Identity & Authority: Automattic – Signal Evidence & AI Readability

Automattic

(https://automattic.com) 📸 Data Snapshot: June 20, 2026
Identity & Authority — The Lens

Inspect the JSON-LD. Is there an Organization or Person schema, and does it carry sameAs links to real external profiles (LinkedIn, socials)? Missing schema or no identity declaration signals an anonymous entity.

Identity & Authority Expert verifiability & Schema depth.
15 Impact Weight: 15 / 100
100% Reputation

There are zero authority gaps. The structured data (JSON-LD) is comprehensive, including founding dates, specific San Francisco headquarters, and a high-fidelity Person schema for founder Matt Mullenweg. Technical authority is reinforced by naming specific engineers like Tyler Leeds and Andrija Vucinic in systems updates, providing a human and professional footprint that validates the company’s expertise.

The site demonstrates a strong connection between performance claims and reality. Claims regarding enterprise scale are backed by naming high-tier clients like ‘Meta, Salesforce, Slack’ in the WP VIP section. The claim of being ‘remote-first’ is not just a slogan but is substantiated with 20 years of history and specific tool usage (P2, Slack) for 70% of projects.

Identity & Authority is read from the structured data first: whether the site declares who it is in machine-readable schema, with verifiable identity links. Below is the schema captured per page, then the external proof links that support (or fail to support) that identity.

