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Ben Kemp

Owner / Tech Support at Website Maintenance Services / WMS NZ

@wrc-co New Zealand joined Feb 2013

websitemaintenanceservices..co.nz

    Bio

    Full-time WordPress user/lover. Providing WP Tech Support for self-hosted WP sites and Annual WordPress Website Maintenance Plans for over a decade. 21 years of experience in WP security, including remedial services to remove malware, botnet protection, DDoS mitigation etc. Page load speed expertise. Specialising in redesign of WP sites whilst retaining/enhancing existing search engine rankings. Delivering SEO consultancy for 28 years…

    Interests

    Coffee, motorcycling, fly fishing and work…

    WordPress Origin Story

    I’ve been a WP user since 2005, and have grown and evolved along with it. As I began building websites for clients, I quickly realised the potential WordPress had for rapid build and deployment, along with adding additional functions and features using replacement themes and/or plugins. The intuitive core functionality appealed to my personal feelings about how things should be done. I’m as fond of WP now as I was 21 years ago – this relationship has lasted much longer than my marriages! LOL

    Current Job

    Owner / Tech Support
    Nov 2013 – Present
    Website Maintenance Services / WMS NZ
    I founded WMS NZ in 2013, and have been taking care of nice people's websites for the past 13 years.

    Recent impact

    Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

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    Contributions

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    December 2024
    Dec 03 Tue · 02:40
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    Created a topic, Single Product e Shipping with UPS Live Rates, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    We had a little challenge where adding a 2nd and subse…
    September 2021
    Sep 20 Mon · 03:11
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    Created a topic, Service Radius Not showing on pages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    All other details such as Name, Address, Phone and Geo…
    July 2017
    Jul 05 Wed · 09:14
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    Posted a reply to Blocking Baidu & Yandex, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Since then, I've tried blocking the Baidu IP address range on Cloudflare. That appears to…
    Jul 05 Wed · 01:35
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    Created a topic, Blocking Baidu & Yandex, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi Jeff I am perplexed as to why I can't keep Baidu a…
    October 2016
    Oct 24 Mon · 07:15
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    Posted a reply to Works Like a Charm!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Apologies for the slow reply - I took a long weekend :-) Good news on…
    Oct 23 Sun · 01:15
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    Created a topic, A Quantum Leap over bbPress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    At last, some guys who understand what potential Forum…
    Oct 19 Wed · 05:53
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    Created a topic, Works Like a Charm!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Installed in on Sunday, build a new site at http://kem…