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This week, we turn up three very dif­fer­ent Freshly Pressed posts united by their inci­sive explo­ration of unex­plored, long for­got­ten, or unex­pected expe­ri­ences, expe­ri­ences that have been made some­how periph­eral by time, geog­ra­phy, or cul­ture. They’re posts you’ve responded to, and that we hope you’ll find res­o­nant. Notes on Email I started to think how […]

We’re hon­ored that Brian Cast­ner, Iraq War vet­eran and author of The Long Walk, makes his offi­cial online home right here at WordPress.com. Brian’s his­tory and work are fas­ci­nat­ing, as are the writ­ing and pho­tographs he shares on his blog. We asked Brian a few ques­tions about his back­ground, his book, his blog­ging phi­los­o­phy, and […]

Who doesn’t love “Before and After” home improve­ment shots? It’s always amaz­ing to see how just a cou­ple of changes, like a coat of paint or a quick do-it-yourself project, can trans­form a liv­ing space dra­mat­i­cally. It’s no dif­fer­ent when it comes to WordPress.com blog themes, in which a lit­tle cus­tomiza­tion can go a long […]

An ode to a father, a story of grow­ing up with two moth­ers, a request for a cloak of vis­i­bil­ity, and a reflec­tion on good­byes. Here are four Freshly Pressed stand­outs from this week — all quite per­sonal pieces that have res­onated with many read­ers. Go ahead and dive in: Why I Don’t Diet — […]

Happy Theme Thurs­day! Shar­ing and man­ag­ing your work online should be easy, and today I’m thrilled to announce a new theme from our friends at The Theme Foundry that helps you do just that! Snap is a respon­sive, light­weight, and min­i­mal­ist theme that makes it easy to fea­ture your projects. Snap’s clean grid based blog […]

Since the dawn of time, humankind has yearned for con­trol. While we can’t give you more con­trol over most of your life, we can give you more con­trol over your wid­gets. And today, with the new wid­get vis­i­bil­ity tool, you can con­fig­ure your wid­gets to be shown or hid­den only on cer­tain pages. Wid­gets are […]

All kinds of orga­ni­za­tions make their home on WordPress.com: small busi­nesses, munic­i­pal­i­ties, reli­gious orga­ni­za­tions, schools, com­mu­nity groups. We also pro­vide an online HQ for quite a few non-profits, from the global to the hyper­local. They turn to WordPress.com for an easy-to-use, low cost solu­tion that gets them an effec­tive web pres­ence with­out divert­ing thou­sands of dollars […]

Every few weeks, we’re sit­ting down with an Automat­ti­cian to help you get to know the peo­ple who work behind the scenes to build new fea­tures, keep Automat­tic run­ning, and make WordPress.com the best it can be. This week, we’re very pleased to intro­duce you to Mr. Philip Arthur Moore: Theme Bro­ker, global nomad, and […]

In some parts around the world, this Sun­day is ded­i­cated to the moth­ers out there. For Mother’s Day, we’ve rounded up sites on moth­er­hood, par­ent­ing, and fam­ily. On WordPress.com, you’ll dis­cover moth­ers on all paths: new moms, stay-at-home-moms, sin­gle moms, moth­ers who are full-time writ­ers, and more. (Even mommy men, as you’ll see below.) We […]

This week’s three selec­tions address some of our favorite top­ics: read­ing and writ­ing. If you’re look­ing for inspir­ing and thought-provoking posts, you’re in luck. From the hunger that devel­ops when a reader can’t find the time to read, to the power of the dic­tio­nary and your own mem­o­ries, we’ve got some­thing for every­one. We are […]