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Posted: Tuesday, March 6th, 2007 at 3:10 am. Filed in Dashboard.

Blog Switcher

by Matt

One of the things that has been a long-standing pain here is that if you run more than one blog on WordPress.com it’s pretty difficult to switch between the dashboards.

It’s actually easier to leave your dashboard and go to your blog’s home page, so you can use the admin bar to move between dashboards. Countless mouse clicks have been wasted doing so.

Look at the arrow!

No longer! Now if you have more than one blog you can hover over the title of your blog in your dashboard and it’ll show you a drop down with all your other blogs. Clicking on one will take you to the same page in the other dashboard, with one click! Mice around the world will breathe a sigh of relief.

When you hover over it

Just a note: It only shows up if you have more than one blog, or if you’re on the global dashboard.

196 Comments to “Blog Switcher”

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  1. Eleftherios Kosmas
    March 6th, 2007 at 3:28 am

    you are tempting me to start another blog :)

  2. Lensflare
    March 6th, 2007 at 3:29 am

    Wow! I actually noticed that change. Thanks guys!

  3. sapanlıköyü
    March 6th, 2007 at 3:29 am

    Thanks wordpress ;)

  4. videoparadise
    March 6th, 2007 at 3:30 am

    Thanks!!!

  5. journeytomom
    March 6th, 2007 at 3:33 am

    you guys are awesome!
    Thanks!

  6. defrostindoors
    March 6th, 2007 at 3:37 am

    You’ve got a webcam in my living room, haven’t you? It’s OK, I won’t be mad. ;)

  7. Trent
    March 6th, 2007 at 3:37 am

    That is terrific Matt! This has been sought for a long time and will make my life much easier!

    Trent

  8. Yaser
    March 6th, 2007 at 3:43 am

    Thanks a lot, very useful!

  9. Nanyaar?
    March 6th, 2007 at 3:46 am

    Now thats something!

  10. skywindows
    March 6th, 2007 at 3:46 am

    *sigh*

  11. hanz
    March 6th, 2007 at 3:46 am

    cool

  12. Christopher Wondra
    March 6th, 2007 at 3:48 am

    Outstanding! I had a feeling something like this was coming. That other junk was just too much.

    Thanks! You guys rock.

    Chris

  13. Anita Marie
    March 6th, 2007 at 4:01 am

    Beyond Useful..this is cool and makes things much easier for us ‘multi bloggers’

  14. tfree
    March 6th, 2007 at 4:28 am

    awesome

  15. emoat
    March 6th, 2007 at 4:36 am

    Sweet, that was a major pain. Good looking out WP!! Keep it up. :)

  16. rjlight
    March 6th, 2007 at 4:36 am

    well, if I add another blog that will be groovy. thx

  17. goldcoaster
    March 6th, 2007 at 4:45 am

    I have had this feature for a while now. Was it released to just a few people for testing?

    http://goldcoaster.wordpress.com

  18. Orhan Temiz
    March 6th, 2007 at 5:03 am

    Bravo, WordPress!

  19. katm
    March 6th, 2007 at 5:24 am

    Woo Hoo…

    It’s the little things I guess :)

  20. Hameed Khan
    March 6th, 2007 at 5:46 am

    Cool, a very good feature for me :)

  21. Allie
    March 6th, 2007 at 5:47 am

    That’s amazing. I wish i would have started all my blogs on WordPress first. None of this pesky multi-site blogging…

    *sigh*

    Thanks for all your hard work, this place is amazing.
    Allie

  22. Rizwan
    March 6th, 2007 at 6:00 am

    This will come in handy for moi ..

  23. Sunil
    March 6th, 2007 at 6:08 am

    Thank you.

  24. blayde
    March 6th, 2007 at 6:09 am

    Much obliged, great for us two blog users.

  25. shortexact
    March 6th, 2007 at 6:13 am

    This is great timing, just as I was thinking about starting a second blog. :)

  26. mysimsreality
    March 6th, 2007 at 6:19 am

    Huge thanks from me and my mouse! :)

  27. tzaphoni
    March 6th, 2007 at 6:42 am

    I _thought_ something was different. Yes, that drop-down menu is a real time saver. Thanx.

  28. Miguel & Lieve
    March 6th, 2007 at 6:43 am

    I was longing for this. Thanks.

  29. crazycoolcam
    March 6th, 2007 at 7:07 am

    Cool.

  30. Sha
    March 6th, 2007 at 7:12 am

    Yay thank you so much. Makes life so much easier instead of having to go to the homepage and switching to the dashboard from there.

  31. ffextensionguru
    March 6th, 2007 at 8:16 am

    Wow what timing! I just decided to setup another blog now too.

  32. percem
    March 6th, 2007 at 8:19 am

    thanks, but i know that.

  33. simonesu
    March 6th, 2007 at 8:22 am

    Thanks so much….

