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

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.…

Want to See a More Diverse WordPress Contributor Community? So Do We.

Web Monkey5 years ago06 mins

The mission of WordPress is to democratize publishing: to make it possible for anyone — no matter their background, location, or identity — to bring their ideas to life on the internet.…

New Theme: Photos

Web Monkey6 years ago02 mins

Today we’re happy to introduce Photos, an image-centric theme with a clean layout and a design that showcases your favorite snapshots. When we designed Photos, we put extra care into making it look and feel great on mobile devices.…

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The WordPress.com Year in Review (and Resolutions for 2018)

Web Monkey6 years ago010 mins

Some years go by slowly — not because they’re busier, but maybe there’s just more out there in the world to stop and notice. We hope the WordPress.com…

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Update Your Avatar on WordPress.com

Web Monkey7 years ago03 mins

We’ve given one of our favorite features a boost! You can now manage your profile photo, or avatar, right on WordPress.com. This avatar, powered by a service called Gravatar, is the image that represents you online — a thumbnail that appears next to your name when you interact on blogs and websites.…

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A Brand New Editor for the WordPress Mobile Apps

Web Monkey7 years ago3 years ago06 mins

Now that so many of us carry around tiny pocket-size computers, more and more of our Internet time happens on phones and tablets — not just browsing, but creating.…

Join Us in the Fight for Net Neutrality

Web Monkey7 years ago07 mins

Automattic strongly believes in a free and open Internet and it’s hard to imagine a truly open Internet without Net Neutrality. What Is Net Neutrality? “Net Neutrality” is the simple but very powerful principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally.…

The Best of WordPress.com in April

Web Monkey7 years ago05 mins

You’re off to a strong creative start in 2017! Here are a few recent updates and stories from the WordPress.com community in April that we wanted to share with you.…

Independent Publisher 2 Is Here

Web Monkey7 years ago013 mins

The popular Independent Publisher design is a WordPress theme that has long been beloved for its simplicity and legibility. So we are happy to announce that it has been improved, ever so slightly, with the design talents of Caroline Moore and Kjell Reigstad.…

Join Automattic’s Worldwide WP 5k 2016

Web Monkey8 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!…

Exploring Your Dashboard: Four of Our Favorite Tools

Web Monkey8 years ago07 mins

A few months ago, we launched a spandy-new post editor, updates to the WordPress.com Reader, and a WordPress.com desktop app. They’re all designed to make publishing and managing your sites easier, from more effective auto-saving to quicker creation of image galleries.…

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.…

Field Notes: The Codex Hackathon 2016

Web Monkey8 years ago06 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 in the community.…

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.…

Five Posts that Made Us Think

Web Monkey8 years ago07 mins

What makes a great blog post? We all have our pet criteria: sharp prose. Enlightening content. Stunning photos. (“Lots of GIFs?” Sure, why not?) Beyond its style or tone, a standout post invites us to take a peek into another person’s home or field of expertise, and offers a glimpse of that individual’s mind at work.…

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.…

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WordPressers Making a Splash

Web Monkey9 years ago07 mins

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.…

Web Publishing for All! Introducing Community Translator Tools

Web Monkey9 years ago04 mins

Publishing tools for everyone Roughly half of the content and traffic on the internet is in English1, yet English is the mother tongue of only about a quarter of internet users2, and less than 5% of the world’s population.3 We believe that WordPress.com…

Celebrating Poetry, All Month Long

Web Monkey9 years ago08 mins

April is National Poetry Month, and we love each day’s flurry of new posts tagged #nationalpoetrymonth in the WordPress.com Reader and across the internet. WordPressers are busy in the #napowrimo tag as well, participating in NaPoWriMo, Maureen Thorson’s annual project that encourages and challenges poets to write a poem a day in April.…

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A Year of Reading the World: A Q&A with Ann Morgan

Web Monkey9 years ago012 mins

Several years ago, writer Ann Morgan noticed that she didn’t read much literature from countries outside of the United Kingdom and United States — and had yet to dive into stories from around the globe.…