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WP Junkie since 2007.
WP Professional since 2008.

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tech support, strategy and development for full time bloggers and online entrepreneurs.

WordPress Origin Story

About 10 years ago, I started blogging. I made an epic 82 cents. Perhaps, I thought, a new blog design would help.

And this is when I totally lucked out! I didn’t’ realize it at the time, but the biggest and best WordPress experts were in the forums answering my questions.

Of course when you figure out how to change the colors in CSS, you can’t stop there! Then I had to change the sidebars (before there were widget areas) which meant learning XHTML. But the real fun came when I figured out the WordPress theme template tags and dabbled in PHP. Then I felt invincible (coders come by this attitude naturally). But when you learn the template tags, it gets addictive, like reading half of that suspense thriller. Not gonna happen.

So, I’m embarrassed to say that somehow it seemed perfectly natural to read the entire WordPress documentation site. During that time, I started answering questions in the forums, and working with themes by some random guy. He’s now a VP of Copyblogger and founder of StudioPress, Brian Gardner.

Through the years, I donated my time to help more bloggers, created a plugin for Pink October and created some themes of our own. Blogging can be a tight knit community and once I helped a few friends, word spread and I started designing and coding for some fun money.

But a few years ago something started to happen or maybe I just noticed. There were – and are – a number of WordPress services that are at best, not helping, and at worst -taking advantage of what I like to call, non-technically-inclined bloggers. At the same time as this is happening, my circumstances changed and I became the sole income provider for my girls and I. And WP Barista wasn’t successful enough to support us full time. So I had some decisions to make.

Out of the blue, I received a phone call from my credit card company offering to double my credit. It seemed to be a sign that I was to put all my eggs in the company basket and run with it. That was a year and a half ago and I haven’t looked back!

At the core of WP Barista is my desire to provide jobs for other WAHMs. I don’t really know why. My dream is to provide a supportive, empowering and lucrative work place. When I think back, there have been many times, when I have kept the assistants around even when I wouldn’t get paid myself… it’s seemed like the right thing to do.

This year, it’s just like I’m watching from outside myself as WordPress Barista grows. I could not be happier that we have a team of four, three of whom work as many hours as they can. And it is sheer serendipity that the services we sell, actually help other women provide for their families! Our blogging friends are at the heart of what we do – not just their WordPress blog, but their message, their goals and their families.

When I look ahead, I see virtual offices all over the world, with teams of 4 – the Project Manager, Assistant/Social Media Mgr, Designer, Developer and Support Guru. Oh! Including me, that’s 5! Details have never been my strong suit – ask my assistant, who has to remind me of my reminders!

When Simon Sinek says that the “why” is more important than the “What” you do, I couldn’t agree more. Through many ups, downs, around’s and through’s, providing jobs for other moms has always, and will always be my goal.

Committed [1649114] to Plugins Trac:
Optimized code added support for relative urls, single quotes, https

2 months ago
Released a new plugin, Remove Amazon Affiliate Links in Feed

3 months ago
Cathy Tibbles's profile was updated

4 months ago
Cathy Tibbles's profile was updated

1 year ago
Created a topic, Absolutely necessary plugin -, on the site WordPress Support Forums

2 years ago
Created a topic, Uncaught SyntaxError - on debug output in admin Create New Event page, on the site WordPress Support Forums

2 years ago
Created a topic, is there session support?, on the site WordPress Support Forums

3 years ago
Created a topic, Shortcode not working in modal window, on the site WordPress Support Forums

4 years ago
Posted a reply to Sitemaps XML declaration allowed only at the start of the document, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
unfortunately one of my clients is also experiencing this issue

4 years ago
Created a topic, Absolutely the most reliable I've found, on the site WordPress Support Forums

4 years ago
Created a topic, The post info has disappeared on single post pages, on the site WordPress Support Forums

4 years ago
Created a topic, Media - Playlist capability/attribute?, on the site WordPress Support Forums

5 years ago
Created a topic, Simple and useful, on the site WordPress Support Forums

5 years ago
Posted a reply to sitemap category listing, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Use the code example towards the bottom of this page 'taxonomy' http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts. And create a…

5 years ago
Posted a reply to Help with Code, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
This is likely generated by a plugin. Check your plugin list and the documentation should…

