Today's guest post is written by Jay Pinkert. Dear WordPress Expert, Thank you for helping me migrate my blog from WordPress.com to my own self-hosted site. You satisfactorily met all the deliverables enumerated in our service agreement. If you infer from that statement a recommendation or endorsement, please don’t. It’s a shame, too, because with a [...]

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If you've ever thought above moving your blog from one platform to the other, it can be rather tricky. Importing creates duplications of posts and a long list of other...

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Hot on the heels of an acquisition of Boulder-based Lijit Networks, advertising powerhouse Federated Media has just announced a new partnership with WordPress.com, opening the floodgates to 25 million WordPress.com...

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If you've fallen in love with Facebook's forthcoming Timeline then you're likely going to flip over this, too. Timeline WP is a WordPress theme that takes your WordPress blog and...

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WordPress released a major update for their iOS blogging app. I took it for a spin on an iPad 2. You can see the blog post result in the screenshot above. As you can see the updated app includes a fully rendered preview feature.


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Users of the free ‘hosted' WordPress.com service may have noticed some changes to their website today.The blogging service has added a small button to the bottom of each blog which is designed to help increase page views.The announcement was made on the official WordPress.com blog earlier today by Scott Berkun, saying:

"After weeks of experimentation with different designs, locations and names, we’ve determined the addition of a small, cute, little button at the bottom of your b [...]

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This guest post is by Lior Levin. Optimizing the databases of your WordPress blog sounds like it might be a difficult task, but it’s a lot easier than it sounds. In most situations it can be done in just one or two clicks—no need for complicated steps or terminology. You’re probably wondering why you would [...]

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Automattic founder Matt Mullenweg just dropped us a note with some exciting new stats about the continued growth of WordPress, one of the world's top online publishing platforms.According to a blog post published today, WordPress powers 14.7% of the top million websites in the world, up from 8.5 percent one year ago. The latest figures show 22 out of every 100 new active domains in the US are running on WordPress.The popularity of microblogging platforms such as Twitter and Tumblr has led many t [...]

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Although Tumblr has overtaken WordPress for having more blogs on the web, many websites choose WordPress for its unmatchable usability, customizable layouts and outright professional feel. One of the many joys of using WordPress are the thousands upon thousands of plugins you can easily add to your website. There are a lot of plugins focused on your social media needs, however choosing the right one’s for your website can be difficult with such a huge selection. Here are 10 recommendations for s [...]

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This guest post is by David Wang of The ClickStarter. Hacktivist groups Lulzsec and Anonymous are on the prowl again. Their actions have generated lots of attention for hacking, and you can be sure that many bored kids and shady characters are interested to start hacking too. What if your blog was the target of [...]

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This guest post was written by Neil Matthews of WPDude. Have you noticed a decrease in the number of blog comments you get and an increase in Facebook likes and Twitter tweets about your posts? Are you worried that you are loosing social proof about the validity of your posts to the social media conversation, [...]

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