For many, blogging is a solo journey, but it doesn’t have to be. Did you know a blog on WordPress.com can have multiple contributors? Check out the following group blogs, and you might find inspiration for a project that your friends, colleagues, or family members would love to collaborate on:
Jessica Korteman
Jessica and Hai, a globetrotting Australian couple and writer/photographer team currently based in Tokyo, document their adventures with words and images. The home page is a dynamic display of the vibrant images of the festivals and places they’ve explored and is a fun way to share their content.
[Theme: Customized Imbalance 2, a sophisticated theme for showcasing a group portfolio or online magazine.]
Thirty Six 24 Thirty Six
Two friends under the aliases Naomi and Elle approach weight loss, body image, exercise, and women’s health with heart, humor, and sass. The conversational blog is new, but the pair has created various features, like static pages for exercise journals and stats, so readers can follow along on their journeys.
[Theme: Oxygen, a versatile theme that allows you to switch between a traditional post format and an online magazine-style template.]
Peanut Butter on the Keyboard
A group of romance novelist-moms muse on motherhood and writing, from the craft to the business of publishing. An honest, lighthearted tone permeates the blog—they share what they have learned about raising kids and writing books with readers, yet also learn from each other.
[Theme: Forever, a simple and modern design that's easy to follow.]
Overexposed + Underdeveloped
Ten friends explore a mix of topics, including travel, family, and food. Their voices are different, yet they share a perspective that life should be shown as it is: beautiful, messy, mundane, and real. The photography is the blog’s unifying element.
[Theme: Customized Anthem, a clean, elegant theme with eight unique post formats.]
Just Me & My Dad
Through this simple but effective photo project, a dad and daughter get to know each other—and their cameras—better. Each week, they share images based on a theme. The side-by-side placement of their photographs and clean blog design are a winning combination.
[Theme: Customized Vigilance, a minimal theme that keeps the focus on content—and is perfect for a photo project such as this one.]
Ajam Media Collective
This group of writers analyzes cultural, social, and political trends in the Iranian, Central Asian, and Diaspora communities. Three columns of text and images offer a variety of content, and authors and categories are clearly displayed.
[Theme: The Morning After, a classic magazine-style theme that can be customized to fit a group's needs.]
Noisy Pilgrims
This is what happens when a trio of engineers decide to take to the streets and document what they see. Stunning shots of culture, nature, and people are showcased on a photo-centric home page with a custom image sidebar.
[Theme: Ideation and Intent, a visual theme of bright colors and clean lines fitting for a collective of creatives.]
Atsuko & Joe
This team covers exhibitions and cool finds in art, design, and music, from London to Tokyo. Influenced by both contemporary and traditional culture and design, they post in English and Japanese, attracting a global readership.
[Theme: Customized Blogum, a modern design without the clutter, allowing a group to focus on their ideas.]
Have an idea for a group blog? Create a new blog or transform your current one by following the steps in the support document on inviting blog contributors.
The key steps to adding new users to your blog:
- Click on Users -> Invite New in your dashboard, then follow the instructions to add WordPress.com usernames or email addresses. (You can invite people who are not WordPress.com members. Once invited, they will follow steps to complete the sign-up process.)
- Select either Editor, Author, or Contributor from the dropdown. (You can add a user as an Administrator, but be careful—this grants full ownership rights to him/her. Only one administrator per blog is recommended.)
Editors can view, edit, publish, and delete posts/pages; moderate comments and manage categories, tags, and links; and upload files/images. Authors can edit, publish, and delete their own posts, as well as upload files/images. Contributors can edit their own posts but cannot publish them; these posts are submitted to an administrator for review. (Learn more about these user roles.)
We’re excited to see what you come up with!

I wouldn’t use this since my blog is a solo-blog, but this is great for blogs with multiple writers!
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Great themes here — thanks for the run-down! I’ve been contemplating starting a group blog — it’s such a great way to connect, to invite mentorship, to brainstorm ideas…love it!
Awesome! I’m glad this has sparked interest in creating a group blog.
So great Cheri, thank you!
I’m an academic by day, and for 3-1/2 years now I’ve been running a mostly solo blog on reality and identity in this virtual century of ours. I decided not to travel this summer and have taken the whole break, which ends next week, to focus on building that “blog” into a “virtual salon.” We now have about a dozen “primary authors” and another dozen guest authors. It’s been a project seeking out strong and diverse voices for our somewhat unusual and eclectic topic, but here we are in August and I really think our virtual salon is an exciting and vibrant place of ideas and interaction far beyond anything we’d imagined even as recently as the beginning of June.
Our “virtual salon” (group blog) is called “I Rez Therefore I Am” and is at: http://iRez.me
I’ve checked the feature a couple days ago, so that’s new? I think I’m gonna invite someone next time.. Just like a boss with some workers.. hehe
Yeah that is cool…. I am looking forward on the group blog… It’s going to be fun….
i prefer solo but this collaborative works is awesome !
It’s a great idea. I would love to incorporate this into my daily contest blog. I’ll just have to look at the examples and see what would be a good way to do this type of co-authorship.
Hi. I kept wondering if WordPress ever had such a feature to encourage group blogging…but it seems it really does now. I will try the feature on a new blog and see how it works and whether I like it and whether my poet friends would think its cool or not. Thanks for sharing this.
Wonderful idea!!
Cool and thanks for the post!
Hi Elizabeth,
Yes, please do ask specific questions about the most effective ways to use categories for specific themes in the support forum.
You probably already know about the theme showcase, but just in case, you can browse our themes here: http://theme.wordpress.com/
I’ll take note of your interest in learning how to showcase different categories/types of content — perhaps in the future we can provide showcases or tutorials focusing on specific features of a theme.
Good post
Group blogging is a great idea.. it helps you connect with your friends and associates better..
i love the theme oxygen and lets see how i can build a group blog .. thanks
I love the idea of a guest contributor, you could make it a monthly thing and have a different guest every month!
I am part of a group blog – busfullofyarn – that we just launched in late July. It is wonderful because we are in the learning phase, but we are really having a lot of fun. We have two administrators, 5 editors (probably too many) and 1 contributor. We are all trying to find our voice and figure how this works, but it is so much more fun together!
Group blogging is so fun and rewarding. My now defunct group blog (RIP: I Fry Mine in Butter) had a diverse set of voices writing about pop culture, life and cop show tropes. it was both a challenging model and also one that fostered tremendous creativity. And then of course, the lovely WordPress peeps thrice chose I Fry Mine in Butter for the coveted Fresh Pressed, which THRILLED US TO NO END. So yeah, group blogging is awesome.
For a beginner this has been a very easy set up, well appreciated.
KC
some inspirational duo + bloggers – thanks for the info and the intro to group blogging