How to get more comments

People blog for different reasons, but many post with hopes of seeing feedback from readers. Here at WordPress.com we’ve studied why some posts and blogs get more comments than others, and want to share our advice with you. You need visitors before you’ll get comments. You won’t get comments until[...]

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WordPress 3.4 Beta 2

Howdy, folks! Another week, another beta. Since we released Beta 1 last week, we’ve committed more than 60 bug fixes and feature adjustments based on testing and feedback. If you’ve been testing Beta 1, please update to Beta 2 to make sure things are still working for you. If you[...]

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Automattic’s Worldwide WP 5k

It wasn’t just a one-time event! The Automattic Worldwide WP 5k is back again in 2012! Set your timers for April 29th! At Automattic we work from all over the world, and we use internal blogs for socializing and exchanging non-work ideas in addition to making WordPress.com and our other products more awesome.[...]

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Custom CSS gets an upgrade

Heads up, Custom Design users! The Custom CSS feature on WordPress.com now supports all of the new features of CSS3. This means that you can use gradients, animation, multiple backgrounds, @media queries, and many more new features in your custom CSS. If you want to make your images pop and[...]

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New Themes: Mimbo Pro, Blaskan, and Vintage Kitchen

We have three awesome new themes for you today that I think you’ll love. A news-oriented magazine theme, a theme for just about everybody, and a food-oriented theme. Here they are! The Mimbo Pro Theme Mimbo Pro is a sharp-looking, premium magazine theme from Pro Theme Design. It takes your[...]

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11 Useful WordPress Plugins for Writers Blog

WordPress is one of the rare content management systems that has found loyal fan bases in virtually every industry, profession, career, or enterprise. Indeed, do a Google search for literally anything followed by WordPress and you will find a devoted niche community. One of these indebted groups is mostly certainly[...]

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WordPress 3.4 Beta 1

WordPress 3.4 is ready for beta testers! As always, this is software still in development and we don’t recommend that you run it on a production site — set up a test site just to play with the new version. If you break it (find a bug), please report it, and if[...]

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