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November 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"I have a new job, new friends, and I could almost say a new family, and it’s all thanks to WordPress." — Josep Morán #WordPress heropress.com/essays/from-...
November 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"Thanks to WordPress & its community, I grew as a person & as a professional in a new discipline as competitive as it is exciting and alive. They supported me through the hardest moments & helped me rise again, like a phoenix from the ashes." — Josep Morán #WordPress heropress.com/essays/from-...
November 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"I discovered WordPress through my marketing studies, and thanks to our beloved CMS, I created my first blog. I keep the logo and some of my early posts, remnants of a time when I was learning to tell stories and give shape to ideas." — Josep Morán #WordPress heropress.com/essays/from-...
From carpentry to digital marketing, this is the story of how WordPress helped me rebuild my life. - De la carpintería al marketing digital, esta es la historia de cómo WordPress me ayudó a reconstruir mi vida.
Este ensayo también está disponible en español. My origins I’m Josep, born and raised in Rocafonda, a working-class and humble neighborhood in Mataró. I come from a family that has worked with wood…
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November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"There were twenty-six months of rehabilitation, relapses, and searching for an effective treatment. Yet, amid all that chaos, I managed to step back and turn my skills into a new opportunity." — Josep Morán #WordPress heropress.com/essays/from-...
November 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"Everything changed during the COVID-19 pandemic when my heart decided to stop beating properly. A genetically inherited heart condition forced me to stop completely and look at life from a new perspective. " — Josep Morán #WordPress heropress.com/essays/from-...
From carpentry to digital marketing, this is the story of how WordPress helped me rebuild my life. - De la carpintería al marketing digital, esta es la historia de cómo WordPress me ayudó a reconstruir mi vida.
Este ensayo también está disponible en español. My origins I’m Josep, born and raised in Rocafonda, a working-class and humble neighborhood in Mataró. I come from a family that has worked with wood…
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November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"I come from a family that has worked with wood lovingly for three generations. Carpentry was always our trade, our way of understanding life and making a living. " — Josep Morán #WordPress heropress.com/essays/from-...
November 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
El ensayo de esta semana en HeroPress lleva por título “De la carpintería al marketing digital, esta es la historia de cómo Wordpress me ayudó a reconstruir mi vida, Por Josep Morán de Mataró, Barcelona, España. #WordPress heropress.com/essays/from-...
From carpentry to digital marketing, this is the story of how WordPress helped me rebuild my life. - De la carpintería al marketing digital, esta es la historia de cómo WordPress me ayudó a reconstruir mi vida.
Este ensayo también está disponible en español. My origins I’m Josep, born and raised in Rocafonda, a working-class and humble neighborhood in Mataró. I come from a family that has worked with wood…
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November 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This week's HeroPress esssay is titled "From carpentry to digital marketing, this is the story of how WordPress helped me rebuild my life." by Josep Morán from Mataró, Barcelona, Spain. #WordPress
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From carpentry to digital marketing, this is the story of how WordPress helped me rebuild my life. - De la carpintería al marketing digital, esta es la historia de cómo WordPress me ayudó a reconstruir mi vida.
Este ensayo también está disponible en español. My origins I’m Josep, born and raised in Rocafonda, a working-class and humble neighborhood in Mataró. I come from a family that has worked with wood…
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November 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
In a recent HallwayChats episode I had a great conversation with June Liu from Backpocket Ace. We talked about WP Accessibility Day, Speed Networking, and how she got into all this. Check it out! hallwaychats.com/episodes/epi... #WordPress
Episode 180 – A Chat With June Liu - Hallway Chats
June Liu is the Creative Strategist at backpocket ACE, where she helps projects run smoothly & accessibly. She’s also the co-editor of WP Wonder Women.
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October 23, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This week on HallwayChats I had a GREAT conversation with Amber Hinds about web accessibility. I learned SO MUCH in this interview, I strongly recommend you check it out! #WordPress #a11y #webaccessibility #wpaccessibility hallwaychats.com/episodes/epi...
Episode 179 – A Chat With Amber Hinds - Hallway Chats
Amber Hinds is the CEO of Equalize Digital, Inc., and is the board president/co-lead organizer of the WordPress Accessibility Day conference.
