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How is automattic.com?

Looks fine risk 0/100

Registered 22 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered 200 in 54 ms.

Why

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finecarefulhigh risk
  • ·Nothing in the checks added risk.

Rule-based: domain age, blocklists, TLS. A heuristic, not a guarantee.

How automattic.com looks right now
The home page, rendered by how.is in a sandboxed browser. Nothing on it is clickable here.
Site
200
54 ms
HTTPS
67 d
left on a Let's Encrypt certificate
Age
22 years
registered 2004-06-19
Blocklists
0
listings across 5 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records5 record types
A192.0.78.24
192.0.78.25
MX10 mx-dfw.automattic.com
10 mx-ams.automattic.com
NSns2.automattic.com
ns3.automattic.com
ns4.automattic.com
ns1.automattic.com
TXTyahoo-verification-key=8dNdxvmgAf9M2eCeh79q5CpzcsN5GkkT9db3Z5Rr3Sk=
atlassian-domain-verification=HLvi8VknRfLwuOZ7TmiaKM8GgOgai45SxxeWZddVaOBMgWielcwit/LmLXXPJm6G
spf2.0/mfrom a mx ?all
anthropic-domain-verification-q5pmy9=Tj43pQ6DCN1JcMx95QuvpbFG3
google-site-verification=l3pF3D6Nfuk18StNUFWXaEEIVTjBWWHvvZYP9sXEAcc
google-site-verification=F4jw0P5BvBnjqDSVJEhYv3LEU2WLuqChlBLJEYA2SO0
gradle-verification=1AG8E2HVI4P8EOH4BK5URAEO6JVML
figma-domain-verification=a2e41510ac6b0c5745595c76770385bfd602709c6d04e80ef830c9c482fc9e20-1768211767
v=spf1 include:_spf.automattic.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:mg-spf.greenhouse.io include:sendgrid.net include:39653948.spf04.hubspotemail.net ~all
CAA{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'letsencrypt.org', 'critical': 0}
RegistrationMarkMonitor Inc.
registrarMarkMonitor Inc.
registered2004-06-19
expires2033-06-19
last changed2023-08-28
ownerREDACTED FOR PRIVACY
nameserversns1.automattic.com
ns2.automattic.com
ns3.automattic.com
ns4.automattic.com
statusclient delete prohibited
client transfer prohibited
client update prohibited
server delete prohibited
server transfer prohibited
server update prohibited
registered 2004-06-19expires 2033-06-19
HTTPS certificate67 days left
validyes
issuerLet's Encrypt
covers*.automattic.com, automattic.com
protocolTLSv1.3
issued 2026-10-09expires 2027-01-07
DNSSECinsecure

Domain is not signed with DNSSEC

. → com → automattic.com
Email authenticationexcellent
SPFpass v=spf1 include:_spf.automattic.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:mg-spf.greenhouse.io include:sendgrid.net include:39653948.spf04.hubspotemail.net ~all
DMARCpass policy reject
DKIMfound: k1

Whether mail claiming to be from this domain can be checked as genuine.

Security scoregrade B · 165/205
Basic Security
10/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled, Nameserver Diversity
Record Security
45/45missing: DKIM Presence
Advanced Security
15/25missing: SOA Record Configuration, IPv6 Support
Domain Reputation
50/50
Threat Detection
45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 8 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop192.0.78.25Barracuda192.0.78.25UCEPROTECT Level 1192.0.78.25SpamCop192.0.78.24Barracuda192.0.78.24UCEPROTECT Level 1192.0.78.24

Green: clean. Red: listed. Grey: the list did not answer.

Ask it yourself

Agents get this as data. Bought through the API, the checks behind this page cost $0.070: profile $0.025 + trust $0.020 + screenshot $0.020 + site status $0.005.

curl "https://how.is/v1/domain/trust?domain=automattic.com" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HOWIS_KEY" # or pay per call in USDC (x402), no key: the 402 tells your agent the price curl -i "https://how.is/v1/domain/profile?domain=automattic.com"

MCP: add https://how.is/mcp to Claude, Codex or Cursor (one-line install) and ask for domain_trust on automattic.com. Reference: /llms.txt.

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