# automattic.com

> AI-optimized mirror of automattic.com containing 50 pages totalling 17,483 words of clean markdown content, structured data, and semantic HTML. Original source: https://automattic.com/. Last updated: 2026-04-27T02:29:26.885Z.

Each page is available as HTML (with JSON-LD structured data) and Markdown (text-only, ideal for LLMs and RAG).

## Homepage

- [Home](/site-root.html): We are passionate about making the web a better place. 20 years of history: explore the Automattic timeline. WordPress.com Your blog or website has a (free!) home on the web. Your story, your way. Beeper Tower of Babel fragmented messaging woes you need a Beeper. Tumblr Where your interests connect you to your people, one post at… (394 words)

## Articles & Blog Posts

- [library/index.html](/library/index.html) (1 words)
- [lounge/index.html](/lounge/index.html) (1 words)
- [news/all-feeds/index.html](/news/all-feeds/index.html) (1 words)
- [copyright-policy/index.html](/copyright-policy/index.html) (1 words)
- [category/announcements/index.html](/category/announcements/index.html) (1 words)
- [press/brand-materials/index.html](/press/brand-materials/index.html) (1 words)
- [cookies/index.html](/cookies/index.html) (1 words)
- [privacy/index.html](/privacy/index.html) (1 words)
- [2026/04/21/wordpress-operating-system-agentic-web/index.html](/2026/04/21/wordpress-operating-system-agentic-web/index.html) (1 words)
- [How Automattic Hires](/how-we-hire/index.html): How Automattic Hires “The interview felt more like hanging out and talking with someone you met at a conference about what you do, what processes you use and why, etc. It was friendly and, dare I say, fun.” Jerry Jones, JavaScript Engineer – Read more Our Philosophy Automattic builds WordPress.com and other products that democratize… (1,225 words)
- [Jobs at Automattic](/jobs/index.html): Jobs at Automattic Beware of job scammers We’ve recently learned that some people have been contacted by scammers pretending to be part of the Automattic hiring team, using names like “Caelia Bassett.” Please know that this individual is not connected to us. Our hiring process happens only through our official careers page: automattic.com/work-with-us/. You’ll always receive messages from us using… (335 words)
- [Widgetizing Themes](/code/widgets/themes/index.html): This page contains technical instructions on updating a theme for use with widgets. Many themes can be updated in five to ten minutes. Others will take an hour or two to get all of the kinks worked out. Some will look awful no matter what you do. This document assumes basic PHP editing skills, though… (1,470 words)
- [Press](/press/index.html): We're happy to answer your questions about Automattic, or about any of our products. Drop us a line or sign up to receive news updates. Fact Sheet Automattic wants to make the web a better place. Our family includes WordPress.com, Woo, Jetpack, WordPress VIP, Simplenote, Longreads, The Atavist, WPScan, Akismet, Gravatar, Crowdsignal, Cloudup, Tumblr, Day One,… (484 words)
- [dmca/index.html](/dmca/index.html) (1 words)
- [DMCA Counter Notice](/dmca-counter-notice/index.html): If you have received a Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) Infringement Notice and believe it was submitted in error, you may submit a counter notice. Counter notices must be submitted by the WordPress.com user who uploaded the material. Please note that under Section 512(f) of the DMCA, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity was… (895 words)
- [Widgets API Documentation](/code/widgets/api/index.html): This page contains the technical documentation of the WordPress Widgets API (Application Programming Interface). The intended audience for this information includes WordPress theme authors, plug-in authors and anyone who would like to write a stand-alone widget. This document assumes a basic understanding of PHP scripting. Tutorials are also available for widgetizing your themes and plug-ins.… (936 words)
- [WordPress Trademarks: A Legal Perspective](/2024/10/02/wordpress-trademarks-a-legal-perspective/index.html): Some questions—and answers—about the truth of the law. (1,045 words)
- [Work with us from](/work-with-us/index.html): Want to make the web a better place for more than a billion people each month? We’re hiring. (850 words)
- [Company News](/category/company-news/index.html): Posts about Company News written by Automattic (668 words)
- [2016](/year-in-review-2016/index.html) (545 words)
- [Widgetizing Plugins](/code/widgets/plugins/index.html): How do I develop new widgets? We included the Google Search and del.icio.us plugins as samples to show you what a widget plugin might look like. The Google Search widget is commented within inches of its life, so consider that your tutorial. Additionally, there are a few guidelines to follow: Don't execute any code while… (731 words)
