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Every year we release an annual flagship theme as a blank canvas for bloggers, artists, professionals, and business owners….
The 2015 WordPress.com Year In Review!
Here’s an incredible fact: together, you published more than 660 million posts on WordPress.com in 2015, and…
What Are Your Blogging Goals for 2016?
You may not bother with resolutions for the new year, but setting goals for your blog helps…
New Theme: Twenty Sixteen
We’re pleased to announce that Twenty Sixteen — the new WordPress default theme designed by Takashi…
Welcome to the New WordPress.com and WordPress.com App for Mac
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“Don’t be who ISIS wants you to be”: Bloggers on Paris and Beirut
Telling stories has power; they connect us, help us work through the raw emotion, and give us a way to…
Early Theme Adopters: Libre
Out-of-the-box, Libre is an understated, reader-friendly theme that’s already become a WordPress.com favorite. As movie review blog Empty Screens demonstrates, it’s…
On the Run: Blogging the European Refugee Crisis
People all over the world were horrified last week when they saw the picture of a dead…
A Niche of Their Own: Five Sites to Check Out Today
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What a difference a header makes!
Our websites are our online homes. It makes sense that we want to give them personality and…
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We read hundreds of blogs and websites every day, from up-and-coming voices and established pros alike. We…
Four Food Blogs to Follow Now
From sweet to savory, these four fantastic food blogs will satisfy your appetite. If you enjoy…
Early Theme Adopters: Gazette
Gazette is a theme that balances rich functionality with a pleasant, non-obtrusive look. Depending on your…
Recommended Reading: Authors on WordPress.com
Looking for summer reading suggestions? Or perhaps winter reading suggestions, should your hemisphere be the Southern…
Keep Connected! Expats and Nomads Blog Around the World
We don’t write blogs purely for ourselves — we write them to be read. For people…
Celebrating Poetry, All Month Long
April is National Poetry Month, and we love each day’s flurry of new posts tagged #nationalpoetrymonth in the…
Five Themes for Poets (and Other Text-Loving Bloggers)
Over at The Daily Post, our first poetry-focused Blogging U. course, Writing 201: Poetry, has just entered its…
A Year of Reading the World: A Q&A with Ann Morgan
Several years ago, writer Ann Morgan noticed that she didn’t read much literature from countries outside…
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It is with great excitement that I announce the opening of ticket sales for the Press…
One Theme, Three Ways: Customizing Twenty Fifteen
Our default theme this year, Twenty Fifteen, draws visitors’ eyes to what matters most — the text…
Im(Press)ive! Your Year in Review
Millions of new sites created and posts published later, 2014 is in the books. We could regale you…