Automattic
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Automattic is the corporate parent behind a variety of web-based service companies as well as open source web-based services including WordPress.com, Jetpack, Akismet, Gravatar, and WooCommerce which are used by a variety of IndieWeb sites. They also offer relatively inexpensive services for hosing and managing websites.
Divisions
- WordPress.com - a hosted and managed version of WordPress.org websites
- Jetpack - adds WordPress.com functionality to WordPress.org websites
- Akismet - for spam filtering
- Gravatar - a global avatar for profiles
- WooCommerce - a plugin for e-commerce
- WordPress.com VIP - managed hosting service
- VaultPress for auto-backups and scanning
- Longreads
- Simplenote - for note taking and synchronization
- Crowdsignal - for polls and surveys
- Cloudup - cloud storage for links, files, photos, etc.
- Simperium - API for moving data across apps
Affiliations
The company and its employees contribute to a number of non-profit and Open Source projects, including:
- WordPress - aka WordPress.org
- WP for iOS - WordPress app for iOS
- WP for Android - WordPress app for Android phones
- P2 Theme - a theme for team collaboration using WordPress
- BuddyPress - plugin to help make sites social
- bbPress - forum software
- WordCamp US - camps and meetups focused on WordPress
- WP Job Manager - A lightweight, open source job board plugin for WordPress
See also
See Also
- Criticism: selling user's content to LLM companies: https://toot.cafe/@soapdog/112005683036112044
- "So apparently #Automattic is about to sell user data to #openai according to this article:https://www.404media.co/tumblr-and-wordpress-to-sell-users-data-to-train-ai-tools/ I just published a rant about it at:https://andregarzia.com/2024/02/automattic-betrayal-of-its-users.html Damn leeches.#wordpress #tumblr #indieweb" @soapdog February 27, 2024