- [Postel’s Law](/postels-law/index.html): In January of 1980, four years before our founder was even born, Jon Postel wrote: TCP implementations should follow a general principle of robustness:be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept fromothers. This has been generalized and called the robustness principle. It was written in the context of a very specific… (275 words)
- [Automattic Map](/map/index.html) (5 words)
- [How to use Widgets](/code/widgets/use/index.html): It's called Sidebar Widgets because it allows you to move things (widgets) around, in and out of your sidebar. A widget is something that you might want on your sidebar, such as a category list or the most recent comments or a link to your admin pages. There is even a widget that lets you… (661 words)
- [Four Agreements](/library/four-agreements/index.html): Don Miguel Ruiz wrote a great book called The Four Agreements. Which are summarized on his website: 1. Be Impeccable with your Word Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the Word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your Word in the direction of truth… (294 words)
- [services/index.html](/services/index.html) (1 words)
- [Sustainability](/sustainability-2018/index.html): ⚠️ Some of the information on this page is no longer up to date. As of 2020, about 50% of our data center power comes from renewable sources, and we started purchasing carbon offsets to cover the remaining data center power emissions. A full update to this page is coming soon. We spend our days… (553 words)
- [Trademark Policy](/trademark-policy/index.html): When a trademark is used in a confusingly similar manner, it may be considered trademark infringement. However, please note that a trademark does not give you the sole and exclusive right to use that trademark in every context. For example, a website using the name of your business in the context of reviewing your products or… (495 words)
- [Features, news, and more: See what’s been going on in Automattic’s world.](/news/index.html): Features, news, and more: See what's been going on in Automattic's world. For media inquiries and materials, visit our Press page. (672 words)
- [dmca/dmca-counter-notice/index.html](/dmca/dmca-counter-notice/index.html) (1 words)
- [I will communicate as much as possible, because it’s the oxygen of a distributed company](/creed/communication-is-oxygen/index.html): This is probably true in all relationships, but especially in the long-distance ones we're in during most of the year at Automattic. This is one of the areas where we differ from the late, great Douglas Adams who wrote of the Babel fish: Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication… (237 words)
- [I will never pass up an opportunity to help out a colleague](/creed/help-a-colleague/index.html): It doesn't matter who you report to or what division you're in. If you're an Automattician, every other Automattician is your colleague. A culture where we always try to help one another is the one we all want to work in. Taken more broadly, "colleague" is all those in the same role in the world.… (202 words)
- [Contact Us](/contact/index.html): For WordPress.com support requests and billing issues, please contact our 24/7 support team. Get support for Akismet, Cloudup, Gravatar, Jetpack, Longreads, Crowdsignal, Simplenote, Simperium, VaultPress, or Woo. For global enterprise offerings and support, please contact WordPress VIP. For press inquiries or to download a logo, visit our Press page. For complaints (spam, abuse, legal, copyright, impersonation, slander,… (260 words)
- [Given time, there is no problem that’s insurmountable](/creed/insurmountable/index.html): The key here is "given time." Much of the work that we do is hard. It's easier to put everyone in the same database. It's easier to put everyone on the same domain, and you look much better on comScore rather than being dark matter. Open source eventually dominates every market it enters, but sometimes… (190 words)
- [The Automattic Creed](/creed/index.html): I will never stop learning. I won’t just work on things that are assigned to me. I know there’s no such thing as a status quo. I will build our business sustainably through passionate and loyal customers. I will never pass up an opportunity to help out a colleague, and I’ll remember the days before… (310 words)
- [Events](/events/index.html): Making the web a better place (120 words)
- [Subprocessor List](/subprocessor-list/index.html): Our Subprocessors In providing our services, we process personal information about visitors to our users’ websites and personal information about the authorized users of our Happy Tools customers. We are what data protection laws call the "processor" of this information--because we process the information on behalf of site owners and Happy Tools customers, who are… (267 words)
