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From August 12 to August 25, 2025, new customers and users upgrading from free plans can now use plugins on all new Personal and Premium plans.

WordPress.com is proud to sponsor WordCamp US 2025 in Portland, Oregon from August 26th - 29th. Come see us there (and snag a ticket discount code here).

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Don't let your website fall prey to hackers. Follow these website security tips to block common threats and sleep easy at night.

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In this guide, you'll learn the essentials of plugin development, set up a local environment using Studio by WordPress.com, and build a fully functional example plugin.

How do you stop a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack? Through a mix of proactive prevention and a solid plan for the worst-case scenario.

We recently launched enhancements to the post and site code editors, as well as the additional CSS input box. Let’s dive into what this upgraded experience looks like.

In this concise guide, we'll compare WordPress vs. Substack to help you choose the platform that aligns with your long-term goals as a creator.