I love WordPress!… For many years I opened and operated Irish pubs for investors across Europe – it was lots of fun, it was also exhausting! I was itching to do something that wasn’t so physically demanding and very restricting on my time. The Journey Begins I began to learn WordPress. WordPress gave me the…
In October 2023, I will complete 20 years of my association with WordPress. What started as an experiment soon became an integral part of my life. Hi! I am Ajay D’Souza. I am the author of several completely free WordPress plugins, and this is my WordPress story. In the beginning… I vaguely recall always having…
If you didn’t already know, HeroPress is all about writing to your peers. When Topher asked who I will be writing to, I wasn’t sure at first. I had to think about this for a couple of days before I went back to him. I found this question difficult because I couldn’t think of how…
Hauwa Abashiya from both London England AND Kaduna, Nigeria writes about finding a global family in the WordPress community.
I launched a WordPress-based business sometime around 2013. Starting a business is a goal for a lot of people, but it was never something I intentionally set out to do. I was in university at the time and blogging about books — just doing something I loved. But then I had an idea for a…
Like many others in our industry, my WordPress journey started a while ago. I built my first website using GeoCities when I was 14 years old, 21 years ago (boy am I getting old). At the time I was obsessed with skateboarding, the website was for friends I used to hang out and ride around…
The good part; When writing this, I am working with the top companies in the WooCommerce ecosystem, partnering with creative minds, making things happen that can make a massive difference to many users, or even an essential lifeline to their business survival due to a lockdown. As a partnership manager at YITH, I also had*…
I remember watching a dog I used to have jump without a thought into a river from the edge. I’ve never been someone to do that. I am cautious by nature, considered and ponderous. I plan, ponder, observe, I was always the child that watched and learnt through seeing. My introduction into the WordPress community…
In mid March 2020 it was clear that the coronvirus pandemic was going to have drastic consequences for daily life. Many local shops, market stalls and other food outlets would struggle to keep in touch with their regular customers. It was also worrying that lots of people would be stuck at home with only the…
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if the world you lived in completely changed, turning your life upside down? And for those who have gone through an experience like this, can you remember how it felt to wake up in a world you were not used to? Even though life can throw…
