WordPress.com has launched an official connector for Claude — the first of its kind for a WordPress host.
This means that you can now safely connect Claude to your site and know that the integration is officially supported by both Anthropic and WordPress.com....

Finding your next favorite blog shouldn’t feel like scrolling through an endless feed, hoping something good appears. And for creators, getting discovered shouldn’t require figuring out an algorithm.
Back in 2009, WordPress.com launched Freshly Pressed, a curated collection of posts that entertained, enlightened, and inspired. It was our way of saying “we like you, we really like you” to creators, and amplifying their great work for others to find...