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Starting Your Own Podcast on WordPress.com

I am very inspired by creative podcasts. Entertaining guests and the unscripted nature of the conversations make me feel like I am right there, chatting about world affairs or the deep societal transformations of the connected age.…

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Industry Experts and Pro Bloggers Come Together to Inspire, Teach, and Help You (and Your Site) Succeed

Web Monkey3 years ago014 mins

At the Official WordPress.com Growth Summit, the two-day virtual conference running twice from August 11-13, you’ll have access to about 50 speakers and presenters across 90+ breakout sessions and keynote conversations.…

The WordPress.com Referral Program: Encourage Others to Start a Website

Web Monkey3 years ago03 mins

All of us know interesting people with unique talents. Some have business ideas. Others write beautiful poetry. Some are inspired to make the world a better place. …

Add a Post Carousel and Embed a Podcast Player in Seconds with Our Two Latest Blocks

Web Monkey4 years ago07 mins

The WordPress editor keeps expanding its library of blocks, adding new and exciting functionality to websites on a regular basis. After a crop of new business-related blocks last month, our most recent additions will appeal to three communities we hold close to our heart: podcasters, podcast lovers, and bloggers.…

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Make Your Business More Accessible with New Blocks

Web Monkey4 years ago012 mins

From our support sessions with customers each month, we know that growing your brand or business is a top website goal. And in this unprecedented time in which more people around the world are staying at home, it’s important to promote your products and services online to reach a wider audience and connect with more people.…

Introducing the 2019 ‘Anything Is Possible’ List

Web Monkey5 years ago08 mins

A coffee co-op owned by its farmers, a sewing community empowering people of all body shapes and sizes, and a 12-year-old journalist are among those named in WordPress.com’s…

The Best of WordPress.com: Summer Edition

Web Monkey6 years ago05 mins

Hi everyone! Here’s a snapshot of some of the excellent WordPress.com community advice, insights, and updates that we enjoyed over the past month. What’s new Introducing Your New Social Icons Widget The Social Icons Widget allows you to connect your site to your favorite social media networks.…

Community Recap: Automattic’s Worldwide WordPress 5K

Web Monkey7 years ago07 mins

From September 19 to September 26, we invited members of the WordPress community to join us in one of our favorite yearly traditions: the Automattic Worldwide WordPress 5K (open to runners, walkers, cyclists, and hikers — and any other type of ambulation).…

Join Automattic’s Worldwide WP 5k 2016

Web Monkey7 years ago03 mins

The Worldwide WordPress 5k (#WWWP5k) is back and better than ever! Any time between Monday, September 19th to Sunday, September 25th, lace up your running/walking/hiking/hopping shoes and join us for the 5k blogged about around the world!…

Two New WordPress.com Bloggers on ‘Diving into the Giant Pool of the Blogosphere’

Web Monkey8 years ago011 mins

Every day, people from across the globe start their own websites on WordPress.com to share everything from their latest thoughts on current events to family recipes passed down through several generations.…

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Four Tips From Seasoned Bloggers

Web Monkey8 years ago011 mins

Some of the best blogging advice we hear is from you. On Discover, we publish interviews and profiles of bloggers around the world, who also impart their own tips on how they’ve gotten the most out of WordPress.com.…

Three WordPressers Making a Splash

Web Monkey8 years ago05 mins

We love celebrating the achievements of those who use WordPress to share their talents with the world, so here are three recent success stories we thought you’d enjoy.…

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Field Notes: CMS Africa Summit 2016

Web Monkey8 years ago04 mins

Automatticians, the people who build WordPress.com, participate in events and projects around the world every day. Periodically, they report back on the exciting things they do when not in front of a computer.…

Perspectives on Going Viral

Web Monkey8 years ago019 mins

You wake up one morning, check your phone, and spit out your coffee. You have thousands of likes on Facebook, hundreds of retweets, and an inbox that has exploded.…

Customizing Twenty Sixteen: Four Takes on Our Annual Theme

Web Monkey8 years ago06 mins

Every year we release an annual flagship theme as a blank canvas for bloggers, artists, professionals, and business owners. This year’s creation, Twenty Sixteen, is a gorgeous theme that celebrates a classic WordPress layout yet injects it with new energy and precise, minimalist flare.…

“Discover” Great Features You Might Have Missed

Web Monkey8 years ago09 mins

Late in 2015, we launched Discover — a site to showcase the people who use WordPress and the amazing things they make and do. There, we publish editors’ picks from across the WordPress landscape as well as in-depth features on WordPressers making a splash in the world.…

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The 2015 WordPress.com Year In Review!

