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WordPress.com, the Automattic web hosting platform, has just announced that the free, open source application Sync for local development can now be directly integrated with WordPress.com hosting. The new sync feature simplifies the process of developing a website on the desktop, then releasing it when it’s ready to deploy.
WordPress.com hosting
WordPress.com is a WordPress web hosting and publishing platform that offers free and paid tiers, plus affordable domain name registrations. WordPress.com is a for-profit company owned by Automattic. Their slogan is “Everything you need to build and develop any website – all in one place”, and with this new feature, that slogan has never been truer.
The new feature is available to WordPress.com users on the paid Business plan or higher.
According to the announcement, the new features bring the following benefits to users:
- “Push and Pull with Ease: You can keep your local Studio websites connected to your WordPress.com site, so pushing or pulling will be as easy as clicking a button.
- Flexible synchronization: With complete freedom, you can connect a WordPress.com site to multiple Studio sites.
- Team Collaboration: Multiple developers can connect a local Studio site to a shared WordPress.com site, making it easy to push and pull changes as a team.
- Sync to and from Staging: If using test websites is part of your development workflow, you can now easily transfer from your local Studio site to your WordPress.com staging site.
- One-Click Bliss: No need to worry about printing out a database, manually syncing files via SFTP, or performing other monotonous manual steps. Synchronize your local and hosted sites at any time with just one click.”
Studio is available for both Mac and Windows desktop environments.
Read the announcement:
Build Locally, Deploy Globally: Meet Studio Sync for WordPress.com
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