{"slug": "wordpress-com-ai-addendum-changed-review", "title": "WordPress.com — ai-addendum changed (review)", "summary": "WordPress.com changed its AI addendum between 15 Oct 2026 and 15 Nov 2026, with 40 paragraph-level edits across two archived copies of the page, according to a review of the two versions captured 30 days apart. The changes touch opt-outs (10 paragraphs), what's collected (1), sub-processors (8) and training (6), including revised wording for the \"Prevent third-party sharing\" checkbox that site owners tick to exclude public content from AI training and third-party licensing. The addendum now directs owners of multiple sites to update that setting for each site individually.", "body_md": "Notable change\n\n# WordPress.com's AI addendum changed\n\n8 paragraphs changed between 15 Oct 2026 and 15 Nov 2026, touching opt-outs, what's collected, sub-processors and training. Below is every paragraph added or removed, from two archived copies of the page. Nothing here is a written summary.\n\nThe record\n\n- Between 15 Oct 2026 and 15 Nov 2026\n- 15 Nov 2026, 08:07 UTC\n- [15 Oct 2026](https://isittrainingonme.com/evidence/wordpress/3a8b1b6c3879/2026-10-15T21-11-02Z/) and[15 Nov 2026](https://isittrainingonme.com/evidence/wordpress/3a8b1b6c3879/2026-11-15T08-07-56Z/) , 30 days apart\n- opt-outs (10), what's collected (1), sub-processors (8), training (6)\n- 40\n\n[The full verdict on WordPress.com](https://isittrainingonme.com/app/wordpress/)\n\n## What actually changed\n\nThe \" Prevent third-party sharing \" option can be used to restrict your site's content from AI training and third-party use. To opt out of sharing your site's public content with third parties (including AI models): Select the Public option and then tick the \" Prevent third-party sharing \" checkbox We work with various third-party partners who license content, including companies and researchers looking to understand content across the web. This collaboration helps us foster innovation and encourage research into new areas. We provide a simple way to opt out of this content sharing, including with AI platforms that use content for model training.\n\nYou can also change this setting from the SEO page . Navigate to Jetpack → SEO , click the Settings tab, and turn the \" Allow search engines to index this site \" toggle in the Site visibility section on or off. Both places control the same setting, so changing it in one place changes it in the other. If your site is in Coming Soon mode, the toggle stays off until you launch your site. We work with various third-party partners who license content, including companies and researchers looking to understand content across the web. This collaboration helps us foster innovation and encourage research into new areas. We provide a simple way to opt out of your content being shared in this way, including with AI platforms that use content for model training.\n\nIf you manage multiple websites that you wish to exclude from AI training and third-party use, make sure to update the \"Prevent third-party sharing\" setting for each site.\n\nIf you manage multiple websites that you wish to exclude from this use, make sure to update the \"Prevent third-party sharing\" setting for each site. To adjust this setting: Select the Public option and then tick the \" Prevent third-party sharing \" checkbox", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/wordpress-com-ai-addendum-changed-review", "canonical_source": "https://isittrainingonme.com/changes/2026-11-15T08-07-56-wordpress-ai-addendum/", "published_at": "2026-11-15 08:07:56+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-15 08:51:29.653566+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "generative-ai", "ai-crawlers"], "entities": ["WordPress.com", "Jetpack"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/wordpress-com-ai-addendum-changed-review", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/wordpress-com-ai-addendum-changed-review.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/wordpress-com-ai-addendum-changed-review.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/wordpress-com-ai-addendum-changed-review.jsonld"}}