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Bio

I’ve been doing online marketing, providing content, building websites, blogging and more since 1995. I started using WordPress.org self-hosted WordPress since it came out around 2004. I’m also the founder of Chris McElroy SEO Agency where me and my team help with Search Everywhere Optimization, Integrated Content Marketing, Entity Optimization, Conversion Rate Optimization, and much more.

Interests

WordPress development, plugin development, app development, page builder enhancements, theme development, content written by humans

WordPress Origin Story

I’ve built 100’s of websites & blogs using WordPress. It’s always my preferred choice.

  • Member Since: April 19th, 2015
  • Location: Austin, TX
  • Website: chrismcelroyseo.com
  • GitHub: clydemack
  • Job Title: Founder
  • Employer: Chris McElroy SEO Agency
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  • Wrote a comment on the post What’s new in AI Experiments 0.4.0 (5 MAR 2026)?, on the site WordPress AI:
    All of that and you guys can't give us a decent folder system for the…

  • Created a topic, Essential Addons | The folks at WP-Developer bailed me out again!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Sometimes you get deep into developing a website and e…

  • Posted a reply to Google analytics, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The question is marked as resolved, yet it's asking for a code UA- rather than…

  • Created a topic, Great Support Even If You Are Panicking, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Had to write it that way, because I get extremely busy…

  • Created a topic, Great Support Team, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I had an issue with the plugin. Not huge but it was an…

  • Posted a reply to Bug: FAQ Schema in Accordion Widget, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Not resolved as of 9/2/25 Essential addons accordion is configured incorrectly. The way they decided…

  • Created a topic, Lifesaver, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    If you are on hosted on SiteGround, you don't need a c…

  • Posted a reply to I like it better than Yoast or RankMath, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Next, if it could just do all of the work for me, that would be…

  • Created a topic, I like it better than Yoast or RankMath, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Much easier to add schema and redirects. Overall good …

  • Posted a reply to Easy to use and works great for backups and migrations, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Well, I was using Updraft, and I have no complaints about them, but you guys…

  • Created a topic, Easy to use and works great for backups and migrations, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Migrating a WordPress site can be a pain, but WPVivid …

  • Wrote a comment on the post Let’s reconsider adopting the WP Consent API, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    It's kind of comparable to social media platforms becoming responsible for the content that's written…

  • Created a topic, DO NOT USE THIS PLUGIN, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    It is not working with latest WP versions. The delete …

  • Created a topic, Improved Speed a Little, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    My site already had a good score, but Jetpack gave me …

  • Created a topic, Works as Expected, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    It's a lite version of other SEO tools and with a much…

  • Posted a reply to Activation causes this error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    That worked. The one I had was too old and updating several versions at once…

  • Posted a reply to [Yoast SEO] Activation causes this error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Yeah, I did that and updated it. SO, that may be the issue. The one…

  • Created a topic, [Yoast SEO] Activation causes this error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Fatal error: Namespace declaration statement has to be…

  • Created a topic, Fatal Error Activating Yoast Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Fatal error: Namespace declaration statement has to be…

  • Posted a reply to NOT blocking search engines, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Yes, it’s annoying Same issue here

  • Created a topic, [Anti-spam] Bye Bye Akismet, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Works great, don’t need akismet