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Welcome to the New WordPress.com and WordPress.com App for Mac

You have big dreams for your websites. We want to see them come true. Introducing: the new WordPress.com and WordPress.com desktop app.

Michelle Weber
Michelle Weber
November 23, 2015

A New My Sites Section

Managing your sites just became faster and easier.

Andy P
Andy P
October 21, 2014

Summer Cleanup

We’ve made a minor change to the dashboard menu to help tidy things up a little. We figured that the Polls and Ratings menus were taking up too much space as top-level menu options. So we decided to move both Polls and Ratings under Feedbacks to minimise the amount of dashboard space these options take. […]

Eoin
Eoin
August 17, 2012

Drag & Drop Media Uploader & Flyout Dashboard Menus

We’re excited to share some new features that will make it even faster to create content on your WordPress.com site. Drag & Drop Uploads The media uploader now supports drag and drop! You’ll be able to use the new drag and drop media uploader wherever you need to upload your media files – while writing […]

Sara Rosso
Sara Rosso
November 17, 2011

Easier Invitations Mean More Followers and Blog Contributors

We’ve made two big changes that make it easier to encourage friends, family, and colleagues to interact with your WordPress.com blog. First, now you can invite people to follow your blog. If your blog is public, anyone can use the Follow button to sign up to receive an update each time you publish new content. […]

Daniel Bachhuber
Daniel Bachhuber
November 15, 2011

Now More Than Ever: Just Write

Writers are as different as the stories they produce, and their ideal writing environments vary no less. One thing most writers agree on, though, is that one of the toughest challenges is overcoming distraction. At WordPress we’ve always believed that when you’re using the application, the focus should be on what’s most important — your […]

Jane Wells
Jane Wells
May 19, 2011

Surprise Me

It’s the start of a beautiful weekend. Whether it’s raining or shining outside, if you’re reading this you can probably count yourself among the most fortunate folks on the planet. Perhaps you’re feeling particularly adventurous. You should check out the new “Surprise Me” feature. To activate, go to your Personal Settings page, check the appropriate […]

Matt
Matt
April 17, 2010

New Dashboard Design

You’ve probably gotten tired of hearing about it from us, but the day has finally come and the new dashboard is finally here. It’s now immediately available to everyone on WordPress.com. Change is always tricky, but pretty much everyone who has already switched to the new design and layout (that we affectionately call Crazyhorse) prefers […]

Matt
Matt
December 5, 2008

WordPress 2.7: Coming Soon

As you may know, we’ve been working behind the scenes on the design and development of version 2.7 of the WordPress software that powers your blog. The administration interface you’re used to will be changing as a result of your feedback and the results of the usability testing we conducted over the summer. Version 2.7 […]

Jen Mylo
Jen Mylo
October 21, 2008