New Theme: Sapor
Today, I’ve got a great new theme for you called Sapor.
Sapor is a minimal theme that lets you showcase your passion, whether it’s cooking or gardening or healthy living.…
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Get Up to Speed at learn.wordpress.com
If you just started a spandy new WordPress blog or site and want to work on setup and configuration in your spare time, we’ve recently refreshed a resource that might be just the thing for you: learn.wordpress.com.…
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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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New Theme: Blask
Today I’m happy to introduce Blask, a free portfolio theme designed by Mel Choyce.
Blask
Blask is a modern portfolio theme that uses a clean, minimal layout to showcase your work. The…
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Reinvented Video for WordPress
Today, we’re announcing a complete overhaul of VideoPress, the service that has powered more than 3,000,000,000 video plays on WordPress.com and Jetpack-connected self-hosted WordPress sites around the world.…
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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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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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Early Theme Adopters: Resonar
Resonar, designed by Automattic’s own Takashi Irie, made its debut in March. Created for food and design bloggers to showcase photography and longform posts, we’ve loved watching how you’ve turned Resonar on its head.…
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New Themes: Nucleare and Afterlight
Nucleare
Nucleare, by Cresta Project, is a classic blog theme with a crisp, elegant design and plenty of handy features. A built-in search box, links to your favorite social networks, four widget areas, and beautifully styled post formats make this an ideal theme for your personal blog.…
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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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Social Media Icons Widget
Now available in a widget dashboard near you, we present the Social Media Icons Widget! No longer do you have to fiddle around with complicated HTML code to add beautiful social media icons to your blog or website.…
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Field Notes: Hispanicize 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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The Business of Freelancing, Blogging, and Books, According to Author Jennifer Armstrong
First, I should note: I am not related to Jennifer Armstrong. But! I have followed her writing closely over the years — first during her years at Entertainment Weekly, and more recently as the author of books like Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted (Simon & Schuster), which offered a definitive history of the classic TV series.…
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Writers’ block? No problem! Introducing AutoMatton
Here at WordPress.com, we‘re always looking for ways to improve the blogging experience. We pride ourselves on taking your suggestions to heart and work tirelessly to create better tools for you.…
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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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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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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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New Themes: Hew and Sobe
Hew is a personal-blogging theme with a distinct identity and a bright splash of colour. Share your thoughts and experiences with readers while connecting through prominently placed social media links.…
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