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WordPress Origin Story

I started blogging on Xanga.com. It was a great blogging community through which I made many international friends. However, I decided I’d outgrown Xanga and wanted a site that was my own. I researched other blogging sites including WordPress.com. However, I settled on a self-hosted installation because of the plugins. It’s been worth it. I love how I can think of a customization I need and search the plugin directory. Up to now, I’ve always found a plugin that does what I needed. I love the customization possibilities.

As a result of my WordPress experience, I now help others build WordPress sites. It’s been great to learn and grow with WordPress.

  • Member Since: July 20th, 2010
  • Location: Texas
  • Website: roamingchile.com
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  • Created a topic, Saved my bacon and time updating bad links, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Fixed all my bad links after I moved a website to a ne…

  • Created a topic, Very helpful to transition to SSL, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This plugin has become my go-to to transition websites…

  • Created a topic, Did the job on WP 6. How come it’s not being developed?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This plugin is still linked within WP 6 in the Tools t…

  • Created a topic, Super helpful and easy, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Super helpful and easy

  • Posted a reply to Plugin breaks site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    thank you very much. up and running.

  • Posted a reply to Plugin breaks site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Shalom, I appreciate your answer but I do not know how to enable? In the…

  • Created a topic, Plugin breaks site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello. My website was not loading well. Wordpress sent…

  • Created a topic, Exactly what I needed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    So glad to find this. I tried it out despite it not be…

  • Created a topic, Allowed ne to use gallery to offer PDF downloads, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you for this! I wanted to share thumbnails of PD…

  • Created a topic, Amazing! Wow! Add converted currency in text, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Exactly what I needed for my client's tour website. Th…

  • Created a topic, Great plugin!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    One of my go-to plugins when building a new site. My f…

  • Created a topic, Clickable slider, donate button, great support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I'm using this theme for my church website. I found it…

  • Posted a reply to internal server error: malformed header from script ‘main.installer.php’, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    In the end, I got another Internal Server error, because the php.ini inside dup-installer respawned.…

  • Posted a reply to internal server error: malformed header from script ‘main.installer.php’, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you, @fabart! Renaming the php.ini fixed the Internal Server error I was getting.

  • Created a topic, An important plugin in my WP installation kit, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Renaming the wp-admin login page reduces brute-force h…

  • Posted a reply to Wordfence blocking Opera servers?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @wfsupport, thanks for your rate limit recommendations.

  • Posted a reply to Wordfence blocking Opera servers?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @wfsupport, thank you for replying. There was no error. Just blank white. After I posted…

  • Created a topic, Wordfence blocking Opera servers?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi. Could it be that Wordfence is blocking visitors o…

  • Posted a reply to Must-have plugin on all WP sites, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    As far as my exoerience, no.

  • Created a topic, Must-have plugin on all WP sites, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This is the first thing I install on any Wordpress ins…

  • Created a topic, Familar, easy to use table creator, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Table creator is so much like the spreadsheets on most…

  • Posted a reply to Plugin creates cron tasks (wp_options table), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @sirderpington, thank you! The webhost has put the site back up. Client will be happy,…

  • Posted a reply to Plugin creates cron tasks (wp_options table), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks, @siderpington. I'll give it a try.

  • Posted a reply to Plugin creates cron tasks (wp_options table), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    And why has it taken two weeks to fix it? I don't know what triggered…

  • Created a topic, Buggy update almost got my host account suspended, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The plugin creates cron tasks (wp_options table) that …

  • Posted a reply to Plugin creates cron tasks (wp_options table), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    What a mess! A client's site was taken down because of this plugin. I deleted…

  • Created a topic, Good looking calendar solution, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The recent update prompted me to come review with five…

  • Created a topic, Exactly what I needed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Wordpress won't handle the button codes generated by P…