It’s now much easier for you and your commenters to keep track of the
conversations you’re involved in across WordPress.com. Some recent tests have
shown that by subscribing commenters to new comments by default, they are more
likely to stay engaged and come back and comment more on your blog. With that
knowledge, we’ve changed [...]
We’ve added a user showcase where you can view stunning customizations made by
people just like you. From complete redesigns with CSS to adding pizzazz with
Custom Fonts to clever use of options like background and header, this showcase
will spark your imagination and inspire creativity. Discover details about what
each showcase blog is doing [...]
Spring is in the air. With the weather warming up, now is a great time to get
started on a photo blog. Creating a photo blog is a wonderful introduction to
blogging on WordPress.com or an opportunity to refresh your current site. Ready
to get started? You can sign up for a new blog right [...]
Happy Thursday! We’ve added some exciting new themes to our ever-growing
collection, and we’re happy to tell you all about them. First out of the oven
is…Just Desserts. Yep, that’s a theme! Designed by Andy Rutledge, Just Desserts
is a deliciously stylish premium theme that’s perfect for blogs centered on
food. With its responsive, single-column [...]
Are you curious to see how your friends are using WordPress? Give the new and
improved Friend Finder a try to connect with your Twitter, Facebook, and Google
contacts who have WordPress sites! After authorizing WordPress.com to use your
Twitter, Facebook, or Google account to find your friends (don’t worry — none
of this account [...]
In our quest to help you find the perfect look for your blog, we’ve added two
brand new themes to our collection! First up is Everyday, a beautifully
designed premium theme by James Goode. Everyday has been precisely calibrated
to be pleasurably readable on almost any screen. Attention and care has
especially been given to [...]
Back in 2010 we introduced the exciting new ability to Like the individual
posts you’ve read all around WordPress.com. It’s been one of our most popular
features since then, as evidenced by the chart below that goes
up-and-to-the-right as an indication of great success and achievement. Today
I’m happy to announce a few enhancements to the [...]
This Sunday, April 22nd will mark the 42nd observance of Earth Day. According
to Earth Day Network, “More than 1 billion people now participate in Earth Day
activities each year, making it the largest civic observance in the world.” To
inspire you to get in on this year’s celebration, here are eight amazing
nature-related blogs [...]
We’re happy to announce three new things that you can embed into your site!
Spotify Embed music from Spotify by right-clicking any song, album, or artist
in Spotify and selecting “Copy HTTP Link” or “Copy Spotify URI”: Then paste
that into your post editor, making sure that it’s located on its own line all
by [...]
This is a guest post by Kristina Chang, Evan Moore, Tony Xu, and Omer
Rabin; students at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. “What makes a blog
popular? What drives page views?” These are the questions that we’ve been
trying to answer over the last few weeks. We were on a mission to dig into the
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