🔗 Identity & Technical Layer — schema JSON-LD: identity chains, entity gaps
Homepage schema
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "Corporation",
            "@id": "https://automattic.com/#organization",
            "url": "https://automattic.com/",
            "name": "Automattic",
            "foundingDate": "2005-08-01",
            "slogan": "We don't make software for free, we make it for freedom.",
            "description": "We are the people behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Jetpack, Simplenote, Longreads, VaultPress, Akismet, Gravatar, Crowdsignal, Cloudup, and more. We believe in making the web a better place, and we believe in Open Source. The vast majority of our work is available under the GPL.",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#logo",
                "url": "https://automattic.com/wp-content/themes/a8c/automattic-2011/images/automattic-logo-2x.png",
                "width": 552,
                "height": 60,
                "caption": "Automattic"
            },
            "image": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#logo"
            },
            "address": {
                "@type": "PostalAddress",
                "streetAddress": "60 29th Street #343",
                "addressLocality": "San Francisco",
                "addressRegion": "CA",
                "postalCode": "94110",
                "addressCountry": "US"
            },
            "founder": {
                "@type": "Person",
                "@id": "https://wordpress.com/schema.org/author/5#person",
                "name": "Matt Mullenweg",
                "description": "In 2002 I started contributing to Open Source software, and life has just gotten better from there. Co-founder of WordPress, founder Automattic.",
                "image": {
                    "@type": "ImageObject",
                    "@id": "https://wordpress.com/schema.org/author/5#personimage",
                    "url": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/33252cd1f33526af53580fcb1736172f06e6716f32afdd1be19ec3096d15dea5?s=96&d=mm",
                    "width": 96,
                    "height": 96,
                    "caption": "Matt Mullenweg"
                }
            },
            "numberOfEmployees": 1450,
            "sameAs": [
                "https://x.com/automattic",
                "https://www.facebook.com/AutomatticInc",
                "https://www.linkedin.com/company/automattic/",
                "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automattic",
                "https://www.youtube.com/c/automattic"
            ],
            "subOrganization": {
                "@id": "https://wordpress.com/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://automattic.com/#website",
            "url": "https://automattic.com/",
            "name": "Automattic",
            "description": "Making the web a better place",
            "potentialAction": {
                "@type": "SearchAction",
                "target": "https://automattic.com/search/{search_term_string}/",
                "query-input": "required name=search_term_string"
            },
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#organization"
            },
            "image": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#logo"
            },
            "sameAs": [
                "https://x.com/automattic",
                "https://www.facebook.com/AutomatticInc",
                "https://www.linkedin.com/company/automattic/",
                "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automattic",
                "https://www.youtube.com/c/automattic"
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://automattic.com/#breadcrumbs",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 0,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "WebSite",
                        "@id": "https://automattic.com/#website-breadcrumb",
                        "url": "https://automattic.com/",
                        "name": "Home"
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "ImageObject",
            "@id": "https://automattic.com/#primaryimage",
            "url": "https://automattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cropped-automattic-logo-square.png?w=200",
            "width": 200,
            "height": 200,
            "caption": "Home"
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebPage",
            "@id": "https://automattic.com/#webpage",
            "url": "https://automattic.com/",
            "name": "Home",
            "description": "Making the web a better place",
            "inLanguage": "en",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#website"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#primaryimage"
            },
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#organization"
            },
            "about": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#organization"
            }
        }
    ]
}
/about/
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        {
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            "url": "https://automattic.com/",
            "name": "Automattic",
            "foundingDate": "2005-08-01",
            "slogan": "We don't make software for free, we make it for freedom.",
            "description": "We are the people behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Jetpack, Simplenote, Longreads, VaultPress, Akismet, Gravatar, Crowdsignal, Cloudup, and more. We believe in making the web a better place, and we believe in Open Source. The vast majority of our work is available under the GPL.",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#logo",
                "url": "https://automattic.com/wp-content/themes/a8c/automattic-2011/images/automattic-logo-2x.png",
                "width": 552,
                "height": 60,
                "caption": "Automattic"
            },
            "image": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#logo"
            },
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                "addressRegion": "CA",
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                "addressCountry": "US"
            },
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                "name": "Matt Mullenweg",
                "description": "In 2002 I started contributing to Open Source software, and life has just gotten better from there. Co-founder of WordPress, founder Automattic.",
                "image": {
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                    "@id": "https://wordpress.com/schema.org/author/5#personimage",
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                    "width": 96,
                    "height": 96,
                    "caption": "Matt Mullenweg"
                }
            },
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                "https://www.facebook.com/AutomatticInc",
                "https://www.linkedin.com/company/automattic/",
                "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automattic",
                "https://www.youtube.com/c/automattic"
            ],
