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The Laravel Test Assertions package is a set of helpful assertions for testing Laravel applications.
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A chrome extension to show PHP (Laravel) devtools console
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In this episode, Eric Barnes sits down with Zuzana to explore the power of community in tech and her journey building Larabelles
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If you’ve been running a newsletter on Substack, you might be feeling some growing pains. Maybe you’re watching those 10% fees eat into your revenue as your subscriber base grows. Perhaps you’re hitting the limits of Substack’s customization options. Or you might be concerned about truly owning your content and audience data.
Whatever the reason for exploring alternatives, WordPress.com’s Newsletter feature offers a compelling alternative that addresses these concerns while providing a clear path for growth. And now, with our comprehensive import tools, migrating from Substack to WordPress.com is easier than ever.
Bring your newsletter to WordPress.comWe’ve created a straightforward migration process that makes it easy to bring both your content and subscribers to WordPress.com.
Bring your existing posts with our importer tool. This tool preserves your entire publishing history, including images, formatting, and post metadata. Your archive remains intact, maintaining a connection with your audience and your SEO value.
You can also bring your subscribers—your most valuable asset—with you. Our subscriber import tool helps you import both free and paid subscribers, maintaining those crucial relationships you’ve worked so hard to build.
Did you know that every WordPress.com site comes ready to be a Newsletter? Even sites on our Free plan can email subscribers at no cost.
In fact, we’ve been sending newsletters since before they were called newsletters. We just updated the name to match what people call them today. While we both send newsletters, WordPress.com beats Substack in several crucial areas.
On Substack, a 10% fee for each transaction might seem reasonable when you’re just starting out. But as your newsletter grows, that money really adds up.
With the WordPress.com Commerce plan, we don’t charge a fee for each transaction. That means if you have 100 subscribers paying $10 per month, you’d save $660 per year.
Plus, with WordPress.com plans, you also get reliable and managed website hosting, built-in support, and essential audience-building tools—all for one predictable price.
If 1,000 subscribers pay $10 per month each for your newsletter, Substack would charge $1,000 per month in transaction fees, based on their current fee structures.
By hosting your newsletter on WordPress.com, you’d save $995 per month.
Your subscribers are paying for your content, right? Why shouldn’t you get that money?
Substack’s design options are limited, so creating a distinct brand identity can be challenging.
WordPress.com gives you more ways to customize your newsletter site with:
What if you’re ready to expand beyond newsletters? WordPress.com enables you to:
Substack gives you access to your content and subscribers, but you still rely on a closed platform with its own policies and limitations that can change at any time.
WordPress.com gives you full control over your site, your data, and how you grow your business. If something were to change with our service, you could simply move to another WordPress hosting provider. Twenty years of commitment to content ownership and the open web ensures you’re not locked into proprietary systems.
We allow you to export your content and subscriber data anytime, control your brand, content, and relationships with your audience, and build on WordPress, the open-source platform that powers over 43% of the web.
Whether you’re looking for more design flexibility, vastly lower fees, or true content ownership, WordPress.com provides a robust alternative to Substack. Join the thousands of creators who have chosen WordPress.com as their newsletter platform.
Move to WordPress.comRead more https://wordpress.com/blog/2025/04/10/switch-from-substack/
The BeyondCode team released a Laravel Herd extension for the popular Raycast productivity application. Quickly install new PHP versions, update your global PHP version, open your `php.ini` files in your editor, and much more.
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