  34. rismayadie
    March 6th, 2007 at 8:36 am

    Thanks so much…

  35. Jim
    March 6th, 2007 at 8:38 am

    now that’s very convenient!! Maraming salamat! Muchos Gracias! Khob Khun Krup! Merci!

  36. dearhaniey
    March 6th, 2007 at 8:44 am

    thanks! i really like this new feature coz i have more than one blogs in wordpress… :) cool!

  37. Raindreamer
    March 6th, 2007 at 8:59 am

    These latest changes have been great. Thank You.

  38. Avatar DJ Flux
    March 6th, 2007 at 9:00 am

    Mate, you don’t know how much I love you!!!
    I’ve been waiting for this since I started – two identical blogs, Italian and English, and then other two… Now I have nothing more to ask!
    WP rocks!

  39. JV
    March 6th, 2007 at 9:00 am

    Thanks I wanted it for long. I hope this function also allows to have different author id under different blogs.

  40. Rodrigo Venancio
    March 6th, 2007 at 9:05 am

    AWESOME!

    Thanks for everything!

  41. Sir Martin
    March 6th, 2007 at 9:12 am

    Cool! But the title text shrinked…

  42. freewarealternative
    March 6th, 2007 at 9:22 am

    That’s very nice :)
    Thanks for your hard work!

  43. clotho
    March 6th, 2007 at 9:44 am

    And so the masses cried “thank you!”

    Seriously :) It’s much appreciated.

  44. dianoia
    March 6th, 2007 at 9:51 am

    Thank you!

  45. darvesh
    March 6th, 2007 at 10:01 am

    Jazakallah – Shukaria – Thanks – Merci – Danke – Grazie – Gracias —– Enough :-)

  46. Farghana
    March 6th, 2007 at 10:05 am

    well well u guys never seem to stop amazing us!!!!

  47. plubius
    March 6th, 2007 at 10:23 am

    Yippeee!

  48. judyb12
    March 6th, 2007 at 10:33 am

    Awesome! Thanks, guys.

  49. oldboyjack
    March 6th, 2007 at 10:40 am

    Vey handy! Thanks!

  50. yongsheng
    March 6th, 2007 at 10:42 am

    very convenient indeed. thanks. :) much easier now

  51. ccsx
    March 6th, 2007 at 11:02 am

    What a wonderful update!!

  52. amiripz
    March 6th, 2007 at 11:08 am

    Ah, if it only happened a month ago.
    I had two blogs and then I had to delete one and start from a differet email addres (user name) because the dashbord mixes.

    Never mind my case, a superd addition Matt.

  53. Alexandre
    March 6th, 2007 at 11:40 am

    Merci !

  54. Karura
    March 6th, 2007 at 11:57 am

    My second blog has always been a bit neglected because switching to it was just a little bit too much effort…but now there’s no excuse not to check it :)

  55. Nita
    March 6th, 2007 at 12:02 pm

    Thank you WordPress. This is very useful to me.

  56. Administrator
    March 6th, 2007 at 12:09 pm

    Nice One!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  57. Nicola
    March 6th, 2007 at 12:38 pm

    Very useful – thank you !

  58. cap
    March 6th, 2007 at 12:40 pm

    That’s one of the best improvements you’ve been doing ever!
    Thanks!

  59. Ujwala
    March 6th, 2007 at 12:45 pm

    just checked it out. oooh! this one is a good one from my point of view. thank you!

  60. James17930
    March 6th, 2007 at 12:49 pm

    I’ve been waiting for this for months — it’s perfect.

    Thanks WordPress! You, like, rule.

  61. cuzoogle
    March 6th, 2007 at 12:53 pm

    awesome, just noticed it and wondered, was that there all along!

  62. Bubba
    March 6th, 2007 at 1:00 pm

    Good job WordPress. Thanks.

  63. venu
    March 6th, 2007 at 1:02 pm

    Thank You

  64. adam
    March 6th, 2007 at 1:10 pm

    very awesome, i’ve needed that for a while.

    the aesthetics are a little wonky, but i trust you’ll sort that out.

  65. masterclasslady
    March 6th, 2007 at 1:12 pm

    Merci buckets!

  66. kylydia
    March 6th, 2007 at 1:40 pm

    Oh, this is lovely and very much appreciated. It was my biggest pet peeve with WordPress!

  67. KarenV
    March 6th, 2007 at 2:05 pm

    I’ve just noticed this – thanks very much, it was a bit of a pain before!

  68. benny75
    March 6th, 2007 at 2:06 pm

    Hey Matt, I´ve missed this feature… just until today! In my case, it was very good for switching all my blogs … before, I´ve had to go to wordpress home page or visualize a blog to switch ..
    Thank you!