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            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://automattic.com/#website",
            "url": "https://automattic.com/",
            "name": "Automattic",
            "description": "Making the web a better place",
            "potentialAction": {
                "@type": "SearchAction",
                "target": "https://automattic.com/search/{search_term_string}/",
                "query-input": "required name=search_term_string"
            },
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#organization"
            },
            "image": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#logo"
            },
            "sameAs": [
                "https://x.com/automattic",
                "https://www.facebook.com/AutomatticInc",
                "https://www.linkedin.com/company/automattic/",
                "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automattic",
                "https://www.youtube.com/c/automattic"
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://automattic.com/about/#breadcrumbs",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 0,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "WebSite",
                        "@id": "https://automattic.com/#website-breadcrumb",
                        "url": "https://automattic.com/",
                        "name": "Home"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "CollectionPage",
                        "@id": "https://automattic.com/category/uncategorized/#term-breadcrumb",
                        "url": "https://automattic.com/category/uncategorized/",
                        "name": "Uncategorized"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "WebPage",
                        "@id": "https://automattic.com/about/#webpage-breadcrumb",
                        "url": "https://automattic.com/about/",
                        "name": "About Us"
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "ImageObject",
            "@id": "https://automattic.com/about/#primaryimage",
            "url": "https://automattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cropped-automattic-logo-square.png?w=200",
            "width": 200,
            "height": 200,
            "caption": "About Us"
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebPage",
            "@id": "https://automattic.com/about/#webpage",
            "url": "https://automattic.com/about/",
            "name": "About Us",
            "description": "Making the web a better place",
            "inLanguage": "en",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#website"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/about/#primaryimage"
            },
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#organization"
            },
            "datePublished": "2005-07-23T17:27:23+0000",
            "dateModified": "2026-05-25T16:34:49+0000",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/about/#breadcrumbs"
            }
        }
    ]
}
/news/
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "Corporation",
            "@id": "https://automattic.com/#organization",
            "url": "https://automattic.com/",
            "name": "Automattic",
            "foundingDate": "2005-08-01",
            "slogan": "We don't make software for free, we make it for freedom.",
            "description": "We are the people behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Jetpack, Simplenote, Longreads, VaultPress, Akismet, Gravatar, Crowdsignal, Cloudup, and more. We believe in making the web a better place, and we believe in Open Source. The vast majority of our work is available under the GPL.",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#logo",
                "url": "https://automattic.com/wp-content/themes/a8c/automattic-2011/images/automattic-logo-2x.png",
                "width": 552,
                "height": 60,
                "caption": "Automattic"
            },
            "image": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#logo"
            },
            "address": {
                "@type": "PostalAddress",
                "streetAddress": "60 29th Street #343",
                "addressLocality": "San Francisco",
                "addressRegion": "CA",
                "postalCode": "94110",
                "addressCountry": "US"
            },
            "founder": {
                "@type": "Person",
                "@id": "https://wordpress.com/schema.org/author/5#person",
                "name": "Matt Mullenweg",
                "description": "In 2002 I started contributing to Open Source software, and life has just gotten better from there. Co-founder of WordPress, founder Automattic.",
                "image": {
                    "@type": "ImageObject",
                    "@id": "https://wordpress.com/schema.org/author/5#personimage",
                    "url": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/33252cd1f33526af53580fcb1736172f06e6716f32afdd1be19ec3096d15dea5?s=96&d=mm",
                    "width": 96,
                    "height": 96,
                    "caption": "Matt Mullenweg"
                }
            },
            "numberOfEmployees": 1450,
            "sameAs": [
                "https://x.com/automattic",
                "https://www.facebook.com/AutomatticInc",
                "https://www.linkedin.com/company/automattic/",
                "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automattic",
                "https://www.youtube.com/c/automattic"
            ],
            "subOrganization": {
                "@id": "https://wordpress.com/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://automattic.com/#website",
            "url": "https://automattic.com/",
            "name": "Automattic",
            "description": "Making the web a better place",
            "potentialAction": {
                "@type": "SearchAction",
                "target": "https://automattic.com/search/{search_term_string}/",
                "query-input": "required name=search_term_string"
            },
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#organization"
            },
            "image": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#logo"
            },
            "sameAs": [
                "https://x.com/automattic",
                "https://www.facebook.com/AutomatticInc",
                "https://www.linkedin.com/company/automattic/",
                "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automattic",
                "https://www.youtube.com/c/automattic"
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://automattic.com/news/#breadcrumbs",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 0,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "WebSite",
                        "@id": "https://automattic.com/#website-breadcrumb",
                        "url": "https://automattic.com/",
                        "name": "Home"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "WebPage",
                        "@id": "https://automattic.com/news/#webpage-breadcrumb",
                        "url": "https://automattic.com/news/",
                        "name": "News"
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "ImageObject",
