Mary Job (@mariaojob) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: April 28th, 2016
Location: Nigeria
Website: maryjob.com
GitHub: MaryOJob
Job Title: Support Engineer
Employer: Paid Memberships Pro
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Bio

I am a divergent technology enthusiast with 16+ years’ experience in the ICT industry, more than half of it I spent roaming the web, freelance writing, virtual assistant, until WordPress saved me 6+ years ago by giving me a voice of my own which I use freely on my personal blog.

I currently work as a Support Engineer at Paid Memberships Pro, a plugin that allows you get paid by selling Membership on your WordPress Website. I founded HowDoYou.Tech, a membership site selling search as a service for tech questions & WordPress Support to Africans. I use WordPress daily and see it as a tool for Personal and Professional Empowerment, I teach digital skills for free to women and girls at Uwani Hub and run my personal blog, I believes everyone should own a personal blog where they share their stories and experiences. I love Cats, Photography, Rabbits & Backpacking!

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

Mary Job contributes 4 hours per week to the following teams: Community, Documentation, and Support.

Contribution History

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

Activity
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Translations

Created a topic, Plug and play, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This works as advertised, no shenanigans. Thank you.
2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Next Generation of WordPress Events: Updates, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Awesome ideas +1
2 months 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…
3 months 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…
4 months 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…
4 months 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…
4 months 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…
4 months ago
Posted a reply to Menu overlapping with Join Now button, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Happy to hear, @unet. You are welcome!
4 months 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…
4 months 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…
4 months 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…
4 months 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…
4 months 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…
4 months 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.
4 months 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.
4 months 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…
4 months 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.
4 months 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…
4 months 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.…
4 months 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…
4 months 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…
4 months 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…
4 months 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…
4 months 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…
4 months 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…
4 months 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…
4 months 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…
4 months 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…
4 months 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…
6 months 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…
6 months 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…
6 months 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…
6 months 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…
6 months 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…
6 months 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…
6 months 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…
6 months 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…
6 months 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…
6 months 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…
6 months 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…
6 months 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…
6 months 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…
6 months 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…
6 months ago
Posted a reply to Payments by country, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Alex, Thank you for reaching out to us. By default, Paid Memberships Pro does…
6 months ago
Posted a reply to Level on Expiration, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @danimella, This is possible with some custom code that hooks into the pmpro_after_change_membership_level, here…
6 months ago
Posted a reply to mailchimp integration dead in the water?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @ph59, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. By default, the username is not…
6 months ago
Posted a reply to Anyone can register?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @evo252, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. You do not need to enable…
6 months ago
Posted a reply to Add pmpro membership level to registration form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @hazirahs, Thank you for reaching out to us. I assume you are not using…
6 months ago
Posted a reply to safe button on gateway page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @sauron4u, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. There are a number of reasons…
6 months ago
Posted a reply to REST API to cancel the auto-renewal of a member programmatically, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @acehunter012, Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro. As opposed to using the cancel…
6 months ago