Chrome Users: Try the WordPress.com Extension
Want to receive WordPress.com notifications instantly, even when you’re not on WordPress.com?
Add the new WordPress.com extension for Chrome and as soon as you get a new follower or a new like on one of your posts, a notification will appear in your browser:
Simply click the icon to view your latest WordPress.com notifications:
Start following new blogs without visiting WordPress.com
The Chrome extension also makes it easy to follow sites from your WordPress.com account by displaying a Follow button whenever you’re browsing a site that has an RSS feed.
Clicking the Follow button will add new posts from the website to your reader, and send you an email each time an update is published. (You can change your default email settings if you like.)
When you visit a WordPress.com site, you’ll notice that the extension icon will turn blue, but keep in mind that you can follow blogs on Blogger, Tumblr, and other services, too.
Quickly post cool stuff you find while browsing the web
Press This is a lightning-fast way to publish content on your blog without ever visiting WordPress.com. Click the WordPress.com extension, then select Press This whenever you find something on the web that you’d like to share on your blog, and a pop-up editor will appear:
Select the blog you’d like to post to, then hit publish to share a link to the site. Your blog will be updated, and you can continue browsing the web from wherever you left off.
If you’d like to publish an excerpt of text along with the link to the site, simply highlight the material with your cursor before clicking Press This:
And it will appear in the editor for you to publish along with the link:
We hope this makes it easier for you to share cool stuff on your blog quickly! If there’s anything you’d like to see in future versions of the extension, be sure to let us know.
January 27th, 2012 at 7:58 pm
Good stuff. Definitely going to use this extension, keep up the good work!
January 27th, 2012 at 7:58 pm
I don’t use Chrome, but this is great for people who do!
January 27th, 2012 at 8:01 pm
Awesome! :>
January 27th, 2012 at 8:10 pm
That is a great idea. I’ll have to try that out.
January 27th, 2012 at 8:42 pm
Nice new features! I typically don’t use Chrome — but I could. So I think I will…
January 27th, 2012 at 8:46 pm
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January 27th, 2012 at 8:52 pm
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January 27th, 2012 at 9:42 pm
Fast and furious from you guys these days! Well done the team.
January 27th, 2012 at 9:57 pm
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January 27th, 2012 at 10:47 pm
I loved it!
January 27th, 2012 at 10:58 pm
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January 27th, 2012 at 11:04 pm
The “ripped” text should be in a blockquote tag, IMHO.
January 27th, 2012 at 11:07 pm
Reblogged this on dimasricardo.
January 27th, 2012 at 11:59 pm
<3 this! Finally!
January 28th, 2012 at 12:17 am
Reblogged this on Jeremy Herve and commented:
If you’re using Chrome and have a WordPress.com blog, it is a must! Makes things so much easier!
January 28th, 2012 at 12:37 am
I’m a little nervous about the “this extension can access your data from websites and your tabs and browsing activity” part. Does that include passwords and usernames? How is that exactly safe? Aside from that, I like this and would be willing to use it.
January 29th, 2012 at 2:31 am
The extension does not access your usernames, passwords, or any other personal data; it only accesses the URL and title of the page you’re on when you click the “Press This” button so that it can use them to start your new post.
January 28th, 2012 at 1:28 am
Thanks for passing this tidbit along!
January 28th, 2012 at 1:42 am
I would love if it would grab the photo as well. Posterous has a bookmarklet tool that grabs your choice of excerpt. I started a posterous blog just for re-blogging over articles. It was indispensable.
January 28th, 2012 at 1:58 am
Reblogged this on Matt's space.
January 28th, 2012 at 2:23 am
finally got that to work
January 28th, 2012 at 4:06 am
i just installed it. cool bro!
January 28th, 2012 at 4:06 am
Reblogged this on aRVee and commented:
For Chrome Users, you might want to try installing this one.
January 28th, 2012 at 4:07 am
Thanks very much, this is very cool. I have reblogged this.
January 28th, 2012 at 4:27 am
Oh, I like this! Always wondered if they would ever come up with something like this! Great post!
January 28th, 2012 at 7:10 am
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January 28th, 2012 at 8:25 am
Awesome extension!
The WordPress team is certainly always busy doing something cool like this for us.
January 28th, 2012 at 9:29 am
Reblogged this on Jangan Lebay Jangan Asal.
January 28th, 2012 at 10:33 am
It would be nice if you could receive notifications for recent comments and replies to comments that you’ve made on other blogs.
January 28th, 2012 at 11:43 am
Reblogged this on billmao397.
January 28th, 2012 at 1:15 pm
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January 28th, 2012 at 3:30 pm
I love the new things you all come up with. Thank you for all your time and efforts that you put into this site making it a kewl place for me to play.
January 28th, 2012 at 3:33 pm
Thanks a lot man
January 28th, 2012 at 7:50 pm
Love this!!!!
January 28th, 2012 at 8:11 pm
Oh I like this. Not sure I can spare the memory overhead, but I’ll give it a go.
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January 28th, 2012 at 8:26 pm
Reblogged this on Egill.
January 28th, 2012 at 8:35 pm
this is great
January 29th, 2012 at 1:33 am
Awesome!
This is a nice collaboration WordPress with Google.
But I have a dream, if WordPress has and develops its own browser .Could it be?
February 1st, 2012 at 3:00 am
Now you’re talking crazy.
January 29th, 2012 at 1:58 am
I have Chrome, and WANT (so terribly) to love it…. but simply cannot!
January 29th, 2012 at 7:03 am
Sounds like fun !!
January 29th, 2012 at 8:26 am
This is convenient!
January 29th, 2012 at 10:23 am
Reblogged this on Scratching the surface..
January 29th, 2012 at 11:54 am
Reblogged this on Екатерина Мелтдинова.
January 29th, 2012 at 12:18 pm
That’s great! When will we get an Firefox extension?
January 29th, 2012 at 1:23 pm
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January 30th, 2012 at 1:34 am
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January 30th, 2012 at 7:50 am
Reblogged this on TechStarvation and commented:
For people who are investing lot of time on WordPress, this sounds like a must have extension
January 30th, 2012 at 8:09 am
It’s long-awaited, thank you. I would like to have it for my Firefox
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January 30th, 2012 at 9:29 am
Is it possible to use it with a personal blog not on wordpress.com?
February 1st, 2012 at 3:06 am
Not currently.
January 30th, 2012 at 12:47 pm
Reblogged this on Suresh J David.
January 30th, 2012 at 2:38 pm
cool!
January 30th, 2012 at 5:49 pm
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January 30th, 2012 at 7:19 pm
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January 31st, 2012 at 2:00 am
Ugh, just one more reason why I love Google and I love Chrome.
January 31st, 2012 at 2:36 am
Reblogged this on bulletproofx.
January 31st, 2012 at 8:29 am
It asked me before I installed if it’s ok that the app can:
Access my data on all websites
Tabs and browsing activity
why so nosy?
February 1st, 2012 at 3:04 am
That’s just what we need to be able to start a blog post with whatever is in the window, like the Press This bookmarklet works.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:26 am
Nice stuff! I definitely have to give it a try.
January 31st, 2012 at 2:48 pm
This looks amazing, but sadly Chrome is giving me the biggest middle finger by not even letting me access its own store. :I It’s always been like that. I’ve tried every trick in the book to fix this, but nothing ever works. I’ll never be able to access the store.
February 1st, 2012 at 1:30 am
Reblogged this on Firmansyah Shidiq Wardhana's Site and commented:
Amazinggg