Shipping Tumblr and WordPress
Since Automattic acquired Tumblr we’ve made it more efficient, grown its revenue, and worked to improve the platform. But there’s one part of the plan that we haven’t yet started, which is to run T…
WordPress.com Owner Buys Beeper, App That Enabled iMessage on Android
Automattic Inc., the internet company behind popular online blogging service WordPress.com, acquired the messaging app at the heart of a recent dispute with Apple Inc.
Why Automattic spent $50M on Texts.com - Equity (podcast)
00:30:13 - This week we brought Matt Mullenweg, the CEO of Automattic and co-founder of WordPress onto the show, along with Kishan Bagaria, the founder of Text…
#76 – Alex Standiford on How WordPress and the Fediverse Can Be Combined – WP Tavern
WordPress.com owner Automattic acquires an ActivityPub plugin so blogs can join the Fediverse
ActivityPub is not the only protocol Automattic is testing.
Open Source Podcasting Client
Automattic acquired Pocket Casts last July, and since we’ve been tapping away trying to make the best podcast client for people who love listening to podcasts. And! The team has been working …
Widgets on iOS
Prepare for your life to get easier: Simplenote widgets are coming to iOS. As of v4.45, anyone with Simplenote on their iPhone or iPad will be able to add our widgets directly to their device’s hom…
How WordPress and Tumblr are keeping the internet weird
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg on what it’s like to run WordPress’ and Tumblr’s parent company
Archiving a (WordPress) website with wget
`wget --mirror -p --html-extension --convert-links -e robots=off -P . http://url-to-site`
I needed to archive several WordPress sites as part of the process of gathering the raw data for my thesis research. I found a few recipes online for using wget to grab entire sites, but they all needed some tweaking. So, here's my recipe for posterity:
I used wget, which is available on any linux-ish system (I ran it on the same Ubuntu server that hosts the sites).
wget --mirror -p --html-extension --convert-links -e robots=off -P .
Accessibility testing WordPress Gutenberg - a first look
Updated 15 October 2017. What is Gutenberg? Gutenberg is the new WYSIWYG editor for WordPress, currently in development. Gutenberg is now available as a pl
The Upcoming Gutenberg 4.0 Release | Gutenberg Editor Updates - DevotePress
On 11th October, Matias Ventura, the technical lead posted a full changelog and a video on the features you can find in the upcoming Gutenberg 4.0 update.
User Manual – Make WordPress Support
Incomplete Pages: 02 Setting Up WordPress o – Create a MySQL Database and User in IIS – c3mdigital o – Create a MySQL Database and User in Plesk – c3mdigital 05 Creating You…
Create compelling Web Stories on WordPress
We're introducing a drag-and-drop tool to create Web Stories on WordPress. Add it to your site in the WordPress plugin directory.