The confusion between WordPress.com versus WordPress.org continues to rage. This persistent confusion leads many people to choose the wrong blogging platform for their needs. Before we dig deeper, let ...

Although it started life as a pure blogging play and still includes many blog-focused community features, the updated WordPress.com now handles most website-building needs—including e-commerce, social ...

Earlier this year, WordPress.com owner Automattic acquired a plug-in that allowed WordPress blogs to be followed in the fediverse — the decentralized social networks that include the Twitter rival ...

Forget Twitter: WordPress.com Blogs Can Now Connect to Mastodon Still curious about Mastodon? The commercial version of WordPress.com now integrates with the social network, meaning your blog can ...

WordPress has just announced a partnership with Federated Media to allow bloggers to monetize their free, hosted blogs on WordPress.com with ads. It’s calling the new program WordAds. While Google ...

To better integrate yet another Google service, WordPress.com now offers the ability to insert your Google Photos directly into your blog pots. Self-hosted blogs need to use the Jetpack plugin. Back ...

WordPress.com is a high-quality, low-cost blogging option, but competitors with more up-to-date tools make it easier to build custom websites. From the outset, it's important to make clear that ...