WordPress.com Changelog: A New Telegram Bot and Complimentary Newsletter Subscriptions

March 28–April 11, 2026

Welcome back to the WordPress.com changelog! 

We’ve had a packed two weeks of updates, including launching an alpha version of a new Telegram bot, shipping a cleaner way to manage AI agent tool access, expanding Studio Sync access, and adding a way to offer complimentary paid newsletter subscriptions to your subscribers.

AI

Message your WordPress on Telegram

Most people don’t run their business from a desktop. They’re in meetings, on the go, in the middle of a dozen other things — and when something needs to happen on their website, opening a browser on a computer and navigating the correct dashboard or page isn’t always possible. Good ideas get lost, quick fixes get postponed, and routine tasks pile up fast.

The new WordPress agent bot for Telegram is built for exactly that. Chat with your WordPress.com site on Telegram to publish posts, check your stats, find a domain, or fix a typo — from your phone in seconds. Now in alpha, and limits may apply based on your site’s plan.

We debuted it at WordCamp Asia this week — publishing posts and images about the event, straight from our phones, no browser needed. Learn more and try it yourself today.

MCP controls: tighter layout and per-site access

Enabling and disabling MCP tools just got more streamlined. Read and write tools are displayed on their own pages, and specific controls are categorized by site area, like Posts, Pages, and Account.

You can also now enable MCP access and tooling on a per-site basis by going to Sites → Your specific site → Settings → External AI agent access.

Development

Studio Sync now available on Personal and Premium plans in WordPress Studio

Studio Sync — which lets you sync a locally developed site from the WordPress Studio desktop app to and from your live WordPress.com sites — is now available on all paid plans, including Personal and Premium.

Learn more about developing your WordPress.com sites locally with Studio in our documentation.

Newsletters

Give subscribers complimentary access to your paid newsletter

Newsletter publishers can now grant individual subscribers complimentary paid-tier access — no credit card required on their end. From your Subscribers screen, you can assign a specific subscriber complimentary access, choose which paid plan level they get, and remove it at any time.

Fixes and improvements

We also shipped additional reliability and polish updates across WordPress.com this week, including:

• Adding a breadcrumb trail to detail pages in your site stats to make it easier to navigate backward to previously visited pages.
• Fixing an issue that prevented newsletter publishers with a single billing interval from completing a subscriber import.
• Fixing a crash that could prevent images from loading in the editor on some sites.

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