Sam Alderson (@samalderson) – WordPress user profile

Bio

I live with my fantastic partner Jono and my mad cat, Patch, who thinks he’s a dog. We live in the quaint, quirky and wonderful ye the olde City of York; along with the Vikings, tourists and loads of friendly faces. I love photography, cooking and crochet! I’m always happy to speak with anyone that I meet, but will also need time to recharge as a massive ambivert.

Interests

Sam is a digital native with an analogue heart. They’re fascinated by the intersect between creativity, branding, social media, accessibility and storytelling. Sam is happiest when talking to people about their passions, playing Animal Crossing, or finishing a crochet project.

WordPress Origin Story

I’ve had a blog in some form or another for over 10 years, but it’s only really in the past 5 that I’ve been involved with the project. Being married to Jono Alderson how can you not. I tagged along with him to a few events and got to know the community. Fell in love with some of the people and found that we all had similar thought processes.

I then joined Yoast and got even closer to the community, how can you not when working with Taco, I helped the Marketing team do their thing! When I left I wasn’t sure if it would be something that I would continue to do, but I had made so many great friends, how could I not.

I continued to help the Marketing team and even helped co-lead the table at contributor day WCEU in Athens.

If you ever see me at a WordCamps do come and say hi, I’ll be the one in the bright dungarees and yellow hat.

Member Since: October 8th, 2021
Location: United Kingdom
Website: samalderson.co.uk
GitHub: goodplansam
Job Title: Social consultant and operations officer
Employer: Applied Energistics LTD
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Contribution History

Meta Contributor
Photo Contributor
Photos Team
Plugin Developer
WordCamp Organizer

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Is the 11th person to arrive at Summer Photo Contest 2025
5 months ago
Joined the organizing team for Summer Photo Contest 2025
6 months ago
Created a topic, Just works!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've been having a bunch of problems with blocks showi…
8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Call for Photo Directory Team Representatives, on the site Make Photos:
I would like to nominate myself. I think there is a lot that I could…
1 year ago
Mentioned in [13816] on Meta SVN:
Photo Directory, Uploads: Add link to Make/Photos post for help on what constitutes good ALT text.
2 years ago
Received props from @SeReedMedia in Slack:
Props to @rmartinezduque and @samalderson for leading the #marketing team table at WCEU Contributor Day!…
3 years ago