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Stats Wrangling I: Digging into Your Data

Published on 2013-06-18 11:00:25

Chances are that if you’re running a public facing blog, you’re probably happiest when someone actually reads it. Preferably lots of someones. Your blog’s stats can give you some great ways to get to know a little bit more about you

The WordPress.com Dashboard Gets a Beautiful Makeover

Published on 2013-06-17 11:03:41

Each day, you blog, you create, and you make things with your WordPress.com site. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, the code that runs WordPress.com gets updated dozens of times a day, as we deploy improvements. While you can’t see the vast majorit

DaddyBloggers in the Spotlight: A Father’s Day Roundup

Published on 2013-06-16 11:00:41

Writing about family life and parenthood is not simply the province of mothers: dads are carving out their own blogular niche. Single dads, stay-at-home dads, working dads, two-dad families — you can find every perspective on WordPress.com. As

Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves

Published on 2013-06-14 11:00:13

Every post that glides into our Reader offers us a fresh perspective and an opportunity to peer into another blogger’s mind. We’re invited to enter new worlds, and examine the shapes, angles, and textures of the blogging craft itself. Thi

New on WordPress for Android: Notifications

Published on 2013-06-12 16:52:07

Need to get your WordPress.com Notifications on the go? With version 2.4 of WordPress for Android you’ll see all your Notifications right on your Android device. Step away yet stay connected With the new streamlined Notifications view, you can

New Theme: Forefront

Published on 2013-06-11 11:07:11

Today, I’m excited to announce our newest theme. Don’t worry, your calendar is not broken. It’s not Theme Thursday but we just couldn’t hold this theme back any longer! Forefront is a business and corporate theme designed by one of our own, T

The TED Blog: Telling Stories, Spreading Ideas

Published on 2013-06-10 11:05:14

This week, TED’s summer conference, TEDGlobal 2013, kicks off in Edinburgh, Scotland. At TEDGlobal, the world’s innovators and thinkers gather to tell stories and share knowledge — it’s where disciplines and perspectives in

Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves

Published on 2013-06-07 11:06:05

We love how blogs give us glimpses into the lives and experiences of people all over the world. We also love how they offer opinion, analysis, and on-the-ground perspectives on current events that are impossible to get anywhere else. This week, three

New Theme: Trvl

Published on 2013-06-06 11:00:56

It’s Thursday, and you know what that means on WordPress.com: new themes! Today we’d like to introduce you Trvl. Trvl is a tumblelog theme that’s all about blogging. With a beautiful and simple design by Danny Cohen, Trvl puts your pos

Customizing Koi: 129 Twig & Vine

Published on 2013-06-04 11:00:38

The past several months, we’ve highlighted a number of sites that use some of the popular free themes available on WordPress.com — Oxygen, Bueno, and Sight to name a few. Visiting a site is a bit like walking into someone’s house,

Weekend Reads: WPLongform Picks

Published on 2013-05-31 11:00:52

This spring, we introduced the WPLongform tag, as we wanted to give bloggers who write longer pieces (of over 1,000 words) and longform readers a space within the WordPress.com Reader to share and discover new content, from nonfiction to fiction to

The WordPress.com Reader: Follow Your Feeds, Discover Great Reads

Published on 2013-05-29 12:02:28

As you may have heard, Google Reader is shutting down on July 1. As readers ourselves, we understand the importance of a go-to space on the internet for your daily feeds and regular reads — and a place to discover new finds. If you’re loo

Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves

Published on 2013-05-24 07:00:33

This week, we turn up three very different Freshly Pressed posts united by their incisive exploration of unexplored, long forgotten, or unexpected experiences, experiences that have been made somehow peripheral by time, geography, or culture. They

War and Life Afterwards: An Interview with Brian Castner

Published on 2013-05-22 10:15:51

We’re honored that Brian Castner, Iraq War veteran and author of The Long Walk, makes his official online home right here at WordPress.com. Brian’s history and work are fascinating, as are the writing and photographs he shares on his blog

Customizing Comet: Beau and Arrow Events

Published on 2013-05-20 11:00:05

Who doesn’t love “Before and After” home improvement shots? It’s always amazing to see how just a couple of changes, like a coat of paint or a quick do-it-yourself project, can transform a living space dramatically. It’s no different when i

Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves

Published on 2013-05-17 11:00:48

An ode to a father, a story of growing up with two mothers, a request for a cloak of visibility, and a reflection on goodbyes. Here are four Freshly Pressed standouts from this week — all quite personal pieces that have resonated with many read

New Theme: Snap

Published on 2013-05-16 12:00:04

Happy Theme Thursday! Sharing and managing your work online should be easy, and today I’m thrilled to announce a new theme from our friends at The Theme Foundry that helps you do just that! Snap is a responsive, lightweight, and minimalist them

Widget Visibility and You

Published on 2013-05-15 09:00:58

Since the dawn of time, humankind has yearned for control. While we can’t give you more control over most of your life, we can give you more control over your widgets. And today, with the new widget visibility tool, you can configure your widge

Websites for the Greater Good: Non-Profits on WordPress.com

Published on 2013-05-14 13:47:57

All kinds of organizations make their home on WordPress.com: small businesses, municipalities, religious organizations, schools, community groups. We also provide an online HQ for quite a few non-profits, from the global to the hyperlocal. They turn

Five Minutes with Philip Arthur Moore

Published on 2013-05-13 11:30:16

Every few weeks, we’re sitting down with an Automattician to help you get to know the people who work behind the scenes to build new features, keep Automattic running, and make WordPress.com the best it can be. This week, we’re very pleased to in

A Special Sunday: A Mix of Mother’s Day Blogs

Published on 2013-05-12 11:00:28

In some parts around the world, this Sunday is dedicated to the mothers out there. For Mother’s Day, we’ve rounded up sites on motherhood, parenting, and family. On WordPress.com, you’ll discover mothers on all paths: new moms, stay

Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves

Published on 2013-05-10 11:00:08

This week’s three selections address some of our favorite topics: reading and writing. If you’re looking for inspiring and thought-provoking posts, you’re in luck. From the hunger that develops when a reader can’t find the tim

New Themes: Handmade, Untitled, and On a Whim

Published on 2013-05-09 11:07:01

Theme Thursday is here, and I’m excited to announce the three fantastic new themes we’ve wrangled for you this week. Handmade is a beautiful retro-styled blogging theme for foodies and crafters, designed with love by the folks at Obox The

Meet a Forum Volunteer: Lorraine Murphy

Published on 2013-05-08 11:00:39

If you’ve ever had a question about WordPress.com, chances are you’ve visited our Community Support Forums. Forums are a great place to search for solutions and get answers. While our Happiness Engineers help out in these forums, WordPres

Customizing Sight: distraction no. 99

Published on 2013-05-06 14:18:40

Customizing your blog’s theme is one way to show off what makes you you. Young adult novelist Nova Ren Suma does a beautiful job of this at distraction no. 99, using both free and premium options to make Sight her own. (Once inspired, you can g

Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves

Published on 2013-05-03 11:00:12

This week’s three posts all explore a similar topic — being comfortable in one’s own body — yet diverge on that theme in markedly different ways. Bikini Body This, friends, is a cultural phenomenon that confounds me. In Los Angeles specif

New Themes: Newsworthy and Visual

Published on 2013-05-02 12:32:39

Happy Theme Thursday, all! Today I have two fantastic new themes for you to enjoy. First up is Newsworthy by WP Themes, a brightly-hued theme designed for news, magazine, and personal blogs. Its striking colors are sure to grab your readers’ at

NaPoWriMo 2013: Five Favorites

Published on 2013-04-30 12:51:23

There are just a few hours left in NaPoWriMo 2013 — that is, National Poetry Writing Month, which asks participants to write a poem every day in April — and hundreds of resident WordPress poets are pressing “Publish” on their

A Story for Generations: Home Front Girl

Published on 2013-04-29 11:00:56

Imagine this: you have access to the diaries of your mother or father: Windows into your family’s past. Snapshots of moments of history. What would this process be like? To sift through documents, to piece together a life — and, ultimatel

Weekend Reads: WPLongform Picks

Published on 2013-04-26 11:00:02

Last month Cheri took a look at longform writing on WordPress.com, and how tagging your over–1000-word posts WPLongform can help fellow bloggers, readers, and the editors of Freshly Pressed to discover longer, more in-depth material in the WordPre

