Terms of Service Change Log
- 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.