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Digging In the Dashboard, Part II: Features for Longform Posts
As we discussed in the first installment of Digging in the Dashboard, WordPress.com has so many great features that it’s tough to be familiar with them all. I’m still discovering new ones myself! Let’s...
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Hot Buttons: Make Room for Debate on Your Blog
Out with the Halloween candy, in with the ballot boxes: today is election day across 50 states! All over the world, in fact, falling leaves seem to inspire the urge to cast votes. From Norway in...
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Drape Your Dashboard In Living Color
When we launched a makeover of the dashboard, one of the features you requested the most was the ability to shake up its color scheme. Starting today, you can do just that. You can now choose between...
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New Theme: Kent
It’s the first Thursday in November, and with NaNoWriMo and NaBloPoMo kicking into gear, isn’t it fitting that our first new theme of the month, Kent, is especially for writers? Kent Theme Crafted by...
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Refine Your Blog’s Voice with New Fonts
Using the perfect font gives your blog personality — and just might be the design element that inspires you to find your own voice. We’ve added a bunch of terrific new fonts for users of our Custom...
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WordPress.com News and Numbers: The October Hot List
With October in the books, it’s time to take a look at the incredible accomplishments of the WordPress.com community over the past month. Coming in the wake of an impressive September, you raised the...
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Introducing Related Posts
Do you ever wonder what happens when your readers reach the end of your posts? What do they click on? Where do they go next? What if you’ve piqued a reader’s interest and left them wanting more, but...
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Make the Most of Your Customizer: Three Neat Features to Try
WordPress.com users show their creativity not only in the content they publish, but also in how they design their sites. We always enjoy seeing how bloggers transform popular themes like Oxygen,...
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WordPressers in the Press
Last week, Ben offered a snapshot of another great month on WordPress.com. Our bloggers continue to bask in the spotlight, with viral hits and cross-platform success. Here’s a glimpse at what your...
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Thinking of WordPress.com for Your Business?
Many of you use WordPress.com as a platform for your personal blogs, but it can also be your online home for your business. We have tools and features to help you establish a professional web presence,...
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New Theme: Typo
Today we have a shiny new theme for your blogging pleasure! Introducing Typo by Okay Themes: With clean typography, an inky color palette, and lots of subtle textures, Typo has all the charm and style...
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Have You Visited the Forums Lately?
If you haven’t checked out the WordPress.com forums lately, you should! The forums offer an active community of fellow WordPress.com users, and they’re a great place to get help with support issues and...
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New Theme: Delight
I’m delighted to announce that we have a new theme for you today, and it’s called…Delight. The Delight Theme Designed by CyberChimps, Delight is a clean mobile-friendly premium theme that should suit...
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Write (More) Effortlessly With Markdown
Markdown has arrived on WordPress.com! Some of you may respond with “Finally!” Others might be asking, “what’s that?” Markdown is a quick way to add formatted text without writing out any HTML. Let’s...
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New Theme: Twenty Fourteen
For the first time ever, the yearly default theme for WordPress is ready to go before its namesake year begins. Consider it an early holiday gift from the WordPress community to you, a tradition we...
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Tools to Promote Your Events
Party planning for the holidays? Scheming up a New Year’s Eve 2013 bash? Or, maybe you host regular gatherings, like a weekly book-swap-and-wine-tasting night, or are planning “NaNoWriMoNowWhat?”...
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New Themes: Adventure and Basis
We have a special treat this Two Theme Thursday: new premium themes from two of our most popular sellers, Organic Themes and The Theme Foundry. Do you have stories to share from a trip to timeless...
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Striking Back Against Censorship
The mission of WordPress.com is to democratize publishing. We’re inspired every day by the ways creators use our platform to bring their voices to the world. Unfortunately, we also see many cases of...
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Blogger Profile: Gendermom
Parenting blogs flourish on WordPress.com, and today, we’re pleased to introduce you to Gendermom, whose site tagline, A chronicle of fun and fear, or, daily life with my young trans daughter, says it...
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Digging In the Dashboard, Part III: Features for Images
So far in our series of lesser-known WordPress.com features, we’ve discussed handy editing tools and neat ways to split up longer posts. This time, let’s leave text behind and talk about three image...
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