Engineering Happiness in Brazil: WordCamp Rio de Janeiro and beyond
Karen Arnold and Erica Varlese work on the Happiness Hiring team at Automattic, where they hire…
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…
Next Stop for Accelerate.LGBT: Dublin, Ireland
Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, is committed to diversity: providing a platform for everyone to publish on…
Reinvented Video for WordPress
Today, we’re announcing a complete overhaul of VideoPress, the service that has powered more than 3,000,000,000…
#LoveWins! LGBTQ Bloggers Make Their Voices Heard
You might have noticed the rainbow banner across the top of WordPress.com over the weekend — our…
Enable Two-Factor Authentication on Your Account
Because we want to make WordPress.com accounts as secure as we can, we’ve made it easier…
Social Media Icons Widget
Now available in a widget dashboard near you, we present the Social Media Icons Widget! No…
New Themes: Saga and Satellite
Happy Theme Thursday, ladies and gentlemen! Let’s take a look at our two newest free themes,…
March Blogging U. Courses: Blogging and Photo 101
Registration for March’s Blogging U. courses is now closed, and both courses have started. Check back…
Google Analytics for WordPress.com Business sites
Update: Google Analytics settings are now available from My Sites ? Tools ? Marketing ? Traffic….
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…
New Theme: Twenty Fifteen
It’s that time of year again. The snow has started falling in northern countries, friends are…
Upgraded Stats and Navigation Enhancements
We’ve been updating WordPress.com to make it faster and more powerful behind the scenes. We’ve now…
New Themes: Plane and Capoverso
Today, we welcome Plane and Capoverso to our WordPress.com theme showcase. Plane Say hello to Plane,…
Emoji Everywhere ?
Emoji? What are they? “Emoji” is a Japanese term meaning “picture character.” It’s a standard for…
The NaMos are Coming! The NaMos are Coming!
November is one week away, and that means NaNoWriMo and NaBloPoMo are, too! If you’ve been…
A New My Sites Section
My Sites just got a new look, but more importantly, it got a technical overhaul, making…
Add Gmail, Calendar, and Drive to Your Site
The content you publish on your site is the result of a lot of behind-the-scenes activity…
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…