Field Notes: CMS Africa Summit
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New in Reader: Combined Cards
If you’ve ever followed a frequently updating site in Reader, you may have noticed a problem. When one of your followed sites goes on a posting streak, it can easily overwhelm your stream, causing you to miss posts from less frequent sites.…
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New Theme: Lodestar
This Theme Thursday, I’m happy to share Lodestar, our new free theme!
Lodestar
Designed by Mel Choyce, Lodestar is perfect for your small business or organization’s website.
Read moreHow To Create a Multilingual Online Store with WordPressThe theme allows you to create a one-page website, showcasing all your company’s information in one spot, interspersed with full-sized featured images.…
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New Themes: TextBook and Dara
Hello there! Today I’m announcing the latest additions to our collection of free themes: TextBook and Dara.
TextBook
Designed by Allan Cole, TextBook is aimed at helping schools, colleges, and other non-profit organizations to distribute and archive information in an easy way.…
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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 VR content on any WordPress.com site, starting with 360° photos and 360° videos (beta), and you can view regular photos and panoramas in VR.…
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A Refreshed Reader for 2017
Reader is WordPress.com’s town square, where you can follow your favorite sites and read them in a distraction-free environment. We’ve been working on a refresh for months, and we’re thrilled to share it with you today. For…
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New Theme: Ixion
Howdy all! Today I’m happy to present a new free theme in our collection:
Ixion
Designed by Mel Choyce, Ixion is a clean and professional theme for schools, non-profits, and organizations.…
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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 all, such as your international followers and multilingual readers.
Today, we’re thrilled to introduce the Google Translate Widget, which allows you and your site visitors to instantly translate your content into 103 languages currently supported by Google Translate.…
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Register Now for WordCamp US
The second annual WordCamp US, the biggest WordCamp in North America, is next month! Join us in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 2-4 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
WCUS features three tracks.…
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Field Notes: Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
Automatticians, the people who build WordPress.com, participate in events and projects around the world every day. Periodically, we report back on the exciting things we do when not in front of a computer.…
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Community Recap: Automattic’s Worldwide WordPress 5K
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).…
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The Best of WordPress: September 2016
Hi everyone, it’s been a busy few weeks in the world of WordPress, WordPress.com, and Automattic, so I thought I’d share a roundup with all of you!…
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Introducing: Data for Breakfast!
The Data Team at Automattic is pleased to announce a new blog for everyone who loves data! Data for Breakfast will feature posts about our data stack, trends in WordPress.com…
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Browser Notifications on WordPress.com
Today we’re launching a feature that will show instant notifications for new comments and likes — even when you are not actively using WordPress.com. Browser notifications give you a real-time sense of your readers’ reactions, allowing you to stay more engaged with your audience.…
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Engineering Happiness en Español
As part of our effort to build a localized Spanish-speaking support team, the Happiness Hiring team at Automattic recently had the opportunity to connect with WordPress communities in Argentina and Spain.…
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New Theme: Karuna
It’s Theme Thursday, and I’m excited to present a new free theme called Karuna!
Karuna
Karuna, designed by Mel Choyce, is a clean business theme designed with health and wellness-focused sites in mind.…
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Field Notes: Grow Leadership Academy 2016
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 in the community.…
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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 you have a free site or paid plan, we index your posts and pages so that the Googles and Bings of the world can easily find them.…
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Field Notes: SupConf 2016
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 in the community.…
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Field Notes: An Event Apart Boston 2016
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 in the community.…
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