The Grammar of Limits: Informality and the Fate of Decorum Bad actors once needed a symbolic order to operate within. That requirement is gone. This is what its absence looks like.

Bad actors once needed a symbolic order to operate within. That requirement is gone. This is what its absence looks like.

The Top 10 Creative WordPress Themes with Real Personality Explore these 10 creative WordPress themes, tested and reviewed. Find a unique look for your blog, portfolio, or small business site.

I proudly created four of them ✨
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Plugins, Global Styles, and More: Now on Every WordPress.com Paid Plan wordpress.com/blog/2026/04...

Twenty Twenty-Seven: Team Announcement
— I’m in 🫥✨
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From a Six-Month-Old PR to a Working Proof of Concept A designer who can read code but doesn't write it. An AI coding tool. A six-month-old idea that became a working plugin in one afternoon. What made the difference?

What does a WP theme designer who reads code but doesn't write it do with an idea that's been waiting six months? 🔗

Howdy, Mumbai! 🇮🇳

The Automattic family is at the Jio World Convention Centre this week for WordCamp Asia 2026. We’re proud sponsors and cannot wait to connect with the @wordpress.org community in person.

How Consultings Company Became Brazil's First Automattic Partner Find out how Consultings Company became Brazil's first Automattic partner by helping clients build digital ecosystems on WordPress.com.

How Consultings Company Became Brazil's First Automattic Partner by Betting on Owned Digital wordpress.com/blog/2026/03...

Evolving Design Language in the AI Era: From Good to Great Explore how the AI era reshapes design language, emphasizing objective critique over subjective opinions for successful outcomes.

“Successful” or “Unsuccessful”: the Post-“Good Design” Vocabulary alistapart.com/blog/post/su...

Porto, AI, and what a week together taught us about individual range What a week in Porto with Automattic's creatives made visible? AI isn't flattening creative work — it's revealing who already knows how to move across domains, and raising the stakes for everyone else...

What a week in Porto with Automattic’s creatives made visible? My thoughts on the recent Design meetup in Portugal ✨

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Two days away! 🗽

Tickets are moving fast for dev/ai/nyc this Thursday, March 26. Let’s explore what’s next for applied AI and the open web with a fireside chat from @stephenwolfram.bsky.social and @ma.tt.

Plus drinks, light bites, and great conversation!

Jeffrey Zeldman Presents - Dine ’n em-dash - writing The best defense is to write humanly.

Dine ’n em-dash ✍️🧠🔥
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One For My Baby: time out for family care. Paid parental leave meant time for a father to care for his wife, support his premature newborn, and focus on his family without the pressure of work or lost income.

“One For My Baby”
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I'm not a developer. I'm a project manager who knows how to communicate a vision. Turns out that's exactly what you need to build a WordPress theme with AI. New post on how Tufte Blocks got made.

https://derekhanson.blog/tufte-blocks/

Jetpack 15.6: Elevate Your WordPress Social Sharing Experience Jetpack Social now lets you customize social posts per network, preview before publishing, and generate images with AI. All from the WordPress editor.

Jetpack Social Just Got a Major Upgrade: Customize, Preview, and Share with Confidence jetpack.com/resources/je...

Cool Tools – Automattic Special Projects A custom post type for Cool Tools

Special Projects: Open source blocks and plugins to build and maintain safe, fast websites.

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Today I learned that Cambridge University has published high resolution photographs of their collection of Baskerville punches. Cue the revivals!

The story of how Jäger Stockill's racing WordPress website was built. How Jäger Stockill's motorcycle racing website was built using the WordPress.com Website Design Service.

Jäger Stockill Is One of Canada's Top Young Racers. His Dad Built the Website to Show the World. wordpress.com/blog/2026/03...

WordPress, Your Way Create your site. Share your voice. Earn online.

14 Unique Ways WordPress.com Makes Site Ownership Easier wordpress.com/blog/2026/02...

Protege tu tiempo como si fuera oro Proteger tu tiempo y energía es un acto de disciplina y claridad. Cada decisión refleja tus prioridades y define tu avance. Cuando eliges con intención, construyes una vida más simple, enfocada y a…

Protege tu tiempo como si fuera oro nortino.com/2026/02/15/e...

Lily Built Her Portfolio Website in an Hour with WordPress.com Find out how Lily Burton built an online portfolio in one hour with the WordPress AI website builder and pivoted from PhD to science journalism.

Lily Burton Is Pivoting from PhD to Science Journalism. Her Portfolio Took an Hour to Build — and Already Landed Her Work. wordpress.com/blog/2026/02...

Why Most Messages Fail (And Always Have) Anthropic's Super Bowl ads cost millions but left viewers confused. An ancient parable about seeds and soil explains why—and reveals a hard truth about communication that hasn't changed in 2,000 years.

Why Most Messages Fail (And Always Have)

Anthropic's Super Bowl ads cost millions but left viewers confused. An ancient parable about seeds and soil explains why—and reveals a hard truth about communication that hasn't changed in 2,000 years.

Meet the WordPress AI Assistant, now built into WordPress.com.

The AI assistant isn’t a separate chatbot; it’s a creative co-pilot that works inside your site. It collaborates with you to design, write, and build, all without leaving the editor.

Build WordPress Sites with AI: New Plugin and Skills for Claude Cowork Find out about new Skills and the Claude Cowork plugin for generating WordPress sites with AI.

Build WordPress Sites with AI: New Plugin and Skills for Claude Cowork wordpress.com/blog/2026/02...

The image displays the character mentioned in the text.

Tim Burton used it as the design of the Mayor of Halloween Town in The Nightmare Before Christmas. He does the face flipping just like the illustration.

The Writing Lesson Hidden in My Automattic Trial My Automattic trial showed me that clear writing mattered more than pixel polishing, and that lesson still guides how I think and work with others.

“The designs I made during that trial are no longer relevant. But the habit of writing carefully still shapes how I work every day.”—Henri Iamarino

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The Writing Lesson Hidden in My Automattic Trial My Automattic trial showed me that clear writing mattered more than pixel polishing, and that lesson still guides how I think and work with others.

My Automattic trial showed me that clear writing mattered more than pixel polishing, and that lesson still guides how I think and work with others.

iamarino.com/my-automatti...

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Here’s some fresh news: Freshly Pressed is back!

Back in 2009, WordPress.com launched Freshly Pressed, a curated collection of posts from bloggers and creators to entertain, enlighten, and inspire the web. Now, it’s returned and fresher than ever.

Great Writing Deserves a Spotlight: Freshly Pressed Is Back Freshly Pressed is back! Discover human-curated standout content in the WordPress.com Reader.

Great Writing Deserves a Spotlight!
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Look out, link rot! We’ve proudly teamed up with @archive.org to help preserve and restore links across the web. 🖥️

Introducing the Wayback Machine Link Fixer, a free @wordpress.org plugin that scans, detects, and fixes broken links ⛓️‍💥 using @waybackmachine.bsky.social!