How can I edit a blog post without it being resent?

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  divinehappiness · Member · Feb 11, 2015 at 11:59 am

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  I want to be able to edit posts I have already sent without them being resent to my followers. I am in the process of moving back to WordPress.com after a spell with WordPress.org – and I remember having this problem, ie my subscribers were sent the same post they had already received every time I edited and clicked “Publish” (ie publish the edit).

  Before I commit to migrating back to WordPress.com I want to be sure I will be able to accomplish this (being somewhat of a perfectionist I often like to come back to edit my previous work).

  btw: Could you recommend a theme that is similar to the design and functionality of your WordPress.com support site? This is the feel and look I want to emulate with my new WordPress.com sites.

  Many thanks,

  Leo

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  alexjgustafson · Member · Feb 11, 2015 at 5:01 pm

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  So long as you’ve already published the post, editing it and clicking Update will make a change on your site but will not resend the post to your followers.

  If you publish the post, then change its status to draft, then publish it again, that 2nd publish will get sent to followers.

  Our support site does run on WordPress but it’s heavily customized and no theme we offer will totally get you there. Some themes closer to en.blog.wordpress.com would be:

  Twenty Fifteen
  Writr
  Wilson
  Delight

  I’d also start with this search:

  https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/features/featured-images+left-sidebar+custom-header/

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  divinehappiness · Member · Feb 11, 2015 at 5:36 pm

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  Hi Alex – thank you for your exceptionally rapid and clear responses to my two questions. Much appreciated.

  cheers

  Leo