New Theme: Petite Melodies
If you’re seeking a fun, playful look for your blog or website, we have the theme for you! Petite Melodies is a beautiful new premium theme designed by Sol Linero. Choose from three quirky illustrated...
View ArticleGo Ahead—Add a Splash of Color
Adding Custom Colors to your blog just got simpler than ever! Now you can change your entire color scheme with the single click of a button. Color has impact: it sets context and should complement your...
View ArticleNew Theme: Soundcheck
Today I’m totally jazzed up to announce the launch of a feature-rich audio theme perfect for any band, artist, or musician on WordPress.com. Designed by Luke McDonald of Press75, Soundcheck ships with...
View ArticleAround the Carousel Again
You might recall the photo carousel feature we launched a few months ago. It has been incredibly popular with both bloggers and visitors, racking up over three quarters of a billion views since then....
View ArticleMore Widgets For Your Blog
Everyone loves widgets right? They allow you to add neat features to your blog and really make it your own. They are universal, because you can use them on all different themes, so no matter which...
View ArticleNew Themes: The Great Adventure, The Columnist, and Vintage Camera
Today, we have three fantastic themes to introduce you to. First, take your readers on a journey – be it soaring through the skies or blasting off into space – with The Great Adventure, a fun premium...
View ArticleNew Theme: Balloons
Today we have a unique addition to the WordPress.com themes collection – Balloons is a charming theme by Chris Magiera. Let your imagination soar – or, perhaps more accurately, float – amongst these...
View ArticleA High Resolution Experience
There’s a new generation of devices really changing how we look at the web, Apple calls it Retina, others call it HiDPI (high dots per inch), but it’s been trickling its way up mostly through mobile...
View ArticleFreshly Pressed’s Best Of July 2012
The month of July has come and gone and we featured over 600 posts on Freshly Pressed. So here is a look back at ten of these stories: those we thought were the most interesting and those the...
View ArticleBig iPhone/iPad Update Now Available
Today is an exciting day! A new version of WordPress for iOS was just pushed live, and it’s been dubbed the “biggest update ever”. It features a completely re-imagined interface for both iPhone and...
View ArticleNew wedding themes: Lovebirds and Ever After
At the beginning of 2012, we launched our wedding theme Forever and let you in on how you can use WordPress to document and share your wedding experience with your friends and family. Now we’re doing...
View ArticleDo More Faster
We’ve just released two improvements that will make WordPress.com even more efficient for you, leaving you more time to create content. Site Stats If you get a lot of traffic to your blog, your stats...
View ArticleSummer Cleanup
We’ve made a minor change to the dashboard menu to help tidy things up a little. We figured that the Polls and Ratings menus were taking up too much space as top-level menu options. So we decided to...
View ArticleCollaborate and Create: Group Blogs For Friends, Colleagues, and Family
For many, blogging is a solo journey, but it doesn’t have to be. Did you know a blog on WordPress.com can have multiple contributors? Check out the following group blogs, and you might find inspiration...
View ArticleNew Theme: Avid
Looking for a new and exciting way to share your images with the world? Well, look no further! Avid is an innovative premium theme for photographers from The Theme Foundry. With a unique photoblog...
View ArticleFinding Themes is Now Faster & More Visual
I want to let you in on a little secret: when we launched Lovebirds and Ever After almost two weeks ago, we reached 200 active themes on WordPress.com! With so many amazing new themes coming out, we...
View ArticleNew Theme: Twenty Twelve
Every year the WordPress team proudly unveils a new default theme, increasing by one the collection now known affectionately as the Twenty Somethings. Serving as the flagship theme for a year, it has...
View ArticleNew Themes: Able and Sight
It’s Thursday, and you know what that means — new themes! First, we are happy to introduce Able, a multipurpose traditional blog theme that is a refresh of our two older classics, Andreas 04 and...
View ArticleFreshly Pressed: Editors’ Picks for August 2012
In August, WordPress.com bloggers hit us with their best: Smart takes on the month’s biggest stories. Thoughtful musings on culture. Photographs and art that bring the world to life. The following ten...
View ArticleNew Themes: Gridspace and Ascetica
Happy Themeday, all! Today we have two brand-spankin’-new themes for your visual enjoyment. First up is Gridspace, a classic, elegant premium theme by Graph Paper Press. Gridspace lets you show your...
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