WordPress Now Allows for Text Message Controls

Sites include WordPress.com . Published on October 11th, 2010. Written by SiteTrail.

A new upgrade to the ever popular blogging platform, WordPress announced today the ability to use SMS text messaging to receive notifications if users are added or removed, the theme is changed, or privacy settings are changed. These three SMS offers are free, but WordPress is also offering an upgraded service for $20 a year for an upgraded service.

The upgraded service allows you to protect your blog with a two-step login process, allow you to get notified of new comments and moderate them via text message, get a notification when a post is published, and add a new post via text message.

Here’s what a text message will look like when your theme is changed:

And what a moderated comment text message will look like: