October is Black History Month in the UK. We asked colleagues across WordPress.com for their recommendations for deeper learning and participation this month — and the rest of the year.

Let’s meet at WCUS 2021! We’ll be there and we hope to see you there as well!

For Kyla Marie Charles, switching to WordPress.com opened up possibilities for her website and brand that she never thought was possible.

This month, our team released features in the block editor that give your site a little breathing room: spacing controls for buttons and paragraphs. And the List View tool keeps getting better with drag-and-drop. Powerful Expanded Button Formatting Buttons never looked so good with custom padding. Padding is empty space …

We are proud to feature Jessica Petrie of Yoga Next Door, HBCU Gameday, and other inspiring customers at the second Official WordPress.com Growth Summit, on Tuesday, August 17.

Great news: the block editor you’re familiar with in pages and posts is now part of the widgets editor.

We’re committed to helping you create a professional online presence with WordPress.com, and we’re launching a three-month free trial with Professional Email to get you started. Professional Email is an industry-leading email service from our partner Titan that’s powerful and easy to set up. Professional Email helps you build your brand online with a custom email address at your domain.

With the WordPress 5.8 release, we’re starting to introduce features that overall improve your visual editing experience.

Join us online August 17 (Americas) or August 18 (Asia-Pacific). Register today!

Photos on your website can be a representation of who you are, what you do, or what you love. We want your photos to show to your visitors as best they possibly can, no matter what kind of device they are using.