Web Monkey8 years ago020 mins

Here’s an incredible fact: together, you published more than 660 million posts on WordPress.com in 2015, and made more than 655 million comments. That’s a whole lot of joy, laughter, tears, insight, and thoughtfulness.…

What Was Your Favorite Post You Wrote in 2015?

Web Monkey8 years ago014 mins

The last few weeks of the year are the perfect time to look back and reflect on our most memorable work, so we asked a few bloggers to tell us about one blog post they put together in 2015 that they especially liked.…

What Are Your Blogging Goals for 2016?

Web Monkey8 years ago014 mins

You may not bother with resolutions for the new year, but setting goals for your blog helps you to (re)focus and shape your online home. We asked a diverse mix of bloggers: What’s the most important goal you have for your site in 2016?…

Field Notes: Wine Tourism Conference 2015

Web Monkey8 years ago05 mins

Automatticians, the people who build WordPress.com, participate in events and projects around the world every day. Periodically, they report back on the exciting things they do when not in front of a computer.…

“Don’t be who ISIS wants you to be”: Bloggers on Paris and Beirut

Web Monkey8 years ago011 mins

Telling stories has power; they connect us, help us work through the raw emotion, and give us a way to make sense of events. After last week’s devastating violence in Paris and Beirut, these nine bloggers shared theirs, helping us do just that. …

Register Now for WordCamp US in Philadelphia!

Web Monkey8 years ago04 mins

We’re less than a month away from the inaugural WordCamp US, the largest WordPress conference in the world. Join us in Philadelphia for two days of informative sessions and stimulating conversations with everyone from blogging newbies to the most experienced WordPress developers in the world.…

The WWWP5K: Your Photos and Stories

Web Monkey8 years ago06 mins

Last week we asked the WordPress.com community to join us for 5 km of walking, jogging, running, or hiking as part of our annual Automattic Worldwide WordPress 5K.…

What Inspires Us to Blog?

Web Monkey8 years ago019 mins

Every day, people from all around the world start a site on WordPress.com to share everything from photos from their latest adventures to deeply personal stories from their lives.…

Join Automattic’s Worldwide WP 5k 2015

Web Monkey8 years ago05 mins

The 2015 edition of the Automattic Worldwide WP 5k (#WWWP5k) is around the corner! Automatticians already hit the trail at our company meetup last week. It was early — the sun was barely peeking behind the mountains in Park City, Utah — but the air was crisp and the morning was perfect for running a 5k.…

Versatile Themes for Online Magazines

Web Monkey8 years ago08 mins

Launching a magazine? At WordPress.com, you can choose from an ever-growing collection of themes. Here are four free and four premium themes to promote a wide variety of content.…

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Early Theme Adopters: Libre

Web Monkey8 years ago05 mins

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 both crisp and classic: Head to the Customizer, though, and you can build on Libre‘s strong foundation to create a site that reflects your unique POV.…

A Niche of Their Own: Five Sites to Check Out Today

Web Monkey8 years ago07 mins

The blogging community is huge and diverse, with thousands of smaller clusters of sites built around shared interests, causes, and passions. It might seem daunting at first — like walking into a party where everyone already seems to know each other — but there are a number of ways to ease your entry into the community, from participating in a blogging event (or even starting your own) to taking one of our free blogging courses.…

What a difference a header makes!

Web Monkey8 years ago06 mins

Our websites are our online homes. It makes sense that we want to give them personality and warmth, just like we do with our physical homes.…