How to get your new WordPress site indexed
When you roll out the red carpet on a new website, you might be expecting visitors…
More Stats, Better Stats, Faster Stats: A Whole New Mobile Experience
If you’re like me, Stats is one of your most-visited screens in your WordPress app —…
The WIRED Guide to Your Personal Data (and Who Is Using It)
On the internet, the personal data users give away for free is transformed into a precious…
National Voter Registration Day 2018
Did you know that today is National Voter Registration Day? At Automattic, our mission is to…
Podcasting on WordPress.com
It’s no secret that we’re big fans of podcasts — their beautiful storytelling and engaging news…
Updated Signup and Site Creation on Mobile Devices
The latest stage in our authentication redesign effort improves signup and site creation on our mobile…
The WordPress.com Year in Review (and Resolutions for 2018)
Some years go by slowly — not because they’re busier, but maybe there’s just more out…
Upload Once, Blog Anywhere: Photos from Google
Google Photos is one of the most popular ways of storing and sharing photos online. WordPress.com…
Simpler On-the-Go Publishing: Background Media Uploading for Android
Version 8.1 of the WordPress for Android app is now available, with some great enhancements to publishing:…
A Brand New Editor for the WordPress Mobile Apps
Now that so many of us carry around tiny pocket-size computers, more and more of our…
Launching: All New Media Picker for Android
There’s this… thing… in the Android WordPress app that we refer to as the “seven-item menu.”…
The Best of WordPress.com in April
You’re off to a strong creative start in 2017! Here are a few recent updates and…
Independent Publisher 2 Is Here
The popular Independent Publisher design is a WordPress theme that has long been beloved for its…
Introducing WordPress.com for Google Docs: A New Way Forward for Collaborative Editing
We are happy to announce WordPress.com for Google Docs, a new add-on that lets you write,…
Introducing VR and 360° Content for All WordPress.com Sites
Virtual Reality is coming to WordPress.com! As of today, you can create and publish your own…
Your Site, Now in Other Languages: Introducing the Google Translate Widget
Internationalization is very important to us, and we’re striving to make sites across WordPress.com accessible to…
A Faster Mobile Web: WordPress.com Updates for Accelerated Mobile Pages
Earlier this year we were proud to announce that WordPress.com users’s sites would automatically support Accelerated…
Attract More Visitors to Your Business Site with our Advanced SEO Tools
Today we are adding a new feature to our WordPress.com Business Plan that will make it easier…
Make the Most of Our New SEO Settings Panel
WordPress.com has always taken care of your site’s search engine optimization (SEO) behind the scenes. Whether…
Coming Soon: New .Blog Domains for Websites
For more than a decade, the word “blog” has been synonymous with “your home on the…
Get More Readers to Your Business Blog
Blogging is a great way to communicate with your customers and reach new ones. Business owner Phoebe…