Video Contest Extended!
Earlier this week, we launched a WordPress.com Video Contest all about giving thanks. No matter where on Earth you are, we invited you to submit a 30-second video all about the things that bring you joy. And it’s still on! The new deadline for submissions is midnight Pacific time (UTC-8) on December 4, giving you an extra week to show us your awesome vids. Remember, the winner of the contest wins a Flip Mino HD video camera, plus a one-year subscription to VideoPress! To submit your entry, just post your video to your blog with the tag ThanksgivingCont

Black Friday 20 hour 20% off sale now on!
In the US there are some strange traditions, and one of them is the day after Thanksgiving when people line up from 3 or 4 in the morning to be the first people in a store when it opens to get some item for a really good price. This is ostensibly to get a head start on Christmas shopping. We’ve decided to replicate this experience but without the cold, the early morning, or the scramble to get to the door first. Right now you can get 20% off on all

Blog Subscriptions
There are many ways of reading WordPress.com blogs and we’ve now added another: email subscriptions. This is a very simple way for your readers to subscribe to your blog and receive updates by email. Anyone can subscribe, whether they have a WordPress.com account or not. All you need to do is add the Blog Subscription widget to your blog and then you and your readers are ready to go. If a vi

WordPress.com Video Contest: Giving Thanks
Announcing our first-ever video contest, brought to you by turkey, stuffing, and that gelatinous stuff that grandma calls cranberry sauce. Yes, that’s American Thanksgiving. Appropriate to the occasion, the topic is giving thanks. While it’s inspired by the holiday, it’s in no way limited to residents of the U.S. Whether you’re in Jacksonville, Jakarta or Johannesburg, you’re invited to take stock of all that you’re thankful for, and share it with the WordPress community through video. To enter the contest, embed your video in a blog post

A New Translation Platform
The full translation of WordPress.com is an ongoing process, of which you are a great part and whom we thank for the patience and assistance. Thanks to you, WordPress.com is now available in 60+ languages (and, yes, before you ask, esperanto, too). As you know, any text that shows up on your dashboard, widgets or (most) themes can be shown in one of the supported languages, by specifying a different language in the Language Settings of your blog’s dashboard. Up to now the platform used for translation was simple an