5 years ago
Posted a reply to users admin, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
You need to ask the theme author which roles have access to the video publisher.…

5 years ago
Posted a reply to Alerts?!? Front page notification?, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
If the files were creating posts, you could display most recent on your front page…

5 years ago
Committed [554058] to Plugins Trac:

5 years ago
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5 years ago
Committed [554055] to Plugins Trac:

5 years ago
Committed [554054] to Plugins Trac:

5 years ago
Committed [553543] to Plugins Trac:

5 years ago
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5 years ago
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5 years ago
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5 years ago
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5 years ago
Posted a reply to [Plugin: Many Tips Together] cannot modify header error on settings update, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
That did it! Thank you so much - its perfect!! :)

5 years ago
Posted a reply to [Plugin: Many Tips Together] cannot modify header error on settings update, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Hi Brasofilo, If I could hire you to get this figured out - that would…

5 years ago
Posted a reply to [Plugin: Many Tips Together] cannot modify header error on settings update, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Hi Brasofilo, I had edited a ton of the options (so many fun toys!) before…

5 years ago
Created a topic, [Plugin: Many Tips Together] cannot modify header error on settings update, on the site WordPress Support Forums

5 years ago
Created a topic, changing permalinks to match blogger's, on the site WordPress Support Forums

5 years ago
Created a topic, xslt stylesheet and importing to wp from atom (blogger), on the site WordPress Support Forums

5 years ago
Posted a reply to URGENT Site has been hacked and I can't log in, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I need more details to help better - which url are you going to that…

6 years ago
Posted a reply to Blog that only shows specific category?, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Yes - this should give you the info you need. Dont forget to reset the…

6 years ago
Posted a reply to Blog that only shows specific category?, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Yes, you can use a plugin for that. Search theplugin directory - I dont know…

6 years ago
Posted a reply to I Can't find where to edit my home page, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Usually, with custom themes, the home page has its own unique style. Those styles are…

6 years ago
Posted a reply to How do I allow control of an image in the header?, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I think you're talking about the Custom Header feature that you can build into your…

6 years ago
Posted a reply to Changed settings, now can't access the dashboard, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
You need cpanel/phpmyadmin logins and to change the website address in the database in 2…

6 years ago
Posted a reply to How do I change my password?, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
If you can login, go to User - > My profile. Change it there. You…

6 years ago
Posted a reply to Custom Link in menu to open new tab, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
My pleasure! :)

6 years ago
Posted a reply to Need help upgrading from $12/yr. WP domain mapping to wordpress.org?, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Shameless plug here - that is what my company does, but it isn't cheap. We…

6 years ago
Posted a reply to How do you change navigation font color?, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
This depends on the theme you are using. If the theme doesn't give you a…

6 years ago
Posted a reply to Custom Link in menu to open new tab, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
In the menu tab, pull down the screen settings tab and select the rel attribute…

6 years ago
Posted a reply to URGENT Site has been hacked and I can't log in, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
If your site is hacked, first thing I would do is contact your host and…

6 years ago
Created a topic, Rss feed has extra beneath last [item], on the site WordPress Support Forums

6 years ago
Posted a reply to How do I list a custom taxonomy of a custom post type, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Yes, you can use wp_list_categories. See the codex page for details.

6 years ago
Posted a reply to fancybox - iframe not working, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I GOT IT - wahoo!! THe plugins directory itself was 777 which apparently is bad.…

6 years ago
Posted a reply to fancybox - iframe not working, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
AND - it is working great here - yourlittlefilm.com/family/custom-films which i'm just updating...

6 years ago
Posted a reply to fancybox - iframe not working, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I have deactivated all plugins. I deleted easy fancybox and then re-installed it. (the settings…

6 years ago
Posted a reply to fancybox - iframe not working, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Oh yes - of course! http://desperatelyseekingwp.com/userylf/biz/films-summary Thanks RavanH!

6 years ago

Remove Amazon Affiliate Links in Feed

Active Installs: 40+

Pink 4 October

Active Installs: 40+

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Cathy Tibbles

Bio/Description

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WordPress Origin Story

Remove Amazon Affiliate Links in Feed

Pink 4 October

Plugins

Jetpack by WordPress.com

NextGEN Gallery - WordPress Gallery Plugin

Shortcodes Ultimate

Simple Feed Stats

WordPress Move

Code is Poetry.