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 later in the month to learn more and register for April’s offerings!…
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A Year of Reading the World: A Q&A with Ann Morgan
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.…
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Press Publish Tickets
It is with great excitement that I announce the opening of ticket sales for the Press Publish conference series we teased here earlier this month!
After scouring the web for bloggers with inspiring stories, successful blogs, and unique voices, we’ve confirmed the speaker lineups, and are thrilled to be including popular WordPress.com…
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One Theme, Three Ways: Customizing Twenty Fifteen
Our default theme this year, Twenty Fifteen, draws visitors’ eyes to what matters most — the text and images you publish on your site. Crisp typography, generous spacing, streamlined navigation: Twenty Fifteen shows that less can indeed be more (and that it can look great on any device).…
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Notifications just got a boost!
If you’ve been tuning in to Hot Off the Press, you’ll know about recent updates to the WordPress.com interface along with some fantastic technical upgrades. To continue the momentum, we’ve introduced more interactive and robust notifications throughout WordPress.com.…
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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 with big numbers, like these…
Total New Blogs
18,300,771
That’s 49,997 new blogs per day!…
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Editors’ Picks of the Year: Notable Reads on WordPress.com
Our editors dove into the archives to resurface top posts published on WordPress.com this year, from personal essays to comics, and photography to fiction. Here’s a glimpse of what you published — and what the community especially loved — in 2014.…
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One Central Hub for All Your Content
Last week, we announced a few updates to the WordPress.com interface, including faster stats and enhanced site management on both desktop and mobile devices.
Our push to make all WordPress.com…
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Longreads’ Best of WordPress, Vol. 9
Here’s more great reading for you: five stories we love from across all of WordPress.
1. Spaces of Freedom in Iran
Jake Threadgould
An account of one traveler’s stay in Iran:
On my second night in Iran I was invited to a party in a middle-class area of Tehran.…
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Upgraded Stats and Navigation Enhancements
We’ve been updating WordPress.com to make it faster and more powerful behind the scenes. We’ve now introduced some changes to the WordPress.com interface as well, making website, blog, and content creation more intuitive and consistent across devices.…
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Black Friday Special: A Year of Unlimited Premium Themes
Our Black Friday special is a great way to get your blog ready for the new year. This weekend, every purchase of WordPress.com Premium will include a free year of unlimited access to all our premium themes — a $120 USD value — so you can use any theme at no extra cost.…
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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 thinking about reinvigorating your blogging or are finally ready to stop procrastinating on that book you’ve always wanted to write, these two great events (and communities) can give you the jolt of motivation you need.…
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A New My Sites Section
My Sites just got a new look, but more importantly, it got a technical overhaul, making the page dramatically faster and more powerful.
From one central location, scan and select any of your WordPress sites or create new ones with the support of a more visual interface.…
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Back to Blogging: Ten Themes to Inspire You Right Now
Carving out your very own corner on the web is important to you. You may be a brand-new user on WordPress.com — if so, welcome! — or a veteran blogger returning to an old habit.…
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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 experience in an inspiring personal essay for BuzzFeed.
Before that, she was using a pseudonym on WordPress.com…
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