Celebrate Your Milestones
Once in a while, it’s important to stop, catch your breath, and look at your accomplishments before you move on to the next thing — to put a stake in the ground that says, “I made it this far!”
Today, we’re rolling out a couple of notifications to help you celebrate your blog activity milestones. From now on, whenever you hit a milestone for how many followers your blog has (5, 10, 20, 50, 100 and beyond), you’ll get a badge:
We also created badges to celebrate when you receive lots of likes from visitors:
In addition to celebrating your achievements, we wanted to notify you when you’ve had a particularly good day for receiving likes or new followers. From now on, we’ll let you know of your best days for such activity:
Keep in mind that we’ve only started counting your best days this March.
We all blog for different reasons. Some might chronicle their travel adventures, others might detail their culinary undertakings. If you find a post or a blog you enjoyed, like it or follow the blog — your action might send them a badge and make them smile. It’s easy to find great new blogs to follow using the Reader.
Mar 22nd at 2:42 am
Motivation and encouragement through a badge …didn’t I get this in elementary school?
Mar 22nd at 3:09 am
Very cool
Something to look forward to….
Mar 22nd at 3:29 am
Reblogged this on aziskamal and commented:
i like
Mar 22nd at 3:56 am
I have always liked getting stickers for my work! I can’t wait till tomorrow to see if there’s a surprise!! ;D
Mar 22nd at 4:01 am
wow!
Mar 22nd at 4:08 am
OMG I.love.this. Yay WP! Congratulations on another milestone in WP’s excellent gadgets! This is perfect; just what I needed haha.
Mar 22nd at 5:28 am
Thanks WP for letting me know how my followers and visitors interact across my blog. Received a couple of milestones today. My followers and visitors are the best.
This tool is another encouragement for me to keep blogging. It’s great to have a snapshot of all the “Likes” I’m getting.
Mar 22nd at 5:36 am
Very sweet addition! Thank you WordPress staff! You are simply charming!
Mar 22nd at 5:37 am
just wonderful.
Mar 22nd at 5:39 am
Reblogged this on the unbearable lightness of being me. and commented:
another great feature by wordpress.
Mar 22nd at 6:07 am
Reblogged this on Vanilla Bean: clad-n-cute and commented:
yay! pretty badges…
Mar 22nd at 6:16 am
i like t
Mar 22nd at 7:40 am
this is a celebrate news….
Mar 22nd at 7:53 am
Awesome!!! How much better does it get???!!! Love & Light ;o)
Mar 22nd at 7:55 am
wordpress knows how to embrace its users. as always.
Mar 22nd at 7:58 am
Reblogged this on i cittadini prima di tutto.
Mar 22nd at 8:10 am
Just continue, you are the best!!! ♥
Mar 22nd at 8:29 am
Great design
Mar 22nd at 8:37 am
Thanks great idea.
Mar 22nd at 9:06 am
Reblogged this on beeinspirednetwork.
Mar 22nd at 9:37 am
Reblogged this on White Noise.
Mar 22nd at 9:40 am
Great idea! Thanks for your amazing on-going improvements!That reminds me of childhood. When I did a good thing my teacher reward us with a star, a circle, something sweet. Great idea. Gabriela
Mar 22nd at 9:42 am
Nice and like!
BRGD from Anee
Mar 22nd at 9:49 am
Neat!
Mar 22nd at 9:53 am
Bravo – good action
Mar 22nd at 10:30 am
This could be a twisted thing… I’d feel great if I received a badge, but inadequate that I didn’t! LOL I really love how hard you guys work to make WordPress such a great place to be though, and I’m proud to have my fledgling blog here
Mar 22nd at 10:37 am
Thank you wordpress.. you make a fun activity even more rewarding!
Mar 22nd at 10:46 am
Nice new feature. I hope most agree.
Mar 22nd at 11:14 am
Will we be calling it WPout?
Mar 22nd at 11:30 am
Thats a brilliant idea
:)
Mar 22nd at 12:17 pm
seriously, you get badges for having followers and likes etc? I am just enjoying blogging. I don’t need rewarded for how many followers I have because at this point in time, I think I only have two, and those two are my daughters.
Mar 22nd at 12:44 pm
Wow – Scotty2269, people can’t have opinions different from yours? Joen – thanks for your answer but I don’t want to have to turn off my “likes” just to not get badges I didn’t ask for and don’t want. I like to know when people like what I’ve written, but I don’t need it tallied and reported back to me. I can keep count if I want. Perhaps there’s a blog site out there more in tune with what I want out of a blog.
Mar 22nd at 12:46 pm
Great!
Mar 22nd at 1:19 pm
Great incentive – some of them seem a long way off!
Mar 22nd at 1:48 pm
Thank you for celebrating the milestones! It’s a fun way to encourage bloggers to give the best!
I want to thank highly the wonderful experience I’ve had since I started my blog.
