July 7, 2009
Added “not pornographic” to paragraph 2 “Responsibility of Contributors”.

December 18, 2010
Added automatic renewal section to paragraph 3 “Payment and Renewal”.

February 1, 2011
Clarified procedure regarding termination of repeat infringers in paragraph 7.

April 27, 2011
Added “Advertisements” paragraph to clarify our ad policy.

May 17, 2011
Added “Friends of WordPress.com Themes” paragraph.

September 9, 2011
Added “Domain Names” paragraph.

October 17, 2011
Added “Firehose” paragraph.

March 6, 2012
Clarified definition of Website with addition of “Jetpack by WordPress.com”.

April 6, 2012
Added “Attribution” paragraph to clarify our attribution policy.

November 12, 2012
Replaced VIP Services terms and conditions with cross references to VIP Hosting/Support and VIP Support services terms and conditions, located at vip.wordpress.com; removed “towards individuals or entities” from prohibition against threats of violence in Section 2.

June 12, 2013
Edited “Attribution” paragraph to specify that footer credits and the WordPress.com toolbar may not be altered.

July 3, 2014
Elaborated on licensing with regards to Firehose, clarified our impersonation policy, added reblogging language, and removed our right to unilaterally change the Terms of Service.

July 15, 2014
Added “Translation” section.

September 2, 2014
Removed old non-retina Creative Commons graphic, added a link instead. Made this list bullets. Linked ad policy in April 27 changelog bullet.

October 8, 2014
Added “Google Apps” Section.

January 30, 2015
Cleaned up section 2 and added reference to User Guidelines, added additional language regarding our age requirement, updated link to the agreement in Section 13, and created a separate page for the change log.

February 5, 2015
Specified Automattic/Aut O’Mattic as contracting entities for US and non US based users, respectively.

February 18, 2015
Consolidated the use of ‘web site’ and ‘website’ for consistency. Updated Creative Commons license from 3.0 to 4.0.

June 19, 2015
Added a link to our refund policy.

June 30, 2015
Inserted ‘U.S. Economic Sanctions clause’.

September 23, 2015
Cleaned up language, reorganized sections, and added terms for VaultPress. See full details here.

December 18, 2015
Updated Section 1 to clarify that the section and User Guidelines apply not only to user Content, but also to conduct. See full details here.

January 19, 2016
Updated Section 8 to include additional links to ICANN resources and registrar terms. See full details here.

April 12, 2016
Added “Web Traffic” clause to Section 1. See full details here.

July 1, 2016
Updated Section 8. See full details here.

July 12, 2016
Updated ‘Attribution’ section. See full details here.

October 6, 2016
Updated Sections 1 and 9. See full details here.

December 19, 2016
Specified Automattic Inc. as the contracting entity for users based in Brazil. See full details here.

January 17, 2017
Added a Jetpack-specific section. See full details here.

March 10, 2017
Updated Section 4. See full details here.

April 6, 2017
Updated Section 4. See full details here.

May 3, 2017
Moved information from the Miscellaneous section to newly created sections 14 and 15. See full details here.

August 7, 2017
Added terms specific to the store feature and a separate section for third party services. See full details here.

August 22, 2017
Updated the Store section to cover all ecommerce activities. See full details here.

September 28, 2017
Updated section 10 (“Domains”) to include links to support pages outlining the domain expiration process and fees associated with domain registrations, renewals, and redemptions. See full details here.

October 5, 2017
Added section 3 (“WooCommerce Services”). See full details here.

October 11, 2017
Removed the year associated with ICANN’s Registrar Accreditation Agreement in Section 11. See full details here.

October 26, 2017
Updated all link text to be more descriptive of the link contents.

December 13, 2017
Copy edits to Section 11 (“Domain Names”). See full details here.

December 22, 2017
Added mention of PCI Compliance in section about ecommerce, for the sake of clarity. See full details here.

January 31, 2018
Combined two sections (one about ecommerce on WordPress.com and the other about WooCommerce Services) into a more general ecommerce section. See full details here.

