What WordPress means to me

WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog. We like to say that WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.

That’s how WordPress is introduced on WordPress.org – a humble introduction for software that powers a huge chunk of the internet. Not only that, but to many people (myself included) WordPress is more than just ‘web software’ – it enables and signifies something far greater than that. This is what WordPress mean to me.

1. People

I make it no secret that I strongly believe in the WordPress community. Through this community I have met a ton of awesome people who share my passion for WordPress and the people who make it what it is. On top of that, I work at one of the coolest companies in the WordPress space where I get to work with some of the most talented individuals in the community on a daily basis.

2. Purpose

With WordPress powering nearly a quarter of the internet (seriously – that’s massive), being a part of the community means you’re a part of something that is genuinely changing the world. WordPress’ mission to democratise publishing is one that it is currently succeeding at in spades and I’m honoured to be even a small part of that mission. Whether it’s fixing code directly in WordPress core, getting involved in your local WordPress community, or by participating in any of the other ways that you can contribute back to the project, you are throwing your hat into the ring of the evolution of the internet and publishing. That’s a real purpose that is worth getting behind.

3. Progress

On a personal level, I have progressed so much from just being a part of this community – my code has improved (publicly sharing it through plugins will force you to improve very quickly), I’ve learnt a lot about contributing to open source projects, and through organising WordCamps and other meetups I have learnt important management and organisational skills. This kind of growth is truly invaluable.

All of these things are, as WordPress itself is described above, both “free and priceless at the same time”. It is for these reasons that I love being involved in this great community and I will continue to work hard at doing what I can to improve myself and the community around me.

2 responses to “What WordPress means to me”

Matt Moses

December 7, 2014 at 11:47 pm

I am using Seriously Simple Podcasting for wordpress. I was wondering if it is possible to have the podcast listings show up in reverse order? Right now, they show up having the most recent podcast at the top of the list. I want the episodes in numerical order 1,2,3…etc .

I am not using the built in templates.. so is that a function of the Theme that is putting those posts in that order?
THX!

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1. Hugh Lashbrooke
  
  December 8, 2014 at 1:19 pm
  
  Hi Matt,
  
  This isn’t the right place to ask for plugin support – please do that here: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seriously-simple-podcasting.
  
  That being said, I’ll answer your query here anyway – the episode order is defined by the date on which the episodes were each published. The quickest solution is to modify the published date for each episode so that they’re all in order. Otherwise it would require some custom code, which I don’t have the time for just now.
  
  I would advise posting on the plugin’s support forum for anything further though, because if I don’t have time to help there will often be other people who will help you out there. I won’t respond to any further support queries on here.
  
  Cheers,
  Hugh
  
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