I’ve got something to share and I want to be straightforward about it.
I’m starting a sponsored project with A8c until the end of 2026, working specifically with WordPress.com. Through my YouTube channel, I’ll be publishing a series of videos focused on WordPress.com how to use it, how to set up a website with it, and how to get the most out of it as a regular user.
That’s the short version. Here’s a bit more context.
What this partnership with WordPractually involves
The content will be aimed primarily at everyday WordPress.com users, people setting up a website for the first time, or getting to grips with what the platform can do. It’s a side of WordPress I don’t cover as often, and honestly, it’s one I think deserves more attention.
WordPress.com is sometimes dismissed in developer circles as the “easy” version of WordPress, the one you use before you graduate to self-hosted. I’ve never quite agreed with that framing. It’s a genuinely capable platform for a lot of use cases, and plenty of people run perfectly good websites on it without ever needing to touch a server. There’s nothing wrong with that.
Having used WordPress for well over 20 years now, from building and deploying sites professionally to just using it as a platform to publish things, I’m in a decent position to talk about it from both ends. That’s part of why this project feels like a natural fit rather than a stretch.
What it doesn’t mean
It doesn’t mean I’m stepping away from the more technical side of things.
My usual WordPress content… blocks, themes, development workflows, the bits that are useful if you’re actually building with WordPress… that continues. The two things will run alongside each other, not replace one another.
I think it’s worth being clear about that, because I know a fair chunk of you are here for the developer-facing stuff. That’s not going anywhere.
What I’d love from you
If there’s something specific you’d like to see covered on the WordPress.com side… whether that’s setting up a particular kind of site, understanding how features work, or anything else around using WordPress.com as a regular user, leave a comment here on elliottrichmond.co.uk. I’d rather make videos that are actually useful to people than fill a series with content nobody asked for.
You can find my YouTube channel here and follow along from there. If you’re not subscribed already, now’s a decent time, and turning on notifications means you’ll catch videos as soon as they go up.
I’m genuinely looking forward to this one. More soon.
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