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Want to See a More Diverse WordPress Contributor Community? So Do We.
From WordPress.com — June 19, 2019
The mission of WordPress is to democratize publishing: to make it possible for anyone — no matter their background, location, or identity — to bring their ideas to life on the internet. This mission inspires thousands of volunteers all over the world to contribute to the WordPress open…
Publishing to WordPress from Bear Just Got Better
From WordPress.com — May 13, 2019
Sharing is a core part of the iOS experience, and WordPress is committed to helping people share their stories, products, or services freely and widely. So when the fine folks at Shiny Frog—makers of the excellent writing app Bear —asked for an easier way turn Bear notes into…
Boost Visitor Engagement and Grow Your Mailing List with the Mailchimp Block
From WordPress.com — April 10, 2019
Keeping your visitors interested is the key to a successful website—and one great way to do that is with email. A smart email outreach plan piques peoples' interest, keeps them engaged, and brings them back to your website. To send emails, you need a mailing list, and Mailchimp…
Three New WordPress.com Color Schemes
From WordPress.com — April 3, 2019
Your website' s dashboard should be as welcoming to you as your website' s home page is to your visitors. One way to do that? Customize your WordPress.com dashboard with color schemes. Today, you' ve got three new options for adding a little behind-the-scenes zing: introducing Powder Snow, Nightfall, and Sakura, …
WordPress.com's Parent Company Announces Happy Tools, a New Suite of Products for the Future of Work
Distributed teams, different geographies, and complex dynamics are redefining the modern workday. Soon, "job perks" like flexible hours and work-from-anywhere will become table-stakes benefits that every company needs to offer to stay competitive. WordPress.com' s parent company Automattic has long been ahead of this curve, growing a global software…
Electric Literature Moves to WordPress — Here's How an Indie Publisher Thrives on the Open Web
From WordPress.com — March 25, 2019
Electric Literature launched 10 years ago in Brooklyn, New York, as a quarterly print journal with a mission to make literature more relevant, exciting, and inclusive. And today they're celebrating the launch of a new website on WordPress, at electricliterature.com. Surviving (and thriving) for ten years as…
Gender Balance is a Business Issue
From WordPress.com — March 8, 2019
Today is International Women's Day ! We'd like to celebrate it by highlighting gender balance and how important it is to us here at Automattic. While gender balance in itself is definitely something worth pursuing for ethical reasons, we also strongly believe that it makes good business sense….
Join WordPress.com for an International Women's Day Livestream Panel
On International Women's Day this Friday, WordPress.com parent company Automattic is hosting four outstanding women tech leaders for a livestreamed conversation about professional advancement, technology, and mutual support as we strive for equity in the workplace. It's happening Friday, March 8 at 6 pm UTC / 1 pm…
Free Domain Privacy Protection
Keeping your data safe is as important to us as it is to you. Privacy protection for domains that are registered at WordPress.com is now free, so you don' t have to choose between your site and your security. What is domain privacy protection? When you register a new…
Introducing Six New Business-Oriented Themes
From WordPress.com — February 7, 2019
Today we're excited to announce six new themes with an entrepreneurial spin: Calm Business, Elegant Business, Friendly Business, Modern Business, Professional Business, and Sophisticated Business. Designed by Takashi Irie, each theme in this collection is based on a clean, easy-to-navigate layout that' s…
Announcing Newspack by WordPress.com — A New Publishing Solution for News Organizations
From WordPress.com — January 13, 2019
Over the past 15 years, WordPress has grown to become the world's most popular publishing platform for the open web — and it's especially true for news organizations. Through WordPress.com and our enterprise service WordPress.com VIP, we're proud to host sites for some of the most trusted…
Customize Your WordPress.com Dashboard
From WordPress.com — January 8, 2019
We're happy to announce new improvements to your WordPress.com dashboard for a more accessible and customized experience. From your desktop, you can now customize your dashboard by choosing one of our two new color schemes, Classic Bright for a fresh modern feel and Classic Blue as the standard…
Introducing the 2019 'Anything Is Possible' List
A coffee co-op owned by its farmers, a sewing community empowering people of all body shapes and sizes, and a 12-year-old journalist are among those named in WordPress.com 's first-ever "Anything Is Possible" List for 2019, celebrating 14 extraordinary people and organizations who are using the web…
New Theme: Twenty Nineteen
From WordPress.com — December 19, 2018
We're pleased to announce that Twenty Nineteen — the new WordPress default theme designed by Allan Cole and Kjell Reigstad — is available to all WordPress.com sites. Twenty Nineteen was designed with simple but sophisticated typography and a pared-down, open aesthetic, making it a great foundation for a…
Now Available in the Mobile Apps: Revision History
From WordPress.com — December 3, 2018
The ability to load a previous version of a page or post is invaluable when you need to make a quick correction or compare your current revision to earlier ones. What about viewing your content' s revision history on the go? This can be a real life-saver, as we' re…
Announcing Free .blog Subdomains
From WordPress.com — November 28, 2018
Over the last thirteen years or so, the number of sites on WordPress.com has grown — a lot. Every one of those sites gets a unique wordpress.com address. And since there are millions of sites created each year, it means the address you' d like isn' t always available. Today, a…
WordPress Support Workshops for Women in the Asia-Pacific Region
Automattic wants to build a new web, and a new type of workplace. We want to deliver world-class 24/7 support to our users, and an innovative, exciting, and healthy work environment for our staff worldwide. As a part of this, we recruit from all timezones so that everyone…
Setting Up Your Site on a Mobile Device Just Got a Lot Easier
Starting a new website is always exciting: you've chosen a topic, found the right name, and started building it on WordPress.com. Now you may be asking yourself, "What's next?" Well, when you create a site on the WordPress for Android or WordPress for iOS mobile apps, the…
A New Way to Manage Your Pages on the WordPress Mobile Apps
We've made a small change to the WordPress mobile apps to make it easier for you to navigate and edit your pages. In previous versions of WordPress for iOS and Android, your pages were ordered by the date they were created as opposed to what your actual page…