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Automattic puts Tumblr migration to WordPress on hold

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg confirmed that the company is no longer working on migrating its Tumblr blogging platform to WordPress, as previously announced. The exec shared the news on The Verge’s Decoder podcast, published on Monday, saying that the project is “on hold” for an indefinite period. “What we decided is that we want to … Read more

Start Your WordPress Site and Slash Hosting Costs by $1,020: Here’s How!

Managed WordPress hosting offers the convenience of easy setup and includes essential WordPress maintenance. Luckily, you don’t need to overpay. Hostinger offers premium hosting at a very affordable price. While all plans are discounted by at least 71%, Hostinger lets you add another 15% discount. This results in staggering savings of up to $1,020, depending … Read more

Automattic says it will start contributing to WordPress again after pause

WordPress.com parent company Automattic is changing direction… again. In a blog post titled “Returning to Core” published Thursday evening, Automattic announced it will unpause its contributions to the WordPress project. This is despite having said only last month that the 6.8 WordPress release would be the final major release for all of 2025. “After pausing … Read more

WordPress has formed an AI team

WordPress announced on Tuesday that it has formed an AI team to steward the development of AI products among its developer community. The team includes James LePage (leader of AI at Automattic, WordPress’ parent company), Felix Arntz and Pascal Birchler from Google, and Jeff Paul (Director of Open Source at web design firm 10up). As … Read more

WordPress maker Automattic lays off 16% of staff

Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, WooCommerce, and a range of other online services, is reducing its workforce. The layoffs will impact 16% of staff across divisions, an Automattic blog post published Wednesday reveals. Ahead of the layoffs, Automattic’s website listed 1,744 employees, which means north of 270 people may have lost their jobs. (Automattic … Read more

Tumblr to join the fediverse after WordPress migration completes

Since 2022, blogging site Tumblr has been teasing its plans to integrate with the fediverse — the open social web powered by the protocol ActivityPub also used by Mastodon, Threads, Flipboard, and others. Now, the Automattic-owned blogging platform is sharing more information about when and how that integration could actually happen. As it turns out, … Read more

Hackers are hijacking WordPress sites to push Windows and Mac malware

Hackers are exploiting outdated versions of WordPress and plug-ins to alter thousands of websites in an attempt to trick visitors to download and install malware, security researchers have found. The hacking campaign is still “very much live,” Simon Wijckmans, the founder and CEO of web security company c/side, which discovered the attacks, told TechCrunch on … Read more

Matt Mullenweg deactivates WordPress contributor accounts over alleged fork plans

Automattic CEO and WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg has deactivated the accounts of several WordPress.org community members, two of whom he says planned to spearhead a new fork of the open source WordPress project. While community criticism of WordPress’s governance isn’t new, the latest brouhaha kicked off back in September when Mullenweg publicly chastised WP Engine, a … Read more

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