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New Theme: Photos
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Today we’re happy to introduce Photos, an image-centric theme with a clean layout and a design that showcases your favorite snapshots.
National Voter Registration Day 2018
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At Automattic, our mission is to make it easier for people to speak their mind and connect with communities across (and beyond) the web — every WordPress.com website, and every blog post you publish with the tools we build, is part of a broader conversation. With the midterm elections coming up in the U.S. in November, we’re thrilled to announce th...
Try Simplenote, Our Fast and Easy-to-Use Notes App
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A great note-taking app can help with all kinds of daily routines like taking class notes, writing a shopping list, or jotting down ideas for your next great blog post.
New in the WordPress.com Business Plan: Jetpack Search
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The WordPress.com Business plan combines fully managed hosting with the freedom to grow and scale your site without limits. Today we’re adding Jetpack Search to WordPress.com Business so you can enjoy powerful and fast on-site search functionality as part of your plan.
Introducing the Simple Payment Widget
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Since the introduction of the Simple Payment Button, we’ve been looking for more ways to streamline payments on WordPress.com and Jetpack-enabled sites. Today, we’re introducing a new variant of the Simple Payment Button, available to WordPress.com Premium and Business plan subscribers and to Jetpack sites on Premium and Professional...
Introducing: A Diverse, Free Stock Photo Library
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As many site creators know, it’s daunting to find images to represent the message you’re trying to put out into the world — especially if you don’t have the equipment or time to make your own.
Podcasting on WordPress.com
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It’s no secret that we’re big fans of podcasts — their beautiful storytelling and engaging news delivery add a whole new dimension to the media landscape — and podcasters. We happily support podcast creators, from sponsoring events like Podcast Movement to supporting embeds from services like RadioPublic.
Sharing Options from WordPress.com to Facebook Are Changing
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We wanted to update you about an upcoming change Facebook is introducing to their platform, and which affects how you may share posts from your WordPress.com website to your Facebook account.
Welcome Atavist! A Groundbreaking Publishing Platform Joins the WordPress.com Family
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Today we’re announcing that Atavist, a multimedia publishing platform and award-winning magazine, will be joining WordPress.com parent company Automattic.
Bookmark Posts with Save For Later
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Maybe you’re reading a blog post while sipping your morning tea when you suddenly realize it’s getting late, or you’re browsing on the bus — but you just got to your stop.
Manage Plugins in the WordPress Mobile Apps
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We’re happy to announce the addition of a frequently requested feature in the WordPress mobile apps: plugin management! With the 9.1 update for the iOS and Android apps, WordPress.com Business plan sites with plugins and self-hosted WordPress sites with Jetpack can now manage their plugins right in the app.
Keep Track of Your Conversations in One Place
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Today, we’re introducing Conversations: a tool in the Reader that makes it easier for you to monitor and participate in the discussions you care about the most.
The WordPress.com Year in Review (and Resolutions for 2018)
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Some years go by slowly — not because they’re busier, but maybe there’s just more out there in the world to stop and notice. We hope the WordPress.com and Jetpack community offered you some of those moments this year.
Managing Your Blog On a Mobile Device
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Have you given the WordPress mobile apps a try lately? We’ve been working hard to make sure our iOS and Android apps are simple to use and have the features you need to blog right from your phone or tablet. Here are a few recent additions and updates that make blogging on the go easier:
New Premium Themes: Small Business and Photo Blog
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Today we’re excited to announce two new premium themes: Small Business and Photo Blog.
Updated Privacy Policy
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As part of our commitment to privacy and transparency, we’re updating our Privacy Policy. We want to give you more information about how we collect and use personal information — in a more organized and readable format.
Update Your Avatar on WordPress.com
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We’ve given one of our favorite features a boost! You can now manage your profile photo, or avatar, right on WordPress.com. This avatar, powered by a service called Gravatar, is the image that represents you online — a thumbnail that appears next to your name when you interact on blogs and websites. With this recently refined feature,...
A New Media Picker for the iOS WordPress App
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Sometimes it’s the extra touches that make all the difference; on your website, that’s the photos and video that give your content life.
New Theme: Radcliffe 2
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Today we’re happy to introduce Radcliffe 2, a refreshed version of a tried-and-true WordPress theme. We’ve optimized it for speed, and added new features specifically with small-business websites in mind.
Upload Once, Blog Anywhere: Photos from Google
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Google Photos is one of the most popular ways of storing and sharing photos online. WordPress.com is one of the most popular ways to blog. Wouldn’t it be great if they played well together — if you could use photos you’ve uploaded to Google on your site?
Simpler On-the-Go Publishing: Background Media Uploading for Android
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Version 8.1 of the WordPress for Android app is now available, with some great enhancements to publishing: background media uploading.
