How can I install a plugin on a WordPress.com hosted blog?
You can’t upload plugins on WordPress.com. For security and performance reasons, you can only run what wordpress.com staff has approved.
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Using WordPress publicize with main account and editor user accounts
From one of WP engineers: It’s not possible for you to publish a post and have it publicized under the blog owners credentials. It sounds like you are setup as an author on blog x. If you were setup as a contributor you could write the post but it would have to be published by … Read more
Moving WordPress.com theme and widget settings to self-hosted site?
First off, check if the theme is available in wordpress.org themes: http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ If it’s not, find the name of the theme developer and contact them. Many developers of wordpress.com themes are happy for people to use their themes on self-hosted WordPress blogs. The developer’s name and contact details can be found by looking at style.css. … Read more
Formatting Code Snippets on Free WordPress.com Account?
wordpress.com supports code syntax-highliting. You can read all about it here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/posting-source-code/ for your specific example use: [sourcecode language=”java”] package com.jameselsey.domain; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import com.google.android.maps.GeoPoint; import android.app.Application; /** * This is a global POJO that we attach data to which we * want to use across the application * @author James Elsey * … Read more
Math notation on WordPress.com?
If you have a blog that is hosted on WordPress.com, you can’t install extra plugins or modify the theme files yourself – this is only possible with a self-hosted version. However, WordPress.com has enabled LaTeX support for everyone. Just write $latex your-latex-code$ and it will be rendered as images.