Update Your Avatar on WordPress.com
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The WordPress.com Business Plan Now Supports Plugins and Third-Party Themes
For many years, WordPress.com has been a simple way for people to create their own beautiful…
WordPress.com Teams Up with Rebrand Cities to Bring Local Businesses Online
Cities are collections of neighborhoods — and neighborhoods are powered by small business. From coffee shop…
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Writing interesting blog posts, creating attractive pages, and interacting with your visitors — these are essential…
New in Reader: Combined Cards
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Import Your Medium Posts to WordPress.com
With the recent news about Medium’s change in business model we’ve been receiving a number of…
Customize Your Site’s Footer Credit
Every WordPress.com site displays a footer credit — a line of text at the bottom of the…
Three WordPressers Making a Splash
We love celebrating the achievements of those who use WordPress to share their talents with the world,…
Exploring Your Dashboard: Four of Our Favorite Tools
A few months ago, we launched a spandy-new post editor, updates to the WordPress.com Reader, and…
Perspectives on Going Viral
You wake up one morning, check your phone, and spit out your coffee. You have thousands of…
What Are Your Blogging Goals for 2016?
You may not bother with resolutions for the new year, but setting goals for your blog helps…
“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…
Five Ways to Boost your Site with Social Media
Looking for more traffic? Social media is your best friend. Every Facebook like and retweet helps…
Introducing: Our New Action Bar
We strive to make all aspects of using WordPress.com streamlined and intuitive, from following a great new…
Heather Matarazzo’s Personal Stories from Inside and Outside Hollywood
Actor Heather Matarazzo has only published a few posts on her new blog, but each one…
New Theme: Libre
Happy Theme Thursday, all! Today I’m happy to introduce Libre, a new free theme designed by…
#LoveWins! LGBTQ Bloggers Make Their Voices Heard
You might have noticed the rainbow banner across the top of WordPress.com over the weekend — our…
Ensuring Your Site is Mobile-Friendly
Today, Google released a change to its algorithm that gives higher search scores to sites it…
The Business of Freelancing, Blogging, and Books, According to Author Jennifer Armstrong
First, I should note: I am not related to Jennifer Armstrong. But! I have followed her…
Websites for the Win: Four Home Pages
We love blogs, but we love websites, too. Small businesses, personal portfolios, non-profit organizations, government websites…
Customizing Radcliffe: From Elegant to Eclectic
A December 2014 addition to our library of themes, Radcliffe stands out with elegant yet modern fonts,…