Chrome Users: Try the WordPress.com Extension on Jan 27, 2012 in Browser Extensions Want to receive WordPress.com notifications instantly, even when you’re not on WordPress.com? Add the new WordPress.com extension for Chrome and as soon as you get a new follower or a new like on one of your posts, a notification will appear in...
Get Instant Feedback When You Publish on Dec 12, 2011 in Features Posting For months we’ve been studying how, when and why people publish their posts, and what the common tasks are people perform afterwards. We know many of you immediately want to see what your post looks like, check for typos, and then share your po...
New Theme: Matala on Jul 11, 2011 in Themes Today we’re excited to launch Matala, our newest theme. You might recognize this one — it was once the primary theme for ma.tt, Matt Mullenweg’s blog. Last year, Matala was released to the WordPress.org Themes Directory, and now we̵...
New Theme: Tapestry on Apr 14, 2011 in Themes We love blogging, and we know you do too, but we also have a special interest in making blogging lovely for your readers as well. It’s for that reason that we’ve taken a shine to Post Formats and themes that make good use of them. Themes...
New Features: Linking, Sorting, Paging on Nov 18, 2010 in Features Dashboard links WordPress 3.1 ajax column sorting pagination IE9 color scheme Oh my! It’s that time of year again, when the folks over at WordPress.org start putting the finishing touches on the next version of WordPress (in this case, version 3.1), and the lucky users of WordPress.com are automatically included in the b...
New Theme: Elegant Grunge on Oct 25, 2010 in Themes Give your site a unique look with our newest theme, Elegant Grunge. With a touch of faded grunge the design gives your site a textured, hand-made look while remaining crisply artistic and structured. Elegant Grunge features a widget-ready footer and...
Like a Post? Well Then, “Like” It! on Aug 3, 2010 in New Features WordPress.com gravatar Features likes Starting today you’ll notice a new feature at the bottom of all WordPress.com blog posts. We’ve enabled a “Like” button, which, when clicked, shows a Gravatar image for all the bloggers who like a post. When you “like...
Downtime on Jun 14, 2010 in Downtime As some of you noticed, including a number of major media organizations, WordPress.com had some unexpected downtime on Thursday evening. Whether you’re eating delicious BBQ, as I was, watching a marathon, or about to post your opus, downtime is...
We All Like to Reblog on Jun 1, 2010 in Admin Bar New Features Features likes quickpress Have you ever come across a blog post that you enjoyed so much you wanted to easily share it with the readers of your own blog? Sure, you can copy and paste the link and perhaps even a snippet of text with your own comments, but overall it’s no...
An Awesome WordPress.com Success Story on May 28, 2010 in Community Congrats When Neil Pasricha started his WordPress.com blog, 1,000 Awesome Things, he decided to highlight one awesome thing each weekday to help him keep a positive outlook. That was three years ago, and now, the awesomeness just keep rolling on in for Neil:...
