Ian M. posted: " Three new hosting management tools give you direct access to your site's files and data. Have a site on a Business or eCommerce plan? Now you have three new ways to customize your WordPress.com site: SFTP access, database access, and PHP version switc"
Three new hosting management tools give you direct access to your site's files and data.
Have a site on a Business or eCommerce plan? Now you have three new ways to customize your WordPress.com site: SFTP access, database access, and PHP version switching give you behind-the-scenes access to the nuts and bolts of your site, which means more freedom and flexibility than ever before. If you've ever gotten stuck trying to modify your WordPress.com site because you couldn't manually upload file changes or delete something from your database, website management is about to get a lot easier.
You'll find all these features in a new section of your dashboard: Manage > Hosting Configuration.
The Hosting Configuration Screen
SFTP credentials
SFTP is a secure way to access the files and folders on your WordPress.com site using a program on your local computer like Filezilla. Some custom plugins and themes ask you to create specific folders or add files via SFTP. While many of those tasks can be accomplished with tools already built into your WordPress.com dashboard, folks who like using SFTP can now have SFTP access so they can make these changes directly. Check out our step-by-step guide to get started.
Database access
At WordPress.com, we regularly optimize your database so you don't have to, but there might still be times when you need an efficient way to modify data, like purging all the tables created by a plugin you've decided to delete. Accessing your site's database is an effective way to do this.
Database access is a powerful tool, so if you're at all unsure about working with a database, reach out to our Happiness Engineers! If you're unfamiliar with databases, you can also find information on getting started in our help documentation.
PHP version switching
PHP is still one of the key languages used to build the web, and a new version, PHP 7.4, was recently released. WordPress.com sites currently run PHP 7.3, which has been tested extensively across all of WordPress.com, but sites on Business or eCommerce plans can switch to version 7.4 immediately. Learn more.
Since these new tools let you dig into some of the code and data the powers your site, you'll find a link for our support team right from the dashboard so you can get help if you need it. Have fun getting under the hood, power users!
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Andrija Vucinic posted: " PHP is still one of the most popular languages used to build the web. The newest version, PHP 7.4, was released today — and Business and eCommerce plan customers can opt to start using it immediately. WordPress.com sites run PHP 7.3 by default — it's "
PHP is still one of the most popular languages used to build the web. The newest version, PHP 7.4, was released today — and Business and eCommerce plan customers can opt to start using it immediately.
WordPress.com sites run PHP 7.3 by default — it's still our recommended version, since it's been stress-tested across all of WordPress.com — but if you have a site on the Business or eCommerce plan and want to be on the leading technological edge, you can opt to switch to version 7.4 immediately.
Head to My Site > Manage > Hosting Configuration to find the new PHP Version Switcher:
Choose which version of PHP you want your site to run on, click the "Update PHP version" button, and voilà .
(Note: All sites with eCommerce plans can make the switch right now. Sites on the Business plan need to have either an active plugin or a custom theme to use the PHP Version Switcher.)
PHP's evolved with each version 7 release, and PHP 7.4 promises to have the strongest performance yet. It will eventually power all WordPress.com sites, but Business and eCommerce customers can take advantage of the update today!
Artur Piszek posted: " It's hard to be creative when you're worried about money. Running ads on your site helps, but for many creators, ad revenue isn't enough. Top publishers and creators sustain their businesses by building reliable income streams through ongoing contributio"
It's hard to be creative when you're worried about money. Running ads on your site helps, but for many creators, ad revenue isn't enough. Top publishers and creators sustain their businesses by building reliable income streams through ongoing contributions.
Our new Recurring Payments feature for WordPress.com and Jetpack-powered sites lets you do just that: it's a monetization tool for content creators who want to collect repeat contributions from their supporters, and it's available with any paid plan on WordPress.com.
Let your followers support you with periodic, scheduled payments. Charge for your weekly newsletter, accept monthly donations, sell yearly access to exclusive content — and do it all with an automated payment system.
With recurring payments, you can:
Accept ongoing payments from visitors directly on your site.
Bill supporters automatically, on a set schedule. Subscribers can cancel anytime from their WordPress.com account.
Offer ongoing subscriptions, site memberships, monthly donations, and more, growing your fan base with exclusive content.
Integrate your site with Stripe to process payments and collect funds.
Enable Recurring Payments in three steps
Start accepting ongoing payments in just five minutes, without any technical background.
1. Connect (or create) a Stripe account
WordPress.com partners with Stripe, one of the internet's biggest payment processors, to make sure transactions are fast and secure. You'll need a Stripe account to use Recurring Payments.
Head to your Earn page and click Connect Stripe to Get Started -- we'll walk you through the setup and help you create a Stripe account if you don't have one.
2. Put a Recurring Payments button on your site
Recurring Payments takes advantage of the powerful block editor. To start collecting revenue, open a post or page, click the (+) to add a new block, and insert a Recurring Payments button.
3. Customize the details of the recurring payment
You can create as many payment plans for your site as you'd like—different currencies, amounts, payment frequencies, and names, so you can offer different tiers or subscriptions.
You can also choose one of your previously created plans when you insert a new button.
Bravo!
You just set up Recurring Payments for your site. Now your fans can support you, just like they do on Longreads.com and around the web.
With Recurring Payments, you can turn your content into revenue, accept donations, or fund your next big idea.
Sell access to members-only newsletters.
Collect club membership dues automatically.
Let fans fund your next art project.
Some people even collect rent with recurring payments!
Recurring payments is the latest addition to the monetizing tools found on WordPress.com. Here are the other tools you can find by visiting WordPress.com/earn.
Use Simple Payments to take one-time payments, or to sell digital or physical products with minimal configuration.
Add WordAds to run advertisements on your site, and earn revenue from your traffic.
Move to WooCommerce when you're ready to create a full shopping experience for visitors — it's the most customizable online-store platform on the web, with thousands of extensions.
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