Tommy Nguyen – Founder of YayCommerce
I am Tommy Nguyen, and I call Nha Trang home, a Vietnamese coastal city that feels like the country’s own version of Long Beach, with white sand beaches, deep blue water, and breezy weather almost every day of the year. …
Jason Rouet – Product Manager at Mediapapa
My name is Jason Rouet, and I am the Mediapapa plugin’s Product Manager. I was born around the same time Tim Berners-Lee was publishing the first website, and I live in Cognac, western France. And yes, it is not just…
September 30, 2025 / HostingMy name is John Andriopoulos, and I am a Co-Founder and Senior Solutions Architect at Pressidium. I have been passionate about technology for as long as I can remember. My academic background is in Telecommunications Information Technology and Management, a…
September 16, 2025 / BloggersHi, Ivor here. I was born in Moldova and lived there the most part of my life. I have a university degree in computer science and had a pretty usual childhood, nothing special: day care, primary school, university, and work.…
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August 22, 2025 / PluginsI grew up in West Chester, a cozy town in the suburbs of Philadelphia. I attended college at Temple University, and have been in Philly ever since. I’ve always been drawn to entrepreneurship and launched numerous side businesses during my…
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July 23, 2025 / AgenciesI remember thinking, "this probably isn't a good idea…" as I straddled the top rung of a ladder to get my footing on the ice-covered roof. It was 1999, and my pride wouldn't let me back down and leave my…
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July 10, 2025 / AgenciesHi, I'm Remco Nieuwenhuizen, 36 years old, and I live in the Netherlands with my wife. While I now run two WordPress-focused companies, my journey into the digital world started in quite an unexpected place — the army. The Journey…
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July 7, 2025 / PluginsMy name is Amir Helzer, the Founder of WPML. Since 2021, I have been living in Madrid. When I was a kid, I loved building stuff and started programming on my Commodore 64 and Apple IIC when I was 12.…
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July 3, 2025 / HostingMy name is Filip Slavik, and I am the Co-Founder and Director of Platform Engineering at Pressidium. I hold a degree in Computer Systems and Networks and have spent over two decades building software and infrastructure that stands up to…
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June 23, 2025 / PluginsHello, thank you for the chance to do this interview and tell my story. I grew up in Washington state; have lived in Spokane, Seattle, Bellingham, Vancouver, Tacoma, and the small town of Moses Lake. After high school, I went…
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June 5, 2025 / HostingMy name is Andrew Georges, and I am the Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of Pressidium. I have been working in IT for as long as I can remember, from back when connecting to the internet sounded like a…
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May 30, 2025 / PluginsI am Ahammed Mirdas, and I am the Founder of PluginHive from Bangalore, India. From a young age, I was passionate about solving problems — whether it was through mathematics, chess, or helping out in my family’s business. Later, during…
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May 27, 2025 / News & UpdatesTwenty-two years ago today, two college students with a shared vision changed the internet forever. On May 27, 2003, Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little released the first version of WordPress, born from the discontinued b2/cafelog blogging platform. What started as…
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May 26, 2025 / AgenciesMy Name is Nirmal Gyanwali. I am the founder of WP Creative, based in Sydney, Australia. I started my career as a website developer in the mid-2000s, worked in digital agencies for about 10 years, and then started WP Creative…