WordPress encourages us and supports us to be better in writing and designing our blog.
All the tools at our disposal makes our experience more enjoyable.
Thank you very much!
A star for you all ★
Mar 22nd at 1:56 pm
whens that gonna come on my blog
Mar 22nd at 2:10 pm
Like Girl Scouts, but without the cookies.
Mar 22nd at 2:40 pm
Love the idea. Always been a sucker for awards and love the affirmation of my work. For those days when i don’t feel like writing it will certainly be incentive to keep after it.
Mar 22nd at 2:49 pm
I love your post.
Mar 22nd at 3:01 pm
as a new blogger on WordPress, I really need this motivation!!!
Mar 22nd at 5:42 pm
Great new features! That will make it much easier to keep track of all these things.
Mar 22nd at 3:33 pm
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Mar 22nd at 3:42 pm
Guys, keep it up. I am brand new here, and you have made blogging so easy for this non techie. THANKS!
Mar 22nd at 3:44 pm
GREAT, VERY GOOD!
Mar 22nd at 4:31 pm
Great feature. Recently moved to wordpress from posterous and I’m glad I made the change. WordPress seems a much nicer environment for writing my blog and discovering others. Thanks
Mar 22nd at 5:06 pm
Thanks for the information to the people that have blogs. I myself have been bloging for a year now and find it to be interesting and for those who are starting out don’t give up. I have tried and tested ever plugin some work and some don’t I browse web for information that would help those in the topics there
looking for There have been blogs that I’d visit that had very little on them but still had good ideas. I have been following you’re blog and you have been putting out good information. I do believe that communicating with others is the best teacher. For now I will have to say keep up the good work
“Thanks For All”
Mar 22nd at 5:09 pm
Awesome!
It’s a nice encouragement. 
~M~
Mar 22nd at 5:32 pm
I like this…Thanks!
Mar 22nd at 5:49 pm
You wordpress people are SO friggin’ awesome! I love these badges ……….thank you
Mar 22nd at 6:08 pm
There is a reason why I chose wordpress.com has my blog site. Thank you.
Be encouraged!
Mar 22nd at 6:11 pm
And will these badges be able to be HIDDEN if we do not strive for recognition? …khrys…
Mar 22nd at 7:02 pm
These badges are shown only to you, the author, and no-one else.
Mar 22nd at 7:35 pm
Then , I like them… thanks…*khrys…
Mar 22nd at 7:45 pm
Thank you. Motivating.
Mar 22nd at 8:02 pm
I`m new at blogging and already loving it!
Mar 22nd at 8:26 pm
Those badges make you feel “how cool are you”. But I think I still like the stat for now.
Mar 22nd at 8:37 pm
Just got my little “award” for reaching 10 followers today! Soooo cooool! Thank you!
Mar 22nd at 8:45 pm
These are awesome. Thanks so much
Mar 23rd at 2:34 am
thanx again, fantastic.
pat
Mar 22nd at 9:58 pm
Reblogged this on susanwritesat.
Mar 22nd at 10:15 pm
Excellent feature!
How about some ‘anti-stars’, for example: number of days with no visits, complete weeks without a view etc? It would give me something to celebrate on my spectacularly unpopular blog
….
Just kidding (with the second bit that is, the ‘excellent feature’ stands…)
Mar 22nd at 10:26 pm
This is so great. We all need a little encouragement now and then. Earning badges will certainly bring out my competitive side though!
Mar 22nd at 11:15 pm
Nifty!!! Thanks!
Mar 23rd at 12:21 am
What an awesome idea. I got a taste of it yesterday and loved it. TY!
Mar 23rd at 3:38 am
Thanks for this, WP!
May we copy/paste the badge onto our site, if we want?
Mar 23rd at 4:44 am
Sure.
Mar 23rd at 4:01 am
Hay, I got a 500th like badge. Cool!!! I hope it’s not tacky to post this. Thanks for the badge. It is a good motivator. I post everyday, a commitment I try to keep. Take care.
Mar 23rd at 4:46 am
Great new features – keep ‘em coming!
Mar 23rd at 4:50 am
very nice feature……….
Mar 23rd at 5:23 am
Appears to be a nice deal… a little positive encouragement never hurt anyone. (I’m just starting out so I don’t know what all to look forward to yet. I do know it will be rewarding for me – and hopefully for those that may choose to follow us. Thanks!
Mar 23rd at 7:21 am
A lot of blogger will get a pat on the back for being awesome which they already know they are. On the other hand, insignificant bloggers like me will feel even worse about themselves for not being able to reach any milestones. Why do we always have to compete for attention, no matter what we do?
