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A Successful Blogger on Making the Switch For Kyla Marie Charles, switching to WordPress.com opened up possibilities for her website and brand that she never thought was possible. Donna Cavalier After Kyla Marie Charles grew a successful blog on Blogger for 10 years and made her mark as an influencer, she realized her website was no…

Expanded Button Formatting, New Spacing Controls, and Drag-and-Drop for List View Now in Block Editor This month, our team released features in the block editor that give your site a little breathing room: spacing controls for buttons and paragraphs. And the List View tool keeps getting better with drag-and-drop. Powerful Expanded Button Formatting Buttons never looked…

Meet the Customers We’re Featuring at the WordPress.com Growth Summit We are proud to feature Jessica Petrie of Yoga Next Door, HBCU Gameday, and other inspiring customers at the second Official WordPress.com Growth Summit, on Tuesday, August 17. Last summer, as the world adjusted to pandemic life, Jessica Petrie knew that she had to make changes…

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…