Firefox Users: Try the WordPress.com Extension
Want to receive WordPress.com notifications instantly, even when you’re not on WordPress.com? Back in January, we announced the WordPress.com extension for Chrome, and today, the extension is available for Firefox too!
Add the WordPress.com extension for Firefox and as soon as you get a new follower, comment, or a 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 Firefox 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 button, 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.
Nov 16th at 6:24 pm
i just installed it. it TOTALLY ROCKS! thnx a lot!
Nov 16th at 6:55 pm
WP Extension for Safari?
Nov 16th at 8:55 pm
As a dedicated Firefox user, this totally rock my socks. Thank you!!
Nov 16th at 9:35 pm
I totally dig both Chrome and Firefox extensions/plugins (thingymajiggers) lol
Good stuff!
Nov 16th at 10:45 pm
Awesome! I hadn’t been aware of the Chrome version, but as a Firefox user that didn’t really apply to me anyway
Thanks WordPress! I’m looking forward to trying this out.
Nov 17th at 1:24 am
Wow, you guys are just so way ahead, all the time. I have Safari, sure, but I’m impressed how you keep doing stuff that improves. Loving WP
Nov 17th at 1:25 am
Will wait for the extension for Chrome
Nov 17th at 2:33 am
Very good idea. Does it work only when one’s logged in to one’s WordPress.com account, or will it work when one’s logged out too?
Nov 19th at 3:53 am
You do need to be logged in to WordPress.com for it to work.
Nov 17th at 2:58 am
I just installed it…this is way too cool! I pretty much dote on Firefox, but I use Chrome to get to my Gmail as Firefox still has a problem interfacing with Google, or maybe it’s just Chrome…lol.
Nov 17th at 4:48 am
so far so good. I like the ease of use so far – not that I have played with it extensively yet. But thanks!
Nov 17th at 5:17 am
Thank you so much for this! It’s amazing!
Nov 17th at 8:00 am
Works well, thanks for the extension.
Nov 17th at 1:27 pm
I’ve just installed this. Looks good and the little icon is nice and unobtrusive.
Nov 17th at 1:55 pm
must.install.immediately. thanks guys, as always!
Nov 17th at 2:53 pm
I don’t add extensions, but i’m drawn into this one and i’m going to add it. That’s really daring for me!
Nov 18th at 12:57 pm
Wow, thank you so much! I usually don’t check my e-mails and my WP account so much, and I usually miss some notifications. Thank you!
Nov 18th at 1:00 pm
good stuff but is there an easier way to quote and get a picture as part of ‘blog this’? currently have to highlight text, save as draft and then add the picture from the blog post
Nov 19th at 7:14 pm
No, there’s no way to include pictures now, but we’ll try and improve that process in the next update.
Nov 19th at 9:41 pm
thank you for your reply Chris. very much appreciated
Nov 18th at 2:11 pm
Sounds great but does it work on mobile (FF for Android)?
Nov 19th at 7:13 pm
No, it’s not yet compatible with Firefox on Android.
Nov 19th at 12:13 am
Okay, this is totally cool!^^
Nov 19th at 12:23 am
This is awesome. Can’t wait to use it. Thanks!
Nov 19th at 2:16 am
Is it possible to install the WordPress.com extensions on the free WordPress blogs?
Nov 19th at 7:13 pm
It’s not possible to use the Follow or Blog This buttons with a self-hosted blog, but if you install the Jetpack plugin (http://jetpack.me/) on your blog, you will get notifications for that blog via the extension.
Nov 19th at 12:03 pm
Nice to use it…. going to install it
Nov 19th at 1:20 pm
This is very cool
Nov 20th at 5:51 pm
Hey! thanks for the great add-on. Am New to WordPress and didn’t know about chrome extension too. Just installed it.
Nov 27th at 10:19 am
Excellent on Chrome!
Nov 27th at 4:53 pm
I use it and it was a must !