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Automattic has acquired the Social Image Generator plugin, a commercial product that automatically creates social share images for WordPress content … Continue reading Automattic Acquires Social Image Generator Plugin, Plans to Integrate with Jetpack →

Automattic has acquired Frontity, the company behind an open source framework for building WordPress themes with React. The acquisition comes … Continue reading Automattic Acquires Frontity, Founders to Work Full-Time on Gutenberg →

Automattic has invested $30 million in Titan, a professional email suite aimed at businesses and companies offering white-labeled email solutions … Continue reading Automattic Invests $30M in Titan, a Business Email Startup →

Today, Automattic released version 9.9 of its popular Jetpack plugin. The development team improved the modal animation and transition speed … Continue reading Jetpack 9.9 Released With a Refreshed Image Gallery Carousel →

Automattic released a new plugin titled Sketch Block earlier today. It is a one-off block that allows end-users to draw … Continue reading Automattic Releases Sketch Block for Drawing in the WordPress Editor →

Automattic has acquired Day One, a journaling app available on iPhone, Android, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. The app makes … Continue reading Automattic Acquires Day One Journaling App →

Automattic released its Newspack Newsletters project to the WordPress plugin directory earlier today. It is the first Newspack-related plugin the … Continue reading Newspack Newsletters Now Live in the WordPress Plugin Directory →

On Monday, Automattic announced its Blank Canvas theme on WordPress.com. The goal is to allow end-users to build single-page websites, … Continue reading Automattic Launches the Blank Canvas WordPress Theme for Building Single-Page Websites →

Jetpack’s Design and Research Team is launching a new customer research panel as part of an ongoing effort to collect … Continue reading Jetpack Launches Customer Research Project to Improve the Plugin and Reduce User Frustration →

WordPress.com launched a new website building service today with prices starting at $4,900. Automattic has been beta testing the service … Continue reading WordPress.com Rattles Freelancer Community with New Website Building Service Launch →

Last Thursday, Automattic announced its new Spearhead theme to WordPress.com users, which primarily focuses on podcasters. However, the team has … Continue reading Automattic Releases Spearhead, a Seedlet Child Theme Aimed at Podcasters and Content Creators →

On August 26, Automattic launched a new theme titled Seedlet that focused on integrating with the WordPress block editor. A … Continue reading Exploring Seedlet, Automattic’s Block-First WordPress Theme →