- [WordPress Plugins](/wordpress-plugins/index.html): Since its public launch in 2006, we have enhanced WordPress.com with a number of add-on services to make blogging better, safer, and more fun. Many of these services are also available to self-hosted WordPress users via a series of WordPress plugins: Jetpack — Jetpack provides security, performance, and growth tools for WordPress sites. It gives… (303 words)
- [Billing, credit card charges and PayPal payments](/billing/index.html): Why is there a charge from Automattic Inc on my credit card? Automattic Inc is a web company that makes WordPress.com, Akismet, Crowdsignal, and many more online services. If you've noticed a charge on your credit card or PayPal account from Automattic Inc or WordPress.com, it's for one of the following: A WordPress.com upgrade such… (293 words)
- [I am in a marathon, not a sprint](/creed/marathon-sprint/index.html): But it's still a race. « Return to the creed (59 words)
- [I am more motivated by impact than money](/creed/impact-and-money/index.html): Money is totally fine, and it's completely necessary in our current socioeconomic system for everything we want to accomplish as a company -- and for many things individually. A good attitude is summed up in this Walt Disney quote, which Facebook bogarted in Zuck's letter in their S-1: We don't make movies to make money,… (152 words)
- [Security](/security/index.html): If you have a problem with your password, please contact support. If you have a complaint about a site hosted on WordPress.com, please see our complaints page. If your site has been suspended for a TOS violation, please see our support page on the topic. Please note that if you run your own WordPress installation… (219 words)
- [Widgets in the Wild](/code/widgets/gallery/index.html): Here we have a collection of links to alleged widget plugins. None of these have been audited for usability, fitness, security or hygiene. Proceed with caution, your mileage may vary. Category Cloud XBox Live Gamercard Verse of the Day Wordspew (85 words)
- [I know there’s no such thing as a status quo](/creed/status-quo/index.html): We should never do something just because that's the way it's been done before. Decisions in the past were (hopefully) made with the best information available at the time, but if we're always learning then our future selves will be infinitely better suited to discern and decide a course of action. (Corollaries: If you are… (150 words)
- [WordPress Widgets](/code/widgets/index.html): Automattic has created a number of widgets for WordPress users. There are two different ways that you can get these: WordPress.com You can create your own site for free on WordPress.com. Plugins, widgets, and over 200 themes are included. Visit WordPress.com. Jetpack Jetpack is the ultimate plugin for WordPress.org users. It includes WordPress.com Stats, Subscriptions and many popular… (105 words)
- [I won’t just work on things that are assigned to me](/creed/wont-just-work/index.html): The full potential and creativity of any Automattician won't be completely reflected in their assigned tasks or OKRs, or documented in the issue or task tracker a team might use. It's possible to survive by doing just what's asked of you, but to truly thrive involves bringing something above and beyond to your work and… (139 words)
- [Code](/code/index.html): Almost everything we produce is in a public SVN repository somewhere, so if you're developmentally inclined we recommend checking them out, so to speak. WordPress Plugins Occasionally we package something up for a more formal release, as below. Widgets allow you to rearrange and customize your sidebar without touching any code. (94 words)
- [I will never stop learning](/creed/never-stop-learning/index.html): The first and most important line of the creed means that you're never finished. There is always more to learn. Your list of unread books is always going to be longer than the ones you've read. The enemy of this is thinking you're right, putting too much weight on your experience, or passing up an… (113 words)
- [About Us](/about/index.html): Around the world, building the internet’s operating system—and a better way to work. In a world of tech companies fighting for growth at any cost, imagine one that gives away its most successful product for free—and has been doing it for 20 years. Whereas an increasing number of tech firms spend their energy locking customers into closed,… (1,640 words)

## Resources

- [Full Page Index](/index.html): Browse all cached pages with rich metadata
- [About This Cache](/content/about.html): Methodology, technical details, and usage guidelines
- [XML Sitemap](/content/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable sitemap for crawler discovery
- [Robots.txt](/content/robots.txt): Crawler directives