The Best of WordPress: September 2016
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Hi everyone, it’s been a busy few weeks in the world of WordPress, WordPress.com, and Automattic, so I thought I’d share a roundup with all of you! Here’s a rundown:
Join Automattic’s Worldwide WP 5k 2016
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The Worldwide WordPress 5k (#WWWP5k) is back and better than ever!
Field Notes: Junior Innovation Camp
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Automatticians, the people who build WordPress.com, participate in events and projects around the world every day. Periodically, they report back on the exciting things they do when not in front of a computer.
Introducing Content Options: An Easy New Way to Make Visual Changes to Your Site
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We’re excited to announce a newly launched Customizer panel called Content Options.
Introducing: Data for Breakfast!
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The Data Team at Automattic is pleased to announce a new blog for everyone who loves data! Data for Breakfast will feature posts about our data stack, trends in WordPress.com usage, and whatever currently tickles our data fancy. We’re data scientists and engineers with a passion for our craft, and we’re starting this blog to...
Level Up with Blogging U.
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Thousands of bloggers have used Blogging U’s step-by-step email courses to get started, grow as writers, create beautiful websites, learn the ins and outs of WordPress.com, push their photography skills, and more.
It’s Time: Apply For Early Access to Your Own .blog Domain Name
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If you’ve been looking for the perfect address for your blog, it’s about to get even easier. Millions of new .blog domain names (like yourname.blog) will be availablethis November — and starting today, you can apply to secure your own domain name.
Three Ways to Showcase Instagram Photos on Your Website
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Your Instagram account is a great way to share your life, products, and services online. With all that great content, why not showcase your Instagram account on your website or blog? Learn three ways WordPress.com makes it easy and discover other sites that are doing it well.
Browser Notifications on WordPress.com
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Today we’re launching a feature that will show instant notifications for new comments and likes — even when you are not actively using WordPress.com. Browser notifications give you a real-time sense of your readers’ reactions, allowing you to stay more engaged with your audience. Notifications will show up in Chrome or Firefox in...
Field Notes: Podcast Movement 2016
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Automatticians, the people who build WordPress.com, participate in events and projects around the world every day. Periodically, they report back on the exciting things they do in the community. This week, we share our experience at the Podcast Movement 2016 conference.
Four Themes for Photographers and Photobloggers
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Maybe you’re working on a 365 project, with a photo for each day of the year. With a couple months under your belt, you might be looking for a new theme to showcase your work. Let’s check out four themes where the typography and color palettes step aside so that your photos get your visitors’ full attention.
March Blogging U. Courses: Blogging and Photo 101
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We’re excited to offer two Blogging U. courses this March: Blogging 101 and Photography 101. Read on to learn more about each course, see how Blogging U. works, and register!
New Theme: Lyretail
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Happy Theme Thursday, all! Let’s dive right into a new free theme:
WordPress for iOS: New Visual Editor and More!
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WordPress for iOS version 4.8 comes with exciting editor and navigation enhancements.
Five Themes for Poets (and Other Text-Loving Bloggers)
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Over at The Daily Post, our first poetry-focused Blogging U. course, Writing 201: Poetry, has just entered its second week. It’s been a blast, with hundreds of poets sharing their work, experimenting with new forms, and commenting on their peers’ poems.
A Year of Reading the World: A Q A with Ann Morgan
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Several years ago, writer Ann Morgan noticed that she didn’t read much literature from countries outside of the United Kingdom and United States — and had yet to dive into stories from around the globe. From this realization, her blog, A Year of Reading the World, was born. You can read about Ann’s journey in her new book, Reading...
New Themes: Hew and Sobe
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Hew is a personal-blogging theme with a distinct identity and a bright splash of colour. Share your thoughts and experiences with readers while connecting through prominently placed social media links.
Customizing Radcliffe: From Elegant to Eclectic
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A December 2014 addition to our library of themes, Radcliffe stands out with elegant yet modern fonts, large featured images, and clean navigation that gets out of the way and puts your content front and center.
Longreads’ Best of WordPress, Vol. 10
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In the digital age, it’s very easy to talk at each other through emails, texts, and tweets rather than with each other. Interviews enable us to rekindle the art of conversation. Here are seven interviews we’ve enjoyed reading recently from across all of WordPress.
Five Themes for Writers and Readers
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In the past, we’ve highlighted some of our favorite themes for longform enthusiasts and bloggers who just want to write. Today, let’s take a look at five free themes, launched in the past several months, that offer a distraction-free writing and reading experience.
Press Publish Tickets
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It is with great excitement that I announce the opening of ticket sales for the Press Publish conference series we teased here earlier this month!