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New Themes: Splendio and Suburbia
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Happy Tuesday! We’ve got two unique free themes for you today, and they are quite a study in contrasts. Our first theme, Splendio, dazzles with an unconventional yet stylish design from Design Disease that pops out of the box — literally. How...
Post Videos from Your iPhone or iPad
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Would you like to post videos to your blog while you’re on the go? Are you interested in a photography theme that’s also video-friendly? Well, look no further, because we have some news for you. The VideoPress upgrade, which allows you to...
New Themes: Currents and Debut
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Today, I’m excited to introduce the latest additions to our collection of premium themes. Designed by Andy Rutledge, Currents, is a responsive, minimal yet attractive premium theme from WooThemes. Currents is perfect for news driven sites. The...
Import from Tumblr in 3 Easy Steps
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We’ve recently noticed that a fair number of you have been bringing your tumblelogs over from Tumblr to WordPress.com using one of the variety of Tumblr to WXR conversion tools which exist on the web. We thought you would appreciate an easier w...
Chrome Users: Try the WordPress.com Extension
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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...
Your Stats Have a New Home
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Are you addicted to checking your site stats? You are not alone. The stats dashboard has always been one of the most popular admin screens. It’s gratifying to know that people are visiting your place online. With the WordPress.com front page ev...
Reblogging is Back!
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As we mentioned last week, you can like and reblog posts directly from your reader, which displays a stream of all the updates published on all the blogs you follow from your WordPress.com account. We’ve also brought the reblog button back to t...
New Theme: Newsy
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It’s been an extra big week in the news ’round these parts, so much so that the launch announcement of our latest premium theme seems like an extra extra good way to headline our Friday. Newsy is a versatile business and news-friendly the...
Read All Your Favorite Blogs in One Place
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If you feel like it’s a chore to keep up with all your favorite blogs, you can now read posts from all the blogs you follow (even the ones that aren’t on WordPress.com!) in one convenient place on the WordPress.com home page: Your reader...
Join Our Censorship Protest!
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Have you been paying attention to all the hubbub online about the proposed U.S. legislation (SOPA/PIPA) that threatens internet freedom? I wrote about it last week over on WordPress.org, but the gist is this: there’s a bill in the U.S. Senate...
New Theme: Fresh & Clean
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Today we’ve got a new theme for you that is so fresh and clean that it’s called…Fresh & Clean. Designed by AJ Clarke, Fresh & Clean is a responsive, spick-and-span theme that lets you put your best content forward with minim...
Get Married With WordPress
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One of the most important events of your life might just be your wedding. It also might be one of the craziest, disorganized, mixed-up times of your life too. We’d like to help with that a bit with a free wedding theme we call Forever. Along wi...
Splinder Importer Now Available
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Italian blogging service Splinder.com is closing down at the end of this month, and we’d like to extend a hearty “Benvenuto” to any Splinder users who’re looking for a new blogging home. To help make migration easier, we’...
Even more Space in 2012
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To celebrate the New Year we decided to offer you more space for your precious media. Our previous space upgrade levels have been increased without any additional cost for you as follows: 5GB → 10GB 15GB → 25GB 25GB → 50GB 50GB → 100GB 100GB...
New Themes: Duet and ThemeMin
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I’m excited to announce we’ve added two great new premium themes to our ever-growing collection of themes today. First up is Duet – a responsive, minimal, and sophisticated design from The Theme Foundry. Duet is tailored for writers, journa...
Kick Off 2012 with Project 365
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If you were going to blog about one thing for an entire year, what would you choose? Would you post photographs of your favorite place? Interview different people from your hometown? Create a new piece of art each day? Here are eight unique blog proj...
New Theme: Nuntius
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If you’ve been itching to turn your blog into an online newspaper or magazine, Nuntius could be your perfect companion. Based on the highly-popular News theme designed by Justin Tadlock, Nuntius contains many smart features that help your readers t...
Holiday Desktop Backgrounds from WordPress.com
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We’ve got a little year-end tradition here at WordPress.com. Every year, we commission an artist to spread some WordPress-themed holiday cheer. For 2011, Caroline Hadilaksono has created a warm and joyful scene that’s sure to get you in t...
WordPress for Android 2.0 Now Available
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It’s Android blogging, re-imagined. Today we’re announcing the release of WordPress for Android 2.0, a major update that focuses on a new UI and enhanced post editor features. Check the video: So what’s new? Brand New Look We’...
Get Instant Feedback When You Publish
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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...
