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Say Cheers to Our New WordPress Holiday Theme and Desktop Backgrounds
We love our holiday traditions here at WordPress.com, and my favorite is teaming up every year with a talented artist to ring in the season WordPress-style with a festive illustration. This year’s...
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Iconic Photographer Steve McCurry Talks Blogging and WordPress
Steve McCurry, a professional photographer and author of several photography books, shares his reasons for why he blogs on WordPress.com. His iconic photo, Afghan Girl, graced the cover of National...
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New Theme: Hero
Have some featured content that desperately needs saving? Have no fear, our new theme Hero is here! Hero’s featured content-rich Front Page template Designed by antthemes, Hero is a dark and minimal...
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Freshly Pressed: Editors’ Picks for November, Part II
On Tuesday’s Freshly Pressed roundup, we highlighted posts published last month that resonated with us — and the rest of the WordPress.com community. Below, we’ve shared more picks that generated...
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Showcase Your Images with Galleries
We recently announced changes to the Media Manager, which is designed to make it easier to upload images, audio, and video files to your site and edit their attributes. Galleries and the Carousel We...
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Introducing WordPress.com Enterprise
Today we are happy to announce a new tier, WordPress.com Enterprise, that brings the best of WordPress.com: all of our paid upgrades, including premium themes and Custom Design, and the best of all the...
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New Theme: Widely
Say hello to Widely, the newest theme to launch on WordPress.com. This modern and elegant theme showcases your content with a design that will give your site a classy, contemporary feel. Widely front...
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Freshly Pressed: Four Friday Faves
No more of this “waiting until the end of the month” nonsense to see what was hot on Freshly Pressed! To keep our Freshly Pressed editors’ picks, um, fresh, we’ll highlight a few of our (and your)...
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Manage Slideshows and Galleries — All in One Place
We’re excited to announce more updates to the Media Manager, which makes it even easier to upload and manage media on your site. Insert a Slideshow in the Media Manager You can now enable a slideshow...
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Your Unique Visitors
For all of you stats junkies — you know who you are! — we’ve added some holiday cheer to your WordPress.com Stats Page. In addition to the number of views your site receives, you can now keep tabs on...
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Personalize Your Site with Custom Colors
Last month, we talked about how you can personalize your online home with a custom domain. Another way to customize your site? Colors. Bold, rich, bright colors. And you’re in luck! With a Custom...
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Musicians Find a Home on WordPress.com
If you had any doubt that WordPress.com makes a great online home for your band, the range of artists who are now using it to promote their work and grow their fan base should put that to rest. New...
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New Themes: Book Lite and Misty Lake
Happy Theme Thursday! It’s a great day to share our two newest free themes, both designed especially for your writing (and reading) pleasure. First off, we have Book Lite, a beautiful theme designed by...
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Infuse your CSS with Sass and LESS
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a handy tool to separate the presentation from the content of your website — you write the content, and the CSS controls the look and formatting. CSS is great for giving...
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Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves
We’re continually blown away by the posts published on WordPress.com. Week after week, we discover content that’s original. Bold. Honest. The most notable posts make us stop and think. Looking for...
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365 Days, 52 Weeks: A Look at Blogging in 2012
At the end of November, we gave shout-outs to bloggers and artists who participated in month-long projects like NaBloPoMo and NaNoDrawMo. As 2012 comes to a close, we also want to highlight writers and...
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WordPress.com: Our Labor of Love — 2012 in Review
For us, WordPress.com is our labor of love — we’re continually releasing new themes, upgrades, and features to help you create the best website and/or blog you can. In addition to great tools, we...
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Jetpack 2.1 for WordPress.org
After we announced media changes on WordPress.com, some of you asked when these new WordPress.com features would be available for self-hosted WordPress sites. Well, wait no more! The latest features...
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A Week of Responsive Themes
A new year. A new beginning. A new theme? This week, we’ll highlight our responsive themes on WordPress.com. Maybe you’ll find a new design that’s perfect for your site in 2013. Of 220+ themes in the...
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Pinterest Verification Added to Webmaster Tools
Lots of you have been asking about website verification for Pinterest — the process that tells Pinterest that you own the website listed in your profile. Once your site is verified, your blog’s URL...
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