Joan Boluda (@boluda) – WordPress user profile

Bio

WordPress evangelist, you can find me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.

WordPress Origin Story

I discovered WordPress 10 years ago, on december 2004! Back then I used to code all my websites from scratch. The problem was that when my clients wanted to change something, they had to ask me. And it was a pain.

Content Management System

So I started looking for those called CMSs. The beauty of them was that theoretically they offered a user interface where my clients could make some changes on the site without knowing any coding at all.

I tried them all. PHP Nuke, Joomla (formerly Mambo), Drupal… but Oh, man! WordPress was head and shoulders above the rest. It was so easy to set up a site, compared to the others. But more than that, the best part was the user admin interface. So clean, so easy to understand for everybody. It offered the minimum options, and the usability was great. And it was open source!

WordPress

So I started to migrate all my clients’ websites to WordPress. I didn’t get paid for that. It was on the house. But it was a win-win situation. My clients got the best CMS on earth for free, and I freed up plenty of support time. They didn’t depend on me to change a typo on a page anymore.

Since then, I’ve been working with WordPress on a daily basis. I developed websites, Intranets, e-commerces, apps, social networks… even blogs 😉 The limit is your imagination (and your server, of course).

I like to think of WordPress as a framework I use to develop websites. It’s like PHP on steroids. It has its own CMS related functions library, which is great and useful, and it provides a useful admin interface for my clients to login and change everything. What else can I ask for? Oh, well… the community.

The community

That’s maybe the most important part of WordPress. The community behind it. Thousands of people developing plugins to extend the WordPress functionality out-of-the-box, and giving them away for free! Thousands of people answering questions on the forums, writing documentation in the wiki, developing awesome free themes, translating it, or even contributing to the core.

Even I developed some lazy plugins! How cool is that?

The future of WordPress

WordPress was born in 2003, so it’s eleven years old. Now it powers more than 20% of the websites that use a CMS. In that lifespan it changed so much that now it has nothing to do with those first releases.

Now it’s heading towards a PHP framework more than a blogging platform. As its creator Matt Mullenweg said, I see the future of WordPress as a web operating system. Long life to WordPress! 🙂

My future

I work as a freelancer. I’m a WordPress specialist (and evangelist, so to speak). I make my life developing websites with WordPress, offering SEO services to raise my clients’ ranks and fixing WordPress emergencies and problems. I also develop my own projects that help to make some extra money.

I work from home, so I don’t have to drive to an office. I don’t have to pay gas, public transport or to have lunch away from home. I can eat at home, with my family, and I have a great flexible work schedule. And I hope to keep doing it for a long time.

Of course it’s not all peaches and cream, but I’m happy!

So… thanks, WordPress!

Member Since: February 6th, 2011
Location: Mataró
Website: boluda.com
Job Title: CEO
Employer: boluda.com
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Contribution History

Core Contributor
Documentation Contributor
Plugin Developer
Themes Team
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

