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If you’ve been blogging for a while, you’ll probably know the WordPress.com Reader – a calm place to catch up on the blogs you follow, without an algorithm deciding what you see.

This month, we added a new

One page. A blinking cursor. The formatting you need and nothing you don’t. That’s Write: a new, focused writing surface built into WordPress.com. In last year’s Creators survey, “simplify the editor” was the single most-requested improvement from the people already publish...

WordPress 7.0 “Armstrong” has landed. This major release makes WordPress more connected and easier to shape around the way you work. 

WordPress 7.0 includes both immediate editor improvements and deeper foundational changes. Some improvements are visible right away, like visual revisions, responsive controls, and a cleaner dashboard. Others work behind the scen...

If you’re heading to WordCamp Europe 2026 in Kraków or just want to see where agentic WordPress is going — open Telegram and message @wordcamp_agent_bot.

Some readers love settling in with a post. Others catch up while walking, commuting, cooking, or working through a long list of tabs.

Posts to Podcast gives your audience another way to keep up with what you publish.

Starting today, WordPress.com bloggers can turn recent posts into AI-generated podcast episodes directly from their dashboard. Choose the pos...