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"WordPress wasn’t just a tool for me. It helped me evolve from a designer and developer into a more complete professional."
— Edo Begagić #WordPress heropress.com/essays/findi...

Finding autonomy through WordPress Edo Begagić writes about how WordPress gave him autonomy in his career, allowing him to learn what he wished, and choose his life.

"The feeling of being able to provide a complete product to the client and own the entire process felt exciting because it satisfied my need for autonomy."
— Edo Begagić #WordPress heropress.com/essays/findi...

Finding autonomy through WordPress Edo Begagić writes about how WordPress gave him autonomy in his career, allowing him to learn what he wished, and choose his life.

"As time progressed and I became more fluent in WordPress, I stopped thinking only from a design and frontend perspective and started seeing the bigger picture." — Edo Begagić #WordPress heropress.com/essays/findi...

Finding autonomy through WordPress Edo Begagić writes about how WordPress gave him autonomy in his career, allowing him to learn what he wished, and choose his life.

Der dieswöchige HeroPress-Essay trägt den Titel „Autonomie durch WordPress finden" und wurde von Edo Begagić aus Rijeka in Kroatien verfasst. #WordPress heropress.com/essays/findi...

Finding autonomy through WordPress Edo Begagić writes about how WordPress gave him autonomy in his career, allowing him to learn what he wished, and choose his life.

Ovotjedni HeroPress esej nosi naslov „Pronalaženje autonomije kroz WordPress“, a napisao ga je Edo Begagić iz Rijeke, Hrvatska. #WordPress heropress.com/essays/findi...

This week's HeroPress essay is in THREE languages! English, German, and Hrvatski (Croatian). This is our first essay in Hrvatski, and we have all three in audio this week. If you're a Hrvatski speaker and appreciate this, please let me know. heropress.com/essays/findi...

Finding autonomy through WordPress Edo Begagić writes about how WordPress gave him autonomy in his career, allowing him to learn what he wished, and choose his life.

This week's HeroPress essay is titled "Finding autonomy through WordPress" by Edo Begagić from Rijeka, Croatia. #WordPress heropress.com/essays/findi...

WP Podcasts Search every episode of every WordPress podcast and find what you need to hear.

I just noticed that WPPodcasts.com has surpassed 15,000 podcast episodes! What a historical treasure trove! #WordPress #podcast

One of my favorite quotes from this week's HeroPress essay is this: "what you study at twenty does not have to determine your profession forever." Did you pivot? From what to what? heropress.com/essays/wordp...

Ana Cirujano escribe desde Madrid, España, sobre cómo se enamoró primero de WordPress y luego de la comunidad de WordPress. Esta es la versión en audio de su ensayo en HeroPress, disponible en… WordPress y su comunidad: el diseño de una vida libre

El ensayo de Ana también está disponible en audio, leído con su propia voz. #WordPress www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIGQ...

WordPress and Its Community: Designing a Life of Freedom - WordPress y su comunidad: el diseño de una vida libre Ana Cirujano writes from Madrid, Spain about how she fell first in love with WordPress, and then in love with the WordPress Community.

El ensayo de HeroPress de esta semana se titula "WordPress y su comunidad: el diseño de una vida libre" por Ana Cirujano de Torrelodones, Madrid, España. #WordPress
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WordPress and Its Community: Designing a Life of Freedom - WordPress y su comunidad: el diseño de una vida libre Ana Cirujano writes from Madrid, Spain about how she fell first in love with WordPress, and then in love with the WordPress Community.

This week's HeroPress essay is titled "WordPress and Its Community: Designing a Life of Freedom" by Ana Cirujano from Torrelodones, Madrid, Spain. #WordPress
heropress.com/essays/wordp...

Sponsors HeroPress has accepted support in a variety of forms from a variety of organizations. This page is intended to give thanks and public recognition.

Today Ninja Forms became a financial supporter of HeroPress! Many many thanks to them for helping HeroPress to continue to operate. You can see them listed on the sponsors page. #WordPress heropress.com/sponsorship/

How Art School Led Me To Web Design Emily Rapport from Jamestown, NY writes about how her desire to share her art led her into a career as a WordPress developer.

From art to web design, Emily’s journey shows how creativity and community shape a career. WordPress turned her passion into a flexible, inclusive path where continuous learning is key.

Read her story: heropress.com/essays/how-art-...

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Made the feed… thanks to @wordpress.org and @heropress.bsky.social for supporting all of the different pathways to community and professional development.

How Art School Led Me To Web Design Emily Rapport from Jamestown, NY writes about how her desire to share her art led her into a career as a WordPress developer.

"WordPress has enabled me to build a career for myself and to wholly determine my own path." — Emily Rapport #WordPress
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How Art School Led Me To Web Design Emily Rapport from Jamestown, NY writes about how her desire to share her art led her into a career as a WordPress developer.

"I studied painting in Chicago and New York in the mid-90s. After graduating, I did not get a job at a prestigious design firm." — Emily Rapport #WordPress
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In this week's HeroPress essay Emily reads her essay out loud. If you want to hear her words in her own voice check it out. #WordPress
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How Art School Led Me To Web Design Emily Rapport from Jamestown, NY writes about how her desire to share her art led her into a career as a WordPress developer.

This week's HeroPress essay is titled "How Art School Led Me To Web Design" by Emily Rapport from Jamestown, NY, USA. #WordPress
heropress.com/essays/how-a...

This is the story of how Josep Morán was forced to leave his family business by a heart condition, and how he created a new life with WordPress. It's told by Josep himself. You can read his essay in… From carpentry to digital marketing, this is the story of how WordPress helped me rebuild my life.

We're experimenting with some new content types over here at HeroPress. Recently Josep Morán did a HeroPress essay, & it included himself reading it aloud. We put it on YouTube so you can listen there. If you want to see more of this please let me know. #WordPress

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Custom fields and add extra information to WordPress Posts, Pages, and Custom Post Types. This information can not only enhance the post, but make it more sortable and searchable. I’ll show you how… An Introduction to WordPress Custom Fields

I recently when back looking through some of the HeroPress Tip Of The Week videos I made a couple years ago, and found that the on titled "An Introduction to WordPress Custom Fields" has over 4000 views! #WordPress

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Zeel Memorial Tickets Program

Zeel Thakkar believed in opening doors for others to learn, contribute, and grow. An anonymous WordPress community member has offered 20 complimentary event tickets to women and girls who require financial assistance to attend WC Kolhapur 2026.

Details here: kolhapur.wordcamp.org/2026/in...

Episode 181 – A Chat With Rob Ruiz - Hallway Chats Meet Rob Ruiz, a seasoned Senior Full Stack Developer with nearly two decades of expertise in WordPress innovation and open-source magic.

Some years ago Morten Rand-Hendriksen built a #WordPress theme starter framework called WP Rig. Since then it's been taken over and greatly extended by Rob Ruiz. In the latest episode of Hallway Chats I talk with Rob about where it's been and where it's going.
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Hey folks, Christmas is coming, and if you give people HeroPress swag then you help support the HeroPress project AT THE SAME TIME! Woo! #WordPress thewp.world/product-cate...

Affiliates Archive This will only take a…

Hey friends, Black Friday is approaching. I wanted to remind you that HeroPress has an affiliate link page, where if you simply click the right icon before buying you help support HeroPress financially, without paying extra yourself. I appreciate your support. #WordPress heropress.com/affiliates/

"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-...

"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-...

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…

"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-...

"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-...

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…

"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-...