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Dan Soschin

Co-Owner & General Manager at The Pilates Krewe

@dansoschin Tampa, FL joined Apr 2021

dansoschin.com github.com/DanSoschin Slack: @Dan Soschin

    Bio

    Tampa, Florida, resident by way of Northern Virginia and San Francisco, Dan first found WordPress when exploring content marketing back in 2009, and it was love at first “site.” Dan and his family of four spend their weekends biking around Tampa, searching for the best donuts and pizza, dodging hurricanes, visiting one of the many amusement parks in the area, collecting all sorts of things, building Legos, beach-going, walking, and laughing until they cry.

    Dan and his wife (originally from Saratoga, CA) own three Pilates studios in Tampa, so he has no excuse not to stay in shape!

    Dan has 25 years of experience in marketing, communications, and technology.

    Dan graduated from the University of Virginia and attended Thomas Jefferson HS for Sci/Tech in Annandale, Virginia.

    Interests

    Family, outdoors stuff (biking, hiking, scooting, climbing, rafting, beaching, walking), movies, coins and memorabilia, travel, games, laughing.

    WordPress Origin Story

    In 2009, I was the head of performance marketing at a large university. Back in that day, schools really did not do a lot of online marketing – especially blogging and content creation. However, I was focused on growing online enrollments and believed we could create blogs/content for each school at the university. Looking over the shoulder of my web developer one afternoon, I saw that he was fiddling with one of the new sites we were just about to launch, focused on homeland security news/opinion. I asked what he was using to create the website/blog and he said, “WordPress”. For me, it was love at first “site”. The rest, as they say, is history…

    Badges

    CODE
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    Core Contributor '22 Core Team '22 Meta Contributor '24
    CONTENT
    5 badges
    Documentation Contributor '24 Marketing Contributor '24 Marketing Team '24 Media Corps Contributor '24 Media Corps Team '24
    COMMUNITY
    1 badge
    WordCamp Organizer '21

    Current Job

    Co-Owner & General Manager
    Present
    The Pilates Krewe

    Recent impact

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    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 6 releases
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 6.3
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.9

    Contributions

    Type
    April 2025
    Apr 14 Mon · 13:34
    Meta high
    Wrote a new handbook page, Social Media, on the site Make WordPress.org Marketing:
    You can follow WordPress on any of these social media platforms: X Facebook Instagram Linkedin…
    September 2024
    Sep 21 Sat · 07:10
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, PDX + WCUS 2024: A Recap, on the site WordPress News:
    WordCamp US (WCUS), North America's largest WordPress event, hosted over 1,500 attendees from around the…
    August 2024
    Aug 28 Wed · 19:53
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Drawing new learners to the new Learn.WordPress.org, on the site Make WordPress Training:
    I would challenge this group to think about how to bring in those needing to…
    July 2024
    Jul 16 Tue · 17:51
    Meta high
    Received props from @meher in Slack:
    Props to @zunaid321 @jigar9998 @eboxnet @tremidkhar @Benjamin_Zekavica @noruzzaman @czapla @courane01 @benjamingosset @beryldlg @threadi @shailu25 @Toro_Unit…
    Jul 16 Tue · 17:21
    Meta high
    Made 2 updates to handbook pages on Make WordPress.org Marketing.
    Jul 02 Tue · 20:10
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Recap: The second Learn WordPress course cohort, on the site Make WordPress Training:
    Congrats on concluding another successful cohort! I wonder if providing feedback on the program/experience can…
    June 2024
    Jun 25 Tue · 13:57
    Core high
    Mentioned in [58568] on WordPress SVN:
    Help/About: Update the About page for 6.6.
    Jun 18 Tue · 15:49
    Meta high
    Received props from @ndiego in Slack:
    Props to @greenshady and @dansoschin for review and feedback on the pattern overrides post for…
    Jun 15 Sat · 21:29
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Highlights from WordCamp Europe 2024, on the site WordPress News:
    From June 13-15, 2024, WordPress enthusiasts from across the globe gathered in Torino to explore…
    Jun 14 Fri · 16:01
    Meta high
    Mentioned in [13821] on Meta SVN:
    Main: Update the homepage banner to link to WCEU keynote announcement.

    Completed courses

    5 completed

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    Plugins

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