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Five Minutes with Steve Blythe
Every so often, 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 the best...
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Publicize Crash Course: Facebook, Google+, and Twitter
“I’m publishing posts every day, but where are my readers?” While there’s no exact science to successfully building a readership, you have a number of built-in tools on WordPress.com to share your work...
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Publicize Crash Course: LinkedIn, Tumblr, and Path
Yesterday, we learned the ins and outs of pushing your new posts to Facebook, Twitter, and Google+. Today, we continue our tour of the Publicize universe with the three other social networks you can...
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New theme: Poly
It’s Theme Thursday! We’re happy to introduce an amazing new premium theme: Poly. Poly: Homepage Designed by the talented Justin Carroll, Poly is a colorful theme that features a dynamic grid layout...
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Mental Health Bloggers Widen Their Support Systems on WordPress.com
When we start a blog instead of simply keeping a private diary, it’s because we want to connect with others. When you start to blog, you join a community. It comes as no surprise that many bloggers are...
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One Theme, Two Ways: Customizing Twenty Fourteen
In the two months since its release, Twenty Fourteen has already made quite a splash, becoming the theme of choice for almost 200,000 sites. If you’re a new blogger (hello, Zero to Hero participants!),...
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How To Be a WordPress.com Detective
Last year, we looked at the art and science of getting good WordPress support. Now, let’s jump into some of the more advanced troubleshooting techniques you can use to tackle the trickier problems you...
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Choosing a Blog Name: Two WordPressers Share Their Stories
You’ve been thinking about starting a new blog, but you’re just not sure of one thing: what to name it. WordPressers around the world wrestle with this very important question and over at The Daily...
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Single, Divorced, but Plenty Tall Enough to Ride: A Blogger Profile
There are 47 million blogs at WordPress.com and every single one has a unique story to tell. Today, we’re proud to introduce you to WordPress.com blogger Matt, the man behind Must Be This Tall To Ride,...
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WordPress.com welcomes The Bloggess (and more!)
We’re really proud that so many great writers from all genres call WordPress.com home. Last week, we welcomed one more — Jenny Lawson, AKA The Bloggess, whose site just moved on to WordPress.com’s VIP...
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New Themes: Bushwick, Syntax, McKinley, Moka, Gallery
This week we have another roundup of five new themes now available on WordPress.com. Enjoy! Bushwick Bushwick is a fresh, free, and responsive theme designed by James Dinsdale, perfect for blogging....
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Starting 2014 Off Right: Blogs on Fitness and Healthy Eating
One of the strengths of WordPress.com is the community — a global network of users, learning from one another and supporting each other. Earlier this month, Michelle shared blogs within the mental...
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Social Traffic: Five Ways to Make Posts More Shareable
What blogger doesn’t feel a twinge of envy reading a runaway viral success story like Seth’s — 26 million views? Whoa! We may not all be viral sensations, but we can make sure our posts are primed for...
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Around the World in Eight Posts (and Four Photos)
The WordPress.com community is a truly global phenomenon. With bloggers spread across every corner of the world, the stories we encounter daily in the Reader give us an unfiltered snapshot of the world...
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The Look: Give Your Site a Retro Vibe
I love that our blogs and websites are truly our online homes. My blog is different from yours — with a specific custom background and collection of fonts, hand-picked colors, and other design tweaks....
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The New iOS and Android Apps Have Arrived!
More and more of us are blogging from our mobile devices. Today, we’re thrilled to announce new versions of the WordPress mobile apps for Android and iOS. Here are some of the new versions’ highlights....
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New Themes: Outspoken, Studio, Sorbet, Ampersand
Happy Theme Thursday, all! Let’s jump right in and say “Hello!” to four awesome new themes. Outspoken Outspoken, by new seller WPShower, is a premium magazine theme with loads of customizable features....
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Not Running on Empty, Running On Sober: A Blogger Profile
We first met Christy after reading her post, My Grace is Gone (A Climb Out of Alcoholism). The sheer honesty and emotional intensity of the piece resonated with us — so much so — we not only bumped it...
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WordPress.com by the Numbers: The January Hot List
First off, welcome to the 1,321,980 new sites and blogs that decided to fly with WordPress.com this month! We’re glad to have you aboard, and beverage service will begin shortly. Wondering what you’ve...
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WordPressers Making a Splash: February Edition
A sampling of writers on WordPress.com who made some noise last month: Bloggers in the press, from the New York Times to Politico Jack Monroe, the single mother blogging at A Girl Called Jack, has...
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