There’s a special kind of satisfaction in seeing your progress add up. |
The first post you publish. The first comment that turns into a conversation. The day you realize you’ve shown up all week—not because you had to, but because you wanted to. |
Now WordPress.com has a place to celebrate those moments: Achievements. |
Achievements are about making the small acts of building, publishing, reading, and connecting on WordPress.com visible. |
You can find your Achievements page in your Reader profile, or go straight there: |
A new home for your milestones |
Your Achievements page is a record that celebrates your efforts on WordPress.com, from publishing posts to joining conversations, helping you feel recognized for your ongoing activity. |
- Unlocked achievements for milestones you’ve already reached.
- Locked achievements you can work toward next.
- Progress indicators for achievements that build over time.
- Activity streaks for showing up day after day.
Some achievements are simple milestones. Others are a little more unexpected. We won’t spoil all the surprises, but if you enjoy small quests, secret badges, and oddly specific internet accomplishments, you may want to poke around. |
Meet your activity streak |
Your activity streak grows when you do things that help make WordPress.com feel alive: publish a post, leave a comment, like a post or a comment, or follow a site. |
Keep it going day after day, and your streak grows with you. After seven consecutive days, you’ll earn a streak freeze. If you miss a day, your freeze will automatically protect your streak. |
Tiny bit of magic. Tiny bit of mercy. |
Your Achievements page is private by default. If you want to share it, you can make it visible to other logged-in WordPress.com users from the settings menu on the page. |
You can turn off achievement notifications if you prefer to unlock things quietly; you’ll still earn achievements and maintain your activity streak, just without the alerts. |
Start exploring your achievements |
WordPress.com has always been about showing up: writing, reading, commenting, following, liking, sharing, and building a little corner of the web that feels like yours. |
Achievements are a fun way to recognize that effort. They’re not homework. They’re not a leaderboard. They’re just a friendly nudge, a little confetti, and a reminder that the small things you do here add up. |
It’s another way WordPress.com helps turn publishing and participation into a habit you can build in your own corner of the web. |
So go take a look. You may have already unlocked more than you think. |
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We’re launching Jetpack Podcast, a new way to publish, distribute, and grow a podcast from the same site as your blog and newsletter. If you’re on WordPress.com, it’s already in your dashboard in your Jetpack menu. Here’s a quick walkthrough: |
You can start a podcast for free. We’ll help you set up your show, get your podcast onto major podcast apps like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Pocket Casts, and pair it with your newsletter to grow your audience. Upgrade to a Premium plan for audio hosting on WordPress.com, podcast stats, a podcast episode block, and an episode dashboard. |
Reach your fans where they are |
When you publish an episode on WordPress.com, it shows up everywhere your audience already is. |
- Your blog: each episode lands as a post on your site, with show notes and an embedded player.
- Your newsletter: the same episode goes out to your email subscribers, with the player and notes inline.
- The Reader: your followers in the WordPress.com Reader see the episode in their feed.
- Every major podcast app: your show appears on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, Amazon Music, the Podcast Index, and any other app that reads RSS feeds.
Own your feed, own your audience |
Substack pushes your listeners into their app, and Spotify pushes them into theirs. With Jetpack Podcast, your website and podcast live on your domain, your subscriber list is yours to export anytime, and your show reaches every podcast app that reads RSS. |
If you ever decide to leave WordPress.com, your listeners come with you, since their podcast app subscribes to your feed, not ours. |
Stats you can actually read |
The podcast stats dashboard lets you see how your show is doing with breakdowns by episode, app, and country. Dig into specific time periods and episodes to see how your audience has changed over time. |
Free or Premium, your call |
We are continuing the generous free offering on WordPress.com by letting you publish a podcast for free. We’ll help you get set up and get distributed to all the major podcast apps. |
Upgrade to a WordPress.com Premium plan to get your podcast hosted on WordPress.com, podcast stats, an episode dashboard, and an episode player block for your posts. Not to mention the amazing amount of other things you get with the Premium plan. |
Open your WordPress.com dashboard, click Jetpack in the sidebar, then click Podcast. Choose your plan, and enable podcasting to get started. |
If you’ve been meaning to start a podcast, this is the easiest way to get the first episode out. If you’ve already got a show running somewhere else, give WordPress.com a try so you can have your podcast hosted the same place as your blog and newsletter. Let us hear your feedback so we know what to work on next. |
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Building a website should feel exciting, not overwhelming. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce the beta launch of the Easy Site Editor on WordPress.com, a brand new way to create and customize your site through the power of conversation. |
A friendlier way to edit your site |
We’ve been listening closely to our community, and one thing has become clear: while WordPress offers incredibly powerful tools for those who want deep control over every pixel of their site, not everyone wants, or needs, all of that advanced functionality. Many of you just want to get your site looking great and get on with sharing your ideas, growing your business, or telling your story. |
Enter the Easy Site Editor. |
The Easy Site Editor reimagines website building around something everyone already knows how to do: have a conversation. |
The interface is refreshingly simple. On the left, you’ll find a chat panel where you can describe what you want in plain language. On the right, you’ll see a live preview of your actual website — exactly as your visitors will see it. Want to change your homepage headline? Just ask. Need to swap out a hero image, adjust your colors, or rewrite your About page? Type it in, and watch it happen. |
Because the preview shows your real, live site, you can also click around and navigate between pages just like a regular visitor would. No more wondering “where am I?” or “how do I get back to that other section?” |
Quick edits without the learning curve |
For those moments when you want to tweak something directly yourself, the Easy Site Editor lets you make simple text and image edits. Just select the Edit option, click on what you want to change, and update it on the spot. |
The Easy Site Editor doesn’t replace the full WordPress Site Editor, it complements it. The standard WordPress Site Editor remains the powerful, advanced tool that experienced users and designers love, with its granular control over blocks, templates, and theme settings. It’s an incredible piece of software for anyone who wants to dive deep. |
But if you’re someone who’d rather just describe your vision and see it come to life, the Easy Site Editor will become your starting point. And whenever you’re ready to dig into the more advanced tools, they’re just a click away. |
Once the Easy Site Editor is out of beta, we will be rolling it out to all WordPress.com paid plans. Keep an eye on this blog for more details about general availability. |
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