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date: 2026-03-13
link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/wordpress-debuts-a-private-workspace-that-runs-in-your-browser-via-a-new-service-my-wordpress-net/
title: WordPress debuts a private workspace in your browser
cited: TechCrunch

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15 year's ago this would have been very useful as a developer using WordPress as an engine for a heavily modified and custom plugin extended website for testing and raid development, but today...

Not so much `Bundle exec Jekyll serve` does it all these days

> WordPress's publishing software can now run entirely in the web browser, the organization behind the open source publishing software [announced](https://wordpress.org/news/2026/03/announcing-my-wordpress/) on Wednesday. Through a new service called [my.WordPress.net](https://my.wordpress.net/), the WordPress software lets users set up a site and begin publishing without signing up, setting up a hosting plan, or registering a domain. Instead, the new solution leverages the same technology that powers WordPress demos and makes it available as a permanent, personal publishing platform.
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> There is a big caveat to running WordPress this way: The sites set up on my.WordPress.net are private by default and not accessible from the public internet.
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> "They aren't optimized for traffic, discovery, or presentation, and they don't need to be," a [blog post](https://wordpress.org/news/2026/03/announcing-my-wordpress/)introducing the new service explains. "Instead, WordPress becomes a personal environment where ideas can exist before they are ready to be shared, or where they may never be shared at all."