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• Introducing VR and 360° Content for All WordPress.com Sites
  on Dec 15, 2016 in Embeds New Features Photos
  Create and publish 360° videos and photos right on your site.
• What Was Your Favorite Post You Wrote in 2015?
  on Dec 23, 2015 in Community WordPress Writing best of 2015 writing
  With the end of the year approaching, we asked a few writers and artists to tell us about their favorite blog post they put together in 2015.
• New year, new blog? Start on the right foot.
  on Dec 22, 2015 in Better Blogging Community blogging u. blogging101
  Our popular get-started course, Blogging 101, returns in January. Learn more and register.
• Join Automattic’s Worldwide WP 5k 2015
  on Oct 23, 2015 in Community Events fitness running wwwp5k
  Automatticians, members of the WordPress community, and bloggers around the world come together for our annual run.
• Early Theme Adopters: Gazette
  on Jun 24, 2015 in Customization Themes Customizing Early Theme Adopters Featured content Featured Image Gazette Site Logo theme
  Whether you aim for a minimalist or visually rich site, Gazette is a magazine theme that makes your content shine.
• One Central Hub for All Your Content
  on Dec 15, 2014 in Dashboard Features Jetpack New Features WordPress.com Pages posts update WordPress dashboard
  Manage all your sites more efficiently with our latest round of updates to the WordPress.com dashboard.
• Upgraded Stats and Navigation Enhancements
  on Dec 8, 2014 in Admin Bar navigation Stats
  Whether you have one blog or multiple sites, we hope you enjoy these updates to the WordPress.com interface.
• New Themes: Adaption and Isola
  on Jul 10, 2014 in Themes theme
  Adaption and Isola are two great new free themes that keep your content looking good, no matter what device your readers use.
• The WordPress.com Transparency Report
  on Apr 17, 2014 in Community Transparency
  WordPress.com is proud to release our first-ever transparency report. Get schooled on the number of information requests, takedown demands, and national security requests we've received.
• Have You Visited the Forums Lately?
  on Nov 18, 2013 in Community Resources Support Forums
  If you haven’t checked out the WordPress.com forums lately, you should! The forums offer an active community of fellow WordPress.com users, and they’re a great place to get help with support issues and share tips and tricks about how you&...
• Domains 101: An Introduction to Custom Domains
  on Jun 24, 2013 in Domains HowTo Upgrade customize domains registrations
  Wasn’t it Shakespeare who once said, “A blog by any other domain would read just as sweetly”?  While it’s true that, as long as you are writing good content consistently, you will find your niche and audience, your site addre...
• Save the Date: WordCamp San Francisco
  on Apr 15, 2013 in Community Events Matt Mullenweg San Francisco WordCamp
  The dates are set, the call for speakers is open, and the website is up: WordCamp San Francisco returns this July 26-27 (with Contribute Day — formerly known as “Hack Day” — on the 28th)! WordCamp San Francisco was the first-...
• Blogger Profile: Poet and Author Kellie Elmore
  on Mar 18, 2013 in Community Profile Themes author blogger profile interview Jagged Little Pieces Kellie Elmore poet sight
  We’re thrilled that American poet and author Kellie Elmore has made WordPress.com her home on the web. A Southerner at heart, Kellie grew up in a small town and is inspired by love and loss, nature, and “the humble surroundings of her bac...
• Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves
  on Mar 15, 2013 in Community Freshly Pressed Writing writing
  As always, the editors at Freshly Pressed Towers have enjoyed the sheer range and breadth of thoughtful, entertaining, or just plain challenging content you’ve been publishing to WordPress.com. Our Readers have seen everything from Cthulhu co...
• Import-ant News for Google Reader Users
  on Mar 15, 2013 in Features Feeds Google Reader WordPress.com Reader
  The big news on the internet the last couple of days has been that seminal RSS reader Google Reader will be shutting down on July 1, 2013. Google Reader had lots of fans, including many of us here at Automattic, but it’s time to move on. Speaki...
• Thanks for another great SxSW — see you next year!
  on Mar 14, 2013 in Events Wrapup Interactive South by Southwest sxsw
  After handing out 2600 WordPress 10th anniversary shirts and tote bags, animating 500+ festivalgoers, helping dozens of WordPress users, and consuming several pounds of brisket, we’re headed home from the 2013 South by Southwest Interactive fes...
• Introducing the New Learn.WordPress.com
  on Mar 14, 2013 in Better Blogging HowTo Resources WordPress.com guide how to Learn tutorial
  New to WordPress.com and don’t know where to start? Looking for just the right theme, or wondering how to use all the features in your dashboard? Interested in creating a website, not a blog? Or perhaps you’re ready to do more on your sit...
• Meet a Forum Volunteer: Tess Warn
  on Mar 12, 2013 in Community Support support forums Tess Warn Volunteer
  If you’ve ever had a question about WordPress.com, chances are you’ve visited our Community Support Forums. Forums are a great place to search for solutions and get answers. While our Happiness Engineers help out in these forums, WordPres...
• In the Spotlight: Bloggers on Fashion
  on Mar 11, 2013 in Community Design Themes fashion Fashion Week
  The world’s designers recently presented their new looks on catwalks from New York to Paris during Fashion Week, so I decided to hunt through the closet — err, browse the WordPress.com community — for some eye-catching fashion blogs...
• Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves
  on Mar 8, 2013 in Community Freshly Pressed Writing writing
  You intrepid blogger-nauts are a talented bunch. Your eclectic range of writing styles and world-spanning knowledge create an overwhelming amount of awesome, diverse content. We’re proud to say that we’ve learned a lot from our Readers t...