November 2011
2 posts
New Mobile Theme: Minileven →
There’s a good chance that visitors to your site these days will be using a smartphone. We feel it’s important to provide them with a great reading experience while on the small screen, so today…
New Theme: Strange Little Town →
Introduce a hint of wonderment into your blog with our latest free theme!
This is your invitation to take an enchanting voyage to a Strange Little Town. Our latest release is designed to transport…
March 2011
4 posts
New Theme: Rusty Grunge →
It is time to introduce a new free theme which goes by the appropriately evocative name of Rusty Grunge. It goes without saying, this theme has all the rusty and grungy elements needed to appeal…
Wow Your iPad Readers →
With the launch of Apple’s iPad we have seen the future of computing and it is touch. Nothing matches the visceral feel of navigating your digital world with your hands. The past four…
New Theme: Liquorice →
Add a dash of color to your site with Liquorice, a wonderful new theme now available on WordPress.com.
Gorgeous textures and smooth-as-silk typography make this a striking backdrop for your…
Guided Transfers to .org →
When we launched Jetpack a few days ago Automattic founder Matt Mullenweg said to Techcrunch, “If you’re on WordPress you’re part of the family, it shouldn’t matter if we host you or not.”
…
November 2010
3 posts
Bring Tweets To Your Content →
Have you ever wanted to quote or share a tweet but had to painstakingly take screenshots of said tweet, upload them, and then embed the images in your post? Today we are launching a new feature…
Celebrating 1 Million mobile users: WordPress for... →
It’s been a crazy few years for WordPress’s mobile projects. In 2008 we launched the first version of the WordPress app so you could blog on the go with your shiny first-generation iPhone. Since…
Introducing FoodPress →
“Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.”
Those wise words are from celebrity chef Julia Child, who was never shy about following her passions in…
October 2010
1 post
New Theme: zBench →
Today’s new, feature-packed Theme has a really polished design that can give your blog a more technical look—without appearing too cold. I think you’ll really like it. Let’s take a look at zBench.
March 2010
1 post
Rub-a-Dub-Dub in the PubSubHubbub →
From the tongue twisting name department we welcome PubSubHubbub, or as some people have shortened it to: PuSH. Like rssCloud, PuSH is a way for services that subscribe to updates from your blog…
February 2010
1 post
Publicize: Facebook →
You can now send your WordPress.com posts to Facebook.
Joining our Yahoo and Twitter features is our latest in WordPress.com’s Publicize family: Facebook.
The feature can be…
January 2010
12 posts
Post by Email Wrapup →
Since our Post by Email feature opened last year the emails have been coming in fast and furious. Here’s a wrap-up of some of the latest improvements.
Bigger attachments
We like to see…
Vox Importer →
Thinking of moving your blog from Vox.com to WordPress.com? You are not alone.
We’ve noticed that several people are dissatisfied with the service and want to move their blog elsewhere. A lot…
WordPress Personas for Firefox →
Last week Mozilla released Firefox 3.6, the latest and greatest version of their open source Web browser. To mark the occasion, we worked with designer Chad Pugh to create a couple of brand…
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Edgar A Poe (Museum) →
The Poe Museum provides a retreat into early 19th century Richmond where Edgar Allan Poe lived and worked. The museum features Poe’s life and career by documenting his accomplishments with pictures, relics, and verse, and focusing on his many years in Richmond
New Theme: monochrome →
Sleek, and bursting with elegance, I’m happy to bring you monochrome, another addition to the wonderful collection of themes available on WordPress.com. monochrome is a beautiful theme with…
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Donate Blood →
To date, the Red Cross is meeting any requests for blood due to this tragedy through current supplies. At this time, we do not anticipate the need for a special donor appeal to support our efforts. As always, blood donors are encouraged to call 1-800-RED CROSS or to make an appointment online. Type O Negative and Type B negative donors are always especially needed
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WatchWhy performed by Rascal Flatts *Social Awareness -*Suicide Prevention - it is impossible to tell just by looking at someone what is in their heart - You never know what someone is hiding behind their smile - IF You are having these dark thoughts - PLEASE, PLEASE talk to someone… Death is a permanent solution to temporary problems. “As long as there’s life - there’s...
My Tips on WordPress.com →
Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, that’s creativity.
– Charles Mingus
From the time we started WordPress.com in 2005, we’ve focused on making it…
WordPress.com: Now on HootSuite →
Last month we introduced new ways to post and keep up to date with WordPress.com blogs through the Twitter API. One of the coolest parts about this is you can make use of a growing number of…
Two New Stats Things →
Did you ever look at your stats chart and wonder which posts were published on a particular day? Now it’s easy to find out. Just move your mouse around the chart. (This only works for…
Upcoming WordCamps →
We’ve said it before, and we’ll probably say it again: attending a WordCamp is one of the most enjoyable ways to meet other WordPress users and learn new tricks that you can use on your site….
