New Theme: Button
Happy Theme Thursday, all! Today I’m happy to present a new free theme in our collection, Button.
Button
Button is a theme that’s as cute as its name.…
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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 page layout, widget areas, and default style. With more than 350 free and paid themes on WordPress.com,…
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Versatile Themes for Online Magazines
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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Field Notes: Tech Inclusion 2015
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.…
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A Niche of Their Own: Five Sites to Check Out Today
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.…
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New Themes: Colinear and Franklin
On this Theme Thursday, we have two new free themes for you: Colinear and Franklin.
Colinear
Colinear — our update to the older Coraline — is a squeaky-clean theme featuring a custom menu, header, background, and layout.…
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New Theme: Independent Publisher
On this Theme Thursday, we’re happy to announce the latest addition to our collection of free themes.
Independent Publisher
Independent Publisher is a clean and elegant theme by Raam Dev, with a clean and responsive layout ideal for personal bloggers and writers alike.…
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WordPressers Making a Splash
We read hundreds of blogs and websites every day, from up-and-coming voices and established pros alike. We love visiting those sites on WordPress.com, but it’s just as rewarding to see other platforms embrace the work of writers, journalists, and artists who regularly publish here, introducing it to new audiences.…
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New Themes: Libretto, Lovecraft, and Publication
Happy Theme Thursday! Today we’re introducing three new free themes to our collection: Libretto, Lovecraft, and Publication.
Libretto
Featuring big, bold drop caps and oversized images, Libretto is ideal for showcasing longform writing or stunning imagery.…
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Early Theme Adopters: Gazette
Gazette is a theme that balances rich functionality with a pleasant, non-obtrusive look. Depending on your site’s needs, you can tweak it to look as stark and clean, or as warm and vibrant as you wish.…
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Jenny Diski on Writing, Love, and Cancer
Photo by Suki Dhanda
We’ve been following writer Jenny Diski for many years at the London Review of Books, and more recently on her WordPress.com blog.…
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New Theme: Cerauno
It’s a beautiful day for a new theme! Today, I’m happy to present a free magazine theme, Cerauno.
Cerauno
Cerauno is a polished, user-friendly theme designed by Mel Choyce.…
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New Themes: Ecto and Coherent
Today, we’d like you to meet the two newest themes added to the WordPress.com collection: Ecto and Coherent.
Ecto
With a light color scheme, bold typography, and full-width images that draw readers straight to your content, Ecto is perfect for blogs of all kinds.…
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New Themes: Saga and Satellite
Happy Theme Thursday, ladies and gentlemen! Let’s take a look at our two newest free themes, Saga and Satellite:
Saga
Saga, designed by the talented Justin Tadlock, is a theme tailor-made for writers, by a writer.…
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New Themes: Resonar and Scrawl
Happy Theme Thursday, all! Today I’m pleased to present two new free themes designed especially for longform writing.
Resonar
Designed by yours truly, Resonar is an elegant blog theme with full-screen Featured Images.…
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Websites for the Win: Four Home Pages
We love blogs, but we love websites, too. Small businesses, personal portfolios, non-profit organizations, government websites — bring ’em on! These four sites are each beautiful, effective, and built on WordPress.com.…
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Four Themes for Photographers and Photobloggers
Maybe you’re working on a 365 project, with a photo for each day of the year. With a couple months under your belt, you might be looking for a new theme to showcase your work.…
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New Theme: Lyretail
Happy Theme Thursday, all! Let’s dive right into a new free theme:
Lyretail
Designed by Mel Choyce, Lyretail is a stunning visual treat for your personal site.…
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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 second week. It’s been a blast, with hundreds of poets sharing their work, experimenting with new forms, and commenting on their peers’ poems.…
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Customizing Radcliffe: From Elegant to Eclectic
A December 2014 addition to our library of themes, Radcliffe stands out with elegant yet modern fonts, large featured images, and clean navigation that gets out of the way and puts your content front and center.…
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