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Blogging Sochi: An Olympics Roundup
While millions turn their eyes to the Russian resort town for today’s opening ceremony, the Sochi Olympics have been on the minds of many for months — especially those competing for a spot on a...
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A New Design for Sharing and Reblogging
Today, we’re launching a refreshed sharing and reblogging experience. We’re bringing both visual and functional improvements to how reblogging, sharing, and liking posts on WordPress.com works. Let’s...
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From Food Blog to Cookbook: The Domestic Man
Russ Crandall established his blog, The Domestic Man, to chronicle his culinary and gardening adventures and a lifestyle modeled after the Paleo diet, which focuses on natural, unprocessed foods. Over...
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The Day We Fight Back: Protest NSA Surveillance on Your Blog
Today, a broad coalition of interest groups, websites, and people around the world are joining together to fight back against government surveillance. We’re supporting the “Day We Fight Back” on...
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Make a Great First Impression with a Homepage
Most bloggers display their latest posts first — reverse chronological order is the classic blog format, after all. Many WordPress.com users, however, choose to build a static front page — a homepage —...
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New Themes: Mayer and Axon
It’s Theme Thursday! Today, we have two new themes by two new WordPress.com theme shops: Mayer by Pressware, and Axon by DesignOrbital. Designed by Tom McFarlin, Mayer is a straight-forward, solid...
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Love Is…A Valentine’s Day Roundup
Love…it comes in different shapes and sizes, and means so many things to so many people. On this auspicious day we wanted to show our love for the myriad ways you express love on WordPress.com. Versed...
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Two Tools to Make Your Blog a Supportive, Safe Space
Last month, we highlighted bloggers writing about mental health issues — and it struck a chord with many of you. Lots of you commented that you also write about struggles with mental health, and were...
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Five Minutes with Sendhil Panchadsaram
Every so often, we sit down with an Automattician to help you get to know the people who build new features, keep Automattic’s wheels turning, and make WordPress.com the best it can be. In this...
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Three Ebooks to Spark Creativity and Grow Traffic
At WordPress.com our raison d’être is to do everything we can to help you make your blog the very best it can be. Over at The Daily Post we’ve got daily writing prompts to give your muse a friendly...
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New Themes: Tuned Balloon, Yumblog, Lens, Hexa, Singl, MH Magazine
Tuned Balloon Tuned Balloon, a new premium theme by new seller Anariel Design, is a music theme designed for bands, featuring a responsive design, widgetized home page, custom widgets, and support for...
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Planet Automattic: February 2014
No matter where you are in the world, you’ll find people working on WordPress.com: Developers deploying lines of code. Designers tinkering with themes. Engineers working one-on-one with users to help...
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Twenty Fourteen, Unplugged
The Twenty Fourteen theme is barely three months old, but it’s already one of the most popular themes on WordPress.com — understandable, since its flexible, magazine-style layout gives you tons of...
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WordPress.com Business Users: eCommerce Has Arrived!
We’re thrilled to announce that, starting today, WordPress.com Business users can connect their sites to their online stores. With three leading ecommerce partners to choose from — Ecwid, Shopify, and...
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Around the World in 12 Photos
We’re beyond proud that incredibly talented photographers around the world choose to showcase their photos on WordPress.com. Pack your virtual bags and join us on a turbo trip from Bangkok to Brisbane...
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Field Notes: Webstock 2014
Every week, Automatticians — the people behind WordPress.com — participate in conferences, WordCamps, and other community events around the world. Today, let’s hear from Growth Engineer Dave Martin,...
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New Themes: Circa and Quadra
Today we’re happy to announce two new free themes, Circa and Quadra! If these two look familiar, there’s good reason. Based on Hexa, they share a similar design, but with unique colors and fonts. Both...
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And… Action: Blogs to Visit ahead of the Oscars
The Academy Awards are just around the corner — millions will tune in this Sunday to watch the annual extravaganza of teary speeches, campy choreography, and Jack Nicholson’s shades. The blogging world...
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Monday Morning Edition
In case you missed it, a quick recap of the past week on WordPress.com.
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WordPress.com by the Numbers: The February Hot List
February was another eventful month at WordPress.com. Here's the lowdown on what we've all been up to.
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