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Faster, More Flexible Editing of Your Sidebars, Headers, and Footers: Blocks for Widgets Great news: the block editor you’re familiar with in pages and posts is now part of the widgets editor. The block editor makes site creation fast and flexible. Now, you can use that same huge library of blocks available when editing your pages…

5 Ways to Get Started On Your Side Hustle We’re committed to helping you create a professional online presence with WordPress.com, and we’re launching a three-month free trial with Professional Email to get you started. Professional Email is an industry-leading email service from our partner Titan that’s powerful and easy to set up. Professional Email helps…

Heading Font Weights and List View Toggles Arrive in Block Editor and WordPress 5.8 With the WordPress 5.8 release, we’re starting to introduce features that overall improve your visual editing experience. Let’s dive into some recent block updates meant to improve your efficiency and spice up the look of your blog or website. Stylish Heading Font…

The Second Annual Official WordPress.com Growth Summit Is Coming, and You Won’t Want to Miss It Join us online August 17 (Americas) and August 18 (Asia Pacific). Register today! Selena Jackson You’ve got an idea; let’s get it online. Join us online for the second Official WordPress.com Growth Summit being held on August 17 in the…

Make Your Best Photos Shine Andy Peatling Photos on your website can be a representation of who you are, what you do, or what you love. We want your photos to show to your visitors as best they possibly can, no matter what kind of device they are using. Beautiful Photo Carousels, Now Better on Mobile…

WordPress.com Managed Hosting Webinar with Rudy Faile, Automattic Systems Learn how WordPress.com’s managed hosting powers fast, secure websites. Donna Cavalier On June 16, 2021, WordPress.com presented a live webinar focused on Managed Hosting with WordPress.com. The topic expert was Rudy Faile, Automattic Systems Engineer. Hosting the webinar was Sam Vaidya, Automattic Happiness Engineer. If you missed…

Popular Podcast App Pocket Casts Joins Automattic Pocket Casts will be joining Automattic, making it easier for podcast fans to discover new content and customize their listening experience. Eli Budelli We’re excited to announce that Pocket Casts will be joining Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com. More than 80M people in the US listen to a…

6 Ways WordPress.com Courses Help You Grow Join our WordPress.com Course Communities to help you get started on your blog or podcast. Mindy Postoff WordPress.com experts invite you to join our community-driven courses to get your blog or podcast started, launched, or taken to the next level. Join today for on-demand content, access to a course…

Build a Blogging Habit with Reminders in Your WordPress App Meet your posting goals on your site with this new feature in the iOS and Android apps. Giorgio Ruscigno Writing regularly on your blog both improves your writing skills and engages the readers that visit your site. The more you write, the better — you can…

P2 Puts Easy, Flexible Project Tracking Tools In Your Hands Improve your team’s workflow and productivity with these project tracking blocks. From to-do apps and day planners, to spreadsheets and full-blown subscription services, making your work trackable and visible can really help with productivity. P2 is the tool we use at Automattic (the company behind WordPress.com),…