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Seasonal Color Palettes and Style Tips to Refresh Your Website for the Holidays
The end of the year is here, and with it comes a season of excitement and celebration! Whether you’re bundling up in cozy sweaters and snow boots or soaking up the sun in swimsuits, this time of year...
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I Bet You Never Thought to Use a Form For That!
When you’re building a WordPress website, there are some essential elements you likely want to include, such as a contact form. However, limiting your use of forms to your contact page is a missed...
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Build Your Website with WordPress.com and Save on Black Friday
Having a well-designed, functional website helps you reach a broader audience, build credibility, and connect meaningfully with customers or followers. In today’s digital-first world, your website is...
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Introducing WordPress.com’s New Hardened DDoS Protection Setting
Spam bots and denial-of-service attacks are a reality for many website owners. Depending on timing and scale, they can be an annoyance or a detriment to your business’s bottom line. Services like...
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Hot Off the Press: New WordPress.com Themes for December 2024
Another month means another fresh batch of excellent themes for WordPress.com. Let’s look at some of the latest additions to the WordPress.com themes gallery, with great options for content creators,...
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Snow Time Like the Present for WordPress.com
Bringing back a frosty feature (plus more improvements for WordPress.com users) About 17 years ago we added an option called “Show falling snow on my blog” to WordPress.com. The name said it all: it...
View ArticleDream It. Build It. Here’s 25% Off to Make it Happen.
Every great journey starts with a single step—and yours starts today. You’ve had the idea. You’ve imagined the possibilities. Whether it’s a blog, a business, or a creative project, the dream has...
View ArticleState of the Word 2024: Watch Live on December 16
State of the Word 2024 is just around the corner! Join us for this live stream event on Monday, Dec. 16th at 18:00 JST / 09:00 UTC. State of the Word is the annual keynote address delivered by the...
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Using WordPress as a Data-Entry Site to Power a Central API
One of the areas where WordPress shines is content management. This is also corroborated by the fact that it is the world’s leading Content Management System, or CMS, by numbers. The most popular way...
View ArticleNew Year, New Story: Share Your 2025 Wishes with the World
As the last days of 2024 wind down, we’re inviting WordPress.com bloggers to kick off the new year by doing what we love most: sharing our stories. Reflecting on the past 12 months and looking forward...
View ArticleState of the Word 2024 Video + Recap
On Dec. 16, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, Lead Architect Matías Ventura, and Executive Director Mary Hubbard were joined by WordPress community member Junko Nukaga to reflect on all things...
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Why Alt Text Matters: Boost Accessibility and SEO with Every Image
The internet is a treasure trove of visuals, overflowing with inspiration and information. Images are what draw us in, keep us engaged, and help us learn, and create. But imagine the internet without...
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Meet Jetpack: Fueling Your WordPress.com Website
No matter what type of website you want to build, WordPress.com has all the tools you need to build your online home. Many of those features are powered by Jetpack, a versatile plugin that provides...
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Streamline Your Web Design Process: An 11-Step Checklist
Designing and developing websites is complex. User expectations rise alongside advancements in what is technically possible. As a consequence, the process has many moving parts you must keep in mind...
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How to Create a Personal Website: A Detailed, Step-by-Step Guide
So, you are considering creating a personal website. Congratulations! In my opinion, that’s one of the smartest decisions you can make. Building a website for yourself allows you to claim your own...
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Build Locally, Deploy Globally: Meet Studio Sync for WordPress.com
Studio, our free and open source local WordPress development app on MacOS and Windows, is now seamlessly integrated with WordPress.com. Our new Studio Sync feature provides Studio users with a fast,...
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How to Create an Editorial Calendar and Be a More Successful Blogger
Want to make your blogging life easier with just one tool? Start using an editorial calendar. Let us show you how to create one. It takes discipline to run a successful blog. Without something to...
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Improving Fediverse Engagement With the Reactions Block
We believe in the open web and interoperability between online publishing platforms. That’s why we’re excited about the Fediverse and are committed to shipping features that improve the way your site...
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Hot Off the Press: New WordPress.com Themes for January 2025
New Year, new themes! We’ve been hard at work developing new themes to help you kickstart 2025. Whether you are building your very first website or looking to refresh an existing site, these new...
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