Mary Job (@mariaojob) – WordPress user profile

Bio

I am a divergent technology enthusiast, born with the heart of a nomad and WordPress saved me from roaming the internet 10+ years ago by giving me a voice of my own which I use freely on my blogs.

Hence, it isn’t a surprise that I love WordPress & backpacking, right?

I am building WPSlay for SMEs with WordPress websites needing support and maintenance, Gbefunwa for hosting WordPress websites, and a co-living community in Lagos, NGA in the works. I work full-time at Stranger Studios, makers of the powerful PMPro membership plugin for WordPress websites. I volunteer for Uwani Hub and the African WordPress community in my spare time.

Interests

WordPress. Open Source Softwares. Open Research. Tacit Knowledge Management. Information Society Technologies.

WordPress Origin Story

I was in Ghana 2015 volunteering for my internship with the Salesians of Don Bosco when i got introduced to WordPress. I was surprised to find that their website was built on WordPress, as far as i was concerned, i tried blogging with WP about 3 years before that and it was a disaster.

I felt it was too complicated and difficult to use for blogging, much less designing a website. My internship assignment was a media collection database for the community while i did my blogging on another platform i had been using for years. Quite frankly, the most a published post on my blog got was usually a like from a friend or one comment and maybe 40 views, i used to think it was a personal blog after-all, maybe that is why.

Someone awesome in that community then asked why i was not blogging with WordPress, he then gave me a whole folder containing video tutorials for WP beginners which took me two weeks to watch and understand.

Today, i thank my creator for the day i was given those videos because i have not been able to look back from using WordPress. I moved my blog to WP, got over a hundred followers in two months, redesigned my blog to look so cool that i fell more in love with blogging.

Oh and guess what? I got my first client in the Tech World from WordPress, my client was based in the UK and they loved how my blog looked and needed a redesign for their WP website which was horrible to say the least. This started my journey into learning about WP, i made a lot of mistakes and i learned a lot too, today i am crazy about WP and actively building the WP community in my country Nigeria.

Moral of my Story:
1.) WordPress truly is anything you want it to be – make good use of your imaginations.
2.) No matter what you want to learn to use, there is no shortcut, if you dont take the patience to learn and understand any craft (Tech applications and software included), you are setting yourself up for a big time failure.
3.) Google is your best Friend! Don’t let her down, she has a lot of potential – become a great Googler (Know how to get accurate and actionable information for good positive benefits to yourself and your society.

Contributions Sponsored

How Do You Tech sponsors Mary Job to contribute 10 hours per week to the following teams: Community, Documentation, and Support.

Member Since: April 28th, 2016
Location: Earth
Website: maryjob.com
GitHub: MaryOJob
Job Title: Technical Support Engineer
Employer: Stranger Studios
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Contribution History

Community Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Team
Meetup Organizer
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

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Translations

Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Europe 2025
6 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Skopje, North Macedonia 2024
8 months ago
Created a topic, Plug and play, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This works as advertised, no shenanigans. Thank you.
2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Next Generation of WordPress Events: Updates, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Awesome ideas +1
2 years ago
Created a topic, Will this allow over 200 members on the family tree?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, I am building a family history website, and our tr…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Passing variable from one function to another, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @pewpew41, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. A no-code way to resolve this…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Customize the exerpt, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @kofbd, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. You can call an image to…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Using gettext to change Payment Method wording in Membership Checkout page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @pewpew41, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. Making use of the recipe in…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to User Field Showing Array, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @chidi-nweke, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. This could be happening for a…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Menu overlapping with Join Now button, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Happy to hear, @unet. You are welcome!
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Automatics emails to admin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @resilienceweb, on line 6 of the code snippet above (https://gist.github.com/strangerstudios/8457556#file-my_pmpro_email_recipient-php-L6), you can replace the…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Menu overlapping with Join Now button, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @unet, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. This can be resolved with a…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to How to pass payment processing fee to customers?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@pewpew41 this might be possible to add an additional processing fee when using the Stripe…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Password reset not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @webdes44, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. The reset password email is sent…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to How do I manually approve users after payment since gateway is not supported?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @moniruls, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. Two methods to explore would be…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Change payment gateway!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Alright @tonygao, I assume you have the answer to this already, marking as resolved.
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Is it possible to delete all orders in bulk?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is noted, @thesun2012. I will share your feature request with our team. Thank you.
2 years ago
Posted a reply to How to dynamically choose payment gateway?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @tonygao, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. We do not have this functionality…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Automatics emails to admin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Here is a link to the gist directly; @resilienceweb: https://gist.github.com/strangerstudios/8457556#file-my_pmpro_email_recipient-php Kind regards.
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Automatics emails to admin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @resilienceweb, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. Disabling the specific email templates meant…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Issue with plugin (paying for memberships via PayPal Express), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @ihsaandesign, you are welcome & I am glad to read your checkout now works.…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to after Login redirected to dashboard instead of Membership level, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @tayabrajput, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. With PMPro, the default page to…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Subscribers still able to access dashboard, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Adding to what I shared earlier @lauramartin, we have a code gist to force block…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Subscribers still able to access dashboard, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @lauramartin, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. This usually occurs if you are…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Members & Post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @walkinverse, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. You can bulk update users with…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Creating multiple levels, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @thesun2012, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. By default a user can only…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Is it possible to delete all orders in bulk?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @thesun2012, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. We do not have a way…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Issue with plugin (paying for memberships via PayPal Express), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @ihsaandesign, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. This seems to be site specific…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to How to Add Multiple Users on One Membership, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @tinablack2, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. The support we provide here is…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to How to pass payment processing fee to customers?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @tonygao, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. You can do this with a…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Non member having access to restricted content, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @nicowob123, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. This may be a caching related…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Content change, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @swiss97, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. PMPro is translation-ready, hence you can…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Resource, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @kklo, glad to read those guides can help you get started. We do not…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Database Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @asadbaigwebdev, thank you for writing in. Could you please clarify what version of the…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to E-mail notification when a new member joins?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @evo252, You can use an Email logging plugin such as this to confirm these…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to filter price, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @sauron4u, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. The default levels page shortcode would…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to E-mail notification when a new member joins?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @evo252, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. Please work through our troubleshooting guide…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to expiry date is showing as never, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @romasalah, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. By default, adding a user and…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Resource, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @kklo, Thank you for reaching out to us. Yes, please, you can set up…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to So much Spam!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @nicola-tweed, apologies for the inconvenience you are experiencing on your client's website. Please see…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to safe button on gateway page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @sauron4u, Our Developers have seen this recently caused by a bug in our plugin…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Lesson shortcode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @fajarpagi, thank you for reaching out about this. I was able to recreate this…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to spam user registrations, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @devsaredead, if you are still experiencing this issue, this may be due to how…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Personalizing email campaigns, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @ph59, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. I answered this question on your…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Page restrict subscriptions, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @saskiaherm, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. My first question is: how can…
2 years ago
Created ticket #4299 on Meta Trac:
Adding an auto-response feature to forms on WordCamp sites
6 years ago