New Themes: Flora and Fauna, TheStyle, and Fanwood Light

Published on 2013-04-25 12:42:01

Greetings and Salutations! Another Thursday has arrived and you know what that means … more themes! The theme machine here at WordPress.com has been cranking out few fresh, new designs that I am happy to present to you. Flora & Fauna is a color

New Theme: Twenty Thirteen

Published on 2013-04-24 19:40:47

If you’re a WordPress aficionado you’ll know why one of the most eagerly awaited announcements each year is the arrival of a new default theme. Wait no longer, friends. I’m thrilled to introduce the newest addition, Twenty Thirteen.

Customizing Forever: Prada for Breakfast

Published on 2013-04-24 10:07:29

Think you need to be a graphic designer or buy a bunch of upgrades to make a sweet-looking, custom blog? Think again: Prada for Breakfast stands out from the other 214,699 blogs using the Forever theme with creative use of text and simple tweaks tha

In the Spotlight: Go Green With These Bloggers for Earth Day

Published on 2013-04-22 14:00:53

Today, we celebrate Earth Day. Perhaps you’re marking the occasion by attending a volunteer clean-up event in your neighborhood, talking with your children about recycling, or choosing to bike to work, all in the name of environmental stewardsh

Showcase Your Property with a Hotel Site

Published on 2013-04-22 11:00:07

If you want to promote your hotel, inn, or bed & breakfast with a stylish and functional website that looks and works great on mobile devices, look no further than WordPress.com/hotels. An online property for your property You’ve worked hard to

Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves

Published on 2013-04-19 15:00:57

WordPressers, day in and day out, you entertain us, you make us think, you make us laugh, and you make us grateful to be exposed to so many voices all over the world. It’s a pleasure to read what you’re writing. Like everyone in the commu

Preview the Future Design of the WordPress Dashboard

Published on 2013-04-19 11:00:12

Though nothing stays still for long with WordPress, the design of your blog’s dashboard hasn’t changed much lately. While we’ve added new features and made some adjustments along the way, the dashboard has been looking forward to a

New Themes: Bon Vivant, SemPress, and BonPress

Published on 2013-04-18 11:00:04

It’s Threeme Day! I’m proud to present three new awesome themes! Meet Bon Vivant. Bon Vivant is a quirky restaurant-oriented theme designed by Denise Chandler. With a unique custom header information area, food menus support, Open Table regis

The WordPress for Android App Gets a Big Facelift

Published on 2013-04-17 15:03:35

We’re constantly working on updates to our mobile apps to make your WordPress.com experience on the go the best it can be. Today, we’ve jubilantly released version 2.3 of WordPress for Android to Google Play. After updating, you’ll see

Save the Date: WordCamp San Francisco

Published on 2013-04-15 16:47:43

The dates are set, the call for speakers is open, and the website is up: WordCamp San Francisco returns this July 26-27 (with Contribute Day — formerly known as “Hack Day” — on the 28th)! WordCamp San Francisco was the first-

New Theme: Truly Minimal

Published on 2013-04-11 11:00:01

Happy Theme Thursday! It’s spring in some parts of the world, which for many means tidying and redecorating their homes. Today we have a new free theme to help you do the same for your blog! Truly Minimal, designed by FlareThemes, lives up to i

Improved Menus, Autosave, Revision Tracking, and Post Locking, FTW!

Published on 2013-04-10 19:50:24

At WordPress.com, we’ve launched a collection of improvements to smooth your editorial workflow, and save you time writing posts and organizing your content. Here’s what’s new: Improved Menus let you organize content more easily. Po

New! Send to Readmill Widget

Published on 2013-04-09 10:46:55

If you’re an author or an independent publisher, check out our new Send to Readmill widget, which makes it easy to get your prose into your readers’ iPads and iPhones. Readmill is an ebook reader that not only offers a clean, elegant read

Five Minutes with Sara Rosso

Published on 2013-04-08 12:39:11

Greater Security with Two Step Authentication

Published on 2013-04-05 15:28:03

We know your blog is important to you, and today we’re proud to announce Two Step Authentication: an optional new feature to help you keep your WordPress.com account secure. For those of you who use Two Step Authentication with your Google acco

Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves

Published on 2013-04-05 11:35:18

Where I live, it seems winter is refusing to loosen its grip, holding back a long-awaited spring. With two feet of snow still on the ground and frigid, breezy days, it’s nice to sit inside (by the fire) and lose myself in the delights of the Re

Hit It Out of the Park with MLB Themes

Published on 2013-04-04 15:00:31

You know what I love? The sound of the first pitch on Opening Day. As a huge baseball fan, I’m thrilled about the start of the season, and as a WordPresser, I love the Major League Baseball themes — Fan, Modern, and Retro — that yo

New Theme: Adelle

Published on 2013-04-04 11:36:26

Happy Theme Thursday! I’d like to introduce you to our newest free theme, Adelle. I hope you’ll make her feel welcome. Designed by BluChic, Adelle would love to adorn your blog. It doesn’t matter what you write about — technology,

Congrats to all the 2013 Bloggie Finalists and Winners!

Published on 2013-04-03 12:09:41

The 2013 Bloggie winners were announced on March 24, and we were excited to see eleven WordPress.com bloggers among the finalists and winners. Now in its 13th year, the Bloggie awards accept blog nominations for everything from Best Craft Weblog to B

Customization Made Simple

Published on 2013-04-02 17:08:32

Your blog’s design should reflect your personality, and we want to make that as easy as possible. That’s why, today, we’re releasing three big upgrades to the Theme Customizer on WordPress.com that make customizing your blog faster

30 Poems, 30 Days: NaPoWriMo Has Begun

Published on 2013-04-01 10:08:52

Calling all poets! April is National Poetry Writing Month — NaPoWriMo for short. Modeled after National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), NaPoWriMo is an annual project encouraging poets to write one poem each day in April. We love discovering

Mobile theme gets a facelift

Published on 2013-03-29 15:00:12

If you use our default mobile theme, you’ve noticed that we recently gave it a new design. We’ve also added two new options to the theme to give you more control over your mobile site’s appearance. (Not using the mobile theme yet? T

Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves

Published on 2013-03-29 10:15:03

I’ve been on vacation the past few weeks, playing under the sun on the beaches of Hawaii. But that didn’t stop me from keeping up with the latest posts in the Reader. (Yes, I was the gal lying on the sand, absorbed in a good read on her

New Themes: Full Frame and Ryu

Published on 2013-03-28 12:14:06

Image lovers and creative bloggers unite! Two new themes have launched today that I think you all will absolutely go gaga over. Full Frame, designed and developed by Graph Paper Press, is a single column, full-width theme for showcasing your beautifu

A Look at Photographers with Portfolios

Published on 2013-03-26 10:01:06

If you missed Michelle’s announcement about the launch of WordPress.com/portfolios, or Cheri’s round-up of WP.com Painters with Portfolios, you might still be in the dark about the range of portfolio themes we have on offer for vi

All About SEO on WordPress.com

Published on 2013-03-22 10:00:14

We get a lot of questions about SEO here on WordPress.com, and no wonder — you work hard on your site and want to get the word out! SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. SEO recommendations are intended to help your site rank higher and m

New Themes: Little Story, Scrollider Express, and Pachyderm

Published on 2013-03-21 12:04:05

Howdy all! We have a bunch of awesome new themes for you today, so let’s dive right in. First up is Little Story, a premium theme with design elements and inspiration from the talented Laura Amiss. Little Story supports several post formats in

A Look at Longform on WordPress.com

Published on 2013-03-20 14:33:10

We dive daily into the Reader of WordPress.com just as many of you do, sifting through the latest posts like we’re foraging in a vast forest. One of the things we love about this community is the diversity: from brave pieces of memoir to polit

Host a WordCamp in Your Living Room with WordPress.tv

Published on 2013-03-19 11:00:01

Do you find yourself looking for more resources on making the most of your WordPress.com blog? Maybe you’ve always thought about going to a WordCamp, but don’t have one in your area (have you checked?) or are worried that the topics will

Blogger Profile: Poet and Author Kellie Elmore

Published on 2013-03-18 10:00:25

We’re thrilled that American poet and author Kellie Elmore has made WordPress.com her home on the web. A Southerner at heart, Kellie grew up in a small town and is inspired by love and loss, nature, and “the humble surroundings of her bac

Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves

Published on 2013-03-15 17:00:13

As always, the editors at Freshly Pressed Towers have enjoyed the sheer range and breadth of thoughtful, entertaining, or just plain challenging content you’ve been publishing to WordPress.com. Our Readers have seen everything from Cthulhu co

Import-ant News for Google Reader Users

Published on 2013-03-15 13:25:54

The big news on the internet the last couple of days has been that seminal RSS reader Google Reader will be shutting down on July 1, 2013. Google Reader had lots of fans, including many of us here at Automattic, but it’s time to move on. Speaki

Thanks for another great SxSW — see you next year!

Published on 2013-03-14 16:55:23

After handing out 2600 WordPress 10th anniversary shirts and tote bags, animating 500+ festivalgoers, helping dozens of WordPress users, and consuming several pounds of brisket, we’re headed home from the 2013 South by Southwest Interactive fes

Introducing the New Learn.WordPress.com

Published on 2013-03-14 12:00:12

New to WordPress.com and don’t know where to start? Looking for just the right theme, or wondering how to use all the features in your dashboard? Interested in creating a website, not a blog? Or perhaps you’re ready to do more on your sit

Meet a Forum Volunteer: Tess Warn

Published on 2013-03-12 10:00:38

In the Spotlight: Bloggers on Fashion

Published on 2013-03-11 11:00:54

The world’s designers recently presented their new looks on catwalks from New York to Paris during Fashion Week, so I decided to hunt through the closet — err, browse the WordPress.com community — for some eye-catching fashion blogs

Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves

Published on 2013-03-08 10:50:18

You intrepid blogger-nauts are a talented bunch. Your eclectic range of writing styles and world-spanning knowledge create an overwhelming amount of awesome, diverse content. We’re proud to say that we’ve learned a lot from our Readers t

New Themes: Photographer, Superhero, and Sidekick

Published on 2013-03-07 10:47:31

We’re bringing you some action-packed fun on this Threeme Day! First up, we’re bringing you a gorgeous new premium theme from our friends at Organic Themes. Photographer features a beautifully minimal design with a focus on photography.

Headed to SxSW this week? So are we — don’t be a stranger!

Published on 2013-03-06 10:00:14

South by Southwest Interactive kicks off this Friday, March 8, and you know Automattic will be there! Whether you need some help with your site, want to learn about the future of blogging, or just want to boogie down with a beer and some barbeque, we

WordPress.com Business: Get a professional website without a professional price tag

Published on 2013-03-05 10:00:51

Are you a small business owner who wants an interactive website with demo videos? A pro blogger who wants to try out a bunch of premium themes before committing? A non-profit building its first website, and in need of a little extra support? Say good

Five Minutes with Lori McLeese

Published on 2013-03-04 10:50:09

Every couple weeks, we’re sitting down with an Automattician to help you get to know the people who work behind the scenes to build new features, keep Automattic running, and make WordPress.com the best it can be. This week, we’re very pl

Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves

Published on 2013-03-01 10:35:35

This week in the Reader, we cheered on a man versus nature and versus himself, we revelled in a meditation on the sensuousness of hand-written vs. typed composition, and we laughed out loud at a hilarious transcript of a discussion topic that’s

New Theme: Responsive

Published on 2013-02-28 11:54:01

Today, we’re bringing one of WordPress.org’s most popular themes to WordPress.com – Responsive! Designed by Emil Uzelac, Responsive is clean, feature-rich, and you guessed it… completely responsive! With a Home page template t

Two Cities, Two Launches: A Pair of Sites Built on WordPress.com Enterprise

Published on 2013-02-27 10:00:40

Some say there’s no greater rivalry than the one between the City by the Bay, San Francisco, and the one-and-only Big Apple, New York City. And considering both cities’ contributions to the industry of tech and big ideas, they’re ri

Exploring the Reader: Find Your Fans and Follow Your Faves

Published on 2013-02-26 10:00:33

When you become a part of WordPress.com, you’re actually getting two awesome services for the price of none: your blog plus your Reader, which brings every WordPress.com blog together in one easy-to-search place. Your blog is where your ideas come

