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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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Handwritten Stories in a Digital Age: PostSecret.com and More
In our digital age, we interact with new technologies each day, yet some of us also pine for the past: we cherish handwritten things and value — even fetishize — physical objects. Posts like “Diaries...
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All the Trimmings: Mouthwatering Food Blogs on WordPress.com
The holiday season is officially upon us: that special time of the year dedicated to friends, family, red-nosed reindeer, and— Who are we kidding? It’s all about food! Glorious, comforting, yummy food....
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Black Friday Special: Try All Our Upgrades for Free
This year’s Black Friday special on WordPress.com is our biggest yet. Today you can add any upgrade to your blog for a free 14-day trial. The special sale covers all of Friday, November 29, for all US...
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Five Easy Ways to Transform Your Blog for the Holidays
Your WordPress.com site is your home on the web. It only makes sense, then, to spruce it up for the holidays as you would your brick-and-mortar address. With the ideas we include here, you’ll be able...
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Improved Theme Preview, Widgets Management, and a Responsive Dashboard
We’ve launched a number of updates, from visual enhancements to handy admin tools, to improve your overall WordPress.com experience. Here’s a rundown of what’s new: Improved theme preview: A sleeker...
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30 Days, 30 Posts: Wrapping Up NaBloPoMo
Image by Jonathan Reyes (CC BY-NC 2.0) For many of you, November was a blur: a crazy, beautiful, writing-filled blur. We encouraged WordPress.com users to participate in BlogHer’s National Blog Posting...
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Awesome (and Free) Theme Options You Might Not Know About
Did you know, that of the 217 themes available on WordPress.com, 64 offer free options such as custom headers, colors schemes and palettes, and customizable layouts? There are plenty of ways to make...
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New Theme: Kiore Moana
It’s the first Theme Thursday in December, and we have exciting news to share — Elmastudio has become one of our newest premium theme partners. We’ve been fans of their designs for a long time, and...
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Celebrate the Season with this Year’s Holiday Theme and Desktop Background
It’s that time of the year again: every holiday season, we collaborate with wonderful artists to create a festive WordPress illustration. I recently had the pleasure to work with Jacqui Oakley on this...
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50,000 Words Later: Farewell, NaNoWriMo 2013
A few days ago on this blog, Cheri took a look at this year’s successful National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo), the month-long event during which bloggers write a new post every day. The end of...
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WordPress.com by the Numbers: the November Hot List
Now that November’s NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) is a fond memory and your blogging habit is firmly entrenched, it’s time to take a peek back at November by the numbers on WordPress.com....
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Introducing the WP Photos App for Firefox OS
WP Photos is a nifty new photoblogging app for Firefox OS that works with your WordPress.com or self-hosted WordPress blog. Photo sharing made simple WP Photos is a straightforward, no-nonsense...
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