At WordPress.com we believe short thoughts deserve a real home. Today we’re introducing a new theme designed for quick posts, replies, and reblogs: the kind of writing that’s somewhere between a tweet and a blog post, on a site that’s all yours.
If you’ve been thinking about starting your own small, private social network with friends or family, or are looking for a place where you can freely post your thoughts or import your historical posts from Twitter, Mastodon or Bluesky without sharing your words with someone else’s platform, this is for you.
Let’s take a look – or sign up now at wordpress.com/social.
Write now, not later
Click the Compose button, type your thoughts, watch the 500-character count, and tap Post. No blank canvas, no formatting toolbar to navigate through first. Just a simple request, What happens?and a place to respond to it.
A profile page that looks familiar
Your profile collects everything in one place: your avatar, your bio, and the number of posts your readers are looking for, followers, and follows. Posts, Replies, Media, and Likes tabs allow visitors to browse the way they already know. A sidebar ensures that Home, Discover, and your profile are just a click away.
Reblogs that actually work
This is the feature we’re most excited about. Click the reblog icon on any post and the post will automatically be added to your own feed and credited to the original author. No screenshots, no copying and pasting, no lost attribution.
Every contribution is a real contribution
The difference with a social app is that every quick thought and reblog is a real WordPress.com post on a site you own, and every reply is saved as a comment. You get the speed and feel of a social feed with the consistency and portability of a blog. Export it, backup it and migrate it to another host. It’s yours.
Designed for the open web
The theme is fully mobile responsive, so posting from your phone feels just as natural as it does from your desktop. Tap “Compose” wherever the thought comes to mind.
And because every blog on WordPress.com comes with RSS by default, your readers can follow along in whatever feed reader they already use. No algorithm, no app required, just a URL to subscribe to and content to display when you publish it.
Try it
Go to wordpress.com/social to sign up for a new blog and get started.
We’d love to hear what you think.