Blogger Profile: David Gaughran

Published on 2013-02-25 13:40:23

David Gaughran is a prolific author and a veteran self-publisher who writes fiction and non-fiction. He uses his blog to share tips, insights, and excerpts from his books on self-publishing to encourage authors to direct their own book-publishing eff

New Themes: Blocco, Crafty, and Hustle Express

Published on 2013-02-21 11:23:39

I’ve officially decided that any day with three theme launches occurring at the same time will henceforth no longer be known as Theme Day but Threeme Day! Yes, I took it there. Now sit back, relax, and enjoy threese — I mean these — latest

Create an A+ Site with WordPress.com Classrooms

Published on 2013-02-20 10:10:16

WordPress is an elegant solution for education professionals looking to create a website for their class, and today we’re excited to announce the launch of WordPress.com Classrooms. Whether you need a group blog for your high school history pro

Need a new online home? It’s easy to import into WordPress.com.

Published on 2013-02-19 12:25:19

We think it’s important that you own the content you create online, which is why we make it simple to import or export all your data — you wrote it it, it’s yours, and you can take it where you’d like. If you want to become a

Meet a Forum Volunteer: Mike Brough

Published on 2013-02-18 02:00:57

Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves

Published on 2013-02-15 11:12:25

As usual, we were impressed by the fresh perspectives, different voices, and mix of topics in the WordPress.com Reader this week. Looking for something to read? Here are a few suggestions: And Now For Something Completely Different My point is this

New Theme: Further

Published on 2013-02-14 10:58:00

Today, we’re very proud to present a new premium theme that offers all of the features you’d typically find in a magazine theme, while taking it one step Further Further, our latest premium magazine theme, masterfully designed by our very

Customizing Bueno: Mi Piace Kate

Published on 2013-02-13 14:02:31

We all want our blogs and sites to feel like “us,” and there are tons of tweaks that can turn a plain ol’ theme into a bespoke web experience for the discriminating blog connoisseur. Last month, we looked at how one online mag trans

Transform Your Site with a Custom Background

Published on 2013-02-12 10:14:28

Recently, I highlighted blogs and websites displaying custom colors and custom fonts, which you can enable on your own site with a Custom Design upgrade. Today, let’s look at a free way to easily transform your site: a custom background. If ch

Get Notifications On the Go With WordPress for iOS

Published on 2013-02-11 14:00:24

Did you know you can get notifications about new comments, new followers, likes on your posts, and more with the WordPress for iOS app? It’s a super convenient way to keep up with your blog even when you’re away from your desk. With versi

A Look at Painters with Portfolios

Published on 2013-02-06 10:00:49

Recently, Michelle announced the launch of WordPress.com/portfolios. If you take photographs, record music and video, illustrate and paint, or design things, you can build a portfolio here on WordPress.com, using one of our portfolio themes. I was

Five minutes with Kathryn Presner

Published on 2013-02-04 11:21:58

Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves

Published on 2013-02-01 06:00:48

This week’s Freshly Pressed posts continued to impress us with the range, depth, and honesty of the material being put out into the world by WordPress.com bloggers. As a community, you’re bold, not afraid to put yourselves on the line, an

Education Continues Outside the Classroom on WordPress.com

Published on 2013-01-31 10:00:51

Last month, we attended the Modern Language Association’s annual conference in Boston, Massachusetts, and had a great time talking to educators about how WordPress.com encourages in-class conversations to keep going and keeps students and paren

Restaurants Whet Your Appetite on WordPress.com

Published on 2013-01-30 10:00:35

Last year we launched wordpress.com/restaurants, giving restaurants the ability to quickly and easily build a site with menus, maps and directions, an OpenTable reservations widget, and more, along with an elegant new free theme. Since then, we’

Upgrade Focus: VideoPress For Weddings

Published on 2013-01-29 13:00:51

WordPress.com is all about making your special day something to remember, and you’ll now find that there are a number of beautiful themes for sharing your wedding with friends, family or the world at large. Earlier this week we looked at some

Customizing Oxygen: BeatRoute Magazine

Published on 2013-01-28 10:00:16

Earlier this month, during Responsive Theme week, Cheri highlighted BeatRoute, a Canadian alt-monthly focusing on local music. We (and you) were impressed by how BeatRoute made the free Oxygen theme their own, so we thought we’d dig a little d

Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves

Published on 2013-01-25 10:13:46

Within Automattic’s Editorial team, we feel pretty lucky — we get to spend a fair amount of time each week reading your posts, in a constant bid to find strong, original writing and photography and share it with the WordPress.com communit

New Themes: My Life and Silesia

Published on 2013-01-24 12:00:24

Today, I’m excited to announce the two latest additions to our ever-growing collection of free themes. My Life is a cool, serene blogging theme by Justin Tadlock. With subtle colors, readable typography, and a vintage feel, it offers a classic

A Look at Wedding Sites on WordPress.com

Published on 2013-01-23 10:00:11

We’ve launched themes especially for people planning and documenting their weddings, like the elegant themes Forever and Ever After, and the charming, playful Lovebirds and Blissful Blog themes. Here, we’ll take a quick look at how b

Personalize Your Site with Custom Fonts

Published on 2013-01-22 11:10:14

Last month, we shared tips from WordPress.com users who use Custom Colors to spice up their sites. You can also personalize your online home with Custom Fonts, which is another feature of the Custom Design upgrade. For inspiration, let’s tak

Five minutes with Tim Moore

Published on 2013-01-21 10:36:06

Welcome to a new feature on WordPress.com News. Every couple weeks, we’ll sit down with an Automattician to help you get to know the people who work behind the scenes to build new features, keep Automattic’s wheels turning, and make WordP

Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves

Published on 2013-01-18 10:00:20

We were floored this week by the posts we came across on WordPress.com. This community is full of different voices: bold, opinionated, and honest. You take risks and put yourselves out there. You offer perspectives on issues that matter to you. You u

A New Responsive Design for WordPress.com

Published on 2013-01-17 10:30:38

Last week we started to roll out some visual changes to WordPress.com and the WordPress.com Reader. We’ve been working hard on improvements in two key areas; making WordPress.com an amazing responsive experience on your mobile device and makin

Showcase Your Creativity with a Portfolio Site

Published on 2013-01-16 10:00:32

Do you shoot photographs or video? Illustrate, paint, or draw? Design things? If you answered “yes” to one or more of the above, WordPress.com is the perfect place to show your stuff. We’ve just launched WordPress.com/portfolios to

Enhance Your Site with Post Formats

Published on 2013-01-15 10:00:58

A simple way to add visual variety to your site’s front page is to publish your content using Post Formats. Over 50 of our themes support Post Formats, which means they can display various types of content — including images, videos, quo

We want you: Automattic is hiring in 2013

Published on 2013-01-14 13:00:41

Merry band of comrades seeks nice, hard-working, diligent, motivated, fun-loving people to join their mission: to democratize publishing and make WordPress.com the best it can be. Work with us. Last year at Automattic (WordPress.com’s parent co

Meet a Forum Volunteer: Sergio Ortega

Published on 2013-01-14 09:00:48

If you ever had a question about WordPress.com, chances are you’ve visited our Community Support Forums. Forums are a great place to search for solutions and get answers to your questions. One cool thing about the forums is that while Happiness

Freshly Pressed: Weekly Faves

Published on 2013-01-12 10:00:57

As Story Wranglers here at WordPress.com, we love getting to spend time every day in the Reader exploring the incredible breadth of topics you’re writing about. Here are three Freshly Pressed posts from this past week that we think are must-rea

New Theme: Minimalizine

Published on 2013-01-11 10:35:50

We’d be remiss if we didn’t include a brand new responsive theme for responsive theme week! Introducing Minimalizine, a beautiful, minimal theme designed by Rizqy Hidayat, and perfect for a tumblelog or personal journal. The responsive de

Responsive Themes: Gridspace and Just Desserts

Published on 2013-01-10 10:00:41

This week, we’ve highlighted the responsive themes on WordPress.com. In our Theme Showcase, we have more than 50 responsive themes designed to provide a tailored layout depending on which device you’re using. Today, two of our premium the

Responsive Themes: Oxygen and Confit

Published on 2013-01-09 15:00:46

Yesterday, we highlighted two themes, Ever After and Sight. Today, we continue with our responsive theme showcase with two more beautiful themes designed to make sites look their best on any screen, from a desktop computer to devices like an iPad and

Pinterest Verification Added to Webmaster Tools

Published on 2013-01-09 10:00:19

Lots of you have been asking about website verification for Pinterest — the process that tells Pinterest that you own the website listed in your profile. Once your site is verified, your blog’s URL appears on your profile and in search re

A Week of Responsive Themes

Published on 2013-01-08 10:00:02

A new year. A new beginning. A new theme? This week, we’ll highlight our responsive themes on WordPress.com. Maybe you’ll find a new design that’s perfect for your site in 2013. Of 220+ themes in the WordPress.com Theme Showcase, ov

Jetpack 2.1 for WordPress.org

Published on 2013-01-07 10:00:40

After we announced media changes on WordPress.com, some of you asked when these new WordPress.com features would be available for self-hosted WordPress sites. Well, wait no more! The latest features brought to WordPress.com — such as tiled gal

Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves

Published on 2012-12-21 15:00:57

We’re continually blown away by the posts published on WordPress.com. Week after week, we discover content that’s original. Bold. Honest. The most notable posts make us stop and think. Looking for something to read? Consider these recent

Infuse your CSS with Sass and LESS

Published on 2012-12-21 10:00:21

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a handy tool to separate the presentation from the content of your website — you write the content, and the CSS controls the look and formatting. CSS is great for giving your website a custom look, but it can als

New Themes: Book Lite and Misty Lake

Published on 2012-12-20 08:23:30

Happy Theme Thursday! It’s a great day to share our two newest free themes, both designed especially for your writing (and reading) pleasure. First off, we have Book Lite, a beautiful theme designed by Chandra Maharzan. With a bold custom heade

Musicians Find a Home on WordPress.com

Published on 2012-12-19 09:00:39

If you had any doubt that WordPress.com makes a great online home for your band, the range of artists who are now using it to promote their work and grow their fan base should put that to rest. New musicians are signing on every day, making WordPre

Personalize Your Site with Custom Colors

Published on 2012-12-18 10:00:49

Last month, we talked about how you can personalize your online home with a custom domain. Another way to customize your site? Colors. Bold, rich, bright colors. And you’re in luck! With a Custom Design upgrade, you can select the colors for

Your Unique Visitors

Published on 2012-12-17 12:45:33

For all of you stats junkies — you know who you are! — we’ve added some holiday cheer to your WordPress.com Stats Page. In addition to the number of views your site receives, you can now keep tabs on how many unique visitors come to

Manage Slideshows and Galleries — All in One Place

Published on 2012-12-17 09:30:06

We’re excited to announce more updates to the Media Manager, which makes it even easier to upload and manage media on your site. Insert a Slideshow in the Media Manager You can now enable a slideshow in the Media Manager. In Edit Gallery mode

Freshly Pressed: Four Friday Faves

Published on 2012-12-14 15:11:11

No more of this “waiting until the end of the month” nonsense to see what was hot on Freshly Pressed! To keep our Freshly Pressed editors’ picks, um, fresh, we’ll highlight a few of our (and your) favorite posts here every Fri

New Theme: Widely

Published on 2012-12-13 15:00:18

Say hello to Widely, the newest theme to launch on WordPress.com. This modern and elegant theme showcases your content with a design that will give your site a classy, contemporary feel. Make it yours with a custom background, custom menu, and optio

Introducing WordPress.com Enterprise

Published on 2012-12-13 10:39:51

Today we are happy to announce a new tier, WordPress.com Enterprise, that brings the best of WordPress.com: all of our paid upgrades, including premium themes and Custom Design, and the best of all the built-in WordPress.com VIP features such as 70+

New Theme: On Demand

Published on 2012-03-29 11:00:38

Another beautiful theme worthy of the red carpet has been added to our ever-expanding cast of premium upgrades. Designed by Jason Schuller of Press75, On Demand was created to bring videos front and center. Adding them into posts is a snap, and you’re free to use virtually any embeddable video format from any video service. [...]

Keep Your Upgrades in Order

Published on 2012-03-26 12:00:00

As more and more of you take advantage of our fabulous Upgrades, we’ve been conscious of the increasing need to offer a great way to manage your purchases. What if you could track all of your upgrades, manage them, renew them and *gasp* even cancel them, all in one place? Well, starting today you’ll see [...]

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