Today, I’m excited to introduce the latest additions to our ever-growing
collection of free themes. First up is Ari—a responsive and minimal blog theme
designed by Elmastudio. This theme is beautiful out of the box but it’s also
packed with cool features including two color schemes, three custom color
options, a custom header image, a [...]
After moving from New York City to Chicago and getting married, Rachel Bertsche
realized that her new life was missing one crucially important thing: a local
best friend. So she decided to go on one friend date every week for a year, and
she documented her quest on a WordPress.com blog at MWFseekingBFF.com. But
before [...]
It’s been just over two years since we first launched our Posterous importer
and I never could have predicted how the blogging space would evolve so quickly
in that time. As you may have seen in the news today, the Posterous team is
joining Twitter, which we know will be exciting for our friends at
[...]
If you’ve ever wondered where on Earth all the visitors to your site are coming
from, this feature is for you! Mosey on over to your My Stats tab on the
WordPress.com homepage: …and check out the brand new “Views by Country”
panel. Now, you can see at a glance exactly which countries comprise your
audience: When [...]
Today we’ve got two great new free themes for you: Sunspot and Triton Lite.
Inspiration for Sunspot came from one of our older and beloved classics,
Sunburn (and perhaps a bit from the recent solar storms). A sharp theme with
subtle grid lines and sun-splashed accents, Sunspot is a great all-purpose
canvas for your blog, [...]
The process of publishing new posts just got simplified big time. Starting
today, any time you’re logged in to WordPress.com, you can create and publish
new posts without the leaving the page you’re on. So instead of having to visit
your blog’s dashboard each time you want to publish a post, now you can start
[...]
I’m excited to introduce a brand new free video theme brought to you by the
team here at Automattic. Despite its minimalist design, Sundance was crafted
with clean, elegant typography and close attention to detail. The home page
offers a featured video carousel where you can highlight a maximum of ten posts
that are assigned [...]
For nearly thirty years, ArLynn Presser avoided leaving her neighborhood in
Winnetka, Illinois, as she would experience debilitating anxiety and panic
attacks when visiting public places and interacting with people outside her
home. But once she turned fifty, the romance writer decided that she was tired
of living in isolation, and ready to face her [...]