Mar 23rd at 11:49 am
I like the idea showing a badge for the amount of hits to the site as well…
Mar 23rd at 1:20 pm
these badges and such shouldn’t mean anything to us, nor should stats, but for some reason it just keeps us going, gives us a boost of momentum to write again… Foursquare does this and I love it. It’s so meaningless you have to love it
Mar 23rd at 3:23 pm
Great to have it! Keeps us inspired to go on.
Mar 23rd at 3:48 pm
veyr useful feature to everyone
Mar 23rd at 3:52 pm
Reblogged this on hugomiztli and commented:
Rifadote.
Mar 23rd at 4:48 pm
That’s a Fun New feature. I wanted to stop by and say how much I’ve enjoyed the notification feature! Loved it so much I even had to talk about the notification feature in a post. I’m glad I have the opprotunity to stop by and say Hat Off to You! Looking forward to finding the new followers feature.
Mar 23rd at 5:16 pm
Thank you, that’s very kind! We’re glad you like notifications.
Mar 23rd at 7:15 pm
You should see my big Smile!
Mar 23rd at 6:56 pm
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Absolutely Kool!
I think it’s good encouragement for our continuity and continued recognition for our written accomplishments.
Keep it comin.’
Peace and Love,
Greg.
*/
Mar 23rd at 7:02 pm
Badges? It is the little things in life that bring us the most joy….. lol Thanks guys for new and innovative ways to make me smile!
Mar 23rd at 8:28 pm
great idea, thanks
Mar 23rd at 10:11 pm
Microsoft started achievments on XBOX 360 almost six years ago – now it is everywhere!
Mar 24th at 2:41 am
Great addition, WordPress!
Mar 24th at 3:24 am
So far every day has been my best day! What an awesome feel-good feature
Mar 24th at 4:25 am
love it
Mar 24th at 4:49 am
Awesome!
Mar 24th at 5:18 am
Grateful for this. It was a pick-me-up for me today when I saw I had 10 Likes on blog! I had no idea. It made me smile.
Mar 24th at 5:57 am
I like this. Kudos to whoever thought of this.
Mar 24th at 8:09 am
Reblogged this on anthonyvenable110 and commented:
I agree that one ought to enjoy the effort they have put forth
Mar 24th at 11:34 am
I frankly don’t need this on my blog page. It would be gr8 if you made it easy for us to remove it from our blogs.
Mar 24th at 12:48 pm
Reblogged this on Kira Moore's Closet.
Mar 24th at 12:59 pm
Reblogged this on Struan.
Mar 24th at 3:27 pm
I love it, great job WordPress team
Mar 24th at 5:23 pm
All these small improvements that you, WordPress, makes, are the great improvements.
Mar 24th at 7:07 pm
I am a new blogger. would someone tell me how this works please?
Mar 25th at 2:48 pm
When you blog, you receive notifications on your doings around WordPress.com. These show up in the little number button in the top right corner, in your toolbar. Once in a while, you’ll receive enough likes or followers to earn a badge. It’ll show up there, among other notifications.
Mar 25th at 5:35 pm
thank Joen
I do get the likes but no badges for clicks or reads etc. is there something i need to do in the setting?
Mar 25th at 5:45 pm
There are no settings and nothing to do, just follow and like milestone badges when more than 5 people follow you, or more than 5 people like your posts. If you have a lot of activity, the badge notifications might already have dropped off the notification menu.
Mar 25th at 6:23 pm
ohh okay. I do have more than 5 people following.. but dont get what the milestone badge is..
sorry for the trouble..
Mar 24th at 8:55 pm
love this big time! i’m 2 months into blogging and since my followers are still in the single digits, it’s the love of my content and those 5 post goal meters that i still keep the blogging fires burning. these new features should keep me going for a while!
Mar 24th at 9:04 pm
I just got my 50th follower, but I haven’t seen any of these ‘milestones’ show up on my page. What am I missing here?
Thanks for the incentives.
Mar 25th at 2:42 pm
You’re not missing anything. For now, these badges are for your eyes only, simply little motivational badges.
Mar 25th at 4:43 pm
Thanks Joen! I appreciate the response. Apparently there’s a little streak of curiosity in me….
Mar 24th at 9:13 pm
¡ I liked ¡
Mar 24th at 10:12 pm
Thanks, motivation is really needed
Mar 25th at 5:14 am
Reblogged this on ilovefaceebookgood.
Mar 25th at 10:50 am
oooh excellent!!!! This sounds fun… Ill have to work harder on my blog – Im liking the idea of Stars, LOL!
Mar 25th at 1:56 pm
Reblogged this on gaurangp and commented:
बहुत बढिया
Mar 26th at 12:20 am
Reblogged this on Aubjamesmusic1's Blog.
Mar 26th at 12:21 am
Well if there is a badge for the new trending upcoming artist ( entertainment category) I definitely want to be in that!
Mar 26th at 9:51 am
Reblogged this on recipesbyruth and commented:
Thank you Word Press!!
Mar 26th at 10:22 am
THANKS