The Best of WordPress: September 2016

New sites, new features, and a little bit about how we work.

September 26, 2016

Mark Armstrong

Hi everyone, it’s been a busy few weeks in the world of WordPress, WordPress.com, and Automattic, so I thought I’d share a roundup with all of you! Here’s a rundown:

Welcome to WordPress

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  • We are proud to host the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s new Biohub, with a bold vision to  invest in science, technology and human ingenuity “to help cure, prevent or manage all diseases by the end of the century.”
  • Harvard Gazette: The university’s news site is now on WordPress.com VIP! Here’s their latest story, on Harvard alum Colson Whitehead’s acclaimed new novel, The Underground Railroad.
  • New York Times Journeys: A new travel vertical from the Times.
  • The San Jose Mercury News: Silicon Valley’s newspaper, now on WordPress.
  • The Brookings Institution: The nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC, with a mission “to conduct in-depth research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national and global level.”

Fresh New Look

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Our friends at Feminist Frequency got a beautiful new design for their site.

Book Deals, Books Published, and WordPress-ers in the News

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  • Belle Boggs published her much-anticipated book, The Art of Waiting, a memoir and exploration of the natural, medical, psychological, and political facets of fertility.
  • Congrats to Stephanie Land (Stepville), whose viral essay for Vox has led to a book deal with Hachette. “I celebrate today with all of you, my friends, and followers, who have stuck with me through all of these years. Thank you for your support. Thank you for reading. I can’t wait to share my book with you.” We’re excited to read MAID: A single mother’s journey from cleaning house to finding home.

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Notable and Viral: Stories from WordPress Publishers and Bloggers

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New Features for WordPress.com

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This month we introduced new content options, browser notifications, and more coming soon!

How We Work

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“This pioneering tech company figured how to make work-from-home work.” Our parent company Automattic was featured in this new Quartz story by Alice Truong about our distributed work model. How do we get things done with 500 employees in more than 50 countries? (Hint: There’s a lot of blogging and Slack-ing behind the scenes.)

Other News from Around Automattic

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  1. Puneet Sep 26th at 5:50 pm

    That’s great news. Keep going ahead. Best of luck. 😊😊

    Liked by 10 people

  2. CA Dushyant Kumar (Maddy) Sep 26th at 5:56 pm

    All the best WordPress 👍

    Liked by 4 people

  3. Promising Words Sep 26th at 6:32 pm

    Good job everyone. Hard work pays!

    Liked by 6 people

  4. veg4life Sep 26th at 8:13 pm

    Great post! Always interesting to see what’s new. 😊

    Liked by 6 people

  5. exoticnita54 Sep 26th at 9:50 pm

    Hmmm.. glad 😁 to be a part of this team. Enjoying WordPress

    Liked by 6 people

  6. homeomart Sep 27th at 2:57 am

    Nice to see the WordPress team…hope you folks had a good annual outing…and keep the goodies comin!!

    Liked by 5 people

  7. Surendra Rai Sep 27th at 3:55 am

    Wow, really nice work

    Liked by 6 people

  8. Greater Voice Sep 27th at 7:33 am

    OMG. Awesome Automattic!

    Liked by 5 people

  9. unitedchambers Sep 27th at 8:45 am

    I love it and I am still discovering how to use WordPress best. Congratulations !

    Liked by 6 people

  10. watchingthedaisies Sep 27th at 11:10 am

    Thank you for keeping us posted and for all your support. It is much appreciated.

    Liked by 6 people

  11. thebloggingdinosaur Sep 27th at 8:20 pm

    Best of luck to you all. Great things have been going on in the “World of WordPress”, and I am very happy it is all positive and good news. Keep doing what you are doing.

    Liked by 6 people

  12. bigrom.net Sep 29th at 1:08 pm

    Thank you for the Update……………………

    Liked by 4 people

  13. Sunbelz.com Sep 29th at 5:29 pm

    Thanks for the update, much appreciated.

    Liked by 4 people

  14. deepanilamani Sep 30th at 9:30 am

    Thanks for all the updates. It’s wonderful how WordPress keeps on updating and improving. The support system is wonderful too. It’s a matter of learning new things everyday and keeping on your toes which makes it interesting and exhilarating 🙂

    Liked by 7 people

  15. Nmeri Jas Oct 1st at 7:44 am

    Thanks for the update

    Liked by 4 people

  16. jmnowak Oct 1st at 8:07 am

    Congrats on all the new WPressers. The Zuckerberg family obviously is full of geniuses, that’s for sure! He has a great vision yet extremely challenging to fulfil considering our biodiversity! Good luck to him! As to all the rest, yay…loving it all! Thanks WP and Matt (congrats, you deserve the Heinz Award, and you’re still looking handsome!). 🙂

    Liked by 3 people

  17. vogelhaus1 Oct 1st at 9:40 am

    Nice work. Thanks for all the updates!

    Liked by 3 people

  18. Caboosemama Little Pleasures Oct 1st at 3:35 pm

    Thhank you for a great job!My pleasure and the best entertainment to keep my blog up on WordPress.com. Good luck!

    Liked by 4 people

  19. letterstomypeople Oct 3rd at 4:38 pm

    Thanks for allowing people like myself the opportunity to express themselves.

    Liked by 2 people

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