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Introducing Longreads’ Best of WordPress
Today we’re excited to launch a new series with Longreads, the storytelling community that recently joined the Automattic and WordPress.com Editorial family. And we need your help. We’re looking for...
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WordPress for Android 2.9 Has Arrived
The WordPress for Android 2.9 release is now available in the Google Play Store. This release includes some exciting new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. Blog Discovery Blog discovery is a new...
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Early Theme Adopters: Gridiculous Pro
No matter whether you use WordPress.com to host your blog or your business website, premium theme Gridiculous Pro is a cool, sophisticated, and versatile theme that showcases your creativity. Firefight...
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Veterans’ Blogs Offer a Glimpse into Life on the Front Lines
Last week was the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the start of the Allied landing in Normandy, France, that contributed to the end of World War II. While some marked it with (deserved) pomp and...
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Early Theme Adopters: Pictorico
Launched last month, Pictorico is a free theme that combines a dynamic portfolio-style home page with a simple, single-column layout for posts and pages. It’s great for pro photographers, casual...
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Around the World (Cup) in Eight Photos
Whether your country is playing in Brazil this year or not, joining in the fun of this monthlong global festivity is hard to resist. Thanks to bloggers and photographers on the ground in Brazil and...
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UX for Good: Can We Harness Emotions to End Genocide?
Automatticians, the people who build WordPress.com, participate in events and projects around the world every day. Periodically, they report back on the exciting things they do when not in front of a...
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Early Theme Adopters: Bushwick
Bushwick has become the theme of choice for tens of thousands of bloggers since we launched it a few months ago. It’s easy to see why: its typography and layout make posts highly readable, while the...
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Longreads’ Best of WordPress, Vol. 1
Here’s the first official edition of Longreads’ Best of WordPress! We’ve scoured 22% of the internet to create a reading list of great storytelling — from publishers you already know and love, to some...
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Themes for Longform Writers
Many of the themes in our Theme Showcase are great for writing and reading longer articles and stories, from our classic default themes — including Twenty Fourteen and Twenty Twelve — to popular...
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New Theme: Big Brother
Today we’re proud to present a brand new free theme, designed especially for large organizations and government by Automattic’s own Michael Arestad. Big Brother Big Brother offers a clean and...
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Field Notes: European Beer Bloggers Conference
Automatticians, the people who build WordPress.com, participate in events and projects around the world every day. Periodically, they report back on the exciting things they do when not in front of a...
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Early Theme Adopters: Worldview, Collective, and Alto
At the end of April, we announced three new premium themes, Worldview, Collective, and Alto. As with every theme we add, the real fun happens when you get your hands on them — here are interpretations...
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New Themes: Adaption and Isola
This week we’ve got two great free themes designed here at Automattic. How cool is that? Adaption Adaption is a brand new free theme, designed by yours truly. This theme is flexible and adjusts itself...
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Street Art: Around the World in Eight Photos
Whenever I get the chance to travel, I always photograph local street art. The topics, colors, and scenes help me absorb the feel and atmosphere that makes each destination truly unique. Join me for a...
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Attention, Writers: The Next Blogging U. Challenge Is Here
Last month, more than 4,000 bloggers joined us for Writing 101: Building a Blogging Habit, where they challenged themselves to carve out time to write regularly, and to experiment with new forms and...
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Heading to BlogHer ’14 next week? So are we!
BlogHer 2014, the 10th anniversary celebration of the popular women’s blogging network, kicks off next Thursday, July 24th in San Jose, California. There’s still time to register, and we hope you do —...
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Just Pressed: New Books by Authors on WordPress.com
Gabrielle Bell, a cartoonist based in Brooklyn, New York, has published a new book, Truth Is Fragmentary: Travelogues & Diaries. Raw, revealing, and sometimes surreal, this comic diary serves up...
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My Favourite Japanese Actress
Mana Ashida is a Japanese child actress and singer. She was born on 23rd June 2004 in Nishinomiya, Japan. She is a fan of K-pop group Kara, and she enjoys reading a lot of books. She has done many...
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Kuroshitsuji Book of Circus #3
His jokes are so funny, I could just die. This week’s Kuroshitsuji is as exciting as the past episodes, as we see a bit more of the mysterious Noah’s Ark circus. I’m so taken with the...
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