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Just come to WP.com and we'll run it super-fast, auto-updated, and secure for $25/mo.

by photomatt 3y ago

ushakov 3y ago
Didn’t know you owned that domain. How/when did you get it?
- program 3y ago
  It's Matt. Automattic CEO.
  - ushakov 3y ago
    I know. Still curious about the 2-letter .com though
    - photomatt 3y ago
      Domains are my vice. Also have w.org. Ma.tt. I would rather have a cool IP address (like Cloudflare's) or domain than a fancy car or boat.
      - deleted 3y ago
        [deleted]
      - b0ner_t0ner 3y ago
        When are .wp TLDs coming?
        swissspidy 3y ago
        They already own .blog
      - nullcipher 3y ago
        The link in your profile doesnt work - http://www.justin.tv/startupschool/b/298808177 http://www.justin.tv/startupschool/b/298808177
        1f60c 3y ago
        I assume it's this: https://twitch.tv/videos/45877747 https://twitch.tv/videos/45877747
        photomatt 3y ago
        Nice! Updated profile.
    - dboreham 3y ago
      There was a time when you could register one and two letter domains.
      - rob 3y ago
        And a time in the 90s when they were actually free. :-)
goldenkey 3y ago
Does wordpress.com used a forked version? Last time I remember that the custom themes were limited for the hosted solution. Maybe this was for performance reasons?
- photomatt 3y ago
  On the business plan (25/mo) you can run any plugin or theme, or custom code. You also have full SSH/SFTP and wp-cli access.
  - sogen 3y ago
    Can it run custom plugins?
    - Vindl 3y ago
      Yes. You can deploy your custom plugins and themes.
  - rob 3y ago
    That plan actually looks really reasonable. I'm pretty sure when I last looked at it many years ago that stuff wasn't possible. Thanks for WordPress - it's great. I think I first started 'using' it around 2006/2007ish.
- poliuk 3y ago
  It's not a fork, is WordPress running on the best infrastructure possible: http://wordpress.com/hosting http://wordpress.com/hosting
jameshush 3y ago
I don’t work for Automattic but after spending years trying to “save money” on wordpress hosting I agree just spend the extra cash for a proper managed soloution. Life is too short to spend optimizing page load for your marketing site when its already a solved problem
michelb 3y ago
I've got a client using LearnDash, BuddyBoss, WPML, ACF and Woo for their subscription platform. It's dog-slow on the uncached pages, even on a very beefy server with only 5 concurrent users, choking the database apparently. Serving only 2 countries so don't need a CDN per se. (Why) Would this be faster on wp.com?
- nagpai 3y ago
  You should certainly give it a shot.
rpgbr 3y ago
I just noticed WP.com Business tier exists recently. It’s a no-brain, indeed. On Thursday I signed with you guys and planning to move my site today. (Wish me luck!) Moving will save me ~90% of what I was paying for a managed VPS.
WhackyIdeas 3y ago
There is a worry that I have about switching to a company like yours… What really happens if you decided you didn’t like the products a website sold? …Would you give them the time to move and take their backups with then or would you immediately hit the delete button on their data? These are the reasons we switched to self-hosted Wordpress in the beginning. You don’t need to be on HN for long each day to see the same stories being told continuously about how the big guys treat the wee people.

Just come to WP.com and we'll run it super-fast, auto-updated, and secure for $25/mo.

ushakov 3y ago

Didn’t know you owned that domain. How/when did you get it?

program 3y ago
It's Matt. Automattic CEO.
- ushakov 3y ago
  I know. Still curious about the 2-letter .com though
  - photomatt 3y ago
    Domains are my vice. Also have w.org. Ma.tt. I would rather have a cool IP address (like Cloudflare's) or domain than a fancy car or boat.
    - deleted 3y ago
      [deleted]
    - b0ner_t0ner 3y ago
      When are .wp TLDs coming?
      - swissspidy 3y ago
        They already own .blog
    - nullcipher 3y ago
      The link in your profile doesnt work - http://www.justin.tv/startupschool/b/298808177 http://www.justin.tv/startupschool/b/298808177
      - 1f60c 3y ago
        I assume it's this: https://twitch.tv/videos/45877747 https://twitch.tv/videos/45877747
        photomatt 3y ago
        Nice! Updated profile.
  - dboreham 3y ago
    There was a time when you could register one and two letter domains.
    - rob 3y ago
      And a time in the 90s when they were actually free. :-)

goldenkey 3y ago

Does wordpress.com used a forked version? Last time I remember that the custom themes were limited for the hosted solution. Maybe this was for performance reasons?

photomatt 3y ago
On the business plan (25/mo) you can run any plugin or theme, or custom code. You also have full SSH/SFTP and wp-cli access.
- sogen 3y ago
  Can it run custom plugins?
  - Vindl 3y ago
    Yes. You can deploy your custom plugins and themes.
- rob 3y ago
  That plan actually looks really reasonable. I'm pretty sure when I last looked at it many years ago that stuff wasn't possible. Thanks for WordPress - it's great. I think I first started 'using' it around 2006/2007ish.
poliuk 3y ago
It's not a fork, is WordPress running on the best infrastructure possible: http://wordpress.com/hosting http://wordpress.com/hosting

jameshush 3y ago

I don’t work for Automattic but after spending years trying to “save money” on wordpress hosting I agree just spend the extra cash for a proper managed soloution. Life is too short to spend optimizing page load for your marketing site when its already a solved problem

michelb 3y ago

I've got a client using LearnDash, BuddyBoss, WPML, ACF and Woo for their subscription platform. It's dog-slow on the uncached pages, even on a very beefy server with only 5 concurrent users, choking the database apparently. Serving only 2 countries so don't need a CDN per se. (Why) Would this be faster on wp.com?

nagpai 3y ago
You should certainly give it a shot.

rpgbr 3y ago

I just noticed WP.com Business tier exists recently. It’s a no-brain, indeed. On Thursday I signed with you guys and planning to move my site today. (Wish me luck!) Moving will save me ~90% of what I was paying for a managed VPS.

WhackyIdeas 3y ago

There is a worry that I have about switching to a company like yours… What really happens if you decided you didn’t like the products a website sold? …Would you give them the time to move and take their backups with then or would you immediately hit the delete button on their data? These are the reasons we switched to self-hosted Wordpress in the beginning. You don’t need to be on HN for long each day to see the same stories being told continuously about how the big guys treat the wee people.