May 25, 2018
Added details about “designated countries,” adjusted age requirements, removed Firehose terms, consolidated payment terms, and other cleanup. See full details here.

December 17, 2018
Clarified billing practices, added more information about taxes, explained Automattic-owned subdomains and rules surrounding them, added a reference to Jetpack’s service guidelines, and made some minor updates to sections 5 and 21. See full details here.

April 1, 2019
Revised and reorganized language throughout to help simplify the terms, and incorporated information on Happy Tools. See full details here.

April 5, 2019
Revised the Domain Names section to reflect the new process for determining which domain name registration agreement applies to a domain. See full details here.

May 8, 2019
Added a sentence to make it clear that we do not claim ownership to content posted by users on WordPress.com. See full details here.

May 31, 2019
Updated the “Fees, Payment, and Renewal” and “Ecommerce Services” sections for Recurring Payments. See full details here.

July 11, 2019
Miscellaneous changes throughout, including updates to sections 5 (Fees, Payment, and Renewal), 7 (Specific Service Terms), 13 (Termination), and 17 (Limitation of Liability). See full details here.

November 4, 2019
A few miscellaneous changes, including the addition of a Data Processing Agreement section and a No-Show Policy. See full details here.

January 30, 2020
Added some clarification relating to Jetpack and domain names, and incorporated an additional domain name registration agreement. See full details here.

February 13, 2020
Added a reference to our new WooCommerce Guidelines for CBD and Other Hemp-Derived Products. See full details here.

February 21, 2020
Updated for WooCommerce Payments. See full details here.

May 21, 2020
Updated the section about WooCommerce Payments and added references to other products and programs. See full details here.

July 9, 2020
Renamed some ecommerce features. See full details here.

August 11, 2020
Updated the Ecommerce Services and Automattic Fees sections with additional details, and to cover new features. See full details here.

October 12, 2020
Added a new carrier to the Shipping Services section and renamed WooCommerce Services (now called WooCommerce Shipping & Tax). See full details here.

October 29, 2020
Updated the Automattic Fees section now that we’ve introduced a monthly billing option. See full details here.

January 1, 2021
Added new WooCommerce specific entities. Updated to include Jetpack CRM, Prospress and AutomateWoo, and MailPoet. See full details here.

January 25, 2021
Updated the Automattic Fees and Specific Service Terms sections to cover new email service option. See full details here.

March 30, 2021
Updated the G Suite information to also include references to Google Workspace. See full details here.

May 5, 2021
Updated the link to the fees for the Payment feature doc. See full details here.

June 25, 2021
Updated the WooCommerce Payments section to include details about our In-Person Payments feature. See full details here.

July 7, 2021
Removed a requirement relating to WooCommerce Payments. See full details here.

October 17, 2021
Updated language to cover WooCommerce In-Person Payments and WordPress.com Courses. See full details here.

November 22, 2021
Updated for WPScan. See full details here.

April 26, 2022
Updated for WooPay. See full details here.

July 5, 2022
Miscellaneous updates and clarifications, including removal of section 16 (Arbitration Agreement) and updates to include certain European user rights. See full details here.

March 3, 2023
Miscellaneous updates, like adding USPS’s Privacy Act Statement, incorporating our advertising policy, and making clear that Jetpack services are available through various plugins. See full details here.

June 4, 2023
Added sections for AI features and Built By WordPress.com Express. See full details here.

October 31, 2023
Miscellaneous updates and clarifications, including changing instances of “WooCommerce” to “Woo.” See full details here.

December 28, 2023
Miscellaneous updates, including clarifications to European users’ right to withdrawal as well as our relationship with third-party services sold via Woo.com and WordPress.com. See full details here.

April 22, 2024
Miscellaneous updates and clarifications, including the addition of Studio and changing instands of “Woo.com” to “WooCommerce.com”. See full details here.

June 18, 2024
Updated for Blaze Pro. See full details here.