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.
Jan 27th at 7:58 pm
Good stuff. Definitely going to use this extension, keep up the good work!
Jan 27th at 7:58 pm
I don’t use Chrome, but this is great for people who do!
Jan 27th at 8:01 pm
Awesome! :>
Jan 27th at 8:10 pm
That is a great idea. I’ll have to try that out.
Jan 27th at 8:42 pm
Nice new features! I typically don’t use Chrome — but I could. So I think I will…
Jan 27th at 8:46 pm
Reblogged this on tekArtist.
Jan 27th at 8:52 pm
Reblogged this on JJJ.
Jan 27th at 9:42 pm
Fast and furious from you guys these days! Well done the team.
Jan 27th at 9:57 pm
Reblogged this on Break me, please.
Jan 27th at 10:47 pm
I loved it!
Jan 27th at 10:58 pm
Reblogged this on aaron raimist.
Jan 27th at 11:04 pm
The “ripped” text should be in a blockquote tag, IMHO.
Jan 27th at 11:07 pm
Reblogged this on dimasricardo.
Jan 27th at 11:59 pm
<3 this! Finally!
Jan 28th 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!
Jan 28th 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.
Jan 29th 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.
Jan 28th at 1:28 am
Thanks for passing this tidbit along!
Jan 28th 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.
Jan 28th at 1:58 am
Reblogged this on Matt's space.
Jan 28th at 2:23 am
finally got that to work
Jan 28th at 4:06 am
i just installed it. cool bro!
Jan 28th at 4:06 am
Reblogged this on aRVee and commented:
For Chrome Users, you might want to try installing this one.
Jan 28th at 4:07 am
Thanks very much, this is very cool. I have reblogged this.
Jan 28th at 4:27 am
Oh, I like this! Always wondered if they would ever come up with something like this! Great post!
Jan 28th at 7:10 am
Reblogged this on Ich sag mal.
Jan 28th at 8:25 am
Awesome extension!
The WordPress team is certainly always busy doing something cool like this for us.
Jan 28th at 9:29 am
Reblogged this on Jangan Lebay Jangan Asal.
Jan 28th 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.
Jan 28th at 11:43 am
Reblogged this on billmao397.
Jan 28th at 1:15 pm
Reblogged this on Keeping In Touch.
Jan 28th 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.
Jan 28th at 3:33 pm
Thanks a lot man
Jan 28th at 7:50 pm
Love this!!!!
Jan 28th 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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Jan 28th at 8:26 pm
Reblogged this on Egill.
Jan 28th at 8:35 pm
this is great
Jan 29th 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?
Feb 1st at 3:00 am
Now you’re talking crazy.
Jan 29th at 1:58 am
I have Chrome, and WANT (so terribly) to love it…. but simply cannot!
Jan 29th at 8:26 am
This is convenient!
Jan 29th at 10:23 am
Reblogged this on Scratching the surface..
Jan 29th at 11:54 am
Reblogged this on Екатерина Мелтдинова.
Jan 29th at 12:18 pm
That’s great! When will we get an Firefox extension?
Jan 29th at 1:23 pm
Reblogged this on Blog?.
Jan 30th at 8:09 am
It’s long-awaited, thank you. I would like to have it for my Firefox
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Jan 30th at 9:29 am
Is it possible to use it with a personal blog not on wordpress.com?
Feb 1st at 3:06 am
Not currently.
Jan 30th at 2:38 pm
cool!
Jan 30th at 2:46 pm
Does it support multiple logins? I don’t mean one account with multiple blogs, I mean multiple blogs that are accessed through separate accounts.
May 10th at 3:56 pm
No, it only supports the account that you’re currently logged in to on WordPress.com.
Jan 30th at 5:49 pm
Reblogged this on AnyDayNow.
Jan 30th at 7:19 pm
Reblogged this on RitaFerrer's Blog.
Jan 31st at 2:00 am
Ugh, just one more reason why I love Google and I love Chrome.
Jan 31st 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?
Feb 1st 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.
Jan 31st 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.
Feb 9th at 3:16 am
Can we have it on Firefox?