The WordPress.com Blog

The WordPress.com Blog

Share It Again: New Social Media Features for Premium and Business Users

Premium and Business users can now re-share posts to social media, using our new Targeted Social Media feature.

New Themes: TextBook and Dara

Introducing two new free themes: Dara, a classic, elegant theme for businesses, and TextBook, geared to schools, colleges, and non-profits.

New WordPress.com for Lightroom Makes Publishing Your Photos Easy

Our new Lightroom plugin lets you export direct from Lightroom to WordPress.com.

WordPress.com in 2016: A Year in Review

To those of you who’ve made 2016 special: thank you.

Introducing VR and 360° Content for All WordPress.com Sites

Create and publish 360° videos and photos right on your site.

A Refreshed Reader for 2017

Reader now sports a simplified design, new post layouts, spiffed-up tag pages, and recommended posts.

New Theme: Ixion

Ixion is a professional theme designed with schools, non-profits, and organizations in mind.

Your Site, Now in Other Languages: Introducing the Google Translate Widget

In a single click, translate your site content into 100+ languages.

Register Now for WordCamp US

The second annual WordCamp US will be held in Philadelphia, PA, on December 2-4. Get your ticket now!

.blog Domains Are Now Available to Everyone!

Millions of new, easy to remember .blog domains are available for your blog, for the first time ever.

Tips from a Web Designer: On Widgets, Themes, and Essential Tools

Matt Sweeny, a blogger and web and marketing designer in Wisconsin, builds his clients’ websites on WordPress.com.