Automattic has launched a new AI-powered writing assistant for WordPress. The assistant can write blog posts, correct grammar, translate content, and chat with the author among various features.
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Automattic announced that users with business-level accounts on the popular WordPress.com platform can now install plugins and third-party themes built by the WordPress community.
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People using WordPress as their CMS and Google Docs as their preferred writing platform can now integrate the two via a new add-on. This allows you to post directly from the latter to the former.
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