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WordPress.com Open

Filed under: Asides, WordPress, wordpress.com | November 21st, 2005
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We’ve decided to open up WordPress.com for signups without invites for a bit. The service has been scaling very well since we got the problems from the move worked out. With that done and WordPress 2.0 in its final stages, there is a lot more time to focus on some cool features and common requests for WP.com now. (The design there has been updated, but is still just a placeholder.) (55)

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Curly | November 21st, 2005 @ 4:26 am

Sweet! Looks like you really start to roll out your plans Matt… You’re quite efficient with your time, respect for that.

Ben | November 21st, 2005 @ 4:47 am

Slightly offtopic but is wordpress 2.0 just wp1.6 renamed?

I’d be interested to know what the common wp.com suggestions are as well?

Eric | November 21st, 2005 @ 5:07 am

I hope there won’t be any splogs like on Blogger. And yes, I’m also interesting to know what “some cool features and common requests for WP.com” are. Keep it coming, Matt.

Jan | November 21st, 2005 @ 5:53 am

@ Ben: Yes, WordPress 2.0 is exactly the same as what was before called WordPress 1.6. On release it will be named ‘2.0′. Previously, there was ‘1.0′, ‘1.2′, ‘1.5′ and now we’re jumping to ‘2.0′.

Cyndy | November 21st, 2005 @ 8:28 am

2.0 - it’s so much bigger…And yet, if you were Microsoft, you’d have foregone numbers by now and we’d be at WordPress Z or something. :)

Oliver Zheng | November 21st, 2005 @ 12:16 pm

Sweet!

But I’m just worried it will end up like the spam-blog-filled Blogger.

Jonathan | November 21st, 2005 @ 12:44 pm

Cool, nice job Matt! Is there any chance we’ll be able to upload custom themes soon?

OlivierSeres | November 21st, 2005 @ 12:52 pm

Hi Matt , i’d like to know if there is a tip to import a Typepad blog into a Wordpress.com account
Thanks

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