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October 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This week on Hallway Chats we talked with Joni Halabi about her work managing transcription translations for WP Accessibility Day videos. Super cool stuff. #WordPress #HeroPress #accessibility #a11y hallwaychats.com/episodes/epi...
Episode 178 – A Chat With Joni Halabi - Hallway Chats
Joni Halabi volunteers on the WordPress Accessibility Day project, managing the translation of transcripts into a variety of languages.
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October 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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I did a blog post today about a new image compression plugin for #WordPress called Cimo. It's groundbreaking, paradigm shifting, simple, and free. Check it out: topher.how/cimo-the-fut...
Cimo: The Future Of Image Compression - Topher Does WordPress
In February of 2025 I did a post about why you should use WebP for your website images. I think AVIF has its place, but WebP still has the widest feature set for the filesize. One of the problems with...
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September 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Last day of WordCampUS! We’ve been over run by giant yellow monsters! You should come here and help us! Also, Wordpress.com is cool and you should try it. #wordpress #wordcamp #wcus #wcus2025
August 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Kicking off Day 3 of WordCamp US! Many thanks to Wordpress.Com for getting me here, especially THESE people specifically! #wordpress #wordcamp #wcus #wcus2025
August 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Showcase Day at WordCamp US starts off for me today with a meeting of the Photography team. This is my first year on the team, and I'm excited to take LOTS of photos! Many thanks to WordPress.com for the opportunity! #WordPress #WordCamp #WordCampUS #wcus #wcus2025
August 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This week's HeroPress contributor, Mainul Kabir Aion, is here at WordCampUS with me! If you're here, be sure to greet him! #WordCamp #WordCampUS #wcus #wucs2025 heropress.com/essays/learn-connect-contribute-my-wordpress-story/
August 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
এই সপ্তাহের HeroPress প্রবন্ধের শিরোনাম হলো ‘শিখুন, যুক্ত হোন, অবদান রাখুন; আমার ওয়ার্ডপ্রেস গল্প’, লেখক মইনুল কবির অয়ন।
#WordPress
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Learn. Connect. Contribute. My WordPress Story - শিখুন, যুক্ত হোন, অবদান রাখুন; আমার ওয়ার্ডপ্রেস গল্প
Mainul Kabir Aion writes to marketers that there's a place for them in WordPress, everyone is welcome and qualified.
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August 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This week's HeroPress essay is titled "Learn. Connect. Contribute. My WordPress Story" by Mainul Kabir Aion from Dhaka, Bangladesh.
#WordPress
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Learn. Connect. Contribute. My WordPress Story - শিখুন, যুক্ত হোন, অবদান রাখুন; আমার ওয়ার্ডপ্রেস গল্প
Mainul Kabir Aion writes to marketers that there's a place for them in WordPress, everyone is welcome and qualified.
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August 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
WordCampUS contributor day is in full swing! Come say hi at the Photos table. Many thanks to WordPress.com for helping me get here. #WordPress #WordCamp #wcus #wcus2025
August 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Hello WordCampUS! I am MINUTES away. #WordCamp #WCUS #WCUS2025
August 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Phase two of my journey to WordCamp US, thanks to WordPress.com ! #WordCampUS #WCUS #WCUS2025
August 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Phase one of my trip to WordCamp US! Many thanks to WordPress.com for the help getting there! #WordPress #wcus #wcus2025
August 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Laurence Bahiirwa said “If you’re here for the first time and you don’t understand anything, that’s okay.”

Inside me, something jumped: “Eh! That’s me you’re talking about!”

— Moses Cursor Ssebunya #WordPress heropress.com/essays/the-s...
The Stone That Turned Out to Be Gold – My WordPress Journey
Moses Cursor Ssebunya writes about how his investigation of WordPress turned it from junk to gold for him.
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August 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"WordPress? “That’s for people who can’t code,” they’d say. Even teachers, IT technicians, and random tech hobbyists had an opinion — and it wasn’t kind." — Moses Cursor Ssebunya #WordPress heropress.com/essays/the-s...
The Stone That Turned Out to Be Gold – My WordPress Journey
Moses Cursor Ssebunya writes about how his investigation of WordPress turned it from junk to gold for him.
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August 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM