Making a Whole Lot of Noise: Snoop Dogg and Snoop Lion on WordPress.com
From singer-songwriters to pop-punk bands, we’ve got a huge music community on WordPress.com. Did you know that Snoop Dogg — a.k.a. Snoop Lion — is part of it? We’re proud to say that his websites,...
View ArticleEverything But the Continental Breakfast: Hotels, Inns, and More on...
WordPress.com is home to millions of great blogs and lots of great websites, from small businesses to schools to hotels. Forget your travel agent — you can find places to stay from New Zealand to New...
View ArticleEmbed Facebook Posts on Your WordPress.com Site
Using your WordPress.com site as your digital hub on the web just got a bit easier. We’re delighted to let you know that you can embed Facebook posts directly into your blog. Here’s how. First, click...
View ArticleNurture: A Funky and Fresh Parenting Theme
We’re happy to announce the birth of our latest theme: a new parenting and tumblelog theme fittingly called Nurture. Nurture is the fourth theme designed by the amazing Denise Chandler, coming after...
View ArticleFive Minutes with Mel Choyce
Every once in a while, we 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 WordPress.com...
View ArticlePromote Your Events with Eventbrite Themes and Widgets on WordPress.com
Do you regularly host events as part of your work and/or play? Do you run a venue or plan events regularly? Are you an Eventbrite user? If so, we have some exciting news for you — we’ve teamed up with...
View ArticleThe Year Without Pants: An interview with author Scott Berkun
Scott Berkun is the author of four previous books and a sought-after speaker. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The...
View ArticleAutomattic’s Worldwide WP 5k 2013
The Automattic Worldwide WP 5k is back again in 2013! Set your timers for September 29th! At Automattic we work from all over the world, and we use internal blogs for socializing and exchanging...
View ArticleBlogging on the go just got easier and more fun: Introducing WordPress for iOS 7
Apple just released the new version of their mobile operating system, iOS 7, with a new user interface that streamlines both form and function — it’s colorful and intuitive, but stripped-down and...
View ArticleNew Themes: Traveler and InfoWay
It’s another Two Theme Thursday here on WordPress.com, with Traveler and InfoWay taking the spotlight. Traveler is a full-screen, flexible, and highly visual theme, built by Pro Theme Design for...
View ArticleHot Buttons: Make Room for Debate on Your Blog
Out with the Halloween candy, in with the ballot boxes: today is election day across 50 states! All over the world, in fact, falling leaves seem to inspire the urge to cast votes. From Norway in...
View ArticleDrape Your Dashboard In Living Color
When we launched a makeover of the dashboard, one of the features you requested the most was the ability to shake up its color scheme. Starting today, you can do just that. You can now choose between...
View ArticleNew Theme: Kent
It’s the first Thursday in November, and with NaNoWriMo and NaBloPoMo kicking into gear, isn’t it fitting that our first new theme of the month, Kent, is especially for writers? Kent Theme Crafted by...
View ArticleRefine Your Blog’s Voice with New Fonts
Using the perfect font gives your blog personality — and just might be the design element that inspires you to find your own voice. We’ve added a bunch of terrific new fonts for users of our Custom...
View ArticleWordPress.com News and Numbers: The October Hot List
With October in the books, it’s time to take a look at the incredible accomplishments of the WordPress.com community over the past month. Coming in the wake of an impressive September, you raised the...
View ArticleIntroducing Related Posts
Do you ever wonder what happens when your readers reach the end of your posts? What do they click on? Where do they go next? What if you’ve piqued a reader’s interest and left them wanting more, but...
View ArticleMake the Most of Your Customizer: Three Neat Features to Try
WordPress.com users show their creativity not only in the content they publish, but also in how they design their sites. We always enjoy seeing how bloggers transform popular themes like Oxygen,...
View ArticleWordPressers in the Press
Last week, Ben offered a snapshot of another great month on WordPress.com. Our bloggers continue to bask in the spotlight, with viral hits and cross-platform success. Here’s a glimpse at what your...
View ArticleThinking of WordPress.com for Your Business?
Many of you use WordPress.com as a platform for your personal blogs, but it can also be your online home for your business. We have tools and features to help you establish a professional web presence,...
View ArticleNew Theme: Typo
Today we have a shiny new theme for your blogging pleasure! Introducing Typo by Okay Themes: With clean typography, an inky color palette, and lots of subtle textures, Typo has all the charm and style...
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