- TypePad is set to complete support for its blog platform from September 30, 2025
- Accounts, blogs and all user content will no longer be available to download
- WordPress has a 61.4% share of the CMS market
TypePad has announced the “difficult decision” to shut down in just a few weeks, making it just one of many companies facing anger from the challenging economy and a strong competition.
The blogging platform is set to shut down from September 30, 2025, where access to accounts, blogs and all user content is permanently deleted.
With users warned that they will no longer be able to access or export blog content after this date, they have only one month to migrate to another service.
TypePad closes permanently in just one month
The company instructed the affected users to a separate support page and detailed how they can export to alternative platforms.
TypePad uses the import format Movabel Type (MTIF) for generating export files, which means users can easily import their blogs into popular platforms like WordPress.
The “difficult decision” to close the site comes after TypePad fell to WordPress, but during its early days it served as a backend for many major publications, including CableAt ABC, the CBCThe BBC and Sky News.
Any users who pay for the platform do not need to make any changes to their account – invoicing will be automatically stopped and any recent payments will be issued a calculated reimbursement.
For this tune, users are asked to ensure that their payment methods on the file are up to date to ensure a trouble -free refund.
Shortly after an FAQ page, those who need additional support are asked to submit a ticket from their TypePad account.
“We really appreciate your business and apologize for the inconvenience this can cause. Thanks for being a valued customer,” the company wrote.
Last year, Automattic made a change to Tumblr that would see that it was run on WordPress many years after acquiring the microblogging site.
WordPress has achieved huge successes in recent years and has become the most popular site building software and turns on 43% of the entire Internet. It also has a market share of 61.4% of the CMS market.
