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Stephen "Steve" Kinzey, Ph.D.

@skamerica San Bernardino joined Apr 2012

sk-america.com github.com/SteveKinzey Slack: @Steve Kinzey

    Bio

    Steve Kinzey is a WordPress and WooCommerce developer with over 13 years of experience building, optimizing, and securing more than 200 websites across eCommerce, service businesses, and SaaS platforms. His work focuses on performance, conversion, and long-term stability—systems built to generate revenue, not just traffic.

    He co-organizes two Elementor Meetups: Elementor Help Desk and Elementor Workspace. Steve also organizes the Inland Empire WordPress Meetup Help Desk, where attendees bring real problems and leave with working solutions. He also contributes to the West Coast WordPress Help Desk network, helping expand access to hands-on, community-driven support.

    As an organizer of WordCamp Santa Clarita 2026, Steve is focusing on practical value—sessions, conversations, and connections that attendees can apply immediately.

    Originally from Detroit, like Joe, and now based in Southern California, Steve brings a grounded, real-world perspective to everything he builds. He’s a husband, father, and grandfather, and outside of work has logged over 500,000 miles on a motorcycle.

    Interests

    I enjoy building websites, solving technical challenges, exploring AI, helping businesses grow, teaching others, supporting the WordPress community, and creating systems that turn ideas into sustainable businesses.

    WordPress Origin Story

    My WordPress journey began in 2013 while running SK America LLC. At the time, I was building websites with Adobe Dreamweaver and traditional web development tools. One of my clients, a freight forwarding company, needed a website, and that project introduced me to WordPress.

    Like many people, my early experience wasn’t always smooth. I still remember getting stuck during the famous five-minute installation because I didn’t realize I was supposed to open install.php in a web browser. Looking back, it seems obvious, but at the time, it was one of many lessons I had to learn on my own.

    For much of my first seven years with WordPress, I was largely self-taught. Every challenge required research, experimentation, troubleshooting, and persistence. Those experiences shaped not only my technical skills but also my appreciation for the WordPress community.

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    May 2026
    May 08 Fri · 03:48
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    Created a topic, [Elemento Forms - All Forms Integration including DB for Elementor] Why Are Certain Fields Not Exporting Into Separate Columns, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
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