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“That government is best which governs least.”
– ~Henry David Thoreau
Follow 4 Literacy
Until midnight author Jason Pinter is donating $2 to literacy causes - for each “new twitter follower” … just a little over 2 hours left to spread the word for a good cause! @jasonpinter
December 2009
5 posts
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“If life is a series of lesson to be learned - then each day presents us with an...”
Literary Last Words
ontheborderland:
Often apocryphal or outright fabricated, but always intriguing. Culled from various places by yours truly.
I don’t know. [Peter Abelard (1079-1142); French philosopher and theologian.]
Is it not meningitis? [Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), American novelist, died from mercury poisoning (complications from calomel used to treat an earlier bout of typhoid fever.)]
I’m...
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Bold all the things you did in 2009
pollenandsalt:
Did something you said you would never do.
Payed for someone who said they would pay you back but never did.
Lied about where you were.
Discovered a new musician.
Made something for a friend.
Got a new phone.
Got a new iPod/Zune/Mp3 player.
Watched three or more episodes of Saturday Night Live.
Made fun of someone.
Created a tumblr.
Flew on a plane for the first...
November 2009
5 posts
WordCamp NYC This Weekend! →
This weekend, November 14-15, a whole bunch of the friendly faces from Automattic and WordPress.com will be in New York City to attend WordCamp NYC. If you’re a NYC area local…
Happy Birthday Firefox →
November 9th 2009 is Firefox’s fifth birthday. Firefox and WordPress have grown up next to each other so we’ve always felt a brethren spirit with their team as we work toward the same…
rssCloud Update →
Two months ago we turned on support for rssCloud on WordPress.com. Today we’re announcing some improvements.
Initially rssCloud limited update pings to the IP address that made the…
October Wrap-Up →
October was another busy and productive month. We released Publicize for Yahoo! Updates and Twitter, and upgraded the Theme Viewer for WordPress.com. Coming out of the Automattic team…
Proofreading support for the HTML Editor →
When we announced After the Deadline, the proofreading tool used on WordPress.com, many of you asked us to add proofreading to the HTML Editor.
The HTML Editor lets you edit the HTML in your…
October 2009
2 posts
“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”
– Dr. Seuss
September 2009
9 posts
New Theme: DePo Square →
Today we’re bringing you yet another theme designed by Derek Powazek: DePo Square.
This theme looks great! Minimal, simple, yet unique. But, it doesn’t stop with great design….
Custom CSS Revisions →
Customizing your theme just got easier! The Custom CSS Upgrade now provides the ability to save revisions of your code and uses the same engine that WordPress uses for post revisions.
If you…
The Image Widget, Plus News from Support →
Last month, the Support team (also known as Happiness Engineers) got together to brainstorm new ways of providing you with the features and resources you need.
Out of that meetup came a number…
Imaginative CSS →
I’m constantly finding sites on WordPress.com that leave me happily surprised. I ran across Wir sprechen Online a few weeks ago and just kept coming back to it. For both the content and the…
London Review of Books →
RSS Links Widget →
The Happiness Engineers had a great time in London last week. We worked on some cool projects and came up with a lot of great ideas. We’ll bring more updates to you over the coming weeks…
After the Deadline Live for WP.com →
Last week you guys published 1.4 million new blog posts, but you only ran the spell checker about 204 thousand times. Ahem. The two possible explanations for this are that we’re all…
RSS in the Clouds →
Clouds from my trip to WordCamp Dallas
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and it’s a way for people to subscribe to updates to your blog using a client like Google Reader…
August Wrap-Up →
I’m back in San Francisco after a trip to London for the Happiness Engineer meetup. It’s serious business, but the group has managed to have a little fun along the way.
Our…
August 2009
6 posts
Support Hours and Updates →
In the coming week, the Support crew (seen among the lovely faces here) will be meeting in London to brainstorm new ways of providing you with the resources you need. While us Happiness…
New Theme: Sandbox 1.6.1 →
Sandbox 1.6.1 is now available to all WordPress.com blogs.
Alongside Sandbox 1.6.1 you’ll also find the older Sandbox versions. We’ve left them intact. If you’ve been using them, don’t worry,…
SoundCloud →
We are big fans of SoundCloud, a really useful service that is part Flickr for music, part professional music collaboration hub. Artists such as Beck, Moby and Sonic Youth now use the…
WP.me — shorten your links →
Check out this address:
http://wp.me/sf2B5-shorten
If you visit it, you’ll end up right back here. The nice thing about it is that it’s a short link, about 70% smaller than the …
New Theme: iNove →
iNove by mg12 is one of the top themes used for self-hosted WordPress blogs, and a commonly requested addition to our offerings here on WordPress.com. We’re always doing what we can to…