lists.wordpress.org - dns.ninja

`lists.wordpress.org`

DNSSEC	⚠️ Not signed
A	66.6.42.110^{🇺🇸 Automattic66.6.42.0/24 TUMBLR}
		PTR	`wordpress.org`
MX	`mx-ams.automattic.com` ⭐
		A	195.234.109.226^{🇳🇱 Automattic195.234.109.0/24}
			PTR	`mx2.ams.automattic.com`
MX	`mx-dfw.automattic.com` ⭐
		A	192.0.84.151^{🇺🇸 Automattic192.0.84.0/24 Route Object}
			PTR	`mx1.dfw.automattic.com`
TXT	`v=spf1 -all`
TXT	`google-site-verification=Ci8_34VjzVXd5T98Pi_zF3t0P3G7KnPbEcyVJg7apLw`

`wordpress.org`

	DNSSEC	⚠️ Not signed
	A	2620:109:b00a::4206:2afc^{🇺🇸 AS229272000::/3}
	A	66.6.42.252^{🇺🇸 Automattic66.6.42.0/24 TUMBLR}
	NS	`ns1.wordpress.org` ⭐
	NS	`ns2.wordpress.org`
	NS	`ns3.wordpress.org`
	NS	`ns4.wordpress.org`
	MX	`smtp1-dca.wordpress.org` ⭐
	MX	`smtp2-dca.wordpress.org` ⭐
	TXT	`google-site-verification=t8FjG1vzC4OFZJ8qL4SkR8xxtLyKldXKbswyeemQS5w`
	TXT	`v=spf1 ip4:66.6.42.0/24 ip4:66.155.40.0/24 include:helpscoutemail.com -all`
	TXT	`google-site-verification=UL0sGJ1dZbCT4J7pGrLW3hqM_I1LJ8pUi2WBEI_98kI`
	SOA	`ns1.wordpress.org`hostmaster@wordpress.org serial=20123417

WOT: SAFE (75/100)
rank #12 globally
rank #2 in the tld

wordpress.org

wordpress.orgis the official home of the WordPress open-source content management system (CMS), operated by the WordPress Foundation, a non-profit organisation.

Key facts

Owner / operator: WordPress Foundation
TLD:.org— gTLD (commonly used by non-profits and open-source projects)
Primary purpose: Official hub for the WordPress open-source project — software downloads, plugin and theme directories, developer documentation, and community support forums
Status: Active

History

Year	Event
2003	WordPress project founded by Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little as a fork of b2/cafelog;`wordpress.org`established as its home
2010	WordPress Foundation formed as a non-profit to steward the WordPress trademark and the`wordpress.org`domain
2018	WordPress 5.0 released via`wordpress.org`, introducing the Gutenberg block editor — the most significant architectural change in the project's history

Notable subdomains or services

plugins.wordpress.org— public plugin directory; developers submit plugins reviewed and hosted here
themes.wordpress.org— public theme directory, analogous to the plugin directory
developer.wordpress.org— primary developer reference documentation (replaced the oldercodex.wordpress.orgwiki)
make.wordpress.org— contributor team blogs covering core, design, accessibility, i18n, and other working groups
api.wordpress.org— internal APIs used by WordPress installations to check for updates, validate plugins, etc.
central.wordpress.org— WordCamp event coordination hub

Related domains

wordpress.com— commercial managed-hosting platform run by Automattic (a separate company also co-founded by Matt Mullenweg); distinct from the open-source project atwordpress.org
automattic.com— the company behindwordpress.com, Jetpack, WooCommerce, and other WordPress-adjacent products
wp.org— short alias that redirects towordpress.org

Semrush Rank:#7,061 Keywords:235,583 Traffic:335,895/mo
WOT: SAFE (94/100)
📈 Tranco rank: #43

WordPress.org is the home of the open-source WordPress software, which powers over 40% of all websites globally. Founded by Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little in 2003, WordPress has grown from a blogging platform to a full content management system.

The WordPress.org website hosts software downloads, plugin and theme directories (with over 60,000 plugins), documentation, and community forums. The project is maintained by a global community of contributors.

WordPress.org infrastructure serves billions of downloads annually from the plugin and theme repositories. The project uses extensive caching and CDN infrastructure.

DNS for wordpress.org uses Automattic's DNS infrastructure, with servers providing global resolution for the massive WordPress community.

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DNS History

6 records (3 active, 3 former)

○MXlists.wordpress.org2015-07-07 → 2026-06-03 · 4 obs

● 2015-07-07 08:44:04
● 2026-06-03 21:25:14
○ 2026-07-07 11:00:30
○ 2026-07-22 11:40:56

●MXmx-ams.automattic.com2026-07-07 → 2026-07-22 · 3 obs

○ 2026-06-03 21:25:14
● 2026-07-07 11:00:30
● 2026-07-22 11:40:56

●MXmx-dfw.automattic.com2026-07-07 → 2026-07-22 · 3 obs

○ 2026-06-03 21:25:14
● 2026-07-07 11:00:30
● 2026-07-22 11:40:56

○A198.143.164.1082026-02-15 → 2026-06-03 · 5 obs

○ 2016-09-14 00:00:28
● 2026-02-15 12:42:52
● 2026-06-03 21:25:14
○ 2026-07-07 11:00:30
○ 2026-07-22 11:40:56

○A66.155.40.2372015-07-07 → 2016-09-14 · 4 obs

● 2015-07-07 08:44:04
● 2016-09-14 00:00:28
○ 2026-02-15 12:42:52
○ 2026-07-22 11:40:56

●A66.6.42.1102026-07-07 → 2026-07-22 · 3 obs

○ 2026-06-03 21:25:14
● 2026-07-07 11:00:30
● 2026-07-22 11:40:56

🔍 DNS Trace

📋 Delegation Chain

Zone	Nameservers	Glue
org	b0.org.afilias-nst.org, b2.org.afilias-nst.org, d0.org.afilias-nst.org	-
wordpress.org	ns3.wordpress.org, ns4.wordpress.org, ns1.wordpress.org, ns2.wordpress.org	8 records

✅ Authoritative Response

Server:198.181.117.10

NS records: ns3.wordpress.org, ns4.wordpress.org, ns1.wordpress.org, ns2.wordpress.org

🔒 DNSSEC Status

⚠️ Insecure (no DNSSEC)

No DS record for wordpress.org (unsigned zone)

⏱️ Timing

Total: 199ms | Queries: -

📄 Records

Type	Count	Sample Data
A	1	`66.6.42.110`
MX	2	`mx-ams.automattic.com (pri: 10), mx-dfw.automattic.com (pri: 10)`
TXT	2	`google-site-verification=Ci8_34VjzVXd5T9, v=spf1 -all`

📌 Glue Records Collected

Total: 8

In-bailiwick: 8 (ns1.wordpress.org, ns2.wordpress.org, ns3.wordpress.org...)

Analysis

IP Addresses

lists.wordpress.org has exactly one IP address — 66.6.42.110.

Additional host names — including lists.automattic.com and archive.wordpress.org — share IP numbers with lists.wordpress.org.

Mail Servers

lists.wordpress.org uses two mail servers, mx-ams.automattic.com and mx-dfw.automattic.com.

lists.wordpress.org's MX records match those of several other domains — for example automatic.com, wordpress.com, automattic.com and lists.automattic.com.

mx-ams.automattic.com directs to 195.234.109.226 and mx-dfw.automattic.com directs to 192.0.84.151; each host name points to exactly one IP number.