WordPress Now Supports Site Pinning and Jump Lists via IE9 on Windows 7

Internet Explorer 9 users visiting their favorite WordPress blog will be able to start taking advantage of two of the browser’s exclusive features, provided they’re running Windows 7.

WordPress is a popular blogging platform used to power in excess of 20 million sites worldwide, all of which can deliver a unique experience to customers leveraging the IE9 and Windows 7 pair.

Roger Capriotti, Director, Internet Explorer Product Marketing announced that as of July 19th, 2011, WordPress supports Site Pinning and Jump Lists.

“To continue providing their users with a truly great web experience, WordPress.com has implemented pinning and Jump List support for every one of their blogs. This means that blogs hosted on WordPress, (…) automatically have the capability to pin their site to Windows 7 taskbars. Once pinned, customers can right-click on the favicon and see the last five blogs posted to the site via a dynamic Jump List,” Capriotti said.

Users need to make their way to any WordPress blog, click and drag either the site’s favicon or the opened tab onto Windows 7’s Taskbar and pin it just as they would any application.

Because of the enhancements introduced to WordPress, customers will be able to take advantage of mini-Start Menus for each pinned WordPress blog by right clicking on the favicon present on the Windows 7 Taskbar.

This way they’ll access Jump Lists, a dynamic menu which streamlines access to the WordPress blog.

The biggest advantage for WordPress bloggers is an automatic increase in user interaction, loyalty, and the time users spend on the site.

“Additionally, for those WordPress.com bloggers, there’s no work! Because it’s a feature that’s built into IE9, it doesn’t require any extra effort on your part. Bloggers should consider all of the Windows 7 customers who visit their site, and encourage them to pin their blog to the taskbar. It’s a great way for their readers to have one-click access to their favorite bloggers’ latest content,” Capriotti added.

Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) Platform Preview 2 (PP2) Build 10.0.1008.16421 is available for download here.

Windows Internet Explorer 9 RTW for Windows 7 and Windows 7 SP1 is available for download here.