September 29, 2009 — Both WordPress.com and WordPress.org users can easily embed SoundCloud tracks into their blog posts with the use of a simple shortcode. This tutorial demonstrates how.

For more information, visit the Support page on WordPress.com.

September 25, 2009 — Akismet is a powerful spam filter that’s built in to WordPress.com. But what if you’re running a self-hosted WordPress blog?

This tutorial will give you the simple information you need to install and activate Akismet on your WordPress.org blog.

September 25, 2009 — Now, you can add generate short URLs at wp.me with a single click. This video will show you how.

This feature is currently only available on WordPress.com.

September 9, 2009 — Automattic announces the arrival of a new feature to WordPress.com: contextual spell and grammar checking from After the Deadline.

August 5, 2009 — VideoPress brings you high definition, embeddable video to your WordPress.com blog and beyond. In this short tutorial we look at the process of getting it installed, and publishing a video with it. For an overview of the VideoPress feature-set, check out our introductory video or the dedicated WordPress.com support page. For information on getting set up with a self-installed version of WordPress, check out our tutorial on just that.

August 5, 2009 — VideoPress brings high definition embeddable video to WordPress.com and beyond. In this tutorial, we look at how to make use of the service using your self-hosted installation of WordPress.

August 3, 2009 — The VodPod video widget for WordPress.com makes it easy to add a customized sidebar display of your latest collected videos in the sidebar of your blog. You can read more about the widget in this WordPress.com support article.

August 3, 2009 — The Top Rating widget works in tandem with the PollDaddy ratings system baked into your WordPress.com account – displaying your highest rated posts, comments, and/or pages in the sidebar of your blog. If you’d like to read more about the Top Ratings widget, check out the WordPress.com support page

August 3, 2009 — The Top Posts widget for WordPress.com displays a list of your most often visited posts in the sidebar of your blog. If you’d like to learn more about it, check out the WordPress.com support article.

August 3, 2009 — The Top Clicks widget displays the links people clicked on as they left your blog. If you’d like to learn more about it, check out the WordPress.com support article