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Posted a reply to Perfecto, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
💪🏼
3 weeks ago
Created a topic, Perfecto, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Simplemente, el mejor plugin para loguearse a través d…
3 weeks ago
Created a topic, Love it, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Easy to setup, easy to use. Great work, guys! :)
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Track length, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
¡Great! :)
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Track length, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Btw, if I could sponsor this to get it done sooner, let me know, please.…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Track length, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
OK, thanks! That would be an amazing feature, most of players show it!
2 years ago
Created a topic, Track length, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Terrific plugin, great work! Any way to sh…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Only for Siteground?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Any hosting :)
2 years ago
Created a topic, Language not changing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there! AWESOME plugin, thanks guys! I detected an…
3 years ago
Created a topic, Breaks Manage Widgets with Blocks, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The plugin breaks the new "Manage Widgets with Blocks"…
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Vulnerability Exposed | REST API, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
SiteGround.com is not a WordPress site. Thats why you get a 404.
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Conflicts with Other Security Plugins, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Oh, you are absolutely right! I use the SiteGround Site Scanner service for that. They…
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Conflicts with Other Security Plugins, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah, my bad! I meant SG Security, indeed. I just edited the post. About the…
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Conflicts with Other Security Plugins, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I migrated from WordFence to SG Migrator on all my sites and couldn't be happier!…
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Logs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Great! Thanks Stanimir!! :) Again, great plugin!!
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Logs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Stanimir, Great solution. Just to double check... The default value is 16 days, right?
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Range of IP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
¡Awesome! :)
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Almost perfect!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
¡Great news! :D
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Range of IP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's a great plugin. I hope they add the log expiration time next on the…
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Logs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
+1 here. The the log expiration time is a must. :)
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Almost perfect!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah, I think 2FA is mucho better than ReCaptcha. About the logs, I would like…
3 years ago
Created a topic, Great plugin!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Finally! A light easy-to-use security plugin that make…
3 years ago
Created a topic, Just Amazing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It worked like a charm. Seriously. I'm talking about 7…
3 years ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Cochabamba, Bolivia 2021
3 years ago
Posted a reply to One button, two courses, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Great, thanks!!! :)
4 years ago
Posted a reply to One button, two courses, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Just checking this new release, any possible dates for it? Thanks so much!
4 years ago
Posted a reply to One button, two courses, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Great, thanks!!
4 years ago
Posted a reply to One button, two courses, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there! Any updates about this feature? Thanks again :)
4 years ago
Posted a reply to Order for posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi again, I thought about that work around, but that implies changing the order of…
4 years ago
Created a topic, Order for posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there! I'm using the wpc_list_pages sortcode to sh…
4 years ago
Posted a reply to One button, two courses, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Great news :) [b]Joan Boluda[/b] [i]Consultor de Marketing Online[/i] [url=https://itunes.apple.com/es/podcast/podcast-marketing-online/id879629380]Podcast de marketing Online[/url]
4 years ago
Posted a reply to One button, two courses, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I just checked out 2.9, the Zapier integration is awesome, kudos to you :) Can't…
4 years ago
Posted a reply to One button, two courses, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
¡OK, that will make it, thanks! Knowing that, we'll prepare everything (it's going to take…
4 years ago
Posted a reply to One button, two courses, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Seriously? Oh, great! That would be awesome, it's just what we need. As soon as…
4 years ago
Created a topic, One button, two courses, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there! First of all... What an amazing plugin this…
4 years ago
Created a topic, Great plugin & better support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Nice, nice plugin, pretty slick! It's a must. I tried …
5 years ago
Posted a reply to New update is messing with my season number, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
OK, keep us updated, please. I had to rollback to the previous version.
5 years ago
Posted a reply to New update is messing with my season number, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Mike!! Yeah, I'm using 8.2.3. But whatever number I type there, when I publish…
5 years ago
Posted a reply to New update is messing with my season number, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Same thing here, please keep us updated.
5 years ago
Posted a reply to Activate for certain forums, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Awesome!!! Thanks Nate!! :D
5 years ago
Posted a reply to Not working with Genesis 3.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hehe! Super plugin, super usuarios, super soporte! ¡Abrazo, Javi! :)
5 years ago
Posted a reply to Not working with Genesis 3.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Great, it works again. Thanks Frank, great support!
5 years ago
Created a topic, Not working with Genesis 3.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The plugin doesn't work with Genesis 3.0. The modal bo…
5 years ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Madrid 2019
5 years ago
Created a topic, Activate for certain forums, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Great plugin!! Is it possible to activate the voting f…
5 years ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Irun, Gipuzkoa, Spain 2019
6 years ago
Posted a reply to Premium content refuses password, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks again, Angelo! BTW, I'm a PowerPress podcast listener! Kudos to MacKenzie, good work!
6 years ago
Posted a reply to Premium content refuses password, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi again! Yeah, I followed that documentation, but still the authentication is not working. I'll…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to Premium content refuses password, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
¡Hi Angelo! Nice to talk to you, big fan of your plugin! They told me…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to Premium content refuses password, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Same thing here. My hosting uses FPM and can't get that authentication working. Any workaround?
6 years ago