WordPress Updates

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CloudFlare — WordPress Plugins

comes with a free ssl now i believe.

Free SSL certificate for WordPress | Cloudflare

 

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Express Yourself with New WordPress Stickers for iOS and iMessage

WordPress World is a free iMessage Sticker app for iOS 10, and it includes your favorite emotive Wapuus (the WordPress mascot), Drakes (Automattic’s mascot), and related product logos. And more stickers will be coming soon! You won’t want to miss out on the fun.

WordPress World (Stickers) on the App Store

 

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Applications Now Open for Early ‘Landrush’ .blog Domains

i wonder who would take google.blog. blog.google is owned by google.

 

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WordPress 4.7 Beta 3

 

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get.blog

launched. usd 30 per year.

 

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Jetpack 4.4: New SEO Tools, Sidebar Widgets, and Personal Plans

Get Jetpack Personal — Jetpack for WordPress

USD 40 per year for daily backups is a good deal.

 

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[Sushubh]

.blog is also available through other domain registrars where it might be cheaper.

name.com is charging USD 35
namecheap is charging USD 23.88
GoDaddy is charging USD 27.99
gandi.net is charging USD 38.35
1&1 is charging USD 25 for now

 

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WordPress 4.7 Release Candidate

 

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The Jetpack Personal plan: affordable site security, backups, and spam protection

this would have been great to have if i had a blog that mattered anymore. too bad xenforo does not have anything like automattic providing value added services.

 

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Moving Toward SSL

i am confused. why would wordpress.org push for ssl. i get it about recommending hosts that provide ssl by default.