# Announcements **URL:** https://discuss.write.as/c/announcements/12.md [Latest](https://discuss.write.as/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.write.as/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.write.as/tags.md) --- ## [About the Announcements category](https://discuss.write.as/t/about-the-announcements-category/27)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 0
Read and discuss some of our announcements here. --- ## [New rich embed provider: Embed.as](https://discuss.write.as/t/new-rich-embed-provider-embed-as/20731)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 8:03am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/new-rich-embed-provider-embed-as/20731 "2026-08-14T08:03:21Z")
Please feel free to share any feedback you have here! --- ## [Introducing Write.as Memberships](https://discuss.write.as/t/introducing-write-as-memberships/20485)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/introducing-write-as-memberships/20485 "2026-02-12T23:02:20Z")
A bit of a rebrand for our 5-year Pro plan – now called Membership – plus some improvements to managing and renewing this! --- ## [New on Remark.as: likes](https://discuss.write.as/t/new-on-remark-as-likes/13127)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2026, 9:48pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/new-on-remark-as-likes/13127 "2026-01-13T21:48:59Z")
I’ve just made a little change to Remark.as: now you can see likes across the site! This is an experiment, and I’d love to hear everyone’s feedback. (Fediverse announcement here.) How it works We’ve quietly supported “l… --- ## [New Snap.as browser extension](https://discuss.write.as/t/new-snap-as-browser-extension/31)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/new-snap-as-browser-extension/31 "2025-12-15T21:27:02Z")
https://we.snap.as/uploading-from-anywhere --- ## [Potential change: posts-per-day limit for free users](https://discuss.write.as/t/potential-change-posts-per-day-limit-for-free-users/288)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 8:03am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/potential-change-posts-per-day-limit-for-free-users/288 "2019-01-24T08:03:38Z")
We’re thinking of adding a new limitation on our free Write.as plan, mostly to reduce the amount of spam / abuse we get on the platform. Ideally, it won’t affect most people. But I’d love to get your feedback here! Read… --- ## [Closing new Free registrations tonight](https://discuss.write.as/t/closing-new-free-registrations-tonight/17890)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/closing-new-free-registrations-tonight/17890 "2025-07-14T21:54:20Z")
We’ll be closing new Free account registrations tonight, at midnight UTC, June 11, 2025. More info on our Mastodon account: After this, for a completely free blog, you’ll need to either: get an invite from a current… --- ## [Current downtime](https://discuss.write.as/t/current-downtime/17953)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/current-downtime/17953 "2025-06-18T23:31:53Z")
We’re seeing some downtime related to this morning’s issues with our hosting provider. Working on fixing this now – keep an eye on our Mastodon account and status page for updates. --- ## [Temporary email issues](https://discuss.write.as/t/temporary-email-issues/16632)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 9:59am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/temporary-email-issues/16632 "2025-02-20T09:59:24Z")
I’ve heard from a few users that email subscribers aren’t receiving posts, and I’m investigating it now. Will keep everyone updated here. --- ## [New integration: sub.club](https://discuss.write.as/t/new-integration-sub-club/13924)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/new-integration-sub-club/13924 "2025-01-14T20:35:43Z")
--- ## [Improved SSL certificate generation](https://discuss.write.as/t/improved-ssl-certificate-generation/2127)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/improved-ssl-certificate-generation/2127 "2024-10-30T18:47:53Z")
We’ve just revamped how SSL certificates are generated on Write.as, so getting new custom domains online should be much smoother now! Our previous process, which could involve some delay while we checked your domain, ha… --- ## [Adding email subscribers yourself](https://discuss.write.as/t/adding-email-subscribers-yourself/3781)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/adding-email-subscribers-yourself/3781 "2024-07-23T16:27:01Z")
We’re opening up the ability to manually add email addresses to your Subscribers list! (Thanks to @jas for the suggestion and use case for building this out!) Previously, you needed to contact us to import any email add… --- ## [New on Write.as: custom social share images](https://discuss.write.as/t/new-on-write-as-custom-social-share-images/11506)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/new-on-write-as-custom-social-share-images/11506 "2024-03-06T20:14:27Z")
In case you haven’t seen it, we have a blog / newsletter, What’s New on Write.as, for sharing small updates and new features. There are a ton of improvements coming in the next few months, so if you haven’t subscribed th… --- ## [Changes to view counts](https://discuss.write.as/t/changes-to-view-counts/9554)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 7:58am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/changes-to-view-counts/9554 "2023-09-25T07:58:11Z")
We made some changes recently that may impact the view count you see on your posts. Updated our filter list of bots and crawlers, which we aim to exclude from those view counts View counts now happen via Javascript… --- ## [Rich Media Embeds](https://discuss.write.as/t/rich-media-embeds/2425)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/rich-media-embeds/2425 "2023-08-29T19:54:19Z")
