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| April 2025 | WordPress.com launched an AI-driven website creation tool that enables users to build fully functional websites through a conversational interface, targeting entrepreneurs, freelancers, and bloggers seeking an easy way to establish an online presence. |
| March 10 2025 | During Oracle's Q2 earnings call, Larry Ellison announced that Newfold Digital (Bluehost's parent company) is transitioning to Oracle Cloud to enhance security and performance. |
| January 2025 | Matt Mullenweg stated that the Tumblr backend migration would 'unlock' ActivityPub access, including native support for the company's official ActivityPub plugin for WordPress. |
| 2024 | Tumblr announced the discontinuation of Tumblr Live 24, with options for users to migrate to MeetMe. |
| September 2024 | Matt Mullenweg initiates a dispute with hosting company WP Engine, leading to a lawsuit that causes widespread community concern. |
| September 2024 |
Yoast SEO
Introduced AI features designed to automatically improve website SEO performance.
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| August 2024 | Automattic announced the migration of Tumblr's backend to an architecture derived from WordPress to ease development and code sharing between platforms. |
| June 1 2024 | Tumblr scheduled to remove the user tipping feature due to low usage. |
| February 2024 | Automattic announced plans to sell user data from Tumblr and WordPress.com to Midjourney and OpenAI, with users automatically opted-in by default. |
| January 2024 | Tumblr removed Post+ due to low usage. |
| November 2023 | Most of Tumblr's product development and marketing teams were transferred to other groups within Automattic, with a shift in focus to core functionality and streamlining existing features. |
| October 10 2023 | Project Brazen published a story about Indian businessman Gaurav Srivastava, which was subsequently republished on Tumblr with a backdated timestamp. |
| October 8 2023 | A Tumblr account created a backdated post of the Project Brazen story, attempting to predate the original publication. |
| July 2023 | Bluehost launched WonderSuite, an AI-powered site-building guide product. |
| July 11 2023 | During an AMA, Tumblr's CEO revealed the company was losing $30 million annually. |
| December 2022 | Tumblr announced a livestreaming service called Tumblr Live, an adapted version of The Meet Group's Livebox. |
| November 2022 | Tumblr changed its rules to allow nudity, but continued to prohibit sexually explicit images. |
| November 2022 | Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg announced that Tumblr will add support for the decentralized social networking protocol ActivityPub. |
| September 2022 |
BigBlueButton
Released BigBlueButton 2.5 update. BigBlueButton was directly embedded into the Moodle 4.0 core, the largest Learning Management System.
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| February 2022 | The WordPress Photo Directory launched its own developer website and proceeded to select team representatives for the project. |
| February 2022 | Tumblr launched an ad-free subscription option priced at $5 per month or $40 per year. |
| February 2022 | Tumblr introduced a feature allowing users to tip small amounts of money to other users. |
| January 2022 |
BigBlueButton
Released BigBlueButton 2.4 update.
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| January 2022 | The WordPress Photo Directory project began gathering volunteers to support the development of the open-source image directory. |
| January 2022 | Tumblr reached a settlement with New York City's Commission on Human Rights regarding the disproportionate impact of the adult content ban on LGBTQ+ users. |
| 2021 |
BigBlueButton
Version 2.3 was released, marking the first version recommending using a proprietary MongoDB version while remaining compatible with the free software 3.4 MongoDB.
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| 2021 | WordPress Version 5.7 was released, which contained over 2,000 hooks in its plugin system at that time. |
| 2021 | Endurance International Group merged with Web.com to form Newfold Digital, making Bluehost a subsidiary of the new company. |
| 2021 |
Ispmanager
ispmanager 6 was released, featuring interface optimization, improved software updates, and resource monitoring. The new version included an updated APS repository and Ansible support, offering enhanced web server control panel capabilities for website owners and hosting providers.
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| December 14 2021 | Matt Mullenweg announced the WordPress Photo Directory at the State of the Word 2021 event, introducing an open-source image directory aimed at providing an alternative to closed image banks with restrictive licensing terms. |
| September 22 2021 | Tumblr discontinued the group chat feature. |
| August 2021 |
Yoast SEO
Acquired by Newfold Digital, the parent company of hosting provider Bluehost.
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| July 21 2021 | Tumblr launched Post+ for beta users, allowing bloggers to monetize their content. |
| 2020 |
BigBlueButton
BigBlueButton is adopted by multiple FLOSS-focused non-profits, including Wikimedia Australia, Constant vzw, and new cooperatives like The Online Meeting Cooperative in Catalonia.
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| 2020 |
BigBlueButton
Project released BigBlueButton 2.2, a full rewrite of the client and server to support HTML5.
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| 2020 | Planned first WordCamp Asia was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| September 2020 |
Yoast SEO
Yoast became the main sponsor of professional basketball club Yoast United, competing in the BNXT League.
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| June 2020 |
Yoast SEO
Acquired the Duplicate Post plugin with over 3 million users, and its original developer Enrico Battocchi joined Yoast as a senior developer.
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| May 2020 |
BigBlueButton
The Digital Interministry Direction in France recommends BigBlueButton for state information and communication systems.
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| May 2020 | Tumblr announced a policy to remove reblogs of terminated hate speech posts, specifically targeting Nazi and white supremacist content. |
| March 2020 |
BigBlueButton
BigBlueButton 2.2 was awarded by the President of the ENTD, Pasquale Aiello, as the best web conferencing system and used in the UNIOPEN project, approved by the European Commission for Digital Skills and Job Coalition action plan.
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| 2019 | First WordCamp Nordic was held in the Nordic region. |
| 2019 |
Nofollow
WordPress announced plans to convert all blog comments to use the rel='ugc' attribute, helping to distinguish user-generated content links.
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| November 2019 | Tumblr introduced 'group chats', ephemeral chat rooms where posts would disappear after 24 hours. |
| September 10 2019 |
Nofollow
Google announced two new link relationship attributes: rel='sponsored' for advertisements and sponsorships, and rel='ugc' for user-generated content. These attributes provide additional ways for webmasters to qualify outbound hyperlinks beyond the existing nofollow attribute.
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| August 12 2019 | Verizon Media announced the sale of Tumblr to Automattic for less than $3 million, marking a significant ownership transition for the platform. |
| May 2019 | Reports emerged that Verizon was considering selling Tumblr due to continued struggles, with Pornhub's vice president publicly expressing interest in purchasing the site. |
| March 2019 | SimilarWeb estimated Tumblr had lost 30% of its user traffic since the new content policy was implemented. |
| January 2019 | WebsitePlanet discovered a client-side vulnerability in Bluehost, affecting multiple major hosting companies including DreamHost, HostGator, iPage, and OVH. |
| 2018 | Kotaku reporter Gita Jackson publicly criticized Tumblr, describing the platform as a 'joyless black hole' and highlighting how the site's design and community dynamics lead to toxic fandom behaviors and inhibit constructive discourse. |
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