    Saluti Celesti

  69. NAyK
    March 6th, 2007 at 2:07 pm

    This is it! And sooner than expected! It’s what I (we all) wanted. Thanks so much. I guess now the only issue remains is the interface… to make it look more ‘pretty’. Right now the drop down is a little obtrusive and overshadows a bit of the screen space. Maybe with a little more design it will not only be useful but more aesthetically pleasing.

  70. Phoenix
    March 6th, 2007 at 2:13 pm

    Cool I was looking for this all the time… you’re the god of small things! :)

  71. thesinger
    March 6th, 2007 at 2:20 pm

    it’s a wonderful thing!!

  72. Burner
    March 6th, 2007 at 2:20 pm

    Great job, Matt. Thanks! No more bitching when switching blogs now. :D

  73. ivoryhut
    March 6th, 2007 at 2:20 pm

    You guys are awesome. I always look forward to checking out the dashboard every time I log on. It’s like checking to see if there are new little surprise gifts left for us while we were away.

    Thank you so much for all your hard work. WordPress rocks!

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  75. Gymshoes
    March 6th, 2007 at 2:37 pm

    Sweet! Thanks! :-)

  76. nicthegeek
    March 6th, 2007 at 2:38 pm

    nice one! i’ve often wondered about the lack of it, and now here it is. thank you!!

  77. Seleria
    March 6th, 2007 at 2:39 pm

    Very nice… saved me a gazillion mouse clicks. Thanks :)

  78. ivie
    March 6th, 2007 at 2:39 pm

    great. I love it. it’s easy now to switch my dashboard.

  79. BurocraciaNeuronal
    March 6th, 2007 at 2:42 pm

    wow wow, thank you!

  80. Josh
    March 6th, 2007 at 2:48 pm

    Thanks a lot for this, Matt. Much easier on the clicking finger. :)

  81. Ray
    March 6th, 2007 at 3:19 pm

    Thanks Matt….Great addition & Congratulations on making the “Top 50 Web Shakers & Movers” on PC World. Number 16, not bad…..

    http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,129301-page,1-c,techindustrytrends/article.html

    Ray

  82. Md. Sakib Al Mahmud
    March 6th, 2007 at 3:28 pm

    nice job

  83. wars128
    March 6th, 2007 at 3:33 pm

    Makes me want to maybe start another blog…

  84. Tylor
    March 6th, 2007 at 3:44 pm

    You guess never cease to amaze me how in touch with the needs of this community you are. Thanks again.

  85. Indigo
    March 6th, 2007 at 3:45 pm

    thank you!!! I found the switcher by complete accident. It’ll be very helpful!!! :-)

  86. Ronnie Ann
    March 6th, 2007 at 3:46 pm

    I LOVE this! Thank you. Thank you thank you!

  87. Susan
    March 6th, 2007 at 3:53 pm

    Thanks! You guys are awesome about constantly upgrading things!

    I agree with JV’s comment above about hoping for multiple author IDs to go along with the separate blogs. (For us mulitple personality type of people!)

  88. lordgk
    March 6th, 2007 at 3:56 pm

    Great! :D

  89. rivermaya
    March 6th, 2007 at 4:04 pm

    excellent !
    you are smart, matt :x

  90. بهمن
    March 6th, 2007 at 4:18 pm

    Good ;)

  91. linusmann
    March 6th, 2007 at 4:20 pm

    Cool option. I guess I’ll have to start writing on my other blog, too.
    Thanks for the guilt trip.

    No really, thanks for making this stuff so easy (except for the writing part).

  92. Patrick
    March 6th, 2007 at 4:22 pm

    awesome. I noticed this this morning. Thanks for the continued work.

  93. Brian Purkiss
    March 6th, 2007 at 4:27 pm

    I posted a comment earlier telling you that I couldn’t use that feature with Safari.
    Well, I’ve got it now! It’s working! I don’t know why it wasn’t working earlier, but it’s working now.

    So, now I can give a report!

    It’s AWESOME.
    Thank you so much for that update. I’m using it a bunch already. It’s very useful.

    Thanks you SO MUCH for all y’all are doing with WordPress!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  94. H.Constantinos
    March 6th, 2007 at 4:45 pm

    Perfect!

  95. crazyharp81602
    March 6th, 2007 at 4:47 pm

    Much Better! Thanks!

  96. chanux
    March 6th, 2007 at 4:48 pm

    Doing another blog??? It’ll make both blogs bitter.

  97. Pema
    March 6th, 2007 at 4:49 pm

    Fantastic! This was a real pain. Many thanks.

  98. Merri Williams
    March 6th, 2007 at 5:05 pm

    My mouse and I thank you all *so* very much! This is *cool*!

  99. LM
    March 6th, 2007 at 5:44 pm

    Great improvement…
    What about make it easier include new users?

  100. Milla
    March 6th, 2007 at 6:13 pm

    OMG!!! Thank you SO very much! Makes me feel like keep wishing on the shooting star of the feedback… This is fantastic. You are SO the best! THANKS!!!!!

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