            "@id": "https://automattic.com/news/#primaryimage",
            "url": "https://automattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cropped-automattic-logo-square.png?w=200",
            "width": 200,
            "height": 200,
            "caption": "News"
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebPage",
            "@id": "https://automattic.com/news/#webpage",
            "url": "https://automattic.com/news/",
            "name": "News",
            "description": "Making the web a better place",
            "inLanguage": "en",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#website"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/news/#primaryimage"
            },
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#organization"
            },
            "datePublished": "2025-01-13T13:21:41+0000",
            "dateModified": "2026-04-20T08:59:59+0000",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/news/#breadcrumbs"
            }
        }
    ]
}
/work-with-us/
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    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "Corporation",
            "@id": "https://automattic.com/#organization",
            "url": "https://automattic.com/",
            "name": "Automattic",
            "foundingDate": "2005-08-01",
            "slogan": "We don't make software for free, we make it for freedom.",
            "description": "We are the people behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Jetpack, Simplenote, Longreads, VaultPress, Akismet, Gravatar, Crowdsignal, Cloudup, and more. We believe in making the web a better place, and we believe in Open Source. The vast majority of our work is available under the GPL.",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#logo",
                "url": "https://automattic.com/wp-content/themes/a8c/automattic-2011/images/automattic-logo-2x.png",
                "width": 552,
                "height": 60,
                "caption": "Automattic"
            },
            "image": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#logo"
            },
            "address": {
                "@type": "PostalAddress",
                "streetAddress": "60 29th Street #343",
                "addressLocality": "San Francisco",
                "addressRegion": "CA",
                "postalCode": "94110",
                "addressCountry": "US"
            },
            "founder": {
                "@type": "Person",
                "@id": "https://wordpress.com/schema.org/author/5#person",
                "name": "Matt Mullenweg",
                "description": "In 2002 I started contributing to Open Source software, and life has just gotten better from there. Co-founder of WordPress, founder Automattic.",
                "image": {
                    "@type": "ImageObject",
                    "@id": "https://wordpress.com/schema.org/author/5#personimage",
                    "url": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/33252cd1f33526af53580fcb1736172f06e6716f32afdd1be19ec3096d15dea5?s=96&d=mm",
                    "width": 96,
                    "height": 96,
                    "caption": "Matt Mullenweg"
                }
            },
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            "sameAs": [
                "https://x.com/automattic",
                "https://www.facebook.com/AutomatticInc",
                "https://www.linkedin.com/company/automattic/",
                "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automattic",
                "https://www.youtube.com/c/automattic"
            ],
            "subOrganization": {
                "@id": "https://wordpress.com/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://automattic.com/#website",
            "url": "https://automattic.com/",
            "name": "Automattic",
            "description": "Making the web a better place",
            "potentialAction": {
                "@type": "SearchAction",
                "target": "https://automattic.com/search/{search_term_string}/",
                "query-input": "required name=search_term_string"
            },
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#organization"
            },
            "image": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#logo"
            },
            "sameAs": [
                "https://x.com/automattic",
                "https://www.facebook.com/AutomatticInc",
                "https://www.linkedin.com/company/automattic/",
                "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automattic",
                "https://www.youtube.com/c/automattic"
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://automattic.com/work-with-us/#breadcrumbs",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 0,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "WebSite",
                        "@id": "https://automattic.com/#website-breadcrumb",
                        "url": "https://automattic.com/",
                        "name": "Home"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "WebPage",
                        "@id": "https://automattic.com/work-with-us/#webpage-breadcrumb",
                        "url": "https://automattic.com/work-with-us/",
                        "name": "Work With Us"
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "ImageObject",
            "@id": "https://automattic.com/work-with-us/#primaryimage",
            "url": "https://automattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cropped-automattic-logo-square.png?w=200",
            "width": 200,
            "height": 200,
            "caption": "Work With Us"
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebPage",
            "@id": "https://automattic.com/work-with-us/#webpage",
            "url": "https://automattic.com/work-with-us/",
            "name": "Work With Us",
            "description": "Making the web a better place",
            "inLanguage": "en",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#website"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/work-with-us/#primaryimage"
            },
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/#organization"
            },
            "datePublished": "2020-11-18T18:49:40+0000",
            "dateModified": "2026-06-01T09:48:18+0000",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://automattic.com/work-with-us/#breadcrumbs"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "VideoObject",
            "@id": "https://automattic.com/work-with-us/#video-1",
            "contentUrl": "https://videopress.com/v/z9VpQeqZ",
            "name": "Employee Spotlight: Michelle Langston",
            "thumbnailUrl": "https://automattic.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/poster.jpg",
            "uploadDate": "2020-11-18T18:49:40+0000",
            "duration": "PT41H20M",
            "embedUrl": "https://videopress.com/embed/z9VpQeqZ",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://wordpress.com/#organization"
            }
        }
    ]
}
🛡️ Trust Signals — external proof links that back the declared identity
23Review mentions (all pages)
4External proof links (all pages)
PageReviewsProof links
/ (home) 2 1
/about/ 14 1
/news/ 6 1
/work-with-us/ 1 1