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It all started when I was looking for an internship. A friend of mine got an internship opportunity and encouraged me to apply too, so I did. I got the internship, and that’s where I first really came across WordPress.

At the beginning, I honestly had no idea what I was looking at. I remember seeing the default Twenty Twenty-One theme, a long list of plugins, and wondering, “What am I doing here? How does all of this work? What is my role, and how am I supposed to customize this?”

But that confusion slowly turned into curiosity.

Over time, I started working on real client websites. I went from figuring out themes and plugins to managing client sites, improving their PageSpeed scores, fixing issues, and eventually building and delivering websites for both local and international clients through platforms like Upwork and Freelancer.

WordPress ended up being the thing that gave me the push to move forward as a developer. Now, instead of relying heavily on third-party themes and plugins, I’m becoming more interested in building custom themes and templates myself, keeping sites lighter, easier to maintain, and better suited to what each client actually needs.

So, I guess my WordPress story started with me looking at a default theme and thinking, “Why am I here?” and somehow, I’m still here, but now I’m the one building the site.