WordPress.com Changelog: Easily Migrate Your Site and Get Developer Tools on Every Paid Plan

WordPress.com's October 30–November 12, 2026 changelog announced that SSH, SFTP, WP-CLI, Git commands and GitHub Deployments are now available on every paid plan, including Personal and Premium, rather than only Business and above. The Automattic-owned platform also added a migration service at wordpress.com/move that moves sites from Wix, Squarespace, other AI providers or WordPress hosts in the background, with a free manual move or refund if an automated move fails. WordPress.com further expanded the abilities of connected AIs such as ChatGPT and Claude through MCP settings, and consolidated SEO controls under Jetpack → SEO on Premium, Business and Commerce plans with a new GEO tab for choosing which AI crawlers can access a site and generating an llms.txt file.

October 30 – November 12, 2026 Welcome back to the WordPress.com changelog This round is about giving you more control over your site, whether you’re moving in, building out, or handing the busywork to your AI. We’ll move your Wix, Squarespace, or AI-built site to WordPress.com Moving to WordPress.com just got a lot easier. If you own a site on Wix, Squarespace, another AI provider or WordPress host, you can just paste your site’s address into wordpress.com/move http://wordpress.com/move?ref=blog , pick a plan that suits your needs, and we move it for you. The move runs in the background, and you get an email when it’s done. If a move doesn’t work, our team moves your site for free, or you get your money back. Learn more in our blog post: Moving your site used to mean starting over. Not anymore. https://wordpress.com/blog/2026/11/12/move-to-wordpress/ SSH, WP-CLI, and GitHub Deployments now come with Personal and Premium plans The developer tools you rely on are no longer just for Business plans and above. On any paid plan, you can now connect over SSH https://wordpress.com/support/ssh/ or SFTP https://wordpress.com/support/sftp/ , run WP-CLI and Git commands, and deploy from GitHub https://wordpress.com/support/github-deployments/ . If a plugin breaks your site, you can fix it yourself instead of waiting on support. To get started, turn on hosting features in your site’s settings https://wordpress.com/support/activate-your-plan/ . Manage more of your site from your AI If you’ve connected an AI like ChatGPT https://wp.me/chatgpt or Claude https://wp.me/claude to your WordPress.com site, it can now help you with more of the behind the scenes work on your site. Your AI now has access to more abilities like: - Domains and email - Update your domain’s contact details and privacy settings - Set up domain and email forwarding - View your site’s SSL settings and update DNSSEC - Site management - Change your site address - Start a site ownership transfer - Delete or reset a site - Import content from an export file - View and change a site’s PHP and WordPress versions - Read a site’s server logs - Developer tools - List the SSH keys on your account - Deploy GitHub repositories to your sites - Migrate an existing WordPress site to WordPress.com - Growth and reach - Turn on and manage WordAds - Connect a site to social services - Reader and notifications - Search Reader feeds - Mark notifications as read or unread - Account and privacy - Update your privacy preferences - Access your WordPress.com account settings You decide how much you want to control and share in your MCP AI settings https://my.wordpress.com/me/preferences/mcp . And remember: any WordPress.com user can work on their site with an AI right now https://wordpress.com/blog/2026/11/03/free-chatgpt-claude/ Manage SEO and AI crawler settings in one place Your SEO settings now live together under Jetpack → SEO on Premium, Business, and Commerce plans. Set your site and author identity, spot missing SEO details, and choose which AI crawlers can access your site from the new GEO tab. You can also generate an llms.txt file for AI tools. Learn more in our blog post: SEO tools for search and AI https://wordpress.com/blog/2026/11/10/seo-tools-search-ai/ Fixes and improvements We’ve shipped additional reliability and polish updates across WordPress.com, including: - Fixing the editor crash on older browsers. GitHub PR https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/pull/54446 - Renaming “Paid until” to “Renews on” in your domains list so you understand when your payment will process again. GitHub PR https://github.com/Automattic/wp-calypso/pull/116319 - Showing a loading state while two-step authentication backup codes generate. GitHub PR https://github.com/Automattic/wp-calypso/pull/116582 - Keeping your image’s title, caption, description, and alt text if you revert to the original photo. GitHub PR https://github.com/Automattic/wp-calypso/pull/116420