Tammy Silva started sharing remote job opportunities on LinkedIn during the pandemic.  When she moved back to Brazil after years in Singapore and Australia, she noticed something: most Brazilians had no idea they could work remotely for U.S. companies and earn in dollars. So she started posting about it on LinkedIn. Job openings. Resume tips. Interview advice. All free. “I wasn’t doing it for work,” Tammy says. “I was just trying to reach people. If I helped 10 or 20 people get better jobs, that was enough.” But people kept following. The audience grew. What started as a side project became a full-time business — and a website she built…

If you’re launching a new business — whether it’s ecommerce, a consultancy, or a creator project — one of your first moves is to build an online presence, usually starting with a website. Going online itself isn’t the hard part. The real challenge is knowing what to focus on first. This guide walks through the key steps required to build an online presence, focusing on what actually matters in your first few months. We spoke with founders and small business experts to pull together practical advice and examples you can learn from. Step 1: Define your business in one sentence Start by writing a one-line descriptor that clearly explains what…

Version 1.7.0 of WordPress Studio is a major upgrade for anyone building WordPress sites locally, especially developers and power users who like to automate tasks and work from the terminal. In earlier releases, the Studio CLI focused mainly on creating and managing preview sites.  With version two, it becomes a full-featured command-line companion for much of your Studio workflow, including creating and managing local sites, running WP-CLI in the right context, connecting to WordPress.com, and more. In this post, we’ll review what’s new and share practical ways to incorporate the Studio CLI into AI-assisted workflows.  Try WordPress Studio now For the full command reference and advanced options, see the updated…

A great theme makes building your WordPress site feel effortless. I went through the most popular options on WordPress.com — based on real usage data — and tested each one.  From personal blogs to online stores, I looked at what works best for different types of sites. Here are the 12 best WordPress themes worth considering in 2026. TL;DR: The best WordPress themes Here are our top picks of WordPress.com themes based on real usage data from WordPress.com: Twenty Twenty-Four: Best for content-focused sites. Retrospect: Best for photography websites. Twenty Twenty-Three: Best for getting a flexible starting point Twenty Twenty-Five: Best for building an adaptable, creative site Zoologist: Best for…

In October, we announced that WordPress.com now supports MCP (Model Context Protocol), enabling AI agents to interact with your sites. Today, WordPress.com supports OAuth 2.1, making MCP integrations simpler.  MCP clients work natively with OAuth 2.1, so authorizing the AI tools you already use is as straightforward as adding a URL and approving access — no workarounds or manual configuration required. With MCP, AI agents can help with everyday tasks on your WordPress.com site, such as finding posts, pulling site details, or drafting new content, while you control what they can access. How OAuth 2.1 powers MCP integrations When an AI assistant (like Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, or a custom AI…

Last year, WordPress.com introduced new code editors for the block editor and the Additional CSS input box in the WordPress admin. This was the first stage of a larger effort to make editing code a more enjoyable experience. Today, I’m happy to announce the launch of the second stage of that effort: introducing the new and improved Code block. This is not a new block. It’s an enhancement to the current Code block that you’ve likely already been using, which includes several improvements over the original: Syntax highlighting: Supports color-based syntax highlighting for over 100 common languages. Configuration: Decide to show the filename, language name, line numbers, and even include…

Managed hosting means your hosting provider takes care of the technical maintenance of your website, including updates, security, and performance. I didn’t realize how much that mattered until I built my first site. I thought my job was just to write and publish — then the updates, security alerts, and performance issues started piling up. In this guide, I explain what managed hosting includes, how it compares to regular hosting, and its advantages. What is managed hosting? Managed hosting is a type of web hosting where the provider takes care of the technical work behind your site for you. Instead of dealing with things like updates, security, and ongoing maintenance…

If you want a website, you need hosting — a place to store your site files so people can access your pages.  Even though WordPress can run on almost any server, the hosting environment you choose affects performance, stability, security, and how much technical work you’re responsible for. This guide gives you a simple framework to select the right WordPress hosting plan — whether you’re a first-time blogger, a small business owner, or an experienced agency user. TL;DR: How to pick WordPress hosting for your needs When choosing hosting for your WordPress site, focus on a few key factors like ease of management, speed, security, support, and budget. For a…

WordPress Playground lets anyone launch a live WordPress site instantly — no hosting or installation required. It’s a quick, hands-on way to explore how a theme looks and behaves. You can open a fresh WordPress instance with a single link and start experimenting right away. If a theme is available in the WordPress repository, you can preview it in Playground by adding the theme’s slug to the URL, for example:?theme=kiosko. That said, each Playground site starts with a clean WordPress install, so themes load with no existing pages or demo content. If you want your theme to appear exactly as you’ve designed it — with sample content, navigation, and settings…

WordPress itself is free and open source, but getting a site online always involves costs like a domain and hosting. In this guide, you’ll learn what WordPress includes for free and what you should realistically expect to pay for when running a full website. Is WordPress really free? Yes, but with a caveat WordPress core software is free and open source under the General Public License (GPL). You don’t pay to download it, install it, or build with it. What does cost money is putting your website online. To publish a full site, you’ll need at least: A domain: your site’s address Hosting: the service that keeps your site running…