As previously mentioned, we’ve been working on adding support for embedding rich media. That feature is now available to all Pro users! To get started, just paste the URL of the media you want to embed into your Write.a… --- ## [8 years of Write.as](https://discuss.write.as/t/8-years-of-write-as/8119)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/8-years-of-write-as/8119 "2023-02-13T00:38:52Z")
Today marks 8 years since Write.as launched :tada: To celebrate, we’re having a sale on our 5-year subscription and iOS app for the next two weeks! You can read about it on our Deals newsletter: I also wrote a post a… --- ## [NaNoWriMo 2022](https://discuss.write.as/t/nanowrimo-2022/7134)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/nanowrimo-2022/7134 "2022-11-12T04:31:21Z")
November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)! We’re continuing our yearly tradition of supporting this by opening up our novel-writing features to everyone. That includes: The Novel display format, so your post… --- ## [Monetize Your Writing with Micropayments](https://discuss.write.as/t/monetize-your-writing-with-micropayments/2197)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2022, 10:37am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/monetize-your-writing-with-micropayments/2197 "2022-10-19T10:37:47Z")
--- ## [New: Snap.as API](https://discuss.write.as/t/new-snap-as-api/2652)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/new-snap-as-api/2652 "2022-02-16T18:44:44Z")
We’ve just opened up the Snap.as API to everyone, and launched a site just for developers! Read more on the Snap.as blog: --- ## [Write.as Letters](https://discuss.write.as/t/write-as-letters/880)
**Author:** [@cjeller1592](https://discuss.write.as/u/cjeller1592)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2022, 7:00am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/write-as-letters/880 "2022-01-31T07:00:42Z")
We are happy to announce that we are moving email subscriptions out of labs and into our core product as Write.as Letters! Thanks for all your continued feedback and support with improving this feature. We hope it serves… --- ## [In case you missed it: Cyber Monday '21 sale](https://discuss.write.as/t/in-case-you-missed-it-cyber-monday-21-sale/3904)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2021, 11:30am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/in-case-you-missed-it-cyber-monday-21-sale/3904 "2021-12-05T11:30:34Z")
Just wanted to mention this, in case anyone missed it: we’ve had a sale all weekend on Write.as Pro, Teams, our eBook add-on, and WriteFreely iOS app. Read more on our Deals blog: --- ## [NaNoWriMo 2021](https://discuss.write.as/t/nanowrimo-2021/3718)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/nanowrimo-2021/3718 "2021-11-04T18:51:29Z")
November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)! We’re continuing our yearly tradition of supporting this by opening up our novel-writing features to everyone. That includes: The Novel display format, so your post… --- ## [Filtering posts by language](https://discuss.write.as/t/filtering-posts-by-language/3471)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/filtering-posts-by-language/3471 "2021-09-16T14:08:59Z")
Now you can filter your blog posts by language — great for multi-lingual writers and publications. Also coming to WriteFreely v1.0: #508 --- ## [Tor Onion Service Moved](https://discuss.write.as/t/tor-onion-service-moved/3188)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/tor-onion-service-moved/3188 "2021-07-20T16:56:15Z")
If you were using our Tor “hidden service” before (now called an “onion service”), we’ve just moved the site to Tor’s v3 protocol. Everything still works the same, but you’ll access the site (and your blogs) via this new… --- ## [Cross-product Roadmap](https://discuss.write.as/t/cross-product-roadmap/3121)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/cross-product-roadmap/3121 "2021-07-10T13:30:10Z")
Thanks to @jason’s (and others) feedback, I’ve put together an updated roadmap for all of our products, whether they’ve actually launched, or been promised or discussed here. https://musing.studio/roadmap As has been d… --- ## [Welcome, Coil Blogs Authors!](https://discuss.write.as/t/welcome-coil-blogs-authors/2908)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/welcome-coil-blogs-authors/2908 "2021-05-28T20:21:27Z")
--- ## [Remark.as: Introducing Private Letters](https://discuss.write.as/t/remark-as-introducing-private-letters/2832)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/remark-as-introducing-private-letters/2832 "2021-05-05T20:25:35Z")
Today we introduced our very first, very minimal bit of Remark.as functionality: private email replies! --- ## [New rate limits on publishing](https://discuss.write.as/t/new-rate-limits-on-publishing/2658)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/new-rate-limits-on-publishing/2658 "2021-03-27T02:04:02Z")
We’re experiencing a large amount of automated, abusive activity on Write.as, so we’ve introduced more strict rate-limiting on our publishing API. Most users shouldn’t notice any issues, unless they’re publishing multip… --- ## [Updates to Teams and Submit.as](https://discuss.write.as/t/updates-to-teams-and-submit-as/1491)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/updates-to-teams-and-submit-as/1491 "2021-03-09T13:15:36Z")
We’ve been hard at work on collaborative features and improvements to Submit.as! Here’s a walkthrough of some recent updates: https://video.writeas.org/videos/watch/2b436442-4b18-49dd-831a-90ceb75d4e11 --- ## [Turning 6 Years Old 🎂](https://discuss.write.as/t/turning-6-years-old/2451)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 2:15am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/turning-6-years-old/2451 "2021-03-01T02:15:57Z")
On February 2, Write.as turned 6 years old! :tada: To celebrate, we’re offering a 25% discount on our 5-year plan throughout February. We’re also launching a new blog / newsletter, Write.as Deals, for anyone interested … [Next page](https://discuss.write.as/c/announcements/12.md?page=1)