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…
Three Tips for Picking a Domain Name
When you create a free website on WordPress.com, your site’s default address will look something like example.wordpress.com….
How to Choose the Best Theme for Your Business Website
Building a beautiful website for your business begins with choosing a theme — a design that controls…
What Inspires Us to Blog?
Every day, people from all around the world start a site on WordPress.com to share everything…
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…
New Themes: Libretto, Lovecraft, and Publication
Happy Theme Thursday! Today we’re introducing three new free themes to our collection: Libretto, Lovecraft, and…
Reinvented Video for WordPress
Today, we’re announcing a complete overhaul of VideoPress, the service that has powered more than 3,000,000,000…
New Theme: Lingonberry
It’s Theme Thursday, and we’re happy to present a brand new free theme for your enjoyment….
New Themes: Resonar and Scrawl
Happy Theme Thursday, all! Today I’m pleased to present two new free themes designed especially for…
Websites for the Win: Four Home Pages
We love blogs, but we love websites, too. Small businesses, personal portfolios, non-profit organizations, government websites…
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…
Five Themes for Writers and Readers
In the past, we’ve highlighted some of our favorite themes for longform enthusiasts and bloggers who…
One Theme, Three Ways: Customizing Twenty Fifteen
Our default theme this year, Twenty Fifteen, draws visitors’ eyes to what matters most — the text…
New Themes: Boardwalk and Sela
We’re celebrating the New Year with two free themes: Boardwalk and Sela. Boardwalk Designed by yours truly,…
Editors’ Picks of the Year: Notable Reads on WordPress.com
Our editors dove into the archives to resurface top posts published on WordPress.com this year, from…
Back to Blogging: Ten Themes to Inspire You Right Now
Carving out your very own corner on the web is important to you. You may be…
Surviving a Stroke at 33 (and Blogging About It)
Christine Hyung-Oak Lee suffered a stroke when she was 33, and she has written about her…