Create an Easy Payment Form (for free!) with Forminator

Selling items on WordPress has never been as streamlined, thanks to Forminator, our 5-star forms plugin. You can set up your shop quickly and efficiently with free payment options like Stripe and Paypal integration, customizable product features, discount codes, and more — all for free! If you’re trying to figure out an easier way to accepts payments online securely or …

Automattic Relaunches P2, Self-Hosted Version on the Roadmap

Automattic’s relaunch of P2 is now in Beta. This is the long-awaited update to the company’s internal collaboration software that is also used on WordPress.org and other self-hosted sites via a theme. For years, Automattic, which now counts more than 1,200 employees in 77 countries, has had P2 at the core of its written communication tools. It is used as …

WordPress Cancels All In-Person Flagship Events Until 2022

As the world scrambles to invent and manufacture therapeutics and vaccines for COVID-19, the World Health Organization has declared the pandemic “a once-in-a-century health crisis, the effects of which will be felt for decades to come.” Outbreaks vary in severity across the globe, making it impossible to host international conferences safely for many months (and possibly years) to come. In …

Free Wildcard SSL For Multisite Subdomains Now On WPMU DEV Hosting

Setting up SSL on Multisite subdomains was complex and expensive…until now! WPMU DEV hosting with Free Wildcard SSL automatically included on all hosted sites solves this issue! One of the most powerful features of WordPress is that you can set up and manage multiple sites under one parent WordPress Multisite environment using subdomains. That’s Multisite in a nutshell. Simple, huh? …

Automattic Updates Press Page to Clarify Distinction between WordPress.org and WordPress.com

Last week, Automattic’s marketing team made a positive step towards curbing the perennial branding confusion between WordPress.org and WordPress.com. The company’s press page was updated with a notice to journalists who are writing about Automattic: Automattic owns and operates WordPress.com, which is a hosted version of the open source WordPress software with added features for security, speed and support. Please append …

How to Get the Most Out of Defender Security

Keeping your WordPress site safe often requires no more than the click of a button with Defender, our 5-star WordPress security plugin. Defender protects your site 24/7 against hackers, malicious code, SQL injections, and much more. This guide shows you how to get the most out of using the plugin. With Defender installed,